A pooch squints at the snow sitting on his nose.

Wishing you a world of good times and happiness this Holiday Season.

 Give the gift of workshops and portrait-sessions to the photography lovers in your world.

Click here for the Holiday Gift Guide.

“Hello. My name is Dean Oros. I’m a photographer.

I love a good story. Especially stories of love and family. Films about people falling in love are completely cool. I don’t understand the term “Chick flick”. As a photographer, capturing honest emotions shared between people is a wonderful experience. It’s magic; a creative process unlike any other. Witnessing the amazing reactions of my clients when they view my work makes me feel like I’ve the best career in the world.

In my previous life, I was an international TV / film distributor, and traveled the world. I made TV programs, too. Some of them won many awards.

If you’d like to be in front of my camera, send me an email. I’d be happy to hear from you.

Hats off to Love.”

If you’re a Canadian photographer and aren’t familiar with them, you should check them out. Feel free to get in touch with them or give me a ring.

The challenge with One-Day promotions is they come and go very quickly. If you missed out, don’t fret! We have something special for you.

If you’d like to have custom greeting cards of your own in time for the holiday season, we’re offering a special 20% off our Winter Series images. Simply enter the special code WINE AND CHOCOLATE during checkout.

Click here to choose from 10 beautiful images.

Wintertime night driving on Willow Avenue. The Beaches, Toronto Canada.

Anyone may take advantage of this special offer. Offer valid today, November 11th only. Thanks and enjoy.

We’ve teamed up with Living Social to bring you a photography and fine-art greeting card collection that is to die for. Photography industry types refer to this as a U.W.C.D., or “unbelievable-wicked-cool-deal”.

If you’re a fan of our photography but haven’t yet treated yourself to you own professional shoot, this is a superb opportunity. If you’re already one of our wonderful clients ~ you know we loved photographing you ~ we hope you’ll tell your friends, family and work colleagues about it. Or book yourself another shoot; we’d love to photograph you again.

Here at the studio we’re a small team of creative people. So, we normally don’t subscribe to super-hyped promos. Our clients come to us because they love our pictures and professionalism, and feel our full fee is money well spent. We’ve a long list of accolades to our credit, which makes us super-happy. But it’s a big small world, and we know there are thousands of people who will also love our photography, if only they knew about us! We don’t have a big marketing department or budget to reach them. At times this can be frustrating.

Which means that when opportunity comes-a-knocking to introduce us to new people who might love how we see them through our cameras, we just might open our doors wide! Living Social reaches out to thousands of Torontonians every day with its emails (Hello everyone!), so it felt a bit silly to pass. And, as we did a soft launch this week of our new website for Images of a Promise, it’s a great way to celebrate with you!

For those that are seeing our photography for the first time, take a look around. The main menu at the top of our website will take you where you want to go.

All the U.W.C.D. details of today’s photography and greeting card collection is on the Living Social website and in your email, if you’re a subscriber. Feel free to call us during business hours with any questions. This one-day promotion is for Wednesday, November 10th only!

We look forward to talking with, and photographing you! Also, follow us on Twitter and Facebook for more.

UPDATE
We’ve already received some inquiries, so here are some further details:
Limit 1 per person, up to 1 additional as gifts
• Appointments required and subject to availability
• Photographer will travel up to 30km from M1N 1A5 in the GTA (the Beaches) – locations outside this zone will incur an additional $25 traveling charge for every 10km outside the postal code area
• Some locations will require permits, these costs will be additional
• Purchasers must schedule photography session before voucher expires, although the actual session can take place after 
voucher expiration date
• Value of voucher can be used towards other event packaging
• Re-scheduling policy of 48 hours applies; voucher subject to forfeiture
• We’re keeping the phones open until 9pm so feel free to call with any questions
• We are able to start accepting booking requests on Thursday, November 11th. Living Social vouchers will arrive in your inbox the morning of.

All the best.

The very first rock concert I attended as a teenager was Rush. Who? No, not The Who. Rush.

Rush is said to be the 3rd most influential band in rock, behind The Rolling Stones and The Beatles.

They’re Canadian. They attended the same high-schools I did. They lived in my neighbourhood. And they blew my ears out at Maple Leaf Gardens. I remember not being being able to hear myself speak as I walked out of the Gardens because my ears were ringing (and I wasn’t happy about it; even then I valued my hearing). It was my very first rock concert, and though I didn’t realize it at the time, I had just experienced an important moment in rock history.

When I watched the feature-length documentary “Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage” last night, I was amazed how many old photographs were in the movie. I couldn’t help but laugh at the hair styles back then.

The filmmakers found some archival footage that even the band was stunned to see: The band playing at Laura Secord Secondary School in Willowdale. The filmmakers also shot interviews with Rush fans Billy Corgan, Kirk Hammett, Gene Simmons, Taylor Hawkins, Rage Against the Machine’s Tim Commerford and South Park co-creator Matt Stone. And of course those familiar with Toronto will remember J.D. Roberts of The New Music, as well as the current band Death Cab for Cutie.

The film is an excellent look back at the rock music scene in Toronto. I didn’t know Rush had to go to the USA to get noticed. But get noticed they did, in a big way. It’s interesting to hear other successful rock musicians speak about this tiny trio from the burbs of Toronto and St. Catherines. I felt the film came a bit unglued towards the end. I wanted to learn more about some of the history of their other albums (they’ve now made 24 albums during their four decades together).

Either way, very entertaining and definitely worth watching if you’re a fan or not. They are such a misunderstood band. You’ll learn a lot about their story and how they came to be what they are known as today: a Canadian powerhouse rock band whose musicianship doesn’t easily fit into any typical rock-music definition. By the way, watch until the end of the credits to hear Alex’s mother say: “I love Rush. The louder the better”. Priceless.

Laying on my back surrounded by a bride and bridesmaids, lining up my next shot:

Photo by Rayissa Palmert.

The final result:

A fun picture of the bride and her girls.

Working to interest a group of groomsmen about the next shot. Maybe I’m wrong, but they don’t look very interested!:

Photo by Rayissa Palmer

The final result:

The groom and his boys. They ought to be in GQ Magazine.

My reaction to being caught in front of a bright camera flash. A quick lesson on how to shoot without flash was needed!:

Photo by Shamus Mathers

That is my final reaction. Funny and oh-so-flattering! Until next time…!

However, I’m going to show one example so you can see the difference, which applies to this image only. Every image is unique.

The new Dodge Challenger SRT Hemi is the epitome of the American Muscle Car. It’s one sexy automobile. I want to thank the lovely Katarina for modelling and Ryan for supplying the Challenger. Though the final image looks like it should be part of an advertising campaign to be seen in magazines and what not, it’s from their engagement session. By the way, if you’re in the market for a Dodge Chrysler, feel free to contact me and I’ll put you in touch with Ryan.

The BEFORE:

Remember, when driving, don’t exceed the speed limit. Be safe.

We’re having a contest. Tell me which version you like best and why, by posting a comment below.

One lucky winner will receive a complimentary print of your preferred version OR you can choose 1 of 50 images from our Hawaii Collection. See them here.

The image will be printed as a satin photographic paper print (approx 8×12″), and will include free delivery.

The winner will be announced July 4th and will be chosen via a random draw. Good luck!

Here are the two versions:

Profits from print sales are donated to cancer research!