“K” is for “killing it,” which is exactly what Karen, founder of Makin the Bacon, did during her Toronto personal branding photoshoot! This modern day digital girl in a digital world works as a blog and social media consultant, while also teaching service-based small business owners how to rock a digital game plan!
As vibrant as she is knowledgeable, Gooseberry was tasked with creating a branding photoshoot that would capture her unique personality, her expertise and her one-of-a-kind style of entrepreneurship in a memorable way. Here’s what we cooked up — a quirky, chic and vivacious branding photography collection and branding video! Take a peek! (more…)
The beauty of a personal branding shoot is that it can be anything you want it to be. There are no rules. There is no right or wrong. There is only unlimited imagination that comes to life through creative styling, dynamic lighting, powerful emotion and tailored hair and makeup that accentuates the real you — this is the recipe Gooseberry cooks up for every branding, commercial and fashion photoshoot that we embark upon in our downtown Toronto photography studio! For Ashlee Froese’s personal branding photoshoot, we went for bold, fashion-forward, chic, strong and feminine! Here are some of the results if you’d like to see! 
A fresh 
Take a chance with your brand. Be bold, be daring, be something so unique, vibrant, lively and energetic that people will have no choice but to stop and stare! That’s the theme we ran with on this latest gorgeous summer lookbook shoot with the fabulous designer, 
We’re delighted to unveil As You Were Shoot #3! 
Whoever says winter isn’t a season for adventurous fashion obviously hasn’t been introduced to the incredible boots from 
Can you think of anything more romantic than booking an intimate Parisian inspired restaurant to exchange vows with your favourite person in the world? We can’t! This gorgeously dreamy Toronto elopement at 
One of the guiding principles here at Gooseberry is to capture what’s in your heart, the real you, a genuine moment to which were are witness. It’s not about putting on heirs and graces, it’s not about being who you think you should be, it’s about rawness and the beauty that exists within that rawness. This principle was weaved throughout every aspect of 
You know what makes us really out of our minds happy here at Gooseberry? A truly yummy project. Sometimes that ‘yummy’ factor is metaphoric, other times it is quite literal like this vibrant food photography branding shoot for 
We love women who mean business. Women who are driven, women who are not afraid to chase down their dreams, women who not only understand what hard work means, but who thrive upon it! So whenever a business woman visits our studio in search of powerful, vibrant, energetic branding photography that showcases them as the true boss they are, we are full swoon! Check out this amazing and luxurious personal branding shoot — were we in Miami or Toronto? We’ll never tell! 
The key to an amazing 
Here at Gooseberry Studios we believe in breaking the mold, over and over and over again. There’s no point in doing what everyone else is doing in your brand and we work tirelessly with our clients to develop brand identities that standout in the marketplace. So when it came time to shoot 
Personal branding is — guess — personal! As such, your branding photographs should flawlessly represent you! For this Toronto branding photoshoot we kept an easy, breezy vibe to convey a warm, friendly and supportive brand. Coffee and jumpsuits on a beautiful spring day — that’s all we needed to create some memorable moments for 
Would you ever think that a 13-year-old girl looked terrible because she wasn’t wearing eye-shadow and lipstick to school? Would you ever think of an 82-year-old woman as ugly because she has wrinkles and doesn’t wear foundation? Of course not, because we universally recognize natural beauty in children and seniors.
Five years ago I was on a subway headed home, trying desperately to keep my composure as I moved further and further away from the job I then considered my dream. I arrived at my apartment and took my dog to the park where, at last alone, I broke down and sobbed on a somber picnic table, a swirl of panic, disappointment and shame ricocheting through my thoughts. I had been laid off that morning and my career was suddenly an all-consuming black hole of doubt.
It’s time for another installment of our editorial fashion series called TASTE! This edition, “Big Hair, Donut Care” is all about capturing that glorious ‘I-don’t-care-what-anyone-thinks’ feeling that so often accompanies the morning after a big night out with even bigger hair. The team and I are back at it again! Here’s the whole editorial series if you’re interested: