I love doing photos in the winter and I was lucky that this awesome family decided to do a couple of shots outdoors. It was so much fun working with these guys, I mean look at all those great smiles!
Winter Family Photos
Tag: Kitchener
Landscapes Around the Waterloo Region
I take far too many landscape photos that I never end up sharing so here is a post to get some of those moments out. There have been plenty of foggy days recently and it has given me a great opportunity to try my hand at photographing fog at different times of the day/night. I have also included a photo from a pumpkin patch, because why not?
Family Photo Shoot
Last summer I really started promoting myself as a family photographer. I put a photo session up for auction at the Cherry Park Festival and this lovely family made the highest bid. It was a real pleasure to work with them and their adorable daughter.
Fundraiser Event
Last year I was hired to photograph at a fundraiser. It was definitely an interesting experience and taught me a lot about how to work at an event.
Father’s Day
June has been a busy month and at the heart of it was celebrating Dads everywhere. I had the pleasure of photographing a few gifts to these little ones Dads!
American Kestrel
Trying to get a photo of a female American Kestrel in flight was pretty difficult. This one was done indoors in front of a black background (which was not very long across). She was really talkative and so fast. The first time she few across not one of us took a shot, it happened too quick, but after that we all started snapping in an attempt to catch her in flight and in focus! I have seen these beauties out along the back roads of the Waterloo Region, but only ever managed to get stationary photos of them. I am proud of these two in flight shots, though I know there is always room for improvement.
Peregrine Falcon
We got to work with this beauty as a stationary bird. Peregrine Falcons are the fastest animals on the planet in an aerial dive. They hunt other birds, including ducks, by descending on them from above! One of my goals in the coming years is to get a photo of one in flight!
Next up is this beautiful Red Tailed Hawk. One of my favorite birds of prey to photograph on a regular basis as they are pretty common in the Waterloo Region. I have been lucky enough to get close to them in the wild, watching them hunt and well eat. Often they are found resting in trees or on poles, but once they are infringing on smaller birds territory it is fun to watch them get mobbed. After watching a red-winged blackbird rip out a hawks feather it isn’t surprising that many hawks, and other birds of prey, are missing feathers.
Blue Heron
One of my favorite things about the Iron Horse trail is that there are always birds around. I was lucky to happen across this Blue Heron while it was getting ready to eat. It is crazy that they can swallow the fish whole, I mean that really isn’t a tiny fish!
Unusual City Dweller
There is so much wildlife present if you take the time to look for it. In this case I heard there were herons hanging around a stream off of the Iron Horse trail. Never expected to find a green heron! The fact that a bird like this was hanging around so close to downtown Kitchener just goes to show the importance of green spaces.
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