While we are getting ready to move back to Asia we will be posting some of our favourite moments from the past three years. Here is part I – enjoy.

Whew. And that’s only part I. When we started up Duff and Frances we didn’t know what to expect. Would people hire us? Would we enjoy shooting families and babies and weddings? We were blown away from the response – we grew and learned with our clients. Over 50 shoots – a bunch of weddings, birthdays, and babies – we couldn’t have asked for a more amazing three years.

Part II will be coming soon – and with it a very exciting announcement of a new project featuring Frances. Woo the anticipation.

Answers: Quite a lot. And yes, they’re still around shooting happy families and excited couples!

Here’s a little secret – we’ve been traveling. A lot. Why? We’re moving to Singapore! Next summer we’ll be saying ciao to our beloved Buenos Aires and heading back to Asia. Fret not – we’re still shooting couples and families up until June 2013 so feel free to send an inquiry about a booking through our contact form.

So we’ve been trying to check off as much of South America as we can – and we ended up at this little place called the Galapagos – maybe you’ve heard of it?

To say it was a trip of a lifetime would be an understatement. But lets focus back on the photography of happy couples shall we?

If you are interested in booking an engagement session, family photo shoot, or a wedding please send us an email or use the contact form above.

Before we headed out we had a chance to meet Williem and Alice – a lovely couple from Malaysia (hey we’ll be neighbors!) traveling around South America. Lets see what we had in store for our couple;

We had a fabulous time with Williem and Alice – best of luck in all your travels and who knows – maybe we’ll see you in Singapore!

What was the first thing I noticed when I met up with Krysta and Chris? The Canadian Flag proudly displayed on their backpack. It brought back memories of my flag that was plastered on my backpack as I traveled around Europe for a few months like all University grads. I knew right away we would have a good time and did we ever. Lets check out some of the fun as we jaunted around the city and focused in on San Telmo and some fantastic street art around the cobble stoned streets.

“Can you run” I asked. “Of course” she replied. And that’s how we kicked things off.  How could I not take advantage of a mural of people cheering on our Canadian couple? I love shooting around Casa Rosada because you never know exactly what you’ll find (except for a big Pink building).

Tall dark and handsome. Give me some of that! It was a cool day so I got them all nice and close and asked for Chris’ most intense stare as he embraced Krysta. Lovely. On to San Telmo shall we?

Walking around San Telmo with Krysta and Chris was like hanging out with two old friends. We were chatting and laughing the whole time – I must admit it was great to talk to some people who know about poutine and hockey – something hard to find in Argentina and something dearly missed. After their whirl wind through the city they were back off to ‘home’ – A bit jealous I was. Thanks for a fantastic time you two!

Who are these dashing young men behind these gorgeous flowers? Gaston, Mike, and the man of the hour Kevin. But why oh why are they hiding you may ask? Because they’re AWESOME and made shooting Annie and Kevin’s wedding so much fun for Frances and I. Hopefully you’ll notice not only how enjoyable our time in San Isidro was during the wedding, but also how close these friends and family are – oh and the bride looked just a *tad* bit smashing if I do say so myself. Lets check out how this intimate wedding played out.

As many of you know, when Frances and I got married it was a very small wedding in San Francisco at City Hall. What we loved about it was we had our close family there and it was nice and intimate. It’s hard not to relate to what Annie and Kevin were going for in their wedding.

Annie had her sister, who is living here in Buenos Aires, help with the planning, and upon arrival all the last minute details were ironed out. Getting married in Buenos Aires is something someone will never forget, and will probably make for quite a few good stories as Annie and Kevin grow old together

A picture says a thousand words; What a day. Our Recoleta Engagement shoot was so action packed how could our couple, flying in from Perth, Australia, not lay down and kick back with the Floralis Generica in the background?!

I’m getting ahead of ourselves here. Lets say hello to our couple from down under, Belinda and Robye. It’s not often I meet someone with an interesting name, and the spelling of Robye is something I’ve never come across. Yes, this is coming from someone with the name Duff (yes, it’s really my one and only name, and no, it’s not short for anything).

I knew we were in for a good time when Robye saw me and said Belinda was just outside shopping for a new pair of Tango shoes. Awesome! You can’t tell from above but they were rockin’ hot red, and they’ll make an appearance below.

To make the shoot memorable we debated back and forth in email and decided on a brand new location for us – the most amazing book store in the world –  El Anteneo. We’ve always wanted to shoot there and were super stoked our recently engaged couple were up for it. Lets see how it all went.

A big THANK YOU to Belinda and Robye for being awesome and tramping all around Buenos Aires (In Red heels no less!). Their wedding plans sound absolutely amazing and it was great to spend time together. I absolutely loved their idea of taking one of these pictures and turning it into a Stamp for their wedding invitations. How cool is that? I wonder if they’ll choose the Red Shoe picture? Whatever they end up choosing it’s sure to be a hit. Thanks once again!

The sun is setting, Fall is here, what better place than Puerto Madero to do a destination Engagement Session while in Buenos Aires? Katerina and Senya had been traveling around South America all the way from Israel and contacted us asking about a session that would explore a fun part of the city; Buenos Aires has so many cool areas to choose from – the cafes of Palermo, the cobblestone neighbourhoods of San Isidro, or the upscale area of Puerto Madero. Little did our couple know we were going to take them to some abandoned train tracks after our jaunt around Puerto Madero and then end up at one of the more impressive art pieces in the city – Flor de Metal  - giving them a sense that right around the corner anything can be found in Buenos Aires.

The sun had set and we had a fantastic time with this couple; When I think of all our past shoots this year, this one has to be one of the sexiest – they just oozed charisma through the whole shoot. We asked Katarina if she had ever done any modeling and she said no, so we just chalked it up to her being a natural in front of the camera. I really believe the pictures show a couple deeply in love, and that’s what an engagement session should all be about – love, laughter, and fun!

Where to start? This awesome couple booked their Argentina destination engagement session and wedding (wait till you see those amazing moments) a few months ago and we could just tell by the email communication we were going to have a fun time! What we didn’t know was how passionate and in love Matt and Liz were – and man did it ever show in the pictures. Lets check it out shall we?

Laughter and fun. All in a days work. We need to thank Matt and Liz for being such an awesome couple – and letting us get them in trouble. From having the police come and tell us to get off the train tracks to the guys at the train station telling us to get out of the abandoned train, they were such good sports – all in the name of photography and love!

That’s what we try to do – have fun with our clients. For sure the pictures are the number one priority – but we also try to make sure the actual shoot is memorable. And for Frances and I it definately was. Here’s perhaps one of the more fun moments of our time together .:

There’s something magical and special about bubbles. I can’t quite put my finger on it – but when I see kids blowing bubbles it seems to bring out the kid in me – and a great big smile.

How excited were we when Kerry mentioned “Oh I brought some bubbles for the girls…” Sometimes as photographers we are so lucky and this was definately one of those times.

But I’m getting ahead of myself. You might realize by reading through many of these posts that when a family or a couple have a puppy I am all over taking pictures of them. Yes, Frances gets mad at usually, because she thinks I should focus on the humans. Sigh – doesn’t she realize a puppy is just as important – like our own Chomp (I’m getting in trouble write now with this post). Ok ok back we go – and we start off with a little drool

And with that we were done. I mentioned how lucky we are sometimes and actually now that I think about it we’re lucky all the time. Seriously. We love what we do – we get to hang out with awesome couples and families like this and take their picture. I’m not sure it gets any better than this. A big hearty thank you to the girls and Ed and Kerry for letting us enjoy an awesome weekend afternoon with them.

Right away we were blown away by what great fashion sense these two had. They were comfortable and relaxed and looked fantastic. We just started using Pinterest to help clients with things like what to wear. Check out our Pinterest board here.

What grabbed us during our whole shoot was how we ll connected Joana and Jose were – you could tell they were partners in every sense of the word. Their smiles were so natural we never really had to break out the bad jokes. And trust us, that’s a good thing. Well, according to Frances, I actually think I’m quite funny (Frances note: he’s not. He just likes to think he is )

It’s interesting when we go  through a shoots images. Sometimes an image can look fantastic in colour, or just needs some adjusting here or there, but most of the time for some reason an image just looks amazing in good old black and white. As I was putting together this post I noticed I was gravitating towards the black and white images. I think Joana and Jose and just so classic, and their images needed to be in black and white to really represent them. They’re like a timeless couple – and these images hopefully represent that.

We had a fabulous time trapsing all around Puerto Madero snapping pictures and watching the sunset. And ok, if a picture is going to have colour, it should be a sunset picture shouldn’t it? Thanks Joana and Jose for letting us be part of your engagement story!

How excited were we to hear from Milena with the big news? Talia was turning one. ONE! But rumour had it there was something even more exciting. Yes parents, it’s what you all look forward to – Talia was walking!!! Yup that little locomotive was on the move – time to start baby proofing the house even more. So get up Talia and lets start running… err walking… or both!

Through our entire time we couldn’t help but giggle at how cute Talia was “Frankensteining” around Recoletta. You know what I mean – hands out for balance, wobbling back and forth, not quite knowing if you’ll fall or not – that was Talia – and she was SUPERB! Even more superb were here two awesome parents – letting her figure everything out on her own – I think Frances and I were more worried about her falling.

Will Talia turn into a track star? Time will tell. We can’t wait to see what is in store for this adorable baby girl. Thanks for sharing your day with us!

I couldn’t help but post this one last pic – we LOVE the smile on her face. Can’t get enough of this little one.