Make-up, and make-up done well, should be considered a top priority for any bride who is investing in professional photography. Camera lenses see differently than the human eye, high quality cosmetics and professional application really are a significant contribting factor in making you look your best in front of the camera.

Our new friend and colleague Lauren Bartoli is both extremely talented and incredibley kind. We have worked with her on a coulple of projects, weddings and boudoir, and now want to take her with us wherever we go.

She has worked for MAC, one of the most popular cosmetics lines available, for four years. During this time Lauren has been professionally trained by MAC and has absorbed a plethorah of information and techniques that relate to her profession through her 10 years of experience and freelance work.

Lucky for all of us, Lauren was asked to come from Ottawa to manage Kingston’s one and only MAC counter (The Bay). We strongly recommend commissioning Lauren, who is available  as a freelance make-up artist here in the city, the next time you are in front of the camera.

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You can contact Lauren at 613 532 4280

We had lots of fun shooting this one! Everyone loves to go out on sunny days to take photos, but what about the rainy ones? I have always wanted to shoot in the rain, personally I feel it would make for some really dramatic and fun shots. Figures that it took the courage of a child to make it happen : ) Rilyn was such a great sport, and for being such a “girly girl” she sure took to pouncing into puddles well!

This is the premiere Little Violets Moving Portrait and we couldn’t be more pleased to share it with ya’ll. Capturing a child’s movements, voice, and reactions really contributes to the creation of a rich portrait and memento to keep and share though the generations. For most of us, our familial documentation is scant if existent at all. We may have a few old pictures of our mother when she was a little girl, or some of us might be lucky enough to have some Super8 footage from some bygone vacation to Florida or birthday party.

Imagine having a Moving Portrait of your mother as a little girl, or yourself, or little one  to pass down, share, and enjoy on special occasions. We are very excited and thankful that we can use our gifts toward such a beautiful and worth end: family heirlooms.

We hope you enjoy,

The Violets

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What is a Moving Portrait? A Moving Portrait is cinematic in nature, a collection of moving pictures/stills. Each frame is carefully considered, contributing to a momentum of imagery that tells a story and projects a feeling that is unique to you. Stills continue to play an integral role in the moving portrait. Laced throughout, stills let us hold  those moments in time that so easily slip through our fingers or go unnoticed revealing a part of ourselves or loved ones that passing time seems to rob us of. Inversely the cinematic element reminds us of the poetry of motion and subtlety of expression that a alludes the still. We hope you enjoy the first of many  Winding Violets Moving Portraits.

Who: Jessica Strong

What: Moving Portait

Where: Winding Violets Studio and Kingston Ontario

When: March 6th, 2010

Why: Because it is beautiful

Music by Pricilla Ahn (such a beautiful song, thank you)

I am a big fan of editorial photography. You find editorial photography in fashion, bridal, and fine art/photography magazines. Editorial shoots are highly contrived, that is to say controlled, and  are commonly concept based. Stylists, designers, art directors, the photographer, and many others collaborate to conceive a create vision. Sometimes the vision is clear cut and has a specific end (i.e. showing off a new designers line) other times it is about creating a feeling or ethos, and sometimes they are simply done in the name of beauty: in the words of the immortal John Keats, “‘Beauty is truth, truth beauty,’ – that is all / Ye need to know on earth, and all ye need to know.”

Who: Jessica Strong

What: Editorial Portraits

Where: Kingston Ontario

When: March 6th