Joseph Michael Photography

04/11/2025

I had so much fun photographing at the TEC Canada National Member Conference last week in Toronto. Some pretty big guest speakers, including Chris Hadfield, Arlene Dickinson and Stephen Harper. Super fun, and very relevant discussions.

I've photographed a lot of conferences in Toronto, but the TEC Canada National Member Conference last week was next level. Powerhouse line-up of speakers.

04/25/2024

Hot Docs 2024 starts tonight! I've been photographing the festival since 2006, and thought I would throw a few favourites up from over the years. Bonus points if you can name any guests, filmmakers and theatres in all the photos!

04/25/2024

Photos from a shoot with Steve Brown, president and CEO of Nelson Education Ltd for the cover of CXO Magazine. Super fun working with Steve and his team, loved the time and energy they brought to the shoot.

03/28/2024

Family portrait in front of northern lights in Iceland. The exposure was 15 seconds each shot so there was a lot of wiggle room in there. Wasn't the biggest northern lights display, but it was still pretty magical.

03/08/2019

Wesley got his first non-picture book, "Hello Friends! Stories from my Life and Blue Jays Baseball" by Jerry Howarth! Out this week! It's been autographed by his grandpa he's almost half way through! I couldn't be more proud of my dad, what a great memoir of a life well lived and a wonderful trip through 36 amazing years of Blue Jay's baseball! On a cool side note, I had the great privilege to shoot both the cover and inside jacket photos for the book. Thanks ECW Press! @ Toronto, Ontario

07/05/2018

World Cup is far from over, but these past two days has allowed me to catch my breath and put together a gallery of some of the best World Cup in Toronto photos this year. Have a look at link below. 53 countries and counting!

World Cup fans in Toronto – 2018 Highlight Gallery While the 2018 FIFA World Cup is far from over, these two off days allow for a quick breath and a lot of reflection. Along with millions of soccer fans around the world, I really needed it. Plus, it gave me a chance to put together a gallery of so...

04/26/2018

Toronto's best festival starts today and I couldn't be more excited! This will be my 12th year taking photos for Hot Docs, hard to believe. Earlier this year we took portraits of some of the great people who have been a part of the festival over it's 25 years. Have a look at The Faces of Hot Docs.

Photos from the Faces of Hot Docs portrait series celebrating the festival's 25th Anniversary in 2018. Photos by Joseph Michael Photography.

04/18/2018

A few photos from a gorgeous Turkish wedding I shot in March. Funny to think how warm it was back then, you know, earlier in spring.

02/06/2018

There is a new play in town and it's amazing! I can't recommend "Bang Bang" at Factory Theatre enough. It was so amazing to work with the talented cast and crew taking production and press photos. Check them out on my blog.

Press and production photos from "Bang Bang" at Factory Theatre by Joseph Michael Photography. A play by award winning director Kat Sandler.

01/03/2018

2017 was a pretty fantastic year, but to find out why it was pretty much my favourite year ever, I would like to introduce you to my son Wesley, born November 4, 2017. Check out the video below.

It was a busy year, what with Kathy and me busy dancing around a lot with friends and family, and then later having a kid, then dancing with the kid and Sant...

08/18/2017

Summer has been amazing, but September is almost here and it's time to book you FALL FAMILY PORTRAIT! Likely you've forgot about five years in a row, but this is the year to finally get it done! Sale on now!

Time to book a fall family portrait Toronto, and there is no better time with a sale on now with Joseph Michael Photography.

08/04/2017

Entirely adored this engagement shoot in Hamilton last month with Katelyn and Jesse and wanted to share on a raining Friday afternoon.