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I captured this shot on a crispy, cool morning this Sunday after a blanket of snow covered over Osoyoos (a rare treat that I very much enjoy)! Taken from the famous “lookout” enroute to a full day of snowboarding at Mt. Baldy. I played tourist and made us stop, the Ashnolas looked supreme in the early morning sun. Dont you think? Oh and in case you were curious, the conditions at Mt. Baldy were excellent. A foot of powder over night meant we were cutting fresh tracks all day long. Sweet honey nectar…it was so good. Now go, get some!

M and me. We celebrated our very first Christmas together as a husband and wife, and what a season of joy it was!  We kicked off December with our annual Christmas tree hunt! You can check out some images from the 2009 hunt right HERE, if you like!  This year we ventured onto a different mountain, a much snowier mountain, filled with furry creatures, thick forests and many many suitable options for our tree-to-be!  This year we added to the adventure our new Honda quad and our very special friend Michelle, who was also in need of a tree to trim. Prepared with purple snow saucers for sliding and lots of warm clothes we headed out on our quest.  The coniferous trees were just covered in a heavy layer of absolutely, stinkin’ gorgeous horror frost. The whole forest surrounded us in crisp white ice. heaven. We attached  those sleds to the quad and I can honestly say we laughed so hard we almost pee-ed. Our laughter echoed off the mountain walls and love snow, yes love snow (the huge white fluffy kind you see in the love-story movies) started to fall from the sky. And it just kept coming!  Perfect! I gave Michelle some tips on the camera and let her play photographer for a while (props to her for the photos of M and me). Not too shabby, thanks friend!  Soon we found one tree, and then with only 15 minutes to spare as the sun went down on Christmas Tree hunt 2010 we came across tree number two. Two perfect charlie browns. Just the way we like them.  Here are a few of the highlights from the day!



I wanted to make a quick post of some of the beauty shots from the photobooth trial that Liza and I ran a couple weeks ago at a 40th Birthday party! It was so much fun for us to try it out and we are looking forward to using it with some of our brides this summer!

More photos of the rest of the shennanigans that went on during the party to come after the holidays!! Enjoy : )

Julie Anna loves Brad, she loves him a whole bunch. And you know what? He loves her back. Times ten. They have been married for a few years now and they are great friends of M and I.  They might be one of the cutest couples we know and mad about each other. And I think its sweet!  Brad has been working way up North, way, way, waaaay up North so their visits have been few and far between over the last couple of months. On a quick trip home back in September I kidnapped them for an impromptu photo shoot. Luckily JulieAnna has all the best connections and when I asked her for a vintage bike the evening before she delivered, no sweat.  I loved this session because we had no action plan. Completely footloose and fancy free.  We met up in a wild field with a red bike and a few ideas. Wandered around snapping photos for hours, as Julie and Brad enjoyed some quiet time together kissing and cuddling.  I am delighted with what we came up with!

October has been such an amazing month! Pumpkin Spice Lattes, gorgeous warm fall weather, crispy leaves, bonfires on the beach, delish’ turkey dinner with great friends, colorful mountainsides and wine fest. Throw in a couple of  canoodling couples and cute bambinos to photograph and that sums up  a pretty awesome month!

Here is a itty bitty sneak peek of what you will see in the coming weeks!

I wanted to take a quick opportunity to show off the latest creation of mine! A trendy album I designed to use as a guest book at our recent wedding!  All the gorgeous photos are thanks to the lovely lovely Jamie Delaine, and if you haven’t checked out our e-session or wedding photos you can see them HERE!

The album has a sleek design and modern look to it. The cover is acyrlic and showcases one of my favorite images from our e-session. I especially love the nice thick pages and the way the spreads lie perfectly flat when you open up the book. No picture is lost in the seem!  All images are flushmount meaning they are designed as full page spreads and then printed onto high quality paper! The album is also delivered in a simple black leather box for safe keeping. But I think I’ll leave it on the coffee table for a little while longer! The guest book worked perfectly for us and now we have an awesome photo album complete with words of love and support from our family and friends!

 What a busy couple of months its been!  I know the posts have been a little few and far between, but I’ve got lots of good things coming your way soon!

I’d like to share with you a mini family session that I did back in the Spring with the Bayda family. What started out as a just for fun shoot with the girls turned into a fun family session when the weather co-operated and turned out Jason had the day off too! Perfect! So we explored around town, I tried out a few different things with my equipment and had a great afternoon together! Thanks you guys for helping me out with this one and sorry for the loooong posting delay!

Have a great Monday!

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!

How crazy for me to be caught on the other side of the camera! Pretty much up until this point the only person snapping the odd photo of my was one of my best gals Becky Radtke from B2 photography, my original partner in crime from back in the day when we picked up our first film SLR’s and would go out and shoot each other endlessly! We still get together and just go shooting each other for fun. when Im back in Manitoba. It takes a little more planning these days as grown-up life and distance keeps us apart. And truth is it makes me a littttle bit sad sometimes that we can’t shoot together more cause it sure is alot of fun, and that we don’t have that office with the purple chandelier in an old warehouse building in downtown Winnipeg…well we don’t right now…but maybe one day! Who knows!! In anycase we have a rock solid friendship and we cheer each other on in all of our photography ventures sharing tips and tricks we learn along the way!

This is my girl B from this Spring (see her version of this just for fun shoot  HERE)

And a couple from back in the day…. 2000 ish??…film images…we’ve come along way ; )  These photos make us LAUGH! So feel free to join us!

SO what if getting my photo takent felt a little strange, it was only for like the first 5 minutes…truth. And its because Jamie is wonderful!  Not only is she a terrific photographer, she is funny AND cute to boot. She made us feel so comfortable and chatted with us like she had known M and I for along time, just like a good friend would. If you haven’t heard about this girl click, click, click as fast as you can to www.jamiedelaine.com and take a look around!

Our photos were taken in Whiterock, BC over Easter weekend. We had attempted a shoot for Good Friday but when I woke up Friday morning it was drizzling outside…typical west coast weather I thought to myself. Once we got into Vancouver it was a full on monsoon with gail force winds. Enroute to Vancouver Island to spend a little time with family and friends we were unsure as to whether we would even make it onto the ferry. The radio announced that Horseshoe Bay had shut down so we took a gamble and drove as quickly as we could to the Tswaassen terminal. Signs said OPEN! PHEW made it. After one of my rockiest and wildest ferry rides to-date where people were wobbling back and forth across the isles on board, and even tossing their cookies. ew! Waves splashing over the lower decks…it was crazy but we finally made it! Had a great weekend visiting and then luckily for us coming home was much simpler and safer.  When we pulled into Whiterock  to meet up with Jamie the clouds at Crescent beach started to break up and it made for the most beautiful evening of the weekend!! Here are a few of my favorites from our session. And MORE can be found here !

looong post! Im spent. Good night y’all!

I snapped a few photos of my not-so-little brother back when I was at home in May. He’s funny and his name is Carl. A little quirky, witty and his friends call him Curby. I wish I could be a little closer just to hang with this guy. He will make you laugh to you cry and always always has the best come-back. Like a missle in the water….he’ll getcha every time.  I’ve got so many hiliarious memories of the shenanigans we used to get into. Like the time we tried to make rice crispie cake when I was baby-sitting him…at the time me 12 y him 9 yrs old…where we tried to do it on the stove, cereal and all, tried to mix it in a bowl that was much to small. We even sprayed the glass baking sheet in Pam. When it came out rock hard and like a piece of styrofoam on a slip-in-slide inside the glass baking sheet, Mom ate in anyway. Being the good Mom that she is she showed us a better way to make it even using the microwave and a massive bowl.  As we watch her use the bright yellow tupperware bowl to mix the cereal in with the mashmallowy goodness Carl sighs,” that’s where we went wrong”. 

Oh and the day we got our little Honda 50 dirtbike, Carl was 6. Spoting his oversized orange helmet and somewhat resembling a miniture bobble head. He got on, gunned the throttle and ran it straight into the house about 30 yrds away. Picked himself up off the ground and througha bloody nose and a few tears announced “I’m not riding that thing again till im 91!!”.  Lucky for me I didnt have to share for a few days!! Unfortunately he forgot about the 91 thing and eventually dominated the farm yard on that little red rocket.

Wow and now Carl’s going to be a teacher!! Starting the Business Education program through the U of W this fall!! WAY TO GO!!!!   Congrats Carl Im super proud of you!!!!