We are all works of art - let me show you!
Hey there! My name is Carolyn Fox and I am the artist behind Tiny Fox Photography. Located in Winnipeg MB, Tiny Fox Photography serves the Interlake and Winnipeg area and specializes in creating beautiful and emotive newborn, maternity and children's photography with a minimalist approach.
I've always had a deep desire to create. Some of my earliest memories are of my chubby fingers gripping a crayon and absorbing myself in a colouring book, or molding a brick of plasticine into a divine sculpture which only my mother could distinguish. I am curious about people and although I come across as a complete extrovert, I am actually more of an ambivert - at the end of the day, what I want more than anything, is a quiet room, a good glass of wine, and time with my own thoughts. However, that being said, I always want to hear people's stories. The everyday stories... the ones that make our day to day existence become a life lived. I love being able to make connections with my clients and ultimately gain a piece of their trust that is big enough for them to allow me to photograph them. There is a vulnerability in that which I have come to appreciate more and more with each session I do. So the business of photographing others seems to be the natural path for my creative and curious little brain to follow. I am driven to continue to learn and to grow in my work and in my relationships with my clients. I hope that is reflected in my portfolio.
So glad you stopped by, please come visit anytime - I'm always adding new work!
Carolyn
The Minimalist Approach:
I used to believe that I could only book clients or sell portraits if I had a prop closet brimming with all of the things. I would create elaborate sets filled with a million florals, and knick-knacks or colourful backdrops. I had a client wardrobe that was overrun with more outfits than I knew what to do with - half of which never even saw the light of day. I spent hours and literally thousands of dollars perusing different photography prop shops buying up all of these THINGS that I thought I needed in order to become the most sought after baby photographer in my area. But something never felt right. It didn’t seem to matter how I arranged my sets, how much I spent on new high quality props, or how many compliments I received on my work, I still always felt like I wasn’t able to provide those heirloom portraits that I yearned for my clients to have.
Then one day while combing through my portfolio and comparing images it hit me. All of those props I realized, only did one thing - Distract. The most important element of the image was there but it was getting lost amongst all of the other distractions. When I analyzed this further I realized that so many of these distractions were not timeless either, but merely fleeting trends. Eww. I’ve never been a trendy gal - I don’t know why I thought I wanted my work to be trendy! I want my work to be timeless! I want my portraits to look amazing in 30, even 50 years! I want that portrait of your cherub faced toddler to still elicit smiles when that cherub faced toddler becomes a parent themselves and shows it to their own cherub faced toddler! Which is why I made the decision to take a minimalist approach in my work. So if you see a lot of simplistic white sets or the occasional moody black and white portrait in my portfolio please understand that it is done very intentionally. Because when you pare away all of the clutter… and all of the unnecessary bits and pieces, you should only be left with the the moments you know that you could never do life without.
May your images bring you light and joy for years to come!
-Carolyn