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Because of horrendous winds, we did some of this little lady’s shots inside and just a handful out on the front steps. I even broke out some never used props since we were contained to the studio for the most part. The wings in the last shot looked so cute on her, and incredibly enough, they didn’t really even bug her too much!
See what I mean about shooting in the evening in august (read the intro to the previous post if you’re confused as to what I’m talking about)?? It’s magical! And with these happy little people, it was impossible not to get great images. I’m sure this was one of the easiest young families I’ve ever photographed. The kids were in terrific moods, and the smiles were very easy to obtain. Super fun session for all of us. 
There isn’t much of a gap anymore between the formal grad season and the casuals. I love doing the casuals in the late summer and fall for the upcoming grad students. These girls were very ahead of the game, and booked a few months ago to make sure they got in before the snow hit the ground! We had a gorgeous night too, so it all worked out perfectly. I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE shooting in the evenings in august. My absolute favorite month of the year to shoot in. It’s just incredible light after supper. I wish we could have a few more months like this.
I can’t believe I missed this Rufus Wainwright cover! Very cool video too. If you don’t have the I am Sam soundtrack, it’s well worth the money. And if you haven’t seen the movie, you need to.
The day after my Saskatoon wedding last weekend, I stopped in Blackstrap to see an old high school friend. We recently got back in touch with eachother, after being out of school for an undisclosed amount of time (I can’t say how long, but I missed my 10 year class reunion and that was a few years back!) It was so neat to meet her family and see her in a non-high school type of way. I don’t keep in touch with many friends from home, but when you do get back in touch, it’s so awesome to rekindle friendships as adults. Renee is a beautiful, wonderfully stylish, caring, soft gentle soul. She has such terrific kids, an amazing husband and an incredible home. They were so relaxed and easy going with their kids, and with three this young and close in age, that takes alot of effort! Thank so much for cleaning my shoes Leon, and thanks for the carrots, grapes and water for the road! Oh, and the yummy whole wheat pancakes. You guys took care of me well. :) Thank you for having me out. 
What Saskatchewan family session is complete, without a little Rider Pride??!
This past weekend took me north to Saskatoon. I used to go to this city lots, being that I’m from the far north, and that was the closest city. I haven’t really driven around the city in years, because we’re usually just passing through. What an incredible town! There is just gorgeousness around every turn. I’m so jealous that I don’t live closer.
I had a great time photographing this wedding and it was nice that I knew almost all of the bridesmaids, being that most of them grew up around Grenfell. It was a great day, although there were a few hiccups! The limo bus lost all power steering and breaks in downtown S’toon. That wasn’t so great, but thank goodness I had a clean vehicle, as I ended up taking the B & G and maid of honor with me to the reception. There was also a boatload of traffic, due to the Exhibition being held right next to the Western Developement Museum, where the reception was being held. That kept us waiting for a bit, but once we rolled down the window to show that we were basically royalty (a bride always gets special treatment), we got bumped ahead in the line up. Even with those little setbacks, we still got a TON of pictures, we had terrific luck with weather, and the evening was fantastic, ending with a fireworks show, courtesy of the Exhibition next door.
Thanks for having me photograph your wedding guys. You threw a beautiful party. It was so much fun to shoot in some new locations, and it was great to get a chance to see some of my cousins in the city the night before (thanks Daryl for all the google maps and navigation tips!).
I moved to Grenfell in 1997. When I first came, I had an old camera of my dad’s. It wasn’t fancy, but I fooled around with it. I did a few pictures of my cousin’s kids a couple times. Shortly after that, I photographed my cousin’s friend’s daughters. This is one of those little girls. She was 5 at the time. Now she’s moved away from Grenfell, but came back last week to have me photograph her casual session. Crazy!! I can’t believe I’ve been doing this that long!!! There were so many people in the beginning that gave me a chance to learn, and make mistakes, and experiment. I know my pictures when I first started were less than spectacular, so I really appreciate all of you who got dressed up, did your hair and makeup, and let me photograph you, even if the result was far from professional in those days.
And thank you to you Monica and Stormi. You were one of my first real clients, and I’m so excited to have been able to capture this moment in your lives, now that I know what I’m doing!!
I just typed in the word “John” in youtube this morning, and found this. Amazing….
I’m a little behind on blogging, since I was in Saskatoon photographing a wedding this past weekend. I apologize to those waiting to see their sneak peeks! Here’s a family that came out from Regina last week. Very spunky, fun kids. Thanks for being so cute you guys!
