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I’m an On-Location Natural Light Photographer specializing in prenatal, infant, children and family portraiture in the Ottawa area.

Website: http://www.michellebarbeauphotography.com email: michelle@barbeau.net
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Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Trudi

This little guy was distracting me while I was supposed to be taking pictures of Jane....I just had to snap a few pics of him
I love how relaxed he looks

What an Adorable Belly!

I had a great time taking pictures of my Good Friend Jane's Belly today!



Don't you just love the red wall?




Thursday, December 17, 2009

8 1/2 months and counting

I'm so excited that baby "M" is due to arrive in just two weeks.




stayed tuned next week for official maternity pictures (if she doesn't arrive early).

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Last assignment


Today was my last day for my photography course....I'm sad that it has ended, it was an amazing course.

Here are a few of my favs from my last assignment. The assignment was about conveying emotion



















Saturday, September 12, 2009

5th assignment


a few of my favorites from my 5th assignment. We had to take pictures in the worst light of all....noon sun. I can't believe how well the pictures turned out

















4th photography assignment


Here are a few of my favorite shots for my 4th assignment. We had to take picture of different lighting situations







Tuesday, August 4, 2009

August 4, 2009

A few of my favorite pictures from my latest photography assignment (i'm taking an online class through Wendy Shulz....I would highly recommend it to anyone, see the right hand side of the screen for her website)






We also learnt how convert pictures to black and white properly (not using grayscale). I love the way this picture turned out....I'm going to print it out and frame it




Friday, July 10, 2009

July 10th, 2009

Histogram
Did you know that there's such a thing on a camera called a Histogram? I didn't but am so glad I do now!
This is an example of a picture that I thought would be the right exposure

This is the picture I took after looking at the histogram and seeing that my exposure was a bit off:


I like the second one much better, what do you think?

July 9th, 2009

I've been learning how to correct colour in my photo class.....boy did i need to learn how to do that! Here's a picture i was working on today. I've always liked this picture but hated the colour....what do you think?

Before:


After:



Friday, June 26, 2009

Practicing for my Photography Course

Here are a couple of practice shots for the photo course I'm taking. This is for part of the hand metering assignment. The third full body shot was blurry so i have to redo this part of the assignment....grrrr! The camera focused on the bushes instead of the her but now i've actually read the camera manual and know how to make if focus on a particular spot (guess i should have done that when I got the camera :)). Now, I just need to think of a bribe to get Victoria to pose for me again. It's strange using the Manual mode on the camera, i've been so lazy using automatic for the last few years




Thursday, May 28, 2009

May 18th, 2009

The Ottawa Tulip Festival














Wednesday, May 13, 2009

April 17, 2009


The annual birthday Bear picture

here's the very first one from 7 years ago (he was one week old in this picture)

April 16, 2009

cooking in memory of Grandma....I did a pretty good job deciphering her recipe

April 11, 2009













Spring is arriving at the cottage


April 10, 2009

tasty treats made by Lorrie

April 4, 2009

Fine dining at the Barbeau residence

March 29, 2009








Happy 4th Birthday to my adorable niece!


March 23, 2009






I did a little photo shoot for this adorable family....don't you love the blue eyes!






March 21, 2009

Spring is coming