Ratchford Studio
208 Commercial St. B2A1B7 North Sydney, NS, Canada

Do you feel like you blink and an entire year passed you by? You have a Toddler and then he's of to school. You've a ton of pics on your phone but none with eve...ryone. I feel a lot of clients feel that way when they come in. Trisha is a sweetheart of a person. And she has a son who is graduating, and a toddler running around the same time! Mason is a great young man who works for his step dad Eric since he graduated. Eric says is is a good worker and catching on to new machinery all the time. Excavating if I remember correctly. And Marcus is a high octane happy two year old which must keep them young. I sense life is busy and happy for them. Now they have that family portrait to commemorate it! Marcus was one of our amazing Cutest Little Capers last year and one of my favourites! Is time slipping by you too? Call we would love to help stop time for you with a family portrait! Call (902) 794-8880!

Meet another one of my amazing Ratchford Next Top Models for this year! Jessica stood out from the moment I met her for her prom shoot in the summer. The red d...ress she wore made her look like she was out of a movie for starters. But she had this charm about her that made her someone who could be your best friend and at the same time still somewhat mysterious. I was so happy she signed up to RNTM, and I really enjoyed getting to know her and to photograph different aspects of her personality. She is creative (wait until you see her cosplay photo!) She can pull of the Jessica Rabbit look as with her red dress or the girl next door and just about everything in between. She is gracious and respectful, and is also funny and witty. A really fun person to be with. She appreciates honestly and respect from people and returns it. It makes her a good read on people I think. I am sure she will use her determination and obstacles in life to excel and help others. And make her world and those she touches better for it. And like many of the young people I meet, she doesn't see her amazing gifts the way others do. RNTM is something I like to do for young people so they can perhaps see what myself and those that love them see. It is not what you see so much on the outside that makes you beautiful, (although she definitely has that covered) it is what comes from us that makes us amazing. That is always the greatest pleasure I have, finding it!

We want your child to be talking about their visit with Santa from the time they leave and to infinity and beyond! And we have found that to be exactly the case! Parents tell me all the time that when they leave they go on about it for months Rosalie definitely has been! She was our first this year!! Although a little shy at first, it didn't take long for her to show off her sense of humour to show through as she pretended to spill her hot chocolate just to get our reaction! (see photo near the end!) Callista did an amazing job with her old fashioned coat to make this vintage never go out of style Miracle On 34th St experience!!

The RNTM/RNTT Gala we hoped to have on New Year's Eve sadly can't happen. CBU, our usual venue, is not going to open. We need a larger venue, to accommodate a...ll of us and social distancing. I have been talking to a perfect one, but they are not available for New Year's Eve. I am now working on a date in late January. I am determined to give the young people a amazing night they deserve, hang in there with us, we will work something out.