London Ontario Family Photographer

Crystal first contacted me about shooting her wedding which I was really excited about as there is going to be a butterfly release and part of it takes part at a waterfall! Really excited, that was until I heard the date and I already had a wedding booked. So instead we decided to do an engagement shoot which really actually turned out to be more of a family shoot with their two gorgeous kids. I also had them model some of Planet Playground's 'Mommy and Me' dresses, perfect for a shoot in the park with a kind of vintage feel to it. I can't wait to do the trash the dress underneath the waterfall at the end of August!

These are the Planet Playground dresses. Too cute!

P.S Don't forget to enter to win a free photography session like this! There aren't many entries yet and it ends in 3 days so you've got a good chance!

Senior Session Saturdays #3

Heather is my senior spokesmodel for this year, she's just finished high school and contacted me with a huge enthusiasm for doing a shoot around the city, with the architecture of downtown London and we also headed to City Lights, an amazing bookstore on Richmond. It was a pleasure to spend the lovely summer afternoon walking around discovering new places, hearing stories about certain parts and also remembering what it was like to be this age and how much there is to look forward to. Enjoy!

Annette and John's Engagement session

One rainy morning we set off into the park, hoping that we could work with it and apart from the first couple of shots we took, the rain completely held off for us! We chatted about how they came to be together, which I always love hearing about and this one was quite out of the ordinary with John asking Annette to join his (imaginary) volleyball team. Not too far along the road and he asked her to marry him so I guess his confidence payed out :) Wishing them all the best for their wedding next April!

This one was a total accident but I actually like it a lot!

Don't forget to enter your happy photos on my facebook page to win a free session! Check out the details on my last blog post!

Unveiling my Website

For a long time now I have been wanting to build a website. I've been building my portfolio and showing it all on my Facebook page and on here, my blog, but my lack of web design skills held me off building one. More and more lately I had been thinking about doing it, to try to be taken even more seriously about doing what I love and to be able to market myself. It wasn't until I was watching an Epic meal time video (of all things) that I finally got pushed over the edge. They were advertising 30% off Squarespace fees. I had used Squarespace before at one of my other jobs and had mastered how to do that so I took up a free trial to begin with and with the help of my lovely (geeky) boyfriend I've now got it all up and running. I'm sure that I will be making little tweaks here and there along the way but I'm thinking it looks pretty good.

So heres where you come in! Submit a photo of something that makes you EPIC-ly happy! I'm thinking that laughing face of your child, your favorite beach or park to visit, or even just a photo of a time that is now a great memory. You can submit either by posting it to my facebook page or by emailing it to me at erin@erinwoodgatephotography.com. I will put all the photos into a folder on my facebook page called 'The Epic Competition' (I've put a photo in there of a happy memory) and the person whose photo has the highest amount of 'likes' wins a free photoshoot of your choice either for yourself or to use as a gift certificate for someone else. I realize that my 'fans' are everywhere from here in London to across the country in Halifax to all the way at home on the Central Coast and as I'm going to be in all 3 of these places within the next 3 months it will be possible for everyone to enter!

So go on, have a look at my new website, then look through your photo albums and submit a photo that makes you Epic-ly happy, then share my page with your friends to get more likes on your photo and have some fun in the process! As an extra bonus, everyone who enters get $25 off their first photo session!

I'll be drawing the winner in 10 days or when my page hits 350 likes, whatever comes first :)

Senior Session Saturdays #2

Jess just finished high school and is an aspiring model. So for her 'Grad with a difference' shoot we decided to make it a little more posed, so that she could use the images for her portfolio. We also decided to make it have a slight vintage feel to it, and we shot in Springbank park which is one of her favorite places to be. Sorry there are so many photos I just loved all of them and wanted to show them all to you!

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P.S on Monday I'll be revealing my brand new website, prizes will follow!