Z's Bat Mitzvah!

I adore photographing Bat/Bar Mitzvahs because I adore thirteen year olds. It is such a fun age to capture. Z's big day was held recently at the Faculty Club at University of Toronto. The event included great food, dancing to a fabulous live band and lots of karaoke!

War Child - Busking for Change

On Tuesday War Child held an event called Busking for Change. They had a bunch of bands busking all around Toronto to raise money for the organization. It was a lot of fun to photograph the bands as they rocked out amongst people running to catch their trains at Union Station. The bands that I photographed included Brian Melo, The Beauties, Low Level Flight and Hollerado. I then managed to catch a last tune by the Arkells who were performing at Commerce Court. I love this city.

The Palters are Moving

One of my favourite family's is leaving Toronto for, uh, colder places! I was happy when they contacted me to photograph them once again but sad when I learned that they were moving! The Palters hired me to photograph a BBQ that they hosted at their home as a Good-Bye Party to all of their friends and family. Palters, I wish you all the best on your new adventure!

Oolagen

In April, I was honoured to be asked to photograph a special event for a great organization called Oolagen. Oolagen Health Services is a Children's Mental Health Centre that provides support and programming to assist youth and their families. At the end of April, Oolagen welcomed their first patrons - the very funny Canadian power couple - Colin Mochrie and Debra McGrath. You may recognize Colin most famously from Who's Line Is It Anyway and Debra from Little Mosque on the Prairie.

The always delicious Urban Source did the catering for the event.

Markos' Baptism

I was very excited when Paula emailed me a while back asking if I would be available to photograph her and Scott's son's baptism. I had photographed their wedding back in October 2005 so it has been a while since I have seen them and I could not wait to meet little Markos! I got to meet him before the baptism at Anastasia + Bill's wedding on June 1st. He is such a cute li'l man! The baptism was held at the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary-Greek Orthodox Cathedral in Toronto which is the same location that Paula + Scott were married at. Everything went well and Markos behaved himself perfectly! Afterwards everyone headed to their home for cake and drinks. It was a lovely Sunday afternoon!

Suzanne + Brad are my original clients from way back in the day! I photographed their awesome wedding that took place at Balzac's in the Distillery District. Since then, they have sent many client to me, including Paula + Scott and Anastasia + Bill. I love this couple!

Anastasia, Bill + their wee daughter were also in attendance!

Arielle & Noah's B'Nai Mitzvah Par-tay!

I had such a blast photographing Arielle & Noah's B'Nai Mitzvah par-tay! It was truly over-the-top and I loved every bit of it! Their reception was held at the amazing Granite Club on Bayview in Toronto. The theme for the night was the Oscars with everything all glam-ed up. Arielle & Noah are two popular kids - there was about 120 twelve- and thirteen-year olds running around the room. They were such a fun bunch and knew all of the moves and lyrics to every song. The entertainers for the evening were the Magen Brothers and they did a fabulous job of making sure nobody sat in their chairs for too long!