Small Business Story

Catherine Farquharson is one of Toronto’s finest photographers. As she revamped her brand, we helped her introduce herself to new clients with a self-narrated small business story, capturing the breadth of her work from weddings to non-profit projects abroad without losing her voice.


Client

Catherine Farquharson

Industry

Corporate

Type

Documentary

Platform

Web & Social Media

Audience

Clients

About this project

Catherine Farquharson is one of Toronto’s finest photographers. Her website and brand were undergoing a revamp, and like many small businesses she decided that a video would be helpful for introducing herself to new clients.

With a wide portfolio ranging from weddings to non-profit projects abroad, it was a creative challenge to come up with an approach that would be all-encompassing. We needed to tell the story of Cath and her work – but not be so broad that her message would get lost. After many conversations about the actual tone and feel of her video piece, we decided on a self-narrated documentary style.

Filming took place on location at a wedding near Owen Sound and in Cath’s Bloor Street studio with a few of her clients. Incorporation of some of her favourite photo pieces speaks to, and showcases the quality of her work, while capturing Cath in her element shows potential clients what she is like to work with in the field. The lighthearted acoustic guitar based piece by Dan Hood  is a perfect fit. Genuine, tinged with a slight sense of reflection, expressing hope & poignant gratitude.

These visual and musical elements combined with the personal, self-narrated storytelling style work beautifully together to show off the essence of this exceptional photographer’s work and her brand.

We’re so thrilled with the final piece and know that Cath is too! Thanks for having us along Miss Documentographer!

Working with Double Barrel Studios couldn’t be more fun, creative and professional. The components were like the best presents under the Christmas tree. And after shooting, I couldn’t wait to open them at the crack of dawn.

Catherine Farquharson
Documentographer

Catherine Farquharson, Documentographer Transcript

I try to capture joie de vivre. The things that make us excited, that get us out of the humdrum of the everyday. It's not just a visual image that I'm taking. I'm communicating through the photo about the person. I love being able to show people their true essence, to show people how beautiful they are. And for them to be able to look at themselves and see so much more to themselves and to their lives and to their relationships.

I spend a lot of time getting to know my clients. It's a back and forth between us. It's a completely different photo shoot every single time. The small moments in life, that's where you find the real riches, and that's what I try to photograph. I always think it's the biggest compliment when someone who wasn't at a wedding sees the pictures and writes to me and says, "I was crying when I looked at that wedding!" and they weren't even there.

So they don't even know who they are, but they got moved by the picture. And that to me is a huge success. It could be photos that I've taken overseas in Africa or in India or in Toronto. I couldn't tell you specifically how or why, but I definitely know that the photos translate the emotions universally. And I find that people come to me because they want that. I'm just always on the hunt for the real and the new and the beautiful. I'm Katherine Ferguson, documentographer.

Catherine Farquharson, Documentographer
Catherine Farquharson, Documentographer

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