For the way life feels
Easygoing portraits at home, on a familiar Toronto street or somewhere you spend your weekends. We leave room for movement and the in-between moments rather than building the hour around poses.
From $350 · Around 60 minutes
Photography & visual content / Toronto
For the people you love, the work you make, and the days you want to hold onto.
01 / Choose your frame
A session begins with what you want the photographs to do.
Maybe they belong on your family’s wall. Maybe they need to introduce your business to someone who hasn’t met you yet. Tell us where the images are going, and we’ll plan the place, light and pace around that.
02 / The session catalogue
What we photograph
Six ways to make images that feel like yours, whether they’re made to keep or put to work.
The person behind the work
Portraits, working scenes and thoughtful details for your website and social channels. We begin with where the images will live, then plan locations, outfits and a useful shot list together.
From $550 · Around 90 minutes
Everyone as they are
Unhurried portraits with space for shy starts, big personalities and the occasional snack break. We’ll offer gentle direction without asking everyone to stand still for the whole session.
From $400 · Around 60 minutes
A season worth holding onto
A calm portrait session built around your comfort. Come on your own or bring your partner or family; we’ll plan gentle poses and a setting that lets this moment feel like yours.
From $400 · Around 60 minutes
Details people can almost touch
Clean product images and styled scenes for launches, listings and campaigns. Share the products and their intended uses; we’ll build a shot list and light the textures that make them distinct.
From $650 · Half-day projects
A visual library with a job to do
Campaign imagery, workplace photography and content libraries for businesses. We work from your brief through planning and shoot day to a final selection suited to your channels.
Projects quoted to scope
03 / Before and after the shutter
There’s a little planning behind a photograph that feels effortless.
We’re a newly established Toronto studio, and we like to begin with a conversation. What matters most is different for every person, family and business in front of the camera.
01
Tell us what you have in mind
Share the people, products or story, and where you hope to use the images.
02
We make a plan
We’ll think through the setting, light and useful shots, with room to change course when something good happens.
03
Settle into the shoot
Expect direction when it helps and space to move naturally when it doesn’t.
04
Choose your photographs
After the session, you’ll choose from a carefully edited gallery.
04 / A closer look
The details stay with you.
05 / Good to know
A few things people ask before we meet
Where can we have our session?
We’re based in Toronto and can photograph you somewhere meaningful to you: at home, outdoors or in a setting that suits the images you need. We’ll talk through the location while planning your shoot.
What if I’m uncomfortable in front of a camera?
You don’t need to arrive knowing how to pose. We’ll give you simple direction, keep you moving when that feels easier, and make time to settle in before chasing a particular frame.
Can my partner or children join a maternity session?
Yes. Come on your own or bring your partner or family. We’ll plan the session around your comfort and make room for portraits together as well as photographs of you.
How do we start a product or commercial project?
Tell us about the products or business, where the images will appear and the kind of scenes you need. From there, we can shape a shot list and scope the project before the shoot.
THE GOLDEN HOUR COLLECTIVE / Toronto, Ontario
Let’s make room for your story.
Have a date or an idea in mind? Start with the kind of session you’re imagining, and we’ll take it from there.
