Element Photography

I’ve been waiting a long time to post these photos for Ryan, Gillian, and Colin – as they were a surprise Christmas gift for their momma (my Aunt)! Happily I introduce to you some family from M’s side – some of my favorite cousins to hang around with its always a great time when we get together! Gill and I started making plans for a morning photo date in October at a family dinner – the date was set, she picked a location special to their family and a yummy cafe for brunch! The morning we arrived at the location it was SUPER windy and threatening rain. The Carter clan rolled in, ridiculously good-looking (naturally) in their HOT new rides. Obviously *wink*. We decided to eat breakfast first and wait off the wind. Yum! Sure enough the weather broke just long enough for us to get in some gorgeous photos, we even got to watch a family of river otters playing on the rocks! It was a great excuse to tromp around the forest and spend some time together. Even M tagged along : ) The large print gifts were a big HIT with Auntie Daphne and with the rest of the family too!

Proud new parents Mitch + Michelle welcomed this little sweet pea at the end of May! I was so happy to meet the little lady V when out to visit in July. Luckily I got to combine this with lots of quality girl time with Michelle!  Vienna is so precious and I can’t wait to watch her grow up – this was her photo shoot debut and I think she rocked it like a natural! Get used to it baby girl…love Auntie E : )

Meet baby boy West : ) great name, great great name! Proud parents Sarah + Robin couldn’t be happier! More happy family photos to follow…just a tease for now. He’s SO CUTE!

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when I was home in Manitoba for a visit, long long long loooong time friends of mine Randy + Shelley were getting ready to celebrate the arrival of their second wee babe! we got together one evening to visit and, of course – snap some family photos. Bella was as chatty as ever and her imagination ran wild as we searched the woods for silly monkeys and angry tigers! she fell in love with the neighbours cat, and so to add to the smile factor Randy + Shelley also posed with the cat. hehe! so much FUN!

we wrapped up the session just as a rager of a wind and lightening storm rolled in. A perfect way to end the evening in my books! I sure love a good prairie thunderstorm ; )

Randy, Shelly + Bella welcomed a new little man to the family on June 1 2012. Jacob Ryan Froese! Congratulations to you both. I can’t wait to meet him!

while mom and dad weren’t looking….”here kitty, kitty, kitty….”

i think we found the silly, monkey…

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It was a gorgeous sunny day in the colorful little town of Chemainus when I met up with Amanda, Chris and their family! A + C were in town to visit his mom and brother with the newest and smallest member of their family, Dace! Amanda + Chris recently located to Osoyoos, BC where I used to live and we juuuust missed each other by a few weeks. I learned from Amanda that we were nearly neighbours! Im so happy they tracked me down on Van Isle to capture the sweetness of their little one and their awesome family!  Amanada + Chris are planning a wedding for 2013 and couldn’t be happier :  )

now look at those baby blues!

say hello!

Just a couple snippets from our sun drenched Good Friday family session in the lovely Chemainus BC! It was a joy to be able to spend the afternoon with Amanda, Chris + little Dace. More photos to come soon!

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I’m still in disbelief. I almost deleted the email by accident on my iphone. I paused a second and instead opened it without reading the subject line in full. I burst out in a fit of giggles (alone) in the coffee room at work. I stared at it for what felt like an eternity as it sunk in. I was just chosen by Weddingbells Magazine as “One of the 25 most inspiring wedding photographers of 2012″. say whaaat?! me? so fun. Thank you Weddingbells.ca for being so supportive of photographers like me and for the acknowledgement.

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Thank you to my brides + grooms for your quirky creativity! High fives everybody and back flips (if I could). Thanks for the massive support!

I could photograph erin, grey + kyah every year over and over. I will never tire of their gorgeous-ness. ever. And now the Allen’s are expecting!! More stunning babies to come! This is what early Decemeber looked like in the Osoyoos area. We had hoped for a snowy session, but there was no winter wonderland to be found in the south Okanagan. Instead we still found patches of green grass : )

A session filled with red plaid, wooly socks, touques + mittens, static-y hair, shortbread and hot cocoa. This ones a favorite for sure!

This was my last photo session before the Christmas holidays! Thanks to all my clients and supporters for the wonderful year, we wish you all the happiest of seasons.

be blessed!

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Carrie, Lloyd, Austin + Gerica are shiny, happy people! They are a blast to be around and their door is always wide open to friends. I’ve been blessed to get to know Carrie + Lloyd through friends at Living Way Church in Oliver. Now we attend the same bible study on Wednesday nights and M and I have learned so much more about them and about our faith as we dive into the Word together. Carrie and I had been trying to set up a date for photos casually for a long, long, looong time. Finally one day she caught me after church and there was no more beating around the bush. “Sunday, next week. 3pm. Oliver back 40.” be there or be square! It was a date. Sunday rolled around and we scampered off into the fields to dodge poison ivy, roll around in the grass, laugh alot and maybe take a photo or two. The Cooper’s braved the elements as the sun dropped over the mountain things started to get a little ummm hypothermic. But we survived!! Great conversation flowed and dinner of butter chicken and samosa’s filled up our bellies. (Lloyd is one heck of a cook!). Mmmm mmm good!

Sweet baby girl Charlie surprised everyone with an arrival on 11.11.11 at about 8:15pm!! What a lucky day to be born!! And get this, Charlie’s momma celebrates her birthday on Feb 29 making her a leap year baby and only 7 years old : ) Lucky bunch they are!! Krista, John and Emma couldn’t be happier to finally cuddle the new addition they had been waiting to meet for so long. Charlie had so many awesome little onesies it was so hard to choose which ones to use in the shoot, she’s going to be one stylin’ little girl! Emma is rocking the role of ‘big sister’ helping her mom, watching out for Charlie and super eager to hold her whenever possible!!