Element Photography

Hi everyone, just a quick note to let you know that I will be away for the next two weeks for my own wedding! M and I can hardly wait to see all our family and friends, we are really excited! I will respond to all emails once I return and I thank you for all your patience.  I worked really, really hard to wrap up most of my shoots before I took off but came up short. I apologize!  And since a post is not complete without a photo I’m going to post one for a girl who’s been SUPER patient with me. Here’s a shot from a really special engagment session with her man and her pup!

See you in a couple of weeks!!

-e xo

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!!!!

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!! 

Sarah Rhoads is a photographer that absolutely inspires me.  Her perception of the world through a lense make you step back and really notice the little things, her perspective is remarkabley unique. I love the way she shoots and I love the way she writes. A few weeks ago she posted a blog about self portraits. And it made me realize that I have not taken any honest photos of Malcolm or myself in what seemed like a very long time! More often than not I get so busy editing, proofing and posting other clients materials that many of my own personal photos get put on the back burner for “when I have time”.  Well, last Sunday I found some time. That afternoon we went Christmas tree hunting up on Anarchist mountain. I toted my camera along and this time made a point to capture images of us through out the day.  As I reflected on the love and laughs we shared that day as we tromped through the snow  it reminded me of what is most important in my life, and allowed me time to reflect. Just like Sarah said,  ”internal self-exploration is powerful and seems to be a therapeutic and beneficial practice for every creative”. I couldn’t agree more, plus  how else will we remember what we looked like, what we explored and the places we went?

Next I hope to find time to wrap up my photos from Australia. Stay tuned!