Awesome Monday part 9

What a beautiful start to the week with this lovely weather! Now if only this cold I've been fighting will go away I'll be happy.. Another instalment today with shots of some big personalities taken at the Chelsey Park retirement home which I am very happy to announce I will be visiting again at the beginning of next month. If you are a hair or makeup artist wanting to be involved please get in contact with me.

Janet is a jolly Scot who was fun to talk to and Amanda did did a great job on her hair. We chatted about how is something is handmade it is so much better, esecially as a gift which stems from how she used to teach calligraphy.

 

Len told us that she likes to do her own makeup but can’t remember ever having makeup done by someone else before. I enjoyed chatting to her and taking her portrait, she is a very lively character and even pulled funny faces for a couple of shots. She tole me that she had professional portraits done awhile ago.

Ruby who was originally from Cornwall brought her gorgeous glamour shot from just before she had children to show us, and she really hadn't changed all those years later! She had told us that it had been many years since she had had a photo taken and really enjoyed being made up. 

Awesome Monday part 8

Another awesome start to the week, well, except for the rain. Last week I dropped off the portraits to the residents of Chelsey Park and unfortunately I didn't have time to go around and deliver them to everyone myself but the recreation co-ordinator there was looking through ooing and ahhing at them when I dropped them off so I'm sure that the participants would have been happy with them and I'm looking forward to the next date!

Gail was the only person I was able to see her reaction in person as she was with the recreation coordinator when I dropped off the portraits and she had a very modest reaction. On the day of the hair and makeup though, I was told that when she went upstairs she was getting cat calls by some of the other residents :)

Helen is one amazing lady, you would have seen her in the behind the scenes photos playing the piano. She is 98 years old, sings and plays the piano, but has never had a lesson in her life. Learned music from listening to songs and learning them by ear. Thinks people should share their talents and not keep them hidden.  She told us she ‘felt like a queen’ and ‘in a daydream’ or had ‘too much whiskey’ while we were doing her hair and makeup. 

Shelly was also one of the younger participants in the portraits and told us that she has been at Chelsey Park for 5 years. Her family lives in London, including her sister, but she doesn’t see them often so said she enjoyed the day. 

Motorcycle engagement photography session London Ontario

Kim and Rod have a mutual love for motorcycles, and each other. So when the dry ground came out of hiding we got together downtown for their engagement shoot which we then used to make invitations out of for their upcoming wedding in Port Stanley when the tall ships are in town. 

Awesome Monday part 7

I'll hopefully be delivering the prints to the residents of the Chelsey Part retirement home this week, but thought I would share a few portraits today along with some stories that we chatted about with the participants. Laura help to capture the participants below stories and her article she wrote about the day can be seen on the caregiver exchange blog. Again a big thank you to Shealea and Elfride for makeup and Amanda for hair.

Laura told us that this was her first time having her portrait taken and first time having someone do her makeup for her, but always wanted someone to do it for her. She was originally from Peterborough and is an only child. She also told us a couple of personal stories about that she moved around a lot as a child, and her aunt and uncle looked after her.

Lillian is Originally from Barrie but said that she likes it here in London. She also mentioned that she has family, but they live too far away to visit often. I found this a very similar story with a lot of the participants who we spoke to that day, anything from that their family lived in California so it literally was quite far to travel to visit to that they had family just living up the road but didn't get to see them as often as they would like. Thats why I'm so glad that we are able to do this project to have a little pampering and a nice photo to send to those family members who are unable to visit. 

Carolyn told us that she has always been close to her sisters and she is the youngest of the three. She said she liked the nickname that they had which was 'her surname- sisters'. She told us that she was going to send her portrait to them.