Totoro and the Four Elements

This year’s trick or treat adventure was a little different than past years. My almost 13 year old went off with her friends instead of hanging out with us, so my mama heart broke just a bit as I had to accept the fact that my children are inevitably growing up, and my yearly trick or treating photoshoot will sadly come to an end in the next year or 2. But hopefully they’ll still want to dress up and create these super fun themed pictures for many years to come. It was fun making these with my children as I teach them how to use all the creative tools in photoshop.

My Neighbour Totoro in High Park

Adelaide went as one of her favourite childhood characters, Totoro. We created this scene above by taking a picture in a beautifully lit area. We took a picture of a cute leaf from our vine plant in the living room that we enlarged to make an umbrella and then we added other characters from the movie.

halloween costumes

In celebration of the four natural elements, Audrey went as water, and her friends went as fire, earth, and air. We made the above photo by simply photographing her in the gorgeous golden light and then adding a few AI elements for the magic! Then later, we met up with her friends and snapped a photo in an area that wasn’t the most ideal, but sometimes you just gotta take what you can get. So to create this incredible scene below, we used an old photo from my visit to Ushuaia, Argentina as the background. Then we used AI prompts for the tornado and fire.

The Natural Elements

Their other bud went as an angel and they wanted a photo that could include all of them. So they thought all the elements could come together to create the almighty powerful light! Using the sun as our big light burst we added some colourful light brushes to create orb-like magic powers and thick fog. A little AI to clean up the parked cars in the background, and ta-da!

fire, air, light, earth, water

When the sun went down the elements were in the element! They trick or treated together around the neighbourhood firmly correcting everyone who mistook them for princesses. We were hoping to find Totoro along the way, but alas, Totoro was having too much fun with their friends. Scroll down to see their fun adventure.

trick or treating

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A Stroll Through The Park

I’m so excited! Those autumn colours are approaching again! That means the fall newsletter will be going out soon (on the 23rd), so sign up now! It also means sweater weather, vibrant backdrops, and gorgeous dramatic light. It’s the perfect season for a stroll through the park. I’ll meet you at one of Toronto’s amazing parks and we’ll create magical images all while you and your family have a great time together enjoying the scenery.

I had such a wonderful time with this family! We got so many wonderful pictures that looked absolutely incredible as a 24 x 36 floatmount! Gosh I love floatmounts! And I LOVE people who print their pictures! :)

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