Element Photography

Just a quick post to let you all know that my summer sessions are all booked up! Taking a bit of time off this summer to celebrate my own wedding so sorry to those that I could not accomodate! There are still some openings for fall session!

And because a post would not be complete without a few photos here are some from a recent hike on to Terrace Mountain. You may have heard about a devastating fire last summer near Kelowna? These are some pictures from nearly a year later. M and I did a hike there last weekend, he picked a bunch of wild Morrel mushrooms and I took pictures. And then we got chased out by Mozies in droves! eeeeps!

A couple of weeks ago I was back in my old stompin’ grounds of Southern Manitoba. The weather was spring-like and pretty soggy. I had plans to meet up and shoot some photos mid-week, so I had my fingers crossed that the weather would hold out! Lucky for me it actually did!

Meet my friend Kari Dalke, and her sister Kim!  I fell in love with Kari’s rad projects from her etsy site Dovetree! Check it out for all things pretty, lacy, and wooly!!  Im fascinated by her rad style! I love quirky, different things, “where did you get that its so unique” kinds of things.  Kari’s super talented, after spending a couple hours shooting her fun designs, I took a dress home for myself!! I couldn’t help it. I love them.  She is designing my hair piece for my upcoming wedding too.  Can’t wait to see what she comes up with after the summer when she becomes self-employed…I suspect I’ll be making a few more purchases!

Shout out to Russ Dueck another photographer friend-o-mine who joined us girls last minute, for some dress up fun! Had a blast!!

Lately time seems to be flying by me. It’s almost May and I can hardly believe it! Spring is nearly behind us and it feels like it passed by in a blink!!  In between working, planning things for the wedding and sneaking in some photo sessions I hardly seem to find some down time for myself.  Recently, I was given this book the 15 revolution: Go ahead inconvenience me. If you have read it your probably a better person for it….and if you have not you should! Its a quick read which I love. You can read one a day! See easy! Simple lessons to teach us to slow down and to allow ourselves to be inconvenienced in order to help someone. Which often for me  can feel difficult. Most days of the week I am guilty for running out of the condo in the morning with toast in hand! The book just opened my eyes to how easy it really is to take a second for someone else. Being more aware of other people who are in our space, the people you would normally not think twice about. You really never know what could happen because you took a second to help someone, listen to someone, or just to compliment someone. So go ahead be the bringers of God’s light to the dimmer areas of your life, take 15 minutes, read this book, and GO ahead and be inconvenienced!! 

We had talked about getting our passport done for months, almost, but not quiet as long as we had talked about snapping some “feel good” photos.  Meet my girlfriend Karen. What started off as a simple trip to get our passports re-newed turned into a full day adventure of hunting for vintage finds, crossing our fingers to win a weekend in Vancouver to see the Black Eyed Peas, quick stops at our favorite shops, and great conversation! Karen is such a sweet heart, the kind of girl that goes out of her way for you, laughs with you and shares stories that pull on your heart stings. 2009 was a tough year for this little love.  But Karen is a resilient woman, and her love for her friends, and her God have helped her through the tough bits. When she brought up the idea of a lil’ photo sesh of course I jumped at it, who wouldn’t just look at those eyes! And while we didnt know quite where the day would lead we couldn’t help but pull over when we saw this wild orange couch with a sign that read “free” sitting on the side of the road!  Go ahead and share some love and support on the blog for this sweet thing, afterall who couldn’t use a little love??

I’ve been poking away at my HUGE collection of photos from my trip to Austrailia LAST Spring. I know, Im the worst! Its coming up to a year since my depature day and I am finally nearing the end of all the sorting and editing. I can really appreciate the pictures now as I work through them, what a great reminder of how much fun we had in the land down under. I will be going back, one day soon. And Im bringing Malcolm with me next time!  For now just two images to show off Byron Bay from the famous Lighthouse at 530 am sunrise. After forcing my trusty sidekick and best gal Rachelle to jump on a shotty old bike, we borrowed from the hostel. We ventured our from under our warm covers at 4am. With flashlights we fumbled around, picked 2 of the sturdiest bikes we could find and started to pedal and pedal. Up hill all the way (coming home was WAY more fun)!! To the point where we had to get off and push. Yes push, there were all these super athletes jogging past us…I guess thats what 6 weeks of holiday will do to you. We laughed so hard I thought I would die. And we finally made it, through the rain showers and all. And the views were soooo worth it.

Stunning scenery at Australia’s most Easterly point.

Sometimes you just need to get away! After 9 days straight at my other real life job I was ready for a break! Off to the Kootenay’s I went to catch up with Malcolm and for us to get a chance to spend sometime with our great friends Alicia and Ryan.  We spent 5 days eating sushi, wedding planning, snowboarding at Panorama, hot Springing at Radium, hiking, singstar, hot springing at White Swan au naturel pools, 4x4ing with the jeep and numerous potlucks! What a beautiful weekend to spend outdoors. Nothing like that fresh crisp Rocky Mountain air to make me feel renewed and clear my mind. I came back refresh and ready for a new work week!  Here is a mirad of photos of the stunning scenery as well as some images from our 4 x 4 adventure!

It’s hard to get into the Christmas spirit when on Dec 2/09  this is the sight of your backyard. Feels like this has been the longest transition between seasons…we are waiting and waiting for Winter to start.  I’ve been wishing for some white stuff for the last couple of weeks, but still no flakes in sight!! The local mountains have been getting loads of it though which makes me very happy. I can hardly wait to strap on my board and hit the slopes!!!

“It’s all about the dirt”  

The motto of Road 13 Winery reflects their belief that great wines start in the vineyard.

At the end of July the winery was honoured to receive The Lieutenant Governor’s Award for Excellence in British Columbia Wines for their 2006 Fifth Element. His Honour, Steven Point and his delegation visited the winery to make the presentation.  This year there were twelve awards from the 248 wines submitted from 68 wineries across the province. It was an exciting afternoon to cover photographically at Road 13!

Hi everyone!

Im pleased to introduce my fresh new blog to you!  I am excited to be able to share my passion for photography with you through this site!! I am in love with the design, with much thanks and appreciation to my new friend the very talented Genevieve from Lilac Creative. Its been a dream and a long work in progress, and lots of technical learning on my part! Which always seems to be a bit of a challenge for me, but the learning curve has been fun!

I hope you love this site as much as I do and check in often to see what I have been shooting!