Happy First Year Xavier!

The summer is coming to an end and so are our holidays!  August was a blur!  So much to post so I will start with this little cutie.  Can't believe it has already been a year for Xavier -  loved this session with him and his Mom and Dad

10 years of married life....

Let me start by saying that while I'm typing this my three year old daughter Anna is sitting on my lap and has just tooted sending a cloud of stinkiness floating around us, she is gigglin' now.   My 5 year old son Sam is beside me on the other computer where Transformer music is rockin' out of the little speakers,   sigh... it really is hard to feel romantic in these conditions! 
It is our 10 year Anniversary today and before you say, wow that's great, 10 years is a long time! let me tell you it doesn't feel like10 years.   Sure the first 5 years were fantastic!  It was just Brad and I and our two dogs.  We worked regular hours, lived in a nice clean little condo. We had nice romantic evenings together on a regular basis, with lovely music playing on the stereo.  Heavy sigh....  the next five years gave us a large house with a large yard to play in and maintain, limited romantic evenings, irregular work hours, toy chaos, constant laundry... there isn't enough hours in the day and that makes time zoom by like the motorcycle I dream of riding again someday.   Having said all this,  I really can not imagine life any other way nor do I want to.  Brad and I have two amazing kids that we love in a larger then life way and yes they keep us busy, but we are enjoying them and enjoying each other in a whole new adventurous way. 
Brad,  I chose to be your wife 10 years ago today and promised to love you all the days of my life, in sickness and in health, and while that is the fairy tale romantic version  - lets be real some days are more difficult then others and some days are easier - I say to you now that my life would not be as full, as happy, or as enjoyable without you in it and I choose to love you, honor you and sometimes obey you for the next 10 + happy adventurous years of our life together  ♥

♥

Lovely little Jaely

Sigh... there is something very special about this 3 day old little lady, can't quite put my finger on it...maybe it was that in all the time she was in the studio she never cried once... maybe it was that when she lay under the willow tree the soft wind through the leaves seemed to whisper lullaby's to her... but I think the most magical moment was when she looked up at her mom she seemed to already know her,  her thoughts, her emotion.  In all the whirlwind of the birth and events surrounding it, this little lady is the calm, soft gentle whisper that says
 - "It's ok, I am here now" - ♥

Aiden Bar Mitsvah

2005 was the first time I met Aiden. Youngest of three siblings, Aiden's big brother Daniel was having his Bar Mitsvah.   In 2007 Aiden's lovely big sister Ariella was having her Bat Mitsvah.   Now, in 2010 Aiden is the last of this easy going and loving family to finally have his Bar Mitsvah! As his Mom said,  next up are the Weddings ;)    Thank you Aiden for all the smiles then and now!

Aiden then....

Aiden now....

My Dad

A little while ago My Dad took my son Sam and I out to this old abandoned farm yard. My Dad knows I am always looking for new and interesting locations to shoot in and he spotted this location while on one of his many motorcycle rides. So we took off early one morning - ok so EARLY is relative - to a location Dad thought I might be interested in and BOY oh BOY was he right! Now he had told me a little bit about it but when we got closer and I saw that old truck sittin' there, WOW-wee! It's the little things ♥ This Gallery is my gift to you Dad on this Father's Day. I love you with so great a daughters love. I love that you always have time for me, I love that you are young at heart, I love that you love my kids and I Love that you love my Mom ♥


Happy Father's Day Dad!

One Year Already!

I had a fun session this morning with a sweet one year old!  I have photographed Joshua as a newborn and then at 6 months and here he is ALREADY one years old... sigh, they grow so fast.  Joshua is so sweet, that smile of his can reveal the sun on a cloudy day  ♥

great location + super COOL guy + GMC = Fabulous shoot!

I've been posting a favorite image from my photo session with Daryl on facebook but the session had so many great photos, here are a few more.  Have a great day everyone! 

This is one of my
favs...

Carly's Session

I had the pleasure of meeting Carly and her mom today!  Carly came into the studio for a new Headshot.  After taking a few images and looking over them on the computer Carly's mom made the comment that this would maybe be the new Grad photo too - the ones from the school didn't turn out so well and I'm not going to say too much more on that ... ok maybe just a little more... School Grad photos are more about QUANTITY rather than QUALITY!  100 students or more will sit for the photographer in a day.  This photographer has a method or pre-determined posing structure geared toward the average student/person which may work for most of the students but what happens when the student doesn't fit into the pre-determined posing structure?  Cap and Gown pics are ok for the school year book but this is the turning point in a teenagers life and who wants to remember what they looked like in a cap and gown?
This is Carly -  being strong, being beautiful and being unique! 

.... It pleases me very much to hear that my studio is wheel chair friendly! - Thanks Carly

The oh so lovely Katelyn

Now that the weather is warm and the sun is shinning and the spring flowers are out -  ok so this is stretching a bit! -  I have been scouting new locations for photo sessions.  This was a great location and I couldn't have asked for better lighting or a more lovely model!  Here are some of my favourites from this "Seniors" session -  and no I don't mean elderly ;)

Boys, hockey and the junk yard!

In the last few weeks Sam has been helping me scout new locations to photograph in.  He is a great helper because he really doesn't listen to me at all and just does his own thing - I get what I get with him!  He is a wiggly boy, all over the place especially when he has to go pee which in most cases causes him to be wiggly, so I am finding out.  Montreal Canadians is his Dad's favorite hockey team which is why the jersey!  I figure this is a good time to post some of these photos hopefully to send positive energy to those Habs!