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!

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!!!!

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!!

 Get comfortable….here comes one gigantic post!! Talk about two people in l-o-v-e, and all the giggles too too sweet!  Tan and Jay I had a blast with you! It was too hard to choose only a couple to share.  Hope you all had a wonderful May-long weekend!!

-e xo

A couple more images of this cutie-patootie, and his darling little sister Kendall and big brother Kyle too!

Whoa what a crazy week! Huge thank you to everyone (especially Tan and Jay) for being so patient waiting for your photos. Had some computer issues earlier this week that had me MIA for the most part!! Huge thanks to Kickstart Printing for getting me back on my feet! And now, catch 5 hours of sleep and then a flight to Winnipeg. But FIRST the photos this couple is A D O R A B L E!

Big shout out to my friend Racyne Farinha, make-up artist extraordinaire for helping Tanya rock this shoot! Wait till you girls seeee her eyelashes…more to come stay tuned!!

A quick sneak peek from a session I did just for fun for my friend Kristy! Little guy slept right through the night yesterday and was WIDE awake for us!! Carson will be 3 weeks old tomorrow!   Kristy tells me its hard to believe its almost 3 weeks have passed already as the memories of the labour and delivery make it feel like it was only days ago! Mom, baby and family are doing great. Big brother Kyle is a huge help and lil sister Kendall could not be more thrilled to welcome the newset member of the family!

On Sunday we surprise my good friend Lori for her birthday! Lucky girl got hooked up with this tasty cake! The theme of the birthday was RED, so we all dressed up in  Lori’s favorite color.  And even the cake came ”dressed” to party! Defying all laws of gravity the cake sported a dazzling strapless gown.  I was clearly dumbfounded by the greatness of the cake, I mean HOW does a cake come out looking like a dress?? Certainly no cake of mine! Lucky for me Rachel asked me to show her a few tricks on her new camera, while she enlightened me on a few of her design tricks. So I snapped away and got to get upclose and personal with the cake in red. The mastermind behind Artistic Creations, Rachel makes delicioussss cake like this! With loads of experience in cake design and enough energy to assist with “day-of” wedding cordination, ladies this is a girl you must get to know! 

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!!