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Slipped through the cracks …

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:11:05 +0000

This morning I started my day with a cup of hot water and lemon. It is a new tradition and I love it. It may sound odd but this beverage makes me feel all cozy inside. Anyone who knows me, knows that I am a tea grannie through and through. Well these two drinks are now battling it out for my affection. I start my day with hot water and lemon in the morning and have moved to tea in the afternoon. I have to be fair and can’t pick favourites quite yet

One of my favourite clients, Jenny is a personal trainer (click here for her website that is coming soon). She saw me post about my new found hot water and lemon addiction on my Facebook Page and with her nutritional knowledge let me in on a little secret. Ok it might not be a secret, but I wasn’t aware of it. Drinking hot water and lemon in the morning can actually help you lose weight. The lemon acts as a mini cleanse and the hot water jump starts your metabolism for the day. Annnnd I heard it is really good for your liver as well. Sorry tea, but it looks like hot water and lemon is in the lead for now.

I sipped my lovely drink this morning while browsing through my wedding images of 2009. I was wanting to freshen up my website a bit with a few new photos on my website . While searching through my folders I stumbled across this gem from Haley and Jordan’s wedding at the stunning Starling Lane Winery. I can’t believe I never posted it before! Isn’t is just adorable ?! Haley’s expression is just priceless. Talk about an entrance! Needless to say this image is now apart of my wedding portfolio on my website. I just love it.

Dawn is a Doctor !

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:12:42 +0000

One of the many blessings of meeting Darren has been getting to know his friends over the years. Dawn is one of those people. Darren and Dawn worked together when Darren and I first started dating. Darren has such respect for Dawn and I remember being so nervous to meet her for the first time and I just hoped she would like me! She is ridiculously intelligent and has a wicked sense of humour to name just a couple of her fabulous traits. She is one of those people who always has something so interesting to say and share. Plus I found out she is just as obsessed with Cath Kidston as I am, so I knew we would get along right then

Dawn has recently graduated with her PhD in Human Development and Applied Psychology and as a form of celebration we took these images to document this incredible achievement.

Like a LOT of people that I photograph, Dawn does not like having her photo taken. I am so glad that she put her trust in me and let me capture these special images.

Upon viewing her photos, Dawn wrote me the sweetest and most touching email. I ask her permission to share some of her beautiful words:

“I cried. They are so beautiful. Oh Kim – I never dreamed that I could have not one, but many photos where I think I look beautiful. You have given the greatest gift. I can’t believe you did this. I am really at a loss for words. I won’t be ever able to thank you enough. You are truly a brilliant photographer. You are so gifted.”

This is why I love what I do.

We had to take a few with her ADORABLE pup, Barney. How cute is he ?!

Year of the Tiger

admin — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:32:47 +0000

I love Victoria’s Chinatown. The vibrance, colour, hustle and bustle, and history are just a few of the reasons why. This spot of town became every more special to me this past summer as it was the location Darren and I had our formal wedding portraits taken by the fabulously talented Michelle Loewen and Rebecca Wellman.

Since leaving my other job I have basked in the wonderful luxury of having some ‘free time’. Before my photography business took off I used to spend hours and hours wandering around parks, beaches, trails, and downtown - more specifically Chinatown, taking photos just for me. Just for fun. I didn’t realize how much I had missed that part of my life. How much I gain from having time just for me to create, explore and play with no rules, limits or judgement. During Chinese New Year Chinatown comes alive more than ever. I went there during one of the gorgeous sunny days we’ve been having to snap away. Just for me. Just for fun.

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 ?!

Travel Snaps – UK Style

admin — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:06:47 +0000

I had the incredible experience of traveling with Darren to England and Scotland back in October to visit dear friends of ours, Jo and Dan. They are two of the coolest peeps in the UK, possibly the planet, and Darren and I met them in Thailand of all places. We spent some amazing time travelling together and totally hit it off. Travelling with other people ain’t always easy, so you know you have met some true friends when you can travel with total strangers for weeks and not want to run them over with a Tuk Tuk. (If you don’t know what a Tuk Tuk is, click HERE). So needless to say we love Jo and Dan and feel so blessed to have met these cool kids. They are soley responsible for my new found addiction which is using the word ‘brilliant’ at least 240 times a day now, and also responsible for teaching me that it ok to visit more than three pubs in an afternoon. When in Rome right ?!

I have been meaning to post some random images from our travel time there and figured that these are about 4 months overdue, so here it goes. Part 2 to come. Enjoy!

Jo LOVES this home below

And she loves these cute cars … they are flipping adorable, right ?!

Jo and Dan’s home – yellow door on the right!

Jo & Dan !!!

Jo you are beauuuuuuuutiful !!!

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 !!!