Category Archives: ottawa photographers

Ottawa Portrait Studio

Black & White portraits are classy and also very popular! The top portrait is another example of the several new studio backgrounds I now have to choose from.

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Professional Photographer – The Beauty of Lighting Techniques

There are plenty of lighting techniques an experienced  professional photographer has at his disposal in order to create creative images. However, when creating portraits of people there are fewer lighting techniques a photographer has to master in order to bring the best out of people while making them look beautiful. Women for instance want to...

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Unfair Online Practices Have To End!

A topic I wish to address is regarding the numerous photographers in Ottawa who are using competitor’s domain or studio names in their website’s keywords or blogs in order to generate more traffic to their website. My domain and company names (Ottawa Portrait, ottawaportrait.com and also ottawaportraits.com) are being used by several photographers in Ottawa...

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Headshots – Portrait of an Ottawa Photographer

Another lovely portrait I shot last week in my studio. This beautiful young lady found the results were very gratifying and was very pleased with her portraits. I think I managed to really capture her personality in the shoot which reflects who she really is. This is important when creating a portrait. There are many...

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Creating Romantic Portraits

Last evening we took a drive to Rockliffe to meet with this nice couple to create a romantic late evening portrait. Personally I love shooting portraits with props such as this awesome ’55 Chevy. It ads so much to a photo and it also makes it very personal for the couple. We didn’t have much...

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