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All grown up

September 1, 2010 – 8:04 pm

I go waaaaay back with these two sets of people. The one family made an appearance on the blog last summer, so forgive me if I repeat my story about them. The mom of the family from the first set of images is a girl that I used to babysit when I was a kid. She was the oldest in a family of three, and the TTD bride is the youngest of the family. Now they’ve turned into moms and wives, and Stacey’s girls are probably close in age to what her and Jocelyn were when I used to take care of them! Too weird. I was also friends with the husband and his sister in school, so there are connections all the way around.

We didn’t have the greatest weather. It was crazy windy all day, and overcast and raining. It did finally stop towards the time when we were about to start, but it was still pretty dreary. As we were finishing the Trash the Dress session, it started again, and we got a few cool shots in the hot tub as they were warming up. Thanks for being so very willing to freeze your butts off guys! Northern lake water isn’t the warmest (though it is fantastically clean and clear), and it’s especially not warm in late august, when it’s cloudy and late in the evening. And Val, thanks for the good meal and extra special, poppy seed covered buns.

I asked her what kind of a pose she was going to do for me. This was her response…..

The clouds parted enough for just a few minutes to get a handful of shots where the water looked beautifully blue.

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Pretty in pink

August 30, 2010 – 3:34 am

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!

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Family

August 30, 2010 – 2:32 am

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.

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The grads are back

August 30, 2010 – 1:43 am

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.

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Missed one!

August 24, 2010 – 12:26 pm

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.

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The Beatles

August 24, 2010 – 12:21 pm

Everyone can use a few Beatle tunes once in awhile. Covers or originals, they’re all good.

I LOVE Eddie Vedder’s version of this song.

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Reuniting

August 24, 2010 – 12:09 pm

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??!

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Saskatoon wedding

August 19, 2010 – 6:29 pm

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!).

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13 years later…

August 19, 2010 – 1:13 am

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!! :)