Colin and Arminta asked me to help them celebrate their 10th wedding anniversary with a fun family photoshoot down by the water at Riverbluffs Park in Cambridge.

We had such a great morning playing in the park! I think when people ask for family photos they are expecting a picture of them all sitting together. But with a little planning a family photoshoot can actually be entertaining for the kids. I think that it shows in the shots and the kids look like they are having fun and are much more natural.

Friends and family who would like to be notified when the rest of the photos are available online can sign the Guestbook.

One weekend this summer I was a Muskoka portrait photographer – shooting summer camp staff members and a family photoshoot near Utterson (west of Huntsville).

We did our best to brave the mosquitos for Angela and Scellig’s family pictures and I think we got some great shots outside.  We wrapped up our night with some snacks and a wee dance party when PYT came on the stereo.

Family and friends can register using the Guestbook to be notified when the complete set of picture is available online later this week.

I was in the Orangeville / Collingwood area last month for an awesome photoshoot with Elizabeth and Rebecca.  They hired me to come do a Party of X style shoot on Rebecca’s farm – you know how much I love farms!

Both Elizabeth and Rebecca run CSA’s (consumer supported agriculture) on their respective farms. CSA’s enable buyers to purchase a share of the weekly vegetables from a local family farm.

I loved shooting at Rebecca’s place because a) they milk goats – lots of goats, and b) her father is a master dry-stone mason and they have all of these beautiful walls and a dry-stone, Scottish Highlands-style house.

Thanks for a great day, you two!

I was working this morning for Heart FM, one of our local Woodstock radio stations, shooting the Jon and Liz Show with special guest… Donny Osmond.

It was a really funny morning and Donny was such a great host to the 5 winners who got to have breakfast with him.

Woodstock Mayor Pat Sobeski giving Donny the key to the City and declaring today Donny Osmond Day.

Donny with the contest winners and their guests.

Singing Puppy Love on air with the contest winners.

I also want to thank the Holiday Inn Express for being great hosts and East Side Marios Woodstock for a brillant breakfast.

Welcome Christopher S. Penn newsletter readers!   I hope you enjoy my photography.   Just for you… a recent shot from a portrait session on a farm.

(Regular blog guests: I was honoured to be mentioned in the Chris Penn’s awesome marketing newsletter this morning.)

You might like some of my other endeavours:

I am a Podcaster: CampHacker

I am a Social Media Marketing Consultant

I post fun stuff I find on the net to my personal blog

Last night we went to see our friend Craig Cardiff perform at the Woodstock Market Centre Theatre. It was a great concert, as expected, and it was really great to discover Teague Stanfield. Teague is a Woodstock-born singer-songwriter who now lives in Toronto. He was a brilliant opener for Craig.

Thanks for a great evening everyone!

Beth and I were at Cairn a couple of weeks ago.   She was leading camp staff training for a couple of hours and I shot the staff portraits.

Here are a couple of highlight images as I have been working on the photos.  It was great to be a Muskoka portrait photographer again!

When Beth & I were at the Tri-State Camp Conference in Atlantic City we paid homage to my photo-buddy Photojunkie and set up an ad-hoc photo booth.   I think there are some really fun pictures from summer camp people from around the world.

Best selling author and blogger – Seth Godin (watch my video interview with Seth Godin here):

Lenore Skenazy from the Free Range Kids blog (our video interview).

Author & Filmmaker Jean Kilbourne (Beth’s video interview with her)

Participant portraits: