YouTube Portraits - Kyle & Allysin

Allysin and Kyle came to me with a portrait request - they wanted really simple portraits on a blank background that could be spliced together to create a YouTube cover photo. 

I don't currently have a studio set up, but I do have a really well lit apartment, so we made our impromptu photoshoot by working one of my blank walls right by a door. 

Aren't they the cutest! You catch Allysin & Kyle over on their YouTube channel and blog. Be sure to check them out - there is always something going on - from Vlogs to Makeup Tutorials to healthy living tips. (And of course they will be featuring these portraits soon!)

And just have to include this one blooper - cause I love it:

Tyler & Emily

The week before my sister's wedding I met the absolute cutest couple. Tyler & Emily celebrated their first year of dating by inviting me to take some photos - and I couldn't be more happy! The light was perfect, and this couple was so kind and easy going.

Tyler & Emily - I am incredibly excited for you and your future. :)


 

Mike & Elle Engaged!!

I love love! And I feel incredibly privileged that my friend Mike allowed me to be part of the surprise on the day he proposed to the love of his life, Elle. 

Mike and I have been friends for years, ever since we started attending the same college 7 (IS THAT RIGHT??!!) years ago, and my heart just bursts with so much happiness that he has found someone who is just perfect for him, and loves him with the depths he deserves. Elle is a true gem, and I am so excited for their future!

Mike & Elle - Thank you for allowing me to document such a beautiful moment! I am already super excited for your wedding. :)

 

Allysin Portraits (Shooting RAW for the first time!)

The company I work for is a digital media company. (You can check them out at ProChurchTools.com) And a couple weeks ago my boss was learning all about how to take headshot as part of an online course he was writing. Through this we ended up talking about RAW.

Basically RAW is a setting on cameras that means the image data it stores literally is, well, raw. It has very little processing to it. Where as JPEG images have settings already baked in to the image that you cannot change in post production. RAW images give the editor more options, and more control.

After hearing my boss talking about it in the office a couple weeks back, I decided it was time to try it out for myself. Asked my sister, Allysin, to be my model, and on a perfectly gorgeous spring Sunday we headed to the beach . . . .

Rainy Day Self Portraits

It has been uncommonly warm for a Canadian January here in Niagara Falls. Thankfully this gave me the great opportunity to run out and capture a few new self portraits to include here on my website!

I am also really exciting because I already have a couple shoots lined up for the next month or so.

One is my beautiful friend Sydney and her brand new baby boy. 

And the second one is an experimental hipster/Instagram styled shoot with a friend here in Niagara. I am really excited to start this blog and use it to document my journey in art and learning more techniques, and trying new things with photography.

If you are interested in doing a shoot, or in hiring me to capture your extraordinary ordinary moments, please contact me at: hello@roxannelois.com. 

Here's to an adventure filled 2016! :)