Daily Quote: August 5, 2021

It is the lives we encounter that make life worth living.

~ Guy de Maupassant (French – WriterAugust 5, 1850 – July 6, 1893)

Holidays and Celebrations:

Porte Musings:

So if you don’t know what IPA stands for, you aren’t an Indian Pale Ale fan. For those of you who know IPA, raise a glass and celebrate the brew.

The rest of you can celebrate Work like a Dog Day, or spend the day with a dog or two. ❤

COVID-19 Restrictions:

Porte Photos is looking forward to the re-opening of Ontario.

ONTARIO IS CURRENTLY UNDER STAY AT HOME/LOCK-DOWN RESTRICTIONS!!!

Please contact me to book your Summer 2021 event or family portraits.
Text: 519-318-0412
e-mail: debbie.porte@hotmail.ca

DURING STAY AT HOME/LOCKDOWN: COMMERCIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ONLY

Real Estate Photos or Air BnB $100

Daily Quote: September 9, 2020

To me, the main and most exciting thing about photography is to meet people. The picture is the result of what happened between me and them on the set.

~ Francesco Carrozzini (Italian – Photographer Born: September 9, 1982)

Holidays and Celebrations: September 9

National Teddy Bear Day


Downtown Strathroy Market had their last Market Day for the season on Saturday, September 5th, 2020.

Everyone was wearing their masks to try and prevent the spread of COVID-19.

Daily Quote: September 6, 2020

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Joseph P. Kennedy (American – Diplomat / September 6, 1888 – November 18, 1969)

Holidays and Observances:
September 6, 2020

Read A Book Day


Camera in hand I showed up for the 2014 Gasparilla Criterium full of enthusiasm, even though the rain started almost as soon as I got there. I found the perfect spot to get great photos of the cyclists with the winding road and the fencing around the track. The cyclists would need to turn right in-front of my vantage point.

September 2020

The summer is almost over and the fall colours are about to expose themselves.

Only $50 for a 1/2 hour portrait session in the park.

Do you feel a half hour is not enough time for your family?
1 hour September “Walk in the Park” special only $80 (Regularly $100)
(Valid only in Strathroy)

Message, call or text me to book for your fall pictures:
519-318-0412

Daily Quote: March 18, 2020

No one had ever told me that whites were supposed to sing one kind of music
and blacks another
– I sang what I liked in the only voice I had.
~ Charley Pride (American – Musician Born: March 18, 1938)


Awkward Moments Day


I remember walking into my sister-in-law’s house and hearing her favorite Charlie Pride Album filling the house from the floor model stereo.  She loved his music.  So much so that when she passed away her husband the song that played as we left the funeral home was “Chrystal Chandelier”.

We had the chance to see Charlie Pride perform at the 2014 Strawberry Festival in Plant City, Florida.  We even paid extra to ensure we had good seats closer to the stage.  It was worth every penny to see Charlie Pride sing live.