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Hello, welcome!  I'm Catherine Farquharson.  I'm a professional photographer, using photography as a way to expand, connect and create.

For my clients and subjects, this means what we do is real, and fun.  I shoot creative editorial portraits for publications, sometimes of well-known names like Clare Danes and Sarah Slean.  I also work with emerging artists and people-of-note to-be, as we develop branding, image and feelings that photos can portray and evoke through their portraits.

As a documentarian, I tell photo-stories from all over the world, including the recent first interracial prom in Charleston, Mississippi, where my photos were published in Oprah's magazine, the National Post, NPR.com, Seventeen magazine and more.

I especially revel in covering important life experiences, including weddings, relationships, and natural lifestyle portraits.  Those moments and events are what we remember and hold onto, and I am honoured by the opportunity for my photos to be the touchstone for those memories and feelings.

For me, photography of people is the capturing of their essence, and sharing back what I saw and felt.  Wherever, and whomever they are. Everywhere and anywhere. Connecting, understanding and sharing. 

Author Archives: documentographer

Love without borders Part II

What can I say, except that it was so very worth it to fly to Rio De Janeiro to shoot Abigail + Gustavo’s second wedding.  As you may recall, they were married first in Toronto in June (see post here.)  This time they wed in a garden on a mountain, on a beautiful property called...

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reeling from Rio

Just back from a whirl-wind weekend trip to Rio de Janeiro for Abigail + Gustavo’s amazing wedding #2.  More on that to come…
In the meantime, here’s an image of Rocinha, the oldest and largest favela in Rio.  200 thousand people live here.

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poor me

Vanessa Farquharson and I go way back.  Not just with our unrelated Farquharson roots, but also with our photos.  I photographed her here, in 2008 for her book Green as a Thistle. Since then, we have become friends.  You can imagine how delighted I was to have the opportunity to shoot her wedding on Friday.
As...

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let me just grab a tissue, then I’ll be with you

I’m slightly delayed on publishing this slideshow.  It’s not for lack of trying, but I haven’t been able to get through the images without tearing up, choking up, and cracking up.  It all started, when I started crying during Aly+Hugh’s ceremony, and cried my way through the recessional.  Then it just continued through the evening,...

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romancing the summer

Balloons, pets, sunshine, roadtrips and freedom.  That’s what it’s all about, isn’t it?  This shoot was straight out of a summer dream.  One I don’t want to wake up from!

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keeping you waiting

Looking at the two pictures I just selected for this blog post teaser, I see that I am being mysterious.  It’s not intentional, per se.   I just can’t tell you more, yet, as I’m still recovering from the pure magic of this East Coast wedding this past weekend. I’m not prepared to show you...

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Wedding of a Lifetime

I know this might seem risky to say, but I can pretty much guarantee that you have never been to a wedding like this. I am willing to put it in writing. Right here on my blog.
I can’t even say more, as it’s been almost a month, and I am still blown away by...

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Get up, get down, it’s party town

Did you hear the shaking up at the Weston Prince Hotel on June 27?  It was rocking, you might have heard it.  It wasn’t G20, it was Sari + Daniel’s wedding.  A celebration that was really like no other.  If you weren’t there, I’m sorry to say, you missed out.
I guess that kind of fun...

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“the best camera is the one that’s with you”

This is what Chase Jarvis says, making his iPhone photos so famous recently.  I admired this saying since I heard it, never thought much of it because the camera that is with me is always the Canon 5D mark ii (AKA the Best Camera).  This weekend I brought my trusty camera to a cottage for...

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Love without borders Part 1

Abigail + Gustavo are international lovers.  They were married on June 26 in Toronto.  They will be married again in Rio on August 21.  With the Toronto version of their wedding being this much fun, I can’t wait to see how much fun the Rio version will be!
Stay tuned…
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