Beautiful Danielle / Ottawa Headshot photographer

Do you remember my head shot contest way back in March and our lovely winner?

(this photo was taken by one of her twin daughters) 

After having to reschedule due to bad weather, we finally got together in June for our photo session.  Danielle was so much fun to work with!  Here are a couple of shots from our session

Isn't she gorgeous?!

Adorable Family - Stittsville Family Photographer

This was one of the first families I photographed when I started my photography business 3 years ago and I was honoured that they had my back to their home to photograph their growing family.  They have a new member to their family now and it was so great to see how much their other daughter has grown (you can see their last session here).

the little one sure looks up to her big sister!

their backyard is so beautiful that we took some outdoor shots as well

It was great to see you again "J" Family!

Beautiful Bridget / Kanata Teen Photographer

I love working with teens...they're so fun!  Bridget is graduating from Grade 8 this year and wanted some grad photos done.

Bridget loves to dress up so I brought a few flower headpieces to play around with...I thought this big pink one looked great with her beautiful eyes!

we made mom get in for a few photos as well...I love this one!

Thanks for the wonderful session Bridget and good luck in High School!

Teen Photography / Ottawa Teen Photographer

My daughter recently came home with some proofs for grad photos that got taken of her at school.  She was very embarrassed by them and I have to admit that I didn't like them either so didn't order any.
They showed her sitting in front of a bright blue background and wearing a cap and gown plus she had the fake "cheese" smile...it didn't show her as she truly is at this moment in time.  I want to remember her as she is now, before she moves into a new phase in her life in September when she'll be entering high school.  She's beautiful, fun, caring and has some "teen attitude"...she's still happy to hang out with her family but is making that transition to her peers being more of an influence.

I decided that there are probably other teens and families of teens that also have the same attitude about school photos as me so decided to start a new branch of my Photography Business geared for teens.

It's still a work in progress but I have a facebook page if you would like to check it out.  If you like the page and stayed tuned,  i'll be offering a fun contest for teens in the near future.

Here are a few pics of my daughter from a mini shoot I did with her on Mother's day weekend, I love all the flowering trees!

New Contest - Win a free Headshot Photo session

I've had several people request Headshot photos recently so thought it would be fun to make that the subject of this year's contest.  If you look on LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook you'll notice that most people don't have a very professional looking profile picture...they're mostly just snapshots taken in bad light and are often blurry.  Social media is a very popular tool to network and help increase business so having a professional image is very important especially if you're an entrepreneur, business owner, real estate agent or even just looking for a future spouse on an online dating site!


Would you like an updated Profile photo?  Here's the perfect opportunity to win a
Headshot Photo Session plus two digital images.
($150 Value)

Here's how it works:

Go to this link http://bit.ly/Y73w8M and upload a photo of yourself before 11pm on Thursday, February 14th.  Make sure it's a photo of you and preferably one that you've been using as a profile photo so we can see how badly you need a new one!  :)  No professional photos allowed.  (option: email me your photo and i'll add it to the contest for you)

From February 15th until the end of the day on the 24th, people will vote on who they think needs a new photo and the winner will be announced on February 25th.  That's it...how easy is that?!

This year's contest is going to be run through my Michelle Barbeau Photography facebook page.  If you have friends not on facebook that would like to vote for you, they are welcome to email me at michelle@barbeau.net and I will add their vote (voting does not start until the 15th).

A few rules:

•  one entry per person
• participant must live in the ottawa area or be willing to travel to my home studio in Ottawa
• participants must be 21 years or older
• winning photo session is for one person only and must take place before May 31st, 2013

Good luck, I look forward to seeing all your photos!

Feel free to pass this along to anyone that you think would benefit from a free Photo Session


Here are a few headshots from recent photo sessions:

My Favourites of 2012 / Ottawa Family Photographer

I love going through all the photos of the previous year and reliving all the fantastic sessions with my clients.  I feel very blessed to meet so many wonderful people that allow me to capture a special moment in time for them.

Here are a few of my favourite photos from the past year!

I'm looking forward to all the amazing people i'm going to meet this year!

Michelle

Family of 5 - Kanata Family Photographer

After rescheduling twice due to the rain, I was finally able to meet up with this wonderful family.  I met Mom back when we used to work together as teenagers (I won't say where :)) so it was great to meet her beautiful family!

It was really cold outside so there was a lot of cuddling going on!

They even brought their adorable 10 month old dog Racy along

Every year they give the Grandparents a photo of all their Grandchildren so the two cousins stopped by for a couple of photos.

The kids were so well behaved that it was easy to get a shot of all of them and even little Racy!

One of my Favourite Families

It's been a couple of years since I did some photos for them but I was finally able to get my brother's family in front of my camera again.  We were short on time but we managed to get quite a few shots that I love!

These two love each other so much!

Family of 4 / Kanata Family Photographer

I love taking Family pictures at this time of the year with all the beautiful Fall colours...especially when you get such a wonderful family like this!

The kids were so much fun and were in a great mood even though there were quite a few bugs flying around them

isn't this sweet?!  I love getting pictures of just Mom and Dad.    Most of the time parents tell me that they haven't had a picture together in ages or since their Wedding Day.

It makes me really happy when people bring their dogs along!  Isn't Jessie adorable?