Monthly Archives: April 2010

Ryan’s Bar Mitzvah at Centro

We photographed Ryan recently at his Bar Mitzvah in Toronto at Centro. If you are thinking of a location to throw a private event Centro is incredible, especially the food.We had a lot of fun photographing Ryan & his family out on Yonge Street & on some side streets.Karen Jacobs from Up and Coming Events was a pleasure to work with as she helped pull this party together. Richard from Redstone Video brought it all together with an awesome video.

Centro
2472 Yonge Street, Toronto, On
416-483-2211
www.centro.ca

Karen Jacobs
Up and Coming Events
www.upandcomingeventsinc.com
416-665-6100

Redstone Video
416-256-4666
75 Roberta Drive, North York, ON
www.redstonepictures.ca

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WIN A TRIP FOR 2 TO NEW YORK CITY

I LOVE NEW YORK CONTEST!

I recently returned from New York City after my girlfriend Janet had surprised me to a long-weekend in New York City for a B-Day gift. I know what you’re thinking Ahhhhhhhhh……….. what a nice girlfriend & I agree   :)   We had an amazing time staying at the W Hotel Times Square. We spent our time going to museums, photo galleries, shopping, great restaurants and sight seeing. Oh, and did i mention photography? All images on this page were taken from our trip (interior photos below are of the W Hotel Times Square).

While in New York I was thinking how could we gift a trip for 2 to New York City for our 2010 Wedding Clients to enjoy maybe on their 1st anniversary?

You may ask why would we give away a trip for 2 to New York City including return airfare staying at the W Hotel Times Square including limousine service in New York. The answer is simple we LOVE our clients!

Prize includes return Airfare – Economy – from Toronto to New York City from Friday-Sunday, includes 2 nights accommodation at W Hotel New York – Times Square+ limousine service from Laguardia to W Hotel-Times Square & return from W Hotel to Laguardia on departure. Taxes are included.


We are asking all of our 2010 Toronto Wedding Clients to submit their best video while on honeymoon whether you are in Hawaii , Australia, Africa or Muskoka etc….. with a little clip on their experience with Eclipse Photography on their wedding day & yes we appreciate creative praise anytime. We spend our time being creative & we now ask our clients to be creative.

Forget about trying to win a trip on the radio or filling out entries online or at your local store. This is the real deal & you probably won’t have a better chance this year or any other year to win an amazing weekend in New York City. So dust off those video cameras or your iphone video or whatever you use is great!

All entries received will receive a gift from Eclipse Photography Inc. after contest closes & winner(s) are announced on January 25, 2011. Judging will be done after the contest closes by employees of Eclipse Photography. The judges decisions are final.

A few tips to get you going in the right direction – shoot the video as RAW as possible, we don’t want any special effects and any professional editing used will be frowned upon. Think of location & time of day of shoot especially if you are on your Honeymoon in an interesting place. Be original with your video, we love to laugh.What we are looking for are down to earth Raves on your experience with Eclipse on your wedding day. This video can also be shot in your backyard if you are not going on a Honeymoon this year.Location will be a small part in judging what we are looking for in content. There is a video in our Blog done by one of our fantastic clients last year that you can check out to get you going. Click on the link below to see a sample of what we are looking for:

CLICK HERE FOR SAMPLE VIDEO

Contest Rules:

1. The contest is open to Eclipse Photography 2010 Wedding Clients only (known as the Bride & Groom).

2. The prize is not redeemable in cash and must be accepted as awarded.

3. Decisions of the contest judges are final – no substitutions will be available.

4. By claiming the prize, the winner authorizes the use, without additional compensation of his & her name, photograph or any other medium (including without limitation, radio broadcasts, newspapers, television or any other distribution including over the internet) which Eclipse Photography may deem appropriate.

5. In accepting the prize, the winner(s) acknowledges that Eclipse Photography may not be held liable for any loss, damages or injury associated with accepting or using the prizes.

6. The contest is open April 23, 2010 at 12:00 pm & closes December 23, 2010 at 12:00 am

7. Winners of the contest must sign a release form as prepared by Eclipse Photography acknowledging their acceptance of the complete contest rules.

8. Approximate value of prize $2300.00

9. One entry per wedding couple. Odds of winning will be dependent on how many entries received.

10. Videos submitted will be accepted as is & we will not edit the videos. Videos submitted should be no longer than 2 minutes. All contest entries will be played on our Blog for everyone to see the contest entries.

11. Winners must submit date(s) of choice(s) for departure a minimum 30 days in advance. If date requested is not available for Airfare or Hotel, Eclipse Photography Inc. reserves the right to select an alternative date. Prize is not available on Statutory Holidays in Canada or Public Holidays in the U.S.

12. Spending money or additional costs – checked baggage, tips,insurance, flight delay or medical insurance, baggage loss or damage, additional cost of hotel expenses over & above is direct resposibilty of winner(s).

13. Winner(s) will be announced & notified on January 25, 2011. Trip must be taken by January 25, 2012, no exceptions.

14. We have tried to notify every 2010 Wedding client thus far regarding this contest based on email addresses supplied. If your email address changes please notify us so we can update your address change. Clients will only be reminded once prior to their wedding of the contest.

15. If you live in New York, which I know some of our clients do, & you win the contest we will then offer your trip to Toronto return to New York with a comparable hotel here in Toronto.

16. It is the clients responsibility to forward the video file to ECLIPSE PHOTOGRAPHY via email, hard copy or You Tube. If you have any questions regarding this please call.

“When its 100 degrees in New York, it’s 72 in Los Angeles.  When its 30 degrees in New York, in Los Angeles it’s still 72.  However, there are 8 million interesting people in New York, and 72 in Los Angeles.” Neil Simon


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Toronto Wedding Photography | Joanna + Chazz | Palais Royale

We recently photographed Joanna and Chazz’s wedding in Toronto at the beautiful Palais Royale. Joanna and Chazz had beautiful weather the day of their wedding so we did some photos outside downtown on The Esplanade. We worked with an incredible team that included Karen Garscadden Consulting who helped pull the whole day together. DMS did an amazing job with the video and the room looked amazing with Karen Baker’s design. The dance floor was packed all night with the cool vibe of Soular. Joanna and Chazz you guys are the best. CONGRATULATIONS!


Karen Garscaden
Up & Coming Events Inc.
416-665-6100
www.upandcomingeventsinc.com


DMS Video
411 Confederation Parkway, Unit 6
Concord, On L4K 0A8
905-738-5510
www.dmsvideo.com

Designs by Karen Baker
200 Viceroy Road, Concord, On L4K 3N8
905-886-8100
www.designsbykarenbaker.com

Soular
Sandy Mamane
416-532-0441
www.soular.ca

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Cloris Leachman had us in tears (with laughter) at Roy Thomson Hall

I had the honor of meeting and photographing Cloris Leachman last night as part of the Unique Lives and Experiences at Roy Thomson Hall. Cloris is one of the most acclaimed and unpredictable actresses of our time. Cloris has been a star of 57 movies 137 tv shows and 11 Broadway plays and also a dancer as she proved last year in Dancing with the Stars. Cloris had the audience in stitches last night with her candid humour, as she talked about her marriage and motherhood often with laughter and tears. At the end of this month Cloris turns 84 & shows no sign of slowing down as her latest venture has been the announcement of Cloris Line an unique clothing line for woman.

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Studio Portraits | Georgia

Here is the infamous ‘Georgia Peach’ demonstrating her fiery personality during her portrait shoot earlier this month. She has recently turned 5, so we figured, what better way to document her new age then to do an up to date photo-shoot? As you will see in the following photos we like to have a lot of fun during our photo shoots to bring out the personality of your children. It is still not to late to take advantage of our April 2010 portrait shoot for children or teenagers in our Toronto Studio. This is a one time sale only this year for our studio portraits at 50% off.

APRIL PORTRAIT SALE for all kids/teenager portraits taken or booked April 1- April 30, 2010 $150.00 + taxes Includes:  Studio shoot 1-10×15 Portrait + Low Res CD + Online Gallery for 2 years.





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Toronto Wedding Photography | Four Seasons | Candice + Brian

We recently photographed Candice + Brian’s wedding at the Four Seasons Hotel in Toronto. The weather was  amazing so we took Candice + Brian for a photo shoot around Yorkville. Candice looked beautiful in her Vera Wang gown, we had fun taking some photos in front of Vera Wang’s storefront. Lynn Cohen event co-ordinator was a pleasure to work with as always.Richard Saunders from Redstone Video did some awesome video for Candice + Brian and Susanne from Wildflowers did an amazing job with the flowers & the ballroom looked great.

Wildflowers Inc.
99 Brisbane Road
North York, On
M3J 2K4
416-663-2913
www.wildflowers.ca

Redstone Pictures
416-256-4666
75 Roberta Dr
North York, On
M6A 2J8

redstonepictures.com

Lynn Cohen
905-889-1007

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Eclipse Photography Classes Launched

We have just launched our NEW site for our Eclipse Photography Classes in Toronto. We have classes to suit everyone, whether you are a beginner or a seasoned pro check out our site. This site will have all the info regarding our classes dates/fees. We will be also offering photography tips every Friday. To all returning students who are taking another class will be given 10% off . This summer we also will be having a photo shoot with Doug at an amazing location in Toronto with models. This will be offered no charge to all of our current & previous students to learn more shooting techniques with Doug. Dates & times will be confirmed thru our Photography Class site, so check back often.

We will be offering:

  • 1 Day Basics in Photography
  • 2 Day Basics of Photography
  • 6 weeks Basics of Photography
  • 6 weeks Intermediate Level of Photography
  • Portrait & Flash Workshop
  • Wedding Photography Workshop
  • Lightroom

We still have 2 spots left for our weekend workshop this Saturday and Sunday April 10 & 11 th (15 hours of photography education) $395.00 + taxes

Call 416-256-300 if interested or send us an email

Thanks to Selena who was amazing on helping with the site you can check her out at the Technology Diva.

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Studio Portraits | Spencer + Charlotte + Violet

I photographed my nieces & nephew the other week at the studio & they were FUN! I’m an uncle to 5 nieces & nephews so I like to update with photos of them every year. I hope they will look back as the years go by to how cute they were. Looking back in just 8 short months since the last time I photographed them they have changed. We recommend to document your child’s life as they grow up, so they will have some photos to cherish when they get older. To help you accomplish this we have a limited time special on portraits of your children:


APRIL PORTRAIT SALE for all kids/teenager portraits taken or booked April 1- April 30, 2010 $150.00 + taxes Includes: Location or Studio shoot 1-10×15 Portrait + Low Res CD + Online Gallery for 2 years.









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