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Shawna & Shane {E-Session}

admin — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 00:40:14 +0000

I loved working with Shawna and Shane! They both have an awesome sense of humour and we spent a good portion of the session laughing. We debated who out of the three of us is the most clumsy, with all of us fighting hard for that title throughout their session. Shane took the prize though this time around. I was glad they could relate to always having ‘mystery bruises’, a knack for walking into anything in their presence and falling while doing regular tasks like walking. They helped me feel normal – thanks guys! They brought their adorable Yorkshire Terrier, Cash, along for a few snaps. He didn’t quite know what to make of it, but I think he looked so cute! Just wait till part two of this session where he sports an adorable Burberry style sweater. He is quite the fashionista and up on all the latest puppy wear trends.

Here are just a few teasers from the first part of our session. Enjoy!

You guys are SO cute !!

Steph & Josh {E-Session}

admin — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 20:47:53 +0000

Lucy is sitting on my lap purrrrrrring away as I type this entry. She has just come in from outside and this is always when I am her favourite. She jumps up on my lap to tell me about her morning. Purring and kneading on my blanket and looking up at me with her puss puss eyes. If you have seen Shrek and you know Puss in Boots, you know what I am talking about. Just a minute, I have to wipe some drool off the keyboard. It’s Lucy’s, not mine … just for clarification

Oh what’s that Lucy ?? Lucy says that I should tell you guys how much fun I had with Steph and Josh on the weekend shooting their e-session at Saxe Pointe. Well she is right !! So here it goes.

Steph and Josh have been together FOREVER now. Their one year wedding anniversary will be their eleventh year together. How cool is that ?! My first year wedding anniversary with Darren will be our tenth year together, so I may be a bit biased, but I am giving these guys extra cool points just for that fact alone! I have known both Steph and Josh since high school, so getting to work with them for this special time in their lives is so incredibly meaningful to me. With their wedding just one month away it was a great time to do their engagement session. I often think of engagement photos like a rehearsal session for the formal portrait time on the day of the wedding. So now that Josh and Steph know how I work behind the camera it will be that much easier to “bring it” for me and rock their wedding images in a big way. Judging by their images below, I think we are off to a great start !!

Here is just a taste of what we came up with on this gloomy grey day. To my friends on the East Coast, I would like you to note the blossoms and daffodils. Just sayin

Bruiser is back !

admin — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 00:42:32 +0000

Maybe it’s because I miss the glorious sunshine we were having. Or maybe it’s because things just don’t get any cuter than clumsy puppies playing in the sand and surf. But either way I just had to post a few more of Bruiser. He melts my heart. One more thing … GO CANADA GO !!!

Katie & Bruiser … the cutest puppy on the planet

admin — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 22:01:50 +0000

I will post more info on this session soon, but in the meantime I had to get these few images up. Seriously, does it get any cuter any than this ?!

Lia & Bryan {TTD in Mexico}

admin — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 02:31:27 +0000

It’s official. I could look at the images from Lia and Bryan’s “Trash the Dress” session all day long. In fact, I have today. I keep wanting to come back to them. As an artist I think it is common to not be completely satisfied with ones work. To see the flaws and the “imperfections”. However, every once in awhile I finish a shoot and just feel proud. Where I am not picking my images apart and being a relentless self-critic. Lia and Bryan’s wedding and trash the dress images have been one of those experiences for me. I just feel so satisfied with how their images have turned out. Like I said before, in their post HERE, it doesn’t hurt that these two are so photogenic I probably couldn’t have taken a bad picture if I tried. But still, in this instance, I am going to take a little credit and give myself a pat on my back, because I think these images are some of my best all year.

Now I just hope that Lia and Bry just love them as much as I do

Lia & Bryan {Married in Mexico} – Part 1

admin — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 19:05:16 +0000

You know when you are having “one of those days” where something bad happens and it seems to set the tone for the entire day ?? Well, that was my yesterday. I woke up and went to check the mail, something I quite enjoy doing. I think I like it because there is always some form of anticipation around it. I am one of those people who absolutely loves getting fun things in the mail. Cards, packages, you name it – I love that stuff. I love sending those too Anyways, yesterday I got something in the mail that I did NOT like. It was a bill from BC Hydro for $605 !!! WHAT ??! Our typical Hydro bills have always been between $100-$200 at the most. We just moved into a brand new house that is built to entirely ‘green’ energy efficient standards AND Darren and I were away for two weeks during this billing period. So at first we thought this HAS to be a mistake. There is no way we used this much power. But after waiting on hold for an hour to talk to a very sweet gentleman at BC Hydro, he assured me that in fact our bill was correct and that we are still using that much energy RIGHT NOW. AYKM (are you kidding me?!) for those that aren’t quite up to date on the ‘hip’ acronyms these days.

Darren and I like to pride ourselves on being relatively ‘green’. I am a recycling guru and am always getting after him for putting anything that could be recycled into the garbage. We use energy efficient lighting. Un-plug any appliances when not in use (with the exception of our computers). We keep our heat around 15 degrees and rarely use our electric fireplace. All of our big appliances (stove, fridge, washer dryer etc) are all energy star rated. I even compost for crying out loud !! Sooooo I am baffled. Unless Darren has a secret ‘grow-op’ that I am unaware of I am not sure what the heck is going on. By the amount of type real estate and capital letters I have given to this topic I am sure you can tell I am a bit worked up about this. So thank you for letting me vent

Now on to something much more exciting than my energy woes – more images from Lia and Bryan’s destination wedding in Mexico!! I posted some teaser images for them a little while back, HERE. But because I have fallen insanely in love with their wedding images, I decided to post some more. In two parts as a matter of fact, as there is just that many images that I heart big time.

As you could probably tell from their teaser pictures that Lia and Bryan are not the most attractive people, in fact the camera really hated them. Eeeeeeew – look at their perfect teeth, hair, complexions, smiles … YUCK! Heee heee heeee !! I am being completely sarcastic !! Lia and Bryan are a GORGEOUS couple, inside and out. Anyone can tell from looking at these photos that I couldn’t have taken a bad picture of these two if I tried

Lia & Bryan decided to see each other before the wedding and do a “first look” which I am a HUGE fan of !! You can read more about ‘first looks’, HERE. I will post images from their “first look” in Part 2 of this post. Soooo cute !! In this post I am just sticking to the getting ready shots as well as a few of the wedding party shots.

I’d love to know which shots are your favourites. So feel free to leave me some comment love below. Enjoy!

Lia you are the cutest !!!