Professional Muskoka family photographer Gerd Harder:

This web site illustrates the outdoor family portrait work of award winning Muskoka photographer Gerd Harder.

Starting at a young age Gerd began photographing in his parent's studio. He is an experienced fourth generation veteran in his trade from a family owned and operated studio since 1875.

Not counting multiple first place prizes, trophies and awards Gerd's work has been been honored many times:

Four times he has received the "PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR" award of the Professional Photographers of America, the largest and most prestigious professional photographic association in the world.

After moving to Ontario in 2006 he has been honored as the “PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR” in 2007 and again in 2008.

His photographs are exhibited in the Permanent Exhibition of the PPOC (Professional Photographers of Canada).

Kodak has honored him with six "GALLERY AWARDS" in recognition of photographic Excellence and Fuji with a "MASTERPIECE AWARD".

You can see some of his winning images in the AWARDS section on this web site.

 

 

Long before becoming a professional Muskoka photographer, Gerd Harder started his career in Munich, Germany. In 1981 he immigrated to Montreal Canada, where he operated for many years a portrait and wedding studio. In the late nineties he teamed up with his wife Dania who specializes on children photography. Together they operated a photo studio near Orlando, Florida until 2006 when they returned to Canada north of Toronto. Gerd picked up his old passion for fine portrait photography and for landscape photography in the great Canadian outdoors. In his portraiture he is focusing on combining his expertise in landscape photography with outdoor portraits of families, individuals and kids. Increasingly this lead to family portraits at cottages all around the Muskoka area. In 2010 Gerd opened a photo studio near Port Carling on hwy 118 west between Port Carling and Bracebridge to better serve his Muskoka clientele.

The whole spectrum of his work can be viewed at www.HarderPhotography.com. The web site you are visiting here www.Muskokafamilyportraits.com deals with only one subject. It is focusing on Gerd's recent work and as its name tells you it is all about outdoor family portraits at cottages and homes in the Muskoka and Georgian Bay area. This is what Gerd Harder will be concentrating on in the years to come.

A portrait of Claus Christian Theodor Harder along with two different emblems

from the reverse sides of his portrait photographs.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2007/2008 PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR

OF THE " PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHERS OF ONTARIO " ASSOCIATION

 

 

 All Muskoka family portrait photography on this site is copyright protected.
Each Muskoka family photograph is digitally encoded and traceable.

 

 

 

 

Fine portrait photography

by

Professional Muskoka portrait photographer

Gerd Harder

 

 

Professional Muskoka portrait photographer

Gerd Harder is photographing award winning children and family portraits

in Bala, Gravenhurst, Bracebridge, Huntsville, Port Carling

in the Region of Lake Muskoka, Balsam Lake, Kawartha Lakes and Georgian Bay,

and throughout Ontario and eastern Canada.

If you like to receive more information on family portrait photography in the Muskoka area

contact Gerd Harder Photography: CONTACT INFORMATION

 

 

- JO LIU PHOTOGRAPHY