Last weekend we opened the studio doors for our Mother’s Day DIY Portraits. Families booked the Sunday sessions and, as usual, I smiled hearing the fun coming from the shooting gallery!
The way it works is we set up the lights in our photo studio in central Ottawa. People book the studio and plug their cameras into our lighting. After a quick tutorial the fun starts. Someone from the studio is always there to assist, if needed, but once the studio is set it’s EASY! So easy even a 9 year old can take great photos:

DIY Portraits behind the scenes - Ottawa Photo Studio
Someone commented – “The photos look really sharp!” That’s the benefit of DIY Portraits – we take care of the hard part – you benefit from affordable studio portraits!
Below we are featuring one of the families – R, C, and L.
Thanks to all that came – we will be offering this service again in the fall in preparation for the Christmas and holiday season. The DIY sessions are also available anytime for birthdays, celebrations or corporate events.
Contact us for details or to receive a reminder about the next DIY sessions.

DIY Portraits - Ottawa Photo Studio

DIY Portraits - Ottawa Photo Studio


























#784 Photo Goals on the blog
May 1st, 2012Better photos require many things – practice, learning, mastering fundamentals.
One thing that rarely gets mentioned in photography is goal setting.
Goals?!
Goals help you improve. It’s true.
Photo Goals - set your sights!
The process of developing your photo ideas takes time, practice, brainstorming, discussion and the commitment of thinking things through on a structured, regular basis.
The classic model to achieve this is through goal setting – forcing yourself to think through what you want to do and (more importantly) how you might get there – on a regular basis. The goals are less important than the process – visiting the ideas and goals regularly to help your photos get wherever they’re going – quicker!
The process is active. Goals change all the time. But the result of this ongoing brainstorming process has been documented to create and accelerate results.
What are your photo goals for the summer?
Me? I want to create 10 new exhibition quality pieces for the Watershed collection by the end of July. There, I’ve said it. I better get to work!
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