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Brockville family portrait photography

Abelle Portraits Mother’s Day Promo: Another Chapter

The Mother’s Day Promotion held last spring led to this family portrait photo shoot. During the pre-shoot phone consultation, it was made clear that the goal behind this studio photo session was “to capture the children at their age.“ In essence, isn’t this what photography does: stop time?

Brockville family portrait photography
This session was really four mini-sessions built into one, combining individual magazine-style photos with family portraits. This is certainly possible and makes for a busy fun-filled day.

This session also coincided with another milestone for this family: their nest will start emptying out as the eldest daughter is leaving for university once school starts again this Fall.

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Brockville family portrait photography session held in Abelle Portraits StudioBrockville family portrait photography session held in Abelle Portraits Studio

If you wish to combine different types of photo shoots, make sure you pack a variety of outfits and that you eat your “Wheaties“ in the morning. Energy helps you stay alert for the duration of the photography session. I will guide you and help you plan for this ahead of time.

So, when was the last time you and your family were photographed professionally?

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It was a pleasure for Erica, Angélique and I to create these family portraits.
View more images from this photo shoot.
Photography assistance: Angelique Gravelle
Hair and makeup: Erica Wright
Direction and photography: Isabelle of Abelle.ca

This family’s professional services include: Thousand Island Hearing Clinic and Brockville Chiropractic and Health Associates.

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Portraits for Mother’s Day: Abelle

When your children go looking for images of you, their mother, what will they find?

It is time you stood in front of the camera. For your children. For you.

Mother daughter portrait

Abelle Brockville portrait studio.

Special Gift Vouchers available at our Brockville portrait studio. On-location option available (Montreal and Eastern Townships, Qc). This special offer valid until Sunday May 14, 2017.
Call or email us for details.

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On-location Natural Light Portrait Photo Shoot: Abelle

Where were you during this last snow storm? I was snowed in. In Sutton. Snow heaven. With St-Patrick’s day a couple of days away, I felt the Celtic vibe. So I played with glass and shot these portraits. In natural window light. In the recreational room. Next to the piano.

This is Edith, mother of two and professional organizer at Haven Maven. If you don’t know what a professional organizer does, then find out. Everyone needs one at one time or other. This service will transform your life. We had already shot a corporate head shot session and created a casting portfolio for Edith. This session was a styled beauty photography session.

About the photography sessions:
When you reserve your photo shoot, we map it out ahead of time, in person, over phone or via Skype. This is to ensure we produce portraits/images that reflect the look, feel, theme and emotions you wish to convey. That is true for all types of photo sessions: glamour, lifestyle, family, boudoir, pregnancy or corporate head shots. Having a planned photo session is reassuring, is more time-efficient and keeps us focused. It is also a whole lot of fun!

abelle photography studio natural light portrait

abelle photography studio natural light portrait

abelle photography studio natural light portrait

The f/1.4 beauty.

 

 

abelle photography studio natural light portrait

This one is going on her wall, for sure: 16″ x 20″ or larger!

For information or to book your own portrait shoot.

New Business Venture Calls for New Portraits by Abelle

2017 has been and is on an upswing for many people around me. This momentum seems to have taken over Cara’s professional life. Corporate portrait taken in studio by Abelle Photography, Brockvill

She called me out of the blue telling me how much she needed a new personal branding image. How this new business venture was important and scary for her. How she needed to treat herself to this: the pampering hair and makeup session that takes place prior to the corporate photography session.

Corporate portrait taken in studio by Abelle Photography, Brockvill

Abelle Portraits studio: corporate portrait photography.

Corporate portrait taken in studio by Abelle Photography, Brockville Ontario

Abelle Portraits studio: a corporate portrait photoshoot.

Cara, we wish you all the best in this your new adventure at HQ Mortgage Inc.Corporate portrait taken in studio by Abelle Photography, Brockville Ontario

Hair and makeup: Winx Artistry
Contact Cara Holden for your next mortgage at HQ Mortgages Inc.
To inquire or book your portrait photography session.

The Reveal Wall: Abelle Portraits’ Wall of Fame

We’d love to have you on our wall.

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Beautiful Makeover and Elegant Portrait Session: Abelle

She is a business owner, a mother and grandmother and a woman full of life. She needed a new corporate portrait for LinkedIn and her other social media profiles. She had the honesty to come into the photography studio and say: “I didn’t know what to bring.  I either like wearing these outfits or people have complimented me on them. So I brought them all.” I think you nailed it. A+ on your selection Marjorie!

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Beautiful studio makeover session professionally photographed by Abelle Portraits. Some of the portraits taken during this photography session were also used as corporate headshots. Brockville portrait studio.

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Beautiful studio makeover session professionally photographed by Abelle Portraits. Some of the portraits taken during this photography session were also used as corporate headshots. Brockville portrait studio.

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Beautiful studio makeover session professionally photographed by Abelle Portraits. Some of the portraits taken during this photography session were also used as corporate headshots. Brockville portrait studio.

Brockville wedding photographer

Beautiful studio makeover session professionally photographed by Abelle Portraits. Some of the portraits taken during this photography session were also used as corporate headshots. Brockville portrait studio.

Brockville wedding photographer

Beautiful studio makeover session professionally photographed by Abelle Portraits. Some of the portraits taken during this photography session were also used as corporate headshots. Brockville portrait studio.

 

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Beautiful studio makeover session professionally photographed by Abelle Portraits. Some of the portraits taken during this photography session were also used as corporate headshots. Brockville portrait studio.

Thank you for the privilege. -Isabelle

Hair and makeup: Kathy from Winx Artistry

 

Elegant Makeover & Portrait Session: Abelle Fine Portraits

Makeover and Glamour Portrait Photography: Abelle
This lady came in contact with me through a member of local business woman, Lorrie Brown of L.B. Office Admin, member of BWB. She drove from Ottawa for this experience:  a hair and makeup pampering session (Thank you Erica) followed by a portrait photo shoot. There are many reasons why women wish to sit in the makeup chair and come to our portrait studio. In this case, the reason was simple: she wanted to do something special for herself.

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Her resting face is a contagious grin. Not smiling is difficult for her and it made the session fun.
I think she loved the result. I know I do. Here are some of our favorite images.

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Beauty Makeover and In-Studio Elegant Photography Session: Abelle Portraits

This elegant lady and I are connected. We come from the same little farm town. A town so small it wasn’t even on the map when I was growing up: Iron Hill, Quebec.

She says she came upon journalism later on in life. She is a freelance writer, marketer and TV producer and host. She is also an avid community supporter and promoter of the community in which she lives and serves. She has an knack for networking. Listening to her talk about her engagements for the upcoming week made me tired. She is a vivacious, curious, inspiring and authentic.

She came fully prepared for the session. During the pre-shoot consultation, we talked about what to wear and how to get ready for the shoot. We discussed outfit choices: colours, material, necklines, textures and accessories. I would give her an A+ for the getting ready part of the shoot. This made things easier for us during the photography session. I feel the portraits below are the result of a great team effort.

Abelle makeover portrait photography session

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Erica Wright MUA worked her magic during the beauty makeover session. The result is stunning. I love Doreen’s short strawberry blond hair and those blues eyes. (Somehow the images of Anne Murray and a younger Judi Dench kept popping up in my mind during the photo shoot. Do you see it too?). She didn’t even look at her reflection once the hair and makeup transformation was finished. Then, together we created these elegant photographs.
Thank you Doreen for this memorable opportunity.

30-Something Beauty Portrait Photo Shoot: Abelle Portraits

This is what 30 looks like:

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She is a tall, beautiful, independent and intelligent woman.She is bilingual. She is funny. She loves to travel. She is a role-model for her students. She is a fashion police and has used her authority on me. 🙂 She is a 2016 bride. Jean-Pierre Ferland said it best: C’est à 30 ans que les femmes sont belles. These are a few of Gen’s beauty portraits taken in natural light on a quiet Sunday morning.
Merci G2.
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Whether you are 29 forever or 72, what are you celebrating?

 

Elegant Beauty Makeover and Studio Photo Shoot: Abelle Fine Portraits

We met at a business luncheon. Months later, Ms Judy contacted me. She was ready for her beauty makeover and glamour photo shoot experience. This natural beauty moved so well in front of the camera. These are a few of the dozens of stunning portraits we created in the studio. Below is what she had to say about the shoot.

Makeover glamour photography session

“I want to share how enjoyable my experience was during my beauty makeover and photo shoot with Isabelle. It is so nice that we have this service available right here in Brockville. I arrived at the studio and was made to feel very comfortable. Isabelle explained the process to put me at ease and we started with a couple of ‘before’ shots. I then moved into another room for the transformation of my hair and makeup with Erica. This was fun and I learned tidbits of advice regarding doing makeup and using hair product. Once the hair and makeup was completed, Isabelle had chosen some outfits from the clothes I had brought along for the photo shoot and we began the photography session. I will admit that I was a little nervous but she put me completely at ease. It is amazing to watch her at work creating the perfect lighting and poses. With a few simple words, she was able to direct me to create poses that were not only artistic but also strategically made me look the most beautiful, slender and relaxed before the camera. We changed outfits and with each one Isabelle was able to create the perfect pose for the mood expressed by that piece of clothing.

I must admit, in my family I have always been the one taking photos of everyone else. Rarely will you see me in pictures taken a family events or vacations. I have felt awkward in front of the camera, never knowing quite how to smile or what facial expressions to give. Isabelle was a genius at giving me directions to elicit the look she wanted to evoke. It was effortless and fun and I felt more beautiful than ever before.

Once the photos were processed, I came back to the studio to view the finished products. I was amazed at how lovely the photographs looked with just the right lighting, poses and expressions. There were so many great shots it was difficult to choose which ones I wanted.

Thank you Isabelle for such a great experience and highly recommend having a beauty makeover photo shoot. I guarantee you will never realize the beauty others see in you until you have your own session.”
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I also wanted to share a bit about Judy’s interesting life: 
“I have had several careers in my life: physiotherapist, lactation consultant, scuba dive master, business administrator; also hockey/baseball/lacrosse mom to two sons and a boat racing wife to a hydroplane boat racer.

Currently I am an author of an action/adventure novel with a message: Voices in the Wilderness (by Judith Utman). I have recently embarked on a new adventure taking a modelling and acting course for a new phase in my life. Who knows where this will take me! This photo shoot is a wonderful experience for modelling in the future.”

For more images of Judy’s session:  Click here