Victoria Wedding Photographer - Kathy Paton » casual portraits

mounted portraits | feature product

kp — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 18:00:02 +0000

remember when i did the portrait session with lucy? it was a special project for a very special friend and i had a blast working on it. she wanted to present lucy’s portraits ina very special way – something that was different. so i made a few suggestions and worked with my printing vendor and we came up with these 3-D like mounted portraits. the 8×8 flush mounted portraits are raised on a 12×12 plaque, giving them a pseudo- 3-D look.

We made 5 plaques in total – 4 to be hung in a grouping and one will be hung on it’s own. i love working with my clients on special projects like this. i love when we work together with a creative vision and then see it come to life.

what creative vision would you like to create with me?

beautiful ballerina | victoria portrait photographer

kp — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 18:00:57 +0000

one of the things that i enjoy so much as a photographer is photographing the dancers every year at my daughters dance school. i capture casual portraits of the dancers throughout the year and produce a slideshow that is played after the intermission during their end of year performance. it’s become a favorite highlight of the show!

every year, i always have a favorite portrait (or two or three or twelve!). this is my favorite from this year.

last week, the dancer in the middle came to my studio and we captured some amazing portraits of her. she’s a beautiful ballerina!

you can view the slideshow on my facebook page. this years performance was Around the World, so we started with Canada.

zoe and adam | class of 2010

kp — Mon, 10 May 2010 15:20:17 +0000

another fun RAD GRAD portrait session! see more on the RAD GRAD portrait site.

where’s kathy?

kp — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 06:20:06 +0000

well, i’m right here, of course!

life has been hectic this past month. i can hardly believe that we are nearing up on the end of january already. seriously?? but even though things have been kind of quite here on the old blog, believe me, there’s LOTS going on behind the scenes. i’m building the first of two new blogs, that will be linked to this one. it will be completely dedicated to boudoir and the other new site will be dedicated to RAD GRADS. this blog will still have most of the usual content on it that you’re used to: weddings, engagements sessions, boudoir and RAD GRAD mentions and, of course, some personal stuff about what’s going on in my life. i’m also busy getting the details in place for the valentines boudoir event on february 6th. email me soon for your appointment. they are booking up! i was also in vancouver yesterday for a photography workshop with the awesome [b]ecker, southern california wedding photographer extraordinaire! he’s such a great guy and i took in so much useful information! now to start implementing some of it into my business.

tonight, after i was finished answering 2 days worth of emails, i took the time to download the gazillion photos that i have on my iphone. i just love the little camera it has built-in it. i never have to worry about missing a “moment” when i have it with me. and it comes in especially handy when the kids are getting restless when we’re at a restaurant waiting for our meals to arrive or for taking the ever popular self portrait.

here’s a small collage of some of my favorites.

the sutton family : sneak peek

kp — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 07:30:34 +0000

when she received the pictures that i took at her son’s daycare session, she emailed me to ask if i had any openings. she said the pictures were ‘fantastic’ and she wanted to schedule a family session, just for the three of them. i quickly looked at my calendar and gave her some dates. and the rest they say, is history!

i was really looking forward to their session. i remembered little c from the daycare and thought he was such a little cutie! when we met yesterday morning, it was a perfect day! it was overcast (perfect lighting), not raining and best of all, the temperature was very mild.

it was great meeting you sutton family and i hope we get to work together again one day! enjoy your sneak peek!

my favorite season : fall

kp — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 06:11:57 +0000

fall is my favorite season for many reasons. especially october. it’s my birthday month and it’s the month i married my sweetheart. but it’s also one of the most beautiful times of the year. having grown up on the east coast, i really miss the vibrant reds, yellow and oranges of the leaves as they change and fall to the ground. but this year has been different here on the west coast. this year, fall has been especially colourful and vibrant, most likely due to the indian summer that we were so lucky to have experienced.

and i absolutely love it! this morning the kids and i went out and took a few pictures. we haven’t done this for a long time – mostly because we’ve been so busy – but also due to the fact that they just aren’t “into it” lately. i guess you could say that today was my lucky day – smiling, co-operative kids and fall!

oliver . casual portraits

kp — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 00:15:37 +0000

casual portraits are great. anytime. they capture who you are. right now – at this time in your life. there’s no need to get all gussied up. no fuss. no muss. just casual. plain. old. casual.

a few months ago i was asked if i could just do a mini session with oliver. you see, oliver is growing up right before his momma’s eyes and she wanted me to capture a few portraits of him before he’s completely grown up. oliver is the son of miss lorraine. miss lorraine is the owner/instructor of dance at steps ahead dance, where my daughter takes classes.i was more than happy to oblige.

if you’re interested in a mini sesssion for casual portraits, please contact me either by email at info@kpphotography.ca or phone 250.516.4064 to book your mini session.