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If your home was a book, what would the…

November 22, 2022November 22, 2022
by PXmujeres

Where were you when your house was created?
Did you help write its origin story?

“Home. That blessed word, which opens to the human heart the most perfect glimpse of Heaven, and helps to carry it thither, as on an angel’s wings.”
– Lydia M. Child

Sylvie now and then our home as a written story — Looking into the looking glass of your home.

If your home reads like a book, do you like the prose?

Is your home older than you? Does your home have a story or two to tell?

Our homes are deeply personal extensions of who we are. The textures and fabrics of our homes contain layers of depth far beyond our years. They have their own stories to tell.

Maybe you live in a newly built home that is writing its first chapter. Or, are you in a century home, one that’s rich in history, like a tome stuffed with tales and dusty memories?

Did you choose your home or did it choose you?

Do you ever wonder how long your home will live after you have moved on to another home or another life?

‘Arte-facts’ of life carry your poetry with them, long after you are gone.

sylvie now and then antique table and classic flowers with guest bed

Inspired Restoration

On a recent visit to my client’s home, I was inspired to photograph her parent’s home. Sylvie lovingly restored this forgotten century old home, cleaned out debris, disinfected and eliminated mold, added rich layers of personal effects for decor and dedicated the living room for dance lessons.

She has revived this home and opened a new chapter in her life.

How many chapters will you add to your home’s story?

Now and Then…

One day you are the central character in your home’s story. The next day, the page is blank.

next day you are gone and your home story goes on.

If your home was a book, what would the title be?

Enjoy living photo stories? check out this one about living in an urban condo of magical light.

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PALACE PIER – AN URBAN ESCAPE AND OASIS

April 18, 2022April 18, 2022
by PXmujeres

On a recent stay down in Palace Pier, I bathed in light. I immersed my senses in the elements of nature. And, the sublime lines of ever-changing shadows dancing a timeless dance.

There are few places like Palace Pier in the city of Toronto. This is a place where earth and heaven meet upon the dance floor of the rich blue hues of Lake Ontario. The subtle, yet powerful lines and textures of the interior design in this beautiful home are at times understated and other times provocative. The constant shifting between the two make each room a delight to behold at different times of day.

What do you think?

Do these photos convey this experience?

PALACE PIER TORONTO URBAN ESCAPE SITTING

PALACE PIER TORONTO URBAN ESCAPE SUNRISE

PALACE PIER TORONTO URBAN ESCAPE SITTING 2

PALACE PIER TORONTO URBAN ESCAPE SITTING 4

PALACE PIER TORONTO URBAN ESCAPE SITTING 3

PALACE PIER TORONTO URBAN ESCAPE LAKE ONTARIO

PALACE PIER TORONTO URBAN ESCAPE LAKE ONTARIO 2

PALACE PIER TORONTO URBAN ESCAPE SITTING GREENS

PALACE PIER TORONTO URBAN ESCAPE LAMP GOLD REFLECTION OF LIFE

PALACE PIER TORONTO URBAN ESCAPE GLASS 2

PALACE PIER TORONTO URBAN ESCAPE ABSTRACT

PALACE PIER TORONTO URBAN ESCAPE LAMP LIGHTS

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Custom Beautiful Home Real Estate Photography

January 28, 2022April 18, 2022
by PXmujeres

Love it and List It

The perfect backyard sunset, the layered linens in the old wood plank pantry, flowers on a breakfast nook table, a stack of your favourite grandmother dishes on the kitchen sideboard all convey a warmth, a comfort. Just like the description in your favourite novel, we strive to bring to life these stories and memories through our photography.

Want your real estate listing can stand out?

We use our skills and creative to capture unique design features
We highlight the natural design and flow of your home
We record every fine detail you wish to portray
We focus on the custom build and style of your design

Our real estate photography session delivers service and provides you with excellent photography files.

Whatever your needs, we photograph your home for listing, insurance, or memories.

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URBAN OASIS CITY PHOTOGRAPHY

What if your home is a work of art? That special reading room, in your interior world, invites the playful and powerful play of the elements? Then, it is time for capturing those moments of life into art. You may even need to celebrate candid snaps of time with your loved ones in the beautiful spaces that define who you are in your most sacred moments.

My home is an homage to Art & a Life Well-Lived. Let’s Capture this!

SOFT AND MODERN CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHY

Which is your favourite living nook? Are you a read the newspaper at the breakfast table, a the crack of dawn kinda human or do you lounge in bed for as long as possible?

I need you to photograph my custom designed home

BREAKFAST NOOK
STYLE LOUNGE
LUXURY BEDROOM

FARM HOUSE STYLE AND FAMILY LIVING PHOTOGRAPHY

Farm living make your heart skip or scare you back into the city? Is it romantic spending time with wild flowers or just a dusty, dirty, sweaty mess? It’s alright, if you confess. I won’t hold it against you or make any snap judgements. But, I will snap your photo or two.

yes: photograph my romantic farmhouse

SOFT GAUZE OF FLOW
OLD WORLD ROMANCE
VODKA SHOTS
LINENS AWAIT GUESTS
FORGET ME NOTS
FARM DISHES SIDEBOARD

FLORIDA CLASSIC OLD WORLD CHARM AND STYLE PHOTOGRAPHY

When you think of the beach do you also see the moss hanging from the hundred-year-old trees by the old lantern-style front gate lights? The charm of vintage, cream coloured fence wall bring on a pleasant nostalgia and a sudden urge for black and white movies and and ice cold tea? If this is the property that warms your heart, we can photograph that too.

Photograph My Old World Charm Home

Florida classic old world charm fence with trailing ivy — CLASSIC IVY WALLS

florida home real estate photography 5 — CLASSIC IVY WALLS

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Processing – takes time

December 5, 2021December 5, 2021
by PXmujeres

When do you take time to process life?

Do you even take the time to process life? How much is enough time? What does ‘enough time’ look like, feel like? Is it prescribed? Is it flexible? Who decides how much time is enough for you?

We used to process photographs in many steps. It took physical passing of time, to see an image emerge. Now, the process is instantaneous. Millions of photos languish in the electronic ether.

How many images are on your phone right now? Do you even remember most of them? How many of the Images are almost identical?

Where and when do we process life, when all the obstacles, of obtaining just about anything we desire, have been removed? We have all been taken for a giant ride. We stand at the precipice of a new era. We stare at an abyss: the abyss of the age of communication, struggling to hold on to any glimpse of stability we have left. But what do we hold on to, when our external world is crumbling?

How do you remember to go back into your own wisdom? Into your own core of love, knowing and understanding? I do so by writing, reading, talking, photographing, editing, telling stories, exploring nature, talking with plants and animals. That is my processing.

How do you do it?

Journeys of life are vast, expansive and adventurous — What does your journey look like? Mine looks something like this.

Ready to place time where it belongs? It belongs to you. For now, for today.
Ready to take flight into a different way of living, by allowing yourself time to process today?

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An Arborist Paradise – Walking amongst 100 year old…

January 23, 2020January 23, 2020
by PXmujeres

A tree contains the wisdom of a thousand ages. A stand of trees can tell you stories of a peoples long gone.

Walking amongst the ancient, graceful, magical giants of the southern Florida landscape, I feel overcome. I feel teary, inspired and on the verge of discovering an ancient part of me.

I can only hope that you catch a glimpse of this magical flare, this ethereal calling these ancient trees hold in our landscape.

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My Florida Home – Tropical Styles Real Estate Photography

January 18, 2020January 18, 2020
by PXmujeres

Love the tropical, rich layers of old growth palms and evergreens in the South Florida Climate. Everything about this region entices visions of magic and enchantment. The lifestyle is flowing, easy, yes breezy and visually stunning.

At first glance, it is easy to be enamoured with the grandeur and design of some of the new architectural master pieces, but after several walk thrus in a neighbhourhood, the subtle, historical nuances of style, design and lush layers of life come sweeping over you.

Enjoy this first installment of

‘My Florida Home – Tropical Styles (Where the magic sways in the wind”

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Style Story – Hair Styling gets a lift

October 14, 2019October 15, 2019
by PXmujeres

Talented Miss Fiona of 6ix Affhair gets a ‘hair’ lift with custom event photography snapshots of her at work. Hair styling is a creative talent to be admired. This style story profiles a typical day at work – enjoying the professional workings of a Hair Styling Gem.

Stylish
Sleek
Sexy
On trend

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Auto Show 2017 Toronto – Sleek and Sexy

February 21, 2017February 21, 2017
by PXmujeres

This year the auto show, in Toronto, brought an impressive collection of new and ‘old’ style exotic cars for us to drool over and admire. I imagined myself racing in several of the specimens on display.

Enjoy this mini photo show of some the highlights from the show.

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Art in Life – Montreal

October 23, 2016December 18, 2016
by PXmujeres

August marks our annual journey to Montreal. Each summer brings us a new experience of art in life. Each August, we are invited to discover colour, light, installations of creative thought in this wonderful city.

Touring The Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal (MAC), art became life, intertwined in our thoughts, sounds, movement and space.

Jean-Pierre Gauthier wall of lines extract

Edmund Alleyn sculpture art with a guest participant

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Love Squared

November 9, 2015November 10, 2015
by PXmujeres

Question remains: what is love to man?

Has anyone ever truly figured out that answer?

This photo:
Part of a large graffiti message along the streets of Toronto.
This particular section is along the base, edge of the sidewalk.
What does it mean to really love? the man seems to ask.

purchase this photograph print now via ETSY

Where were you when your house was created? Did you help write its origin story?

If your home reads like a book, do you like the prose?

Inspired Restoration

How many chapters will you add to your home’s story?

Now and Then…

If your home was a book, what would the title be?

Love it and List It

URBAN OASIS CITY PHOTOGRAPHY

SOFT AND MODERN CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHY

FARM HOUSE STYLE AND FAMILY LIVING PHOTOGRAPHY

FLORIDA CLASSIC OLD WORLD CHARM AND STYLE PHOTOGRAPHY

‘My Florida Home – Tropical Styles (Where the magic sways in the wind”

Where were you when your house was created?
Did you help write its origin story?