Joanna’s beauty Portrait Photoshoot at the Rent frock Repeat Toronto showroom was inspiring and a lot of fun to boot! The second I saw Joanna, with her hair and makeup done, wearing a beautiful Cynthia Rowley dress; I knew that we were going to capture something special. Sometimes all of the elements just work together just […]
Today’s beautiful Rent frock Repeat model is Melanie Hoefs, their community manager. Very lucky community – she is lovely:)! The two of us jointly planned out how we would bring all the couture portraits to our collective fans. She was the first Rent frock Repeat team member to see all of the portraits, and share my excitement, as I […]
Today’s beauty portrait photoshoot is elegant and a whole lot of Old Hollywood Glamour! Amanda is the seventh model in my beauty portrait series in partnership with the awesome Rent frock Repeat team. She chose two completely different-looking outfits; a silky black blouse paired with dark jeans, and a seriously sizzling red Theia couture dress. The black blouse works […]
Brittany is the sixth model in my Beauty Portrait series, partnered with my pals at Rent frock Repeat. We spent the day at their Toronto showroom, having fun with fancy dresses, gorgeous hair and makeup and quite a few laughs. Brittany is one of the company’s Logistics experts, so she is incredibly busy – and managed […]
Today’s featured portrait photoshoot belongs to the elegant Chantal Carter – one of RfR Toronto’s talented stylists! Having to hold back from showing you Chantal’s portraits for weeks has been tough, I tell you. She gave me so many beautiful photographs to choose between! Chantal jumped into the posing without hesitation, and we had so much fun creating […]
Derry is the fourth model in my nine-part series of beauty portraits with my pals at Rent Frock Repeat. Her role at the company is Event Associate, so you may have seen her out and about when the RfR team attend events around Toronto. Derry is simply lovely and has a sweet and calm way […]
The third instalment of my beauty portrait series in partnership with Rent Frock Repeat is here! Today we celebrate the fun and bubbly RfR stylist, Callie! Her outfit choices definitely reflect her vivacious personality. I love that she chose a skirt for her second outfit. When I pick something to wear to an event, I kind of forget […]
Today I am so proud to feature the lovely Morgan Ratcliffe, one of the stylists at Rent Frock Repeat. You just know that her outfit choices are going to be great! Here below are a few behind-the-scenes photos for you – as you can see, we took over a portion of the showroom with my […]
One of the most fun parts about shooting women’s portraits, is having the chance to play dress up with my clients! We create beautiful hair and makeup looks, and my client gets to be photographed in that stunning outfit that they adore, but only get to wear to fancy events like weddings. Every now and again, though, a client confesses […]
I never had the chance to meet my Ouma Pottie (grandmother Potgieter). I was named after her – her name was Carolina, but was called Caro by her friends and family. All I have of her are my mom’s stories, and a yellowed portrait or two that are kept in a large keepsake box in a […]
Each year, in the month of February, I become a sunny South African again! My husband and I pack up a couple of bags of shorts and t-shirts, drop off our cat at her holiday home with a view of squirrels and birds, and head to South Africa for a whole month. In the early […]
Carli’s personal branding shoot was uniquely tailored to her, and we had so much fun creating her portraits together! Carli didn’t even have to leave the house. The mobile studio came to her home for the morning. She had 5 or 6 outfit options laid out on the bed when we arrived, and we carefully chose beautiful outfits that […]
When there is a chance to work with West Elm and HGTV Canada – I get all excited about all of the interior design eye candy that is bound to cross my lens! I spent a lovely afternoon shooting with the very talented Gabrielle Johnson, who is a freelance fashion and beauty editor. Gabrielle pitched a beautiful […]
Lynne and I have known one another for a few years. She is a television exec, who, back in the day, generously allowed me to tag along when she interviewed Hollywood stars during TIFF here in Toronto. To this day, when I am conducting an interview I think – now, how would Lynne ask that? […]
The day that the guys from Imagine Dragons stopped by the Orange Lounge for an acoustic set remains one of my favourite music shoots to date. I was blown away by their musicianship, but even more impressed with their warmth and openness. During these shoots for ET Canada and Rdio, I am given time in the […]
Been thinking about my sister-in-law and her family this week. Yesterday they had to say goodbye to their awesome dog, Kesha. Over the last couple of years she has turned into a proper little old lady. Greying hair, hearing loss, a steady decline in the number of her teeth, a bit of vision loss and […]
We live in a time where we casually record every, tiny detail of our lives and share them with the world in real time. Our trips, our meals, our belongings, our kids, our pets, our experiences all end up online. Something is missing from this list, though. Where are we? There is an entire generation […]