Paton Photography | Ontario Wedding and Lifestyle Photographers

WE'VE MOVED!

2010-06-07T16:40:00.006-04:00

We've moved! Our blog has been relocated to our main website.

Check out our new site at www.patonphotography.ca! Go! Go now! You know you want to.

You can still keep up with us on Facebook, Flickr and Twitter, too!

LBDC PHOTOBOOTH

2010-06-04T21:47:00.000-04:00

Stay tuned for pictures from our upcoming Photobooth at the London Ballroom Dance Club's June 2010 Gala.

TOM AND EMMA'S ENGAGEMENT SESSION

2010-05-30T12:43:00.001-04:00

We shot Tom and Emma's engagement session a few weeks back. These guys were a blast! We had so much fun, and they made taking their pictures easy! First we went to Webster's Falls in Spencer Gorge for the bulk of the session - the hot bright sun made for some challenges, but we got through ok!

Then we hit the waterfront in Burlington. The lake was so calm and peaceful and blue....

Thanks for a great afternoon, guys!

KOBO!

2010-05-17T12:59:00.000-04:00

Jeff got me a Kobo for my birthday, on Graham's recommendation. It came in yesterday, and it is gorgeous...

The packaging:

The sleeve:

Inside:

Here it is:

I got a leather case by Roots for it too:

TULIPS!

2010-05-11T18:00:00.000-04:00

For Mother's Day my mom, my aunt and I hit the Arboretum and the Rock Garden at the Royal Botanical Gardens in Burlington. The only thing I love more than tulips is photographing tulips, as evidenced in the hundreds of images I took.

Here's my favourite from the day:

Here's my series of single stems:

And here are a few flowerbeds:

Check out the full 'Tulips' set on Flickr.

Happy Spring!

CROOK'S HOLLOW

2010-05-07T18:21:00.000-04:00

We went for a quick walk in Crook's Hollow in Dundas the other night to catch a few shots before we lost the light...

BURLINGTON WATERFRONT

2010-05-06T17:24:00.000-04:00

We went for a stroll along the waterfront in Burlington a few nights ago in the gorgeous summery weather we've been having. We ended up at Spencer's and sat on the patio for a few mojitos until dark. Then we shot the restaurant and water features in their lit-for-nighttime beauty!

CANADA BLOOMS 2010 - TAKE 2

2010-05-05T18:03:00.000-04:00

Jeff's Canada Blooms images were also published in the Garden, Pool & Patio adversing section of The Windsor Star on May 5, 2010.

One shot is featured at the bottom of the cover:

And here's the article:

You can read the full article by Karen Paton-Evans on the Windsor Star website.

Here are all the published images:

CANADA BLOOMS 2010

2010-05-01T20:11:00.000-04:00

Jeff did some media coverage for Canada Blooms 2010 and the images are published in the May/June issue of Windsor Life Magazine.

See the full article by Karen Paton-Evans here: Windsor Life May/June 2010.

And here are the published images:

TORONTO, OR, THE CONDOM MACHINE SHOOT

2010-04-25T18:26:00.001-04:00

So our friend Greg in Toronto likes to DO THINGS. Like beach volleyball, or sailing, or hockey, or ride his motorcycle. Also, taking random pictures. He also has that picture itch...

(You know, that one thing that you see all the time and every time you see it you think to yourself, "One day I will have my camera and tripod and just the right light and I will shoot this elusive object. One day." And yet you still see said object on a semi-regular basis and never have your camera. And when you are planning to spend an afternoon shooting, you still don't think to yourself, "I should go shoot that thing already," you head for a waterfall, or a factory, or your livingroom instead. I have lots of these, and yet I never shoot them.)

Anyways, Greg's picture itch is for a sticker-ed and graffiti-ed condom machine and matching hand dryer in a basement of a bar in Toronto. He wants to blow these up and hang them as art in a funky modern bathroom. I love the idea! Unfortunately, it is the men's room, so only Jeff and Greg can participate, while I hang out outside looking lost and perhaps a little strange. (Who hangs out outside the men's room in a bar in the middle of the afternoon on a Saturday?)

Long story short, the shots of the condom machine and hand dryer in question came out pretty neat. Here's the processing that Jeff and I like the most:

TORONTO - THE REST OF THE DAY

2010-04-25T16:27:00.001-04:00

After shooting the condom machine, we wandered around downtown for a bit. Jeff got an amazing HDR of the skyline, and I shot the details, as usual.

See the whole shoot here.

SPENCER GORGE - WEBSTER'S FALLS

2010-04-12T17:59:00.002-04:00

So, we live, you know, next door to the "City of Waterfalls," we figure that since we've lived here for three years now we'd better get out and actually see some of these waterfalls. We started with an easy one: Webster's Falls in Spencer Gorge in Dundas.

So, here are a few shots. Once again, Jeff got some amazing HDR. Sunset+Waterfall=Good Times!

Want more? Check our Spencer Gorge set on Flickr.

FACTORY SHOOT (TAKE 2)

2010-03-24T23:56:00.004-04:00

A sample of Jeff's HDR images from our Factory Shoot:

FACTORY SHOOT

2010-03-21T19:43:00.003-04:00

I work for a furniture manufacturer, and the building we work in is over 100 years old. It's full of personality, brick walls, wood floors, cool stuff and dust, and we had the opportunity to shoot it in some gorgeous afternoon light after work had finished up for the day. Check out our full set on Flickr.

SPRING FEVER

2010-03-08T21:59:00.002-05:00

In the beautiful weather we had this past weekend, we grabbed our cameras and hit the Centreville Pond with Emma to shoot some of the remnants of winter. Check out our Spring Fever set on Flickr!

DEPTH OF FIELD - FORKS AND SPOONS EDITION

2010-03-06T23:50:00.001-05:00

Part of our second assigment was to use maximum and minimum depth of field on the same subject. Manipulating DoF is one of my FAVOURITE things to do - I was in bokeh heaven!

Here are the two shots of forks and spoons, laid out on a mirror.

Love it!

WHAT IS IT?

2010-03-02T21:43:00.000-05:00

Part of our second assignment was a "What is it?" shot. We shot various pieces, here are a few:

Let the guessing begin! I know, they're not really all that hard :o)

THIRTY THINGS

2010-02-03T18:09:00.000-05:00

We're taking a photography course, and our first assignment is thirty pictures that say something about us.

Here's a sample, you can see Liz's set and Jeff's set on Flickr.

DO YOU EAT THE RED ONES LAST?

2010-01-29T19:37:00.005-05:00

Smarties.

Candy coated chocolate.

My mouth thinks one word: Yum!

My camera thinks one word: Lensbaby!

I let the camera have its way with them first, and here are the results!

And then I ate them!

Shot for an assignment in our photography class: 30 images that tell something about you. I like candy! I think the last one, with me grabbing a green Smartie will be the one that makes the cut.

TOTALLY RANDOM

2010-01-29T18:28:00.001-05:00

So this is totally random and not related at all to photography, but too fun not to share.

This morning, on my semi-daily-ish run through the drive-thru at Tim Hortons, I hit the window to collect my yummy coffee and pay my cash, and the sweet French lady who is always working the drive-thru window points to the car that is just pulling away in front of me and says "He paid for your order - have a great day!" Well, at that point, how can I not? The craziest part is, this is the second time this has happened to me in as many months! Pay it forward, anyone?

I can't help but smile at the random kindness of strangers.

OSLO, NORWAY

2010-01-01T18:24:00.001-05:00

The first shots from our afternoon in Oslo, Norway are up on Flickr. We only had a few hours to pursue our viking roots, so we spent our time at the Viking Ship Museum, the Resistance Museum, Akershus Fortress and an quick stop in the Norwegian Museum of Architecture.

MORE STOCKHOLM!

2009-12-29T16:03:00.005-05:00

We have edited and posted more photos from our two-day stop in Stockholm! Be sure to check out the football match and shots of the Globen Arena...

STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN

2009-12-02T18:15:00.003-05:00

After sifting through our Tallinn photos, I decided we'd better get finishing the rest of the trip (still Stockholm, Oslo and London to go!).

Stockholm is an amazing city sprawling over about 14 islands and rich in architecture and history. I only had my camera for about half the day on our first day in port, and the full day on our second day, so my pictures are a bit limited. Jeff's camera has the shots from the football (soccer) game and our tour of the Globen arena. I'll get to posting those eventually. (Also, apparently my photo uploader crashed partway through the upload, and I haven't had a chance to get back to it...)

Stockholm is reached by cruise ship through the Stockholm Archipelago, which extends about 60km east from Stockholm. We sailed through the most fantastic landscapes of water, rock, tree and sky, a few rain showers, and amazing homes perched on shores and cliffs.

I have posted my photos from Stockholm to Flickr - go check them out! More to come soon!

Here's a few shots from our two days in Sweden:

RATTLESNAKE POINT

2009-11-22T15:45:00.001-05:00

Jeff and I went for a photo-walk in Rattlesnake point a few weeks ago, anticipating the end of the fall colours... Plus, Jeff got to play with his new lens!

You can veiw the full album on our Flickr page.

Here's a quick sample of some of the amazing shots we got that day:

KAREN AND JIM

2009-11-15T21:03:00.002-05:00

Jeff and I did a shoot with Karen and Jim for their 20th wedding anniversary. We went to the same place they were married at, and did a re-imagining of the photo shoot from their wedding day.

Karen and Jim were lots of fun to shoot, and we had a great time!

You can view the full album on Flickr.

Here are a few shots from the day:

TALLINN, ESTONIA

2009-11-11T23:07:00.012-05:00

Finally, after much procrastination and delay and other things coming up and just not having time... (Enough excuses!)

We have updated Flickr with more travel pictures from our epic cruise this past summer in northern Europe; specifically, my shots from Tallinn, Estonia.

Going through these pictures made me come to the revelation (perhaps not a final conclusion, but realization none-the-less) that I loved Tallinn, that it is currently sticking in my memory as my favourite port of call, and that I would go back there in a heartbeat. Sure, we only saw the old, touristy, medieval part of town, but it had such charm, character and history that you just want to sit and soak it up! Which is really what we did in Tallinn... We went armed with a map and directions for a walking tour with the intention of wandering and getting lost and having fun! We did just that, and discovered a beautiful surprise in Tallinn.

We were lucky enough to have Tallinn as an early port of call, and so we hit the city before many of the touristy places had even opened, so we had the old town pretty much to ourselves for a couple of hours. It was peaceful and quiet and lovely, great for pictures (no people!) and Jeff got some great shots for his HDR processing.

Full album is here on Flickr.

TREVOR AND HEATHER

2009-11-05T11:21:00.001-05:00

The complete set from Trevor and Heather's wedding is now up on Flickr. Check it out here!

TREVOR AND HEATHER

2009-10-29T19:09:00.006-04:00

Our dear friends Trevor and Heather - coolest couple on the planet, I must add! - got married last month. We had a great time celebrating with them in Flesherton.

Take a look at a few pics from their wedding... More to come soon!

RATTLESNAKE POINT

2009-10-26T23:44:00.001-04:00

Autumn is fast departing, so we took off for Rattlesnake Point yesterday to shoot some fall foliage before it is all gone!

Sneak previews...

Stay tuned for more!

MELISSA AND BEAU

2009-10-25T22:34:00.002-04:00

We had the pleasure of shooting Melissa and Beau's wedding ceremony at Grace United Church in St. Thomas Ontario a few weekends ago. Fabulous couple - really down to earth and a lot of fun to work with! We didn't have a lot of one-on-one time with the couple, but we really enjoyed capturing their ceremony.

You can see Melissa and Beau's full album on our Flickr page.