Ardean Peters

Happy Monday | Be Kind

December 8, 2014 by Ardean Peters

“Be kind for everyone you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about.” A friend posted an exchange on facebook that spoke to this. If someone one does not smile at you. Or doesn’t hold the door. Is rude and impatient. Or any number of things. Maybe this time, try and not take it personally. Maybe it’s not about you. Be kind in return, anyway.

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Family Portrait Session | Toronto Family Photographer

December 4, 2014 by Ardean Peters

High Park + a cool family and their brand new pet dog and you can’t go wrong. Well, family portraits are challenging. Trying to coordinate all the kids and sometimes non-cooperation and getting everyone looking at the camera, is HARD! But great when you get it, which you eventually do. What I really like are the moments in-between, when you can get the family to loosen up and really play. Those are my favourites.

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Happy Monday | Adapt Adjust Keep Moving

December 1, 2014 by Ardean Peters

As I sit here listening to some nice grooves by Deejay Efsharp, just finishing some Saturday morning cleaning and browsing around the inner-nets, I came across a lovely quote that is summed up by these three words: Adapt, Adjust, Keep moving. Well, 4 words. And that is what we do inherently, I think. That’s life. We take things as they come and whether good or bad, we do adjust. We adapt to the situation at hand. And life keeps moving […]

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Liza, First Frame | Toronto Photographer

November 30, 2014 by Ardean Peters

Literally the first frame of our shoot on Saturday. Just testing light. Un-‘edited’ except that it was way underexposed and I had to drag the slider all the way up. More to come…

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“The world would be blank without books!” | Toronto Photographer

November 28, 2014 by Ardean Peters

I bought a book! Ya, I did say that with a little bit of excitement. Because it’s been a long time, since I’ve been excited about reading. ‘The world would be blank without books!’: Watch the world’s most adorable 8-year-old reading ambassador Now, I might be, getting a bit ahead of myself, ’cause I’ve bought books before and in fact I used to be a HUGE bookworm and somehow along the way I stopped reading on a regular basis. I […]

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Mother & Daughter | Family Portraits | Toronto Photographer

November 26, 2014 by Ardean Peters

Not yet 2, but do you see that personality? Nurtured by her mother LaMoi, soul AND body. I had the absolute pleasure of hanging out with this duo and a chance to photograph just a small part of their relationship. We had so much fun. She is such a ball of energy, so smart and if I could, I would have stolen her away. This is my favourite type of family shoot to do, where it’s just about hanging out […]

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Mistakes are proof that you are trying | Toronto Photographer

November 24, 2014 by Ardean Peters

Not that it always, or ever, feels like that. Lol. But it is true and good to remember. Mistakes actually move us forward. That’s why I love photography. Even in the midst of making mistakes and being disappointed in an outcome, I am always able to – with a day to step back a lot of the time – look at what I did and see what I can improve, and fix for next time. More important, photography is that […]

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Dana, Portrait Session | Toronto Photographer

November 18, 2014 by Ardean Peters

She has a tattoo on her hand written in Greek, which says ‘family’. I have photographed her 3x now: 2010, 2012 and now 2014 and she is always a joy to work with and to shoot creatively with. No real agenda. Some outfits. A vague idea of for a portrait session. We work it out as we go along, just trying to create a good image and have some fun while doing it. The surprise for us during this session […]