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Monthly Archives: June 2010

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Busy, busy, busy

June 30, 2010 – 3:25 am

Little boys are busy. Little 2 year old boys are exceptionally busy. I was pooped out enough playing with the little guys, but dad was literally dripping with sweat!! When you have a young family, your session is going to be very active, just so you know!! That’s why I prefer doing sessions with little people in the summer, when we can be outside. We had a ton of fun, but the outtakes are absolutely hilarious!! I could do a post just with the awesomeness of them. Thanks so much for coming guys. I know you had to work hard for it, but it was worth it. There are some super sweet shots.

I know the image below is a wonky angle, and distorted with the wide angle, but I still like it. I had been tickling him with grass, and he decided to go after me. I was taking pictures as he chased me around, and this was one that turned out great! Look at those eyes!

↓ Just one of the many priceless expressions dad had while trying to keep everyone in check. By this point, the boys were not happy in this position, and dad figured he may as well join in on the unhappiness of the moment. Love it!

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Wedding time!

June 30, 2010 – 2:56 am

Last weekend was my first wedding in this rainy season. I was very nervous, as it tends to rain nearly every day lately. Well, weather did not care that there was a wedding going on! It downpoured right before the ceremony and continued for awhile after. Thank goodness, the bride’s mom and dad had an AWESOME house to shoot in until the skies cleared! We shot inside for awhile and got some really neat stuff, and then we were able to head out for a bit, until it started raining again. Aaah, Saskatchewan. Why are you so hard on us this spring???

↑ The bouquet of wild flowers the groom picked for his bride when we stopped at our first location with just the couple. Super sweet!

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E-session

June 25, 2010 – 2:40 am

In a couple months from now I’ll be photographing this local couple’s wedding, so for a warm up, we did an engagement session. These are a good idea to do, cause then the guys find out that I’m not so bad, and it won’t be nearly as painful as they may have expected. Right Mr. H?? Getting your picture taken can be a little bit of fun. I try to make it so anyway! Waaaay back, about 11 years ago, I photographed this guy’s sister’s wedding. It was one of my very first ones, and they were so wonderful to take a chance on me when I was so new to photograph. My style, experience and camera gear sure has changed in that length of time (I’m one of the rare younger photographers who actually worked with film for a number of years before the digital revolution!) I’m looking forward to your wedding. You guys have been blessed with great weather for your sessions, so I’m sure your wedding will be spectacular!!

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Gorgeous grad

June 25, 2010 – 1:54 am

Three guess why this grad student had to reschedule her session that we had originally booked….. Oh you smart people. If you guessed rain, then ding ding ding!! You’re right!! Arrgh. But the day she came was beautiful, though the ground was still a little wet. Tea towels come in handy for sitting on, but if you don’t tuck them under the bum enough, you have to spend a little time photoshopping them out, somewhat like the mosquitos I had to photoshop out of the last grad sessions! Anyway, back to the subject. She was stunning, and had the prettiest eyes and I really enjoyed our session. Thanks for coming!!

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Trash the Dress

June 24, 2010 – 6:41 pm

Get ready for a HUGE post!! I did my first “Trash the Dress” session. I’ve been wanting to do one of these for years, and when this former bride contacted me, I was pumped. She’s an awesome chick, and kudos to her hubby, who went along with it! That’s a good man. For those of you who might not know what a TTD session is, it’s a fun shoot, after the wedding day, where you go out and do pictures just for fun, not worrying about getting dirty. It’s also waaaay more relaxed than a wedding day session, because there’s no time contraint, and no nerves! Some TTD sessions are super crazy, where the bride actually ends up ruining her gown. This wasn’t like that at all. We didn’t even really get it all that dirty (just wet, as you’ll see further down). We just had soo much fun doing this. They were both such good sports, doing whatever I asked them to do. I’d love to do more of these, so if you’re interested, let me know! I’ve got another one lined up at the end of august near my hometown of Meadow Lake, so after doing this one, I can’t wait to do the next. And at the risk of giving away my approximate age , the next bride I’m photographing is a girl that I used to babysit when I was in high school. Yeesh. That does date me a bit!!

And an action shot of me, courtesy of the groom. Thanks Ryan!

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Friday’s grads

June 24, 2010 – 11:17 am

Last friday’s grads…. the rain broke just in time!! You wouldn’t believe how many red mosquito bite blotches I had to remove from these poor girls bodies!! I even have a series of shots of the one student with a GIANT mosquito on her arm. Thank goodness for photoshop!

Don’t feel bad that the boy only got one image posted. He was there as an escort for his girlfriend, but he’s also graduating, so we couldn’t let him away without snapping a couple quick ones.

I don’t normally put family pictures in with the grad posts, but I just loved how these two family shots turned out. In a year from now, you’ll be seeing the youngest daughter’s grad pics on here too!

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Autism

June 24, 2010 – 11:02 am

I recieved an e-mail link from a friend this morning, and I was so moved to tears by it, that I wanted to repost it on here. This is a video clip from Medical Mysteries about a girl who has autism. Her parents were relentless in pushing her to excell, despite her illness. They are now seeing how all their efforts with therapy and love have benefitted her and improved her quality of life. It’s an incredible story, if you have 9 minutes to spare….

http://www.wimp.com/autisticgirl/

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Baby time!

June 18, 2010 – 9:50 am

Ooooh!!! This guy was soooo sweet!! I can’t remember the last time I photographed a 3 month old. He was just a perfect little treat. I did his mommy and daddy’s wedding awhile ago, and it was nice to see them again, with their growing family! Enjoy. :)

Soft toning ↑ or black adn white?? ↓ I think both are irresistable!!

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I ♥ evening sessions ☺

June 16, 2010 – 4:57 pm

After rescheduling because of, you guessed it….rain, we picked an absolutely perfect night for this session, and I’m so glad we waited!! She had such a cool funky dress, so we wanted to try to get to this area that I knew there were some cars that would work with her colors. I have to give a big thank you to the owners of the land we used. It was a wonderful location for this student. We had lots of help from dad with the reflector, and we were able to shoot some stunning images. After we wrapped up the formals, she wanted to do a bit of a casual session as well. For something totally different, we headed to the playground. With such a spunky, cheery personality, I think it suited her well!

This student’s brother is getting married in the summer out in B.C., so I shot a few images of them as well. This one they didn’t know I was chasing behind them, trying to get a couple frames. I love it!

I was busy shooting away when I turned around and saw mom and dad goofing around on the playground jeep. Had to grab a shot of them too.

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Kipling Grad

June 16, 2010 – 1:29 am

The Kipling class this year was HUGE!! Like as in 40 kids. That’s alot for our area! Of course I wasn’t able to photograph everyone, or they would have been 10 minutes sessions, but I had 17 students. That’s one hectic day. Thank goodness for my awesome cousin, Morgan, who helped be a reflector holder, take e-mails, explain products to parents, etc.

Because I always set up at the school, my outdoor shots are always done in and around the school. I try to do as many unique things as possible, but honestly, it does get challenging. I hope that you’ll see a different angle/location/photoshop technique, etc in almost every picture. But the end of the day, doing 25 minute sessions straight through from 9:30 til 5:00, it is an exhausting day, not only physically, but artistically and mentally! I hope you all enjoy the sneak peek though. I had over 1600 files to go through, so it is going to be a heavy bit of editing in the next little while!

In case anyone is wondering if this is a “real” pose, it’s not! This student was a total goof, and had some of the funniest expressions. This was his Captain Morgan pose.

He also had the most unique tie. His dad made it, and it weighed a ton! It was all done in chain. He explained it all to me, and though it sounded very impressive (and incredibly time consuming), I didn’t follow exactly how it is done. His dad does sell some of his hand made jewelry at craft fairs, and will have a table at the big craft show in Carlyle. His company name is “You’ve got Maille”, out of Kipling. Very neat stuff!