Visual Roots is the combined talent of professional photographers Andrew Essig and Kate Gass - a collaboration of two different perspectives creating one unique photographic story.
Our approach to photographing your story is simply fun & relaxed so that your true self shines.
If you're newly engaged, have a new addition, having an event or just looking for a new portrait don't be shy to contact us to ask any questions that you might have. We love what we do and are so glad to share in your special life moments.
If you like what you see here, why not check out our website. Cheers, Kate & Andrew
Who knew you could have that much fun while learning and being inspired? Well, I am here to tell you can. Andrew and I went to a photography seminar series this year called “Mystic” It was at the very beginning of January and ran for four days of seminars. We got to meet and chat, have a beer with some of the top wedding photographers in the world. Crazy! We even made it into the Mystic Video which was filmed by Joseph Switzer of Switzerfilm
So, are we inspired? Yes! We are taking what we have learned and re-learned and putting it in to action for 2012. Thanks everyone for such a great time.
Cheers,
Kate & Andrew
Happy New Year! Just a small collection of the past year of weddings. We have had a wonderful year photographing all over Ontario and meeting lots of new people. We wish you all the best for the new year and best wishes in your planning. Thank you!
Anita & Chris will be getting married next summer and I cannot wait to see what they have come up with for decor. Anita has such a great sense of style! I will give you a hint… “zebra print” We photographed their engagement session in Collingwood, Craigleith and the Blue Mountains. It turned out to be a great evening with lots of warm light. Anita & Chris had never been to some of the locations we went to and really enjoyed finding some great trails and places to walk Easton.
Their dog Easton! Was very excited to meet us and have his picture taken.
Thank You!! Thank You! What a great day. We had a lot of little ones through the studio on Oct. 28th and of course lots of fun. Because of the so many great people who joined us we raised close to 200 lbs of food for the Wasaga & Elmvale Food banks. With such fantastic success this will now be an annual studio event. We so forward to watching all the little ones grow and see what they choose to be for Halloween each year.
Here are our “not so little anymore” kids with some of the food that we raised.
Here is Madisen is costume being scared by our friend/neighbour Adam
Visual Roots is opening the Fireside studio for a One Day Costume Bonaza! Help us, Help our community food banks by bringing your little ones in costume with food bank donations and receive a complimentary mini session. Each session includes one image ready to print 4×6 size and each child will receive a Halloween treat.
Come one, Come all to this Spooktacular event.
When: Friday Oct. 28th
Where: Fireside Studio, Woodland Beach
Session Times: 1:00 – 7:00 pm
What to bring: Food for the Food Bank or Monetary Donations (minimum $5.00)
Most needed food items for the Food Bank
Canned Meat & Fish
Peanut Butter
Beans in Sauce
Rice
Cold Cereal
Canned Fruit
Macaroni & Cheese
Canned Stew & Chili
Canned Vegetables
Fruit & Veggie Juice
All food and donations going to the Wasaga Beach & Elmvale Food Banks.
Give the studio a call 705-361-3270 to book in your time slot. Any questions please give us a call or email at info@visualroots.com.
Parents can order prints of other poses through our online gallery system. Galleries will be ready for viewing November 5th 2011.
Scott & Sarah had a beautiful day at Bigwin. If you have never been to Bigwin Island you are missing out, it’s a beautiful spot for a round of golf or a wedding.
Sheralyn & Steve Had a beautiful cottage wedding with lots of DIY projects. It must have taken them weeks and weeks of preparation. Just thought I would post this Teaser Postcard until the rest of their blog post is ready.
Hello all! We hope you have had a wonderful summer? Hopefully the wonderful weather will continue on into the fall.
We have a very large naturalized area very close to our studio. During the better weather months of the year we use it as our outdoor studio as much as possible. Here are some postcards from the past months we have shot at our outdoor studio.
Dalene & Andrei’s Engagement Session
Adrienne & Todd just because session
Christine from Harness Your Power. Business Portraits
Over the fall months we will continue to photograph outdoors. We find that it helps clients feel more comfortable and we get more variety from the different landscapes. Looking for family portraits we will have a fall special coming up just in time for Christmas cards and Christmas orders. Hope you are enjoying the last days of summer.
We have been working diligently to keep to deadlines and the blog has gotten forgotten again. What can we say? We like to spend any free time with our munchkins instead of the computer. School is starting soon… Baby H has been in our baby program for the last year and I really looked forward to seeing how much he has grown from session to session. He first came to see us at about three weeks old and he was oh so sweet. He just celebrated his first birthday and we had lots of fun at the final session. Most of the session he was on the move exploring the studio, he wanted to touch and see everything. We listened to lots of Raffi and he practiced his drumming on the big metal wash tub. Here is one of my favorites from the session.
We just wanted to say thank you to all our great clients and we really appreciate the support and understanding over the last month. The wedding season started on a rough note with the postal strike. Living in a rural area like we do we depend on the postal service for almost all of our mailings and packages. With the service not running it was a lot more difficult and expensive to get everything where it needed to be. Also, we had several packages stuck waiting for everything to reopen. Once that was over we were excited to get everything back on track. Only that didn’t quite happen as quick as we had hoped.
On July 5th a close family member had a bad accident. We are very happy to say that they are recovering. It will be a long process for them. This again took us away from our editing work and set us behind by a few more days. Things are now getting back on track and we are working hard on keeping to our time-lines. If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to call or email.
Thanks again for the kind words and best wishes that you have offered. Also, for your patience and understanding. It means a lot to us.
