What’s that old expression, about never working with children and dogs? Clearly, I never got that memo. I was looking back over the last year or so of my photography clients and realized that m...
http://danigirl.ca/blog/2019/02/03/going-to-the-dogs-photographically-speaking/
Over the Christmas break, I found myself with enough time on my hands to try a funky little photo tutorial I’d found online. (I mean, I could have done something productive like housework, but ...
If you’ve been reading the blog for a while, you know that Chef Michael Smith is my food bae. I credit him for pretty much single-handedly empowering me to cook, something I’ve grown to love ...
http://danigirl.ca/blog/2019/01/08/photos-of-the-day-red-hot-chili-peppers/
A lot of amazing things will happen in 2019. In July, Beloved and I will celebrate our 20th wedding anniversary, and then in August I turn (gasp!) fifty! I wanted to do another photo challenge to...
http://danigirl.ca/blog/2019/01/06/photo-of-the-day-50-things-about-me/
I don’t know why more families don’t seek winter family photo sessions. It’s certainly different from a family photo with the bright blues and greens of high summer, or the s...
http://danigirl.ca/blog/2019/01/03/photos-of-the-day-winter-fun-at-watsons-mill/
Traditional head shots aren’t a genre of portrait photography that I’m drawn to, but when Maranda wanted some photos of her being herself in her amazing condo for her business website, it sou...
http://danigirl.ca/blog/2018/10/19/photos-of-the-day-maranda-at-home/
I don’t generally accept requests to take photographs at weddings, but not because I don’t like them. Being invited to document someone’s most important day is a huge honour, and there are ...
http://danigirl.ca/blog/2018/10/11/photos-of-the-day-an-elopement-at-the-manotick-dog-park/
When this family and I planned a fun family adventure photo session at the Log Cabin Orchard south of Ottawa in mid-September, we weren’t anticipating blazing heat and high humidity, but that�...
http://danigirl.ca/blog/2018/10/07/photos-of-the-day-a-summer-like-autumn-day-at-the-orchard/
If you’re looking for a wonderful little spot to bring the family for lunch and a lovely view of the intersection of Ottawa’s two rivers, we had a really lovely lunch one summer afternoon at ...
http://danigirl.ca/blog/2018/08/27/ottawa-family-fun-lunch-at-tavern-on-the-falls/
This was the third year in a row that I met up with this fun family for a “day in the life” candid documentary photo session. The first two were so much fun that they ended up being among my ...
http://danigirl.ca/blog/2018/06/24/photos-of-the-day-family-fun-at-manoticks-locks/
We’re back with more stories! In case you missed it, the adorably amazing Christine Hennebury and I have been playing a game that we’ve recently opened up for anyone who wants to play along. ...
http://danigirl.ca/blog/2018/06/05/the-porch-a-photo-story-collaboration/
Over the years I’ve developed a fondness for photos of random things, photos that beg you to ask the question “why?” Lucky for us, the question “why” makes great inspiration for flash f...
http://danigirl.ca/blog/2018/05/20/the-school-bus-a-photo-story-collaboration/
We have three players this week in our ongoing photo-story game. Each week, I toss out a photo to a group of players, and whomever has the time and/or inclination sends back a story inspired by t...
http://danigirl.ca/blog/2018/05/13/the-workshop-a-photo-story-collaboration/
Well this is wickedly fun! If you’ve been following along, for the past month or two, Christine Hennebury and I have been playing a little collaborative photo-story game. I send her a random ph...
http://danigirl.ca/blog/2018/05/06/the-gate-a-photo-story-collaboration-now-with-more-players/
Dawna and I have worked together on and off for more than a decade. While I’ve bumped about here, there and everywhere, she’s worked in the same building most of that time. So when she accept...
http://danigirl.ca/blog/2018/05/04/photos-of-the-day-five-things-that-make-photographers-happy/
Are you ready for the latest installment of the ongoing photo-fiction game that Christine Hennebury and I have been playing? Each week, I take a photo and send it to her, and she uses it as inspi...
http://danigirl.ca/blog/2018/04/25/perspective-a-photo-story-collaboration/
This week, I tried to throw Christine Hennebury a curve-ball in our ongoing game where I send her a photo and uses it for inspiration in a piece of flash fiction. Joke’s on me, as I think this ...
http://danigirl.ca/blog/2018/04/11/patience-a-photo-story-collaboration/
Every year on or around the first weekend in April, the Ontario Maple Syrup Producers host an open house. I don’t remember how exactly we heard about Oliver’s Mapleworks in particular, but th...
http://danigirl.ca/blog/2018/04/09/ottawa-family-fun-open-house-at-olivers-mapleworks/
Last week, I introduced a new game that my friend and fellow blogger Christine Hennebury have been playing. I take a picture and send it to her, and she takes it as inspiration for a piece of fla...
http://danigirl.ca/blog/2018/03/31/anticipation-a-photo-story-collaboration/
Once upon a time there were two bloggers, who were also mamas, and who both liked to tell stories. They found each other in the big wide blogosphere, which was really not so big in the mid-2000s....
http://danigirl.ca/blog/2018/03/24/the-plan-a-photo-story-collaboration/