Wade & Stephanie Engagement

I had so much fun with these two, you were such troopers getting into that freezing cold water. And there is no way that you would ever have been able to tell that the water was so cold because they looked like they were actually enjoying playing in the waterfall.

I can hardly wait until the wedding day, they are both gonna look absolutely stunning! Just knowing that they are willing to sacrifice the body for the photo makes me even more excited for their big special day! Here are some of my favorites from the day.

Kari & Cody

Where do I even begin with these two amazing people? When Kari asked me around the spring of 2008 if I would be interested in photographing their wedding, I was pumped, and once the excitement wore off I panicked. She tried to reassure me by saying that the photos were not a priority to them, but that didn't matter to me, all I could think about was I had never done this before. After I calmed down and asked myself how far I want to go with professional photography I decided that this might be the perfect time to think about starting my own business. So I guess you could say that Kari and Cody are somewhat responsible for the begining of a new and exciting branch in my life. Thank you so much for pushing me towards my passion!

I really had an absolutely amazing time at their wedding and I loved that I actually felt like part of the wedding party! You both looked stunning on your special day and it was probably one of the best weddings that I have ever been to! I hope that you enjoy the photos as much as I enjoyed taking them!













This is one of the greatest ideas that I have seen in a long time, it serves as a party favor/guest book. Basically it takes 6 photos, photo booth style and in the middle of them it has the name of the bride and groom with the date. You cut off half of the photos and leave them for the guest book with a little message and the other 3 you keep as a memory of the day. I LOVED IT!!! I highly recommend it to anyone.
http://www.calgaryphotobooth.com/pages/pbrentals.html




















I do believe that the Timbit cake was a huge hit!

Leo Gillan

So I know that it has been forever that I have posted anything, I know my husband has even brought that to my attention :) Well I am now fully into my first wedding season and so very excited. I shot my first wedding of 2009 last weekend and have a bunch of couple's sessions coming up very quickly, so stay tuned!

I had the absolute privilege to shoot some very special moments for two amazing new parents a couple of weeks back.

Here are a few of my favorite shots from the session.

Spencer

Not that long ago I had blogged about Andy and Monica expecting their first child, and he has arrived! This was my first ever baby shoot and I totally loved it! If I haven't said it 100 times already you 2 are going to be amazing parents, and kinda got me a little (just a little) excited about starting my own family.

Emanual

This is my little nephew, Emanual! At the time that I took these pictures he was around 3 months or so. Mark and I drove down to Washington to spend Christmas with his family and while we were there I took some pictures of this little guy. Man was he fussy, all he wanted to do was eat, and the best part when we took all his clothes off, including the diaper, he was so comfortable that he peed all over the floor. Needless to say, the photo shoot didn't last too long, but I did manage to capture a few cute ones anyway.

Trash the Dress Dominican Style

So after a full day of celebrations, games, jumping in the pool with clothes on (even I participated in that) and enjoying each others company, I made Codie and Danielle get up at 6:30am, which is 3:30am Calgary time, to go down to the beach and take day after shots on their first day of being married. They were such good sports, with the water being a little cooler than desired they were willing to do it for the camera.

Codie & Danielle Wedding

I have been putting this post off for too long now, only because I don't know how to put into words what I experienced on this trip. This was the first Wedding that I had shot solo and it couldn't have gone smoother! I can't even put into words what this time meant to me and my husband, we got a little sun burnt, made some new friends and most important we will hold these memories for a lifetime!

Codie and Danielle decided to have the wedding on the second last day of our trip, which was perfect. It gave everyone time to just relax, have fun and get to know one another so when the wedding day arrived it was just that, relaxing and fun!

Thank you so much you guys for asking Mark and I to be such a special part of your day!






































And this is what happens when boys are left to their own devices, Wrestling moves off the fountain.