I don’t think I could ever get bored shooting couples in London, England. Everything from the architecture to the gardens to the shops is like scenes from a movie. Its the perfect backdrop. Each neighborhood is so unique. Tara and I came up with the idea of a 1940’s engagement session. We could have picked any decade for London and made it work, that city is so versatile.
Tara and Ryan completely dressed the part, and on an extremely rainy day we headed to V & A (Victoria & Albert Museum.) in South Kensington which was the neighborhood we were staying in.
After the museum we headed to the giant Albert Memorial which was commissioned by Queen Victoria for her husband Albert. Victoria and Albert’s story is probably one of the most romantic of all the English monarchs. It was perfectly fitting for Ryan and Tara. On a side note I highly recommend The Young Victoria Movie.
The museum is stunning, its quiet and ornate, with a mix of modern and old artifacts. It is my favorite museum I have seen yet.
So here are a few scenes from Ryan & Tara’s engagement.
Erika & Ryan
Today, its foggy in Barrie, it does this quite often in the early morning around here. It reminds me so much of London, England. This past New years Ryan and I spent 3 weeks in Europe photographing a wedding celebration for our amazing clients and good friends Tara & Ryan.
We arrived in London On December 27th 2009 and to our surprise it was beautiful and sunny. I had always imagined London to be very gray and foggy and rainy. Oh but don’t worry London did not disappoint. It was gray and rainy for the entire week and a half we spent there aside from the first 2 days.
London is one of the busiest cities we have ever visited, every corner you turn in that city takes you into a different world it seems. There is so much going on and so many people from all over the world, we never felt out of place.
Ryan and I love being tourists, when we go to new places we like to see the architecture so we visit as many monuments and buildings as we can. We love museums and art galleries, but whenever we are traveling we hate spending time indoors. We want to be out there with the locals; grabbing lunch at a pub, taking the Underground around the city, experiencing the history of the area.
We did visit 2 museums in London, Madame Tussauds Wax Museum and Victoria & Albert Museum, which you will see on the blog very soon.
When Ryan and I arrived in London the first thing we had to see was Big Ben (in true tourist fashion).
Here are a few images we took from our walk around.
More to come soon.
E & R
In the winter months Ryan and I spend a lot of time in the studio. In the past the studio was the living room of our old town house, or a rented space in down town Barrie or any corner someone would let us shoot. This winter our studio is in our new house in South Barrie (old Painswick) we invite you to come and check it out! Our goal is to shoot more creative portfolio shoots for models, actors and performers. We want to step outside of just the standard head shot (head shots are still very important and you should definitely have us shoot yours)
Maybe you have a cool prop, or outfit you have been dying to be photographed in, or you have always wanted to do a theme shoot. In the past we have done 1940’s themed shoots, trampoline shoots, shoots with balloons, cakes and now I have finally had the chance to photograph a chair that has been in my family for decades. It was my grandparents, and now it is sitting in my kitchen.
Check out some of these shots of Juliette wearing a dress by Brandon Dwyer from Canada’s Project Runway in our new studio.
Cheers
E & R
p.s- if you are a model, actor or performer looking to add some new creative images to you portfolio, contact us we can’t wait to hear your ideas and work out a concept just for you!
a little “how we do it” pic in the studio.
Over the years we have had the chance to photograph some very interesting people. Some people who are not too comfortable in front of the camera and some that are born to be in the spotlight. For years we have been photographing models, actors, and performers. This photo below was shot at our photographers all nighter photo shoot this summer in Barrie.
We had tons of photographers and models out for the night to just get creative and make some interesting images. The photo below is of Anastasia, a few months ago you could see her in Virgin Mobile ads all over Toronto.
by Erika Hanchar
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