Kim & Geoff

We had a wonderful time participating at Kim and Geoff's wedding. It was a little bit of de'ja vu for Kim's family when the JP was a bit late - and we are taking that as a good sign. The wind kept us from doing alot of outdoor shots. Thankfuly the Jubilee was kind enough to extend our time as we ran a little late. I am sure this is one of the quietest groups I have ever met! Well we found some ways to work with them and got a little more formal with the posing and it all seemed to turn out great. Kim and Geoff, thank you for including us in your day!

I've posted a couple of my favorite pics from the day...as well I have a slideshow that I've put together with some of the day's highlights... follow this link - Kim & Geoff - ... I have got to figure out how to post the show right here on the blog...

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Coming Up...

This weekend we are off to shoot a wedding and I am so happy that we have some good weather predictions...of course this couple picked a good backup indoor venue as well so we may just have to do a bit of both :)
I am looking forward to putting some new images on the blog - so if you check back next week there should be some here.
We have been busy meeting and booking both 2007 and 2008 couples! What a blessing it is to meet such wonderful couples and to get to be involved in one of their most cherished days. I am so honored when we are chosen as the photographers. I do look forward to a bunch of engagement shoots this spring and summer as well, with alot of variety - from the ice rink to the farm. I am excited about each and every one! I guess I am just a sucker for romance.

Jolene and Fred's Slideshow

Alright this is my first slideshow and my first post trying to get the slideshow online....I guess we will see if it works!
I have used a few images from Jolene and Fred's wedding because they were the last wedding that I was retouching, lately.

Well uploading isn't working here so I will see if this link will work instead....

Jolene & Fred

Cool - at least that worked! Let me know what you think. Oh yeah, you may need to download some free viewing software to see it - I'm not sure.

Yippeee!

The new site is now live!!

Check it out and let me know what you think of the new changes please

Ready...

Alright after much work I believe the new site is about ready to go! Now I am switching up web hosts so that means that www.creationsphoto.com will be down for what I am hoping will be a short period of time. Please bear with me!! I'm going to wait until the last minute possible to do the switch and make sure everyone has what they need before I move anything so that all moves quickly. I will be placing the current html site at www.trinalewisphotography.com as soon as I hear back from the new host. There will be a link to both the new site and the current "old" site on a splash page that you will hit first. This is very exciting! I will keep everyone posted and I am really praying for a smooth transition.

While I was into the web names I had to buy out www.trinalewis.com and www.trinalewisphoto.com ;) they are going to all point toward creationsphoto of course but I just didn't want some other Trina Lewis getting them before I did....there are more of me out there you know....I was really surprised to find that there are some really well known Trina Lewis' and there is even a scrapbooker that has been on TV too! Nearly floored my DH when he heard a comment that Trina Lewis would be coming up soon with some new scrapbook techniques on the TV one day. He called me and asked if I have some secret life that he didn't know about - of course the woman didn't look anything at all like me but it was good for a laugh. I have come across a Trina Lewis in the US who is also the same age as I am - how freaky is that. I was totally wanting to purchase lewisphoto and lewisphotography but of course those ones are already taken - all this info is, of course, just for fun -

Have a great day!

Coming Soon...

I am working on a new website - it will be a flash site and I'm very excited to have it up and running. I will keep the current website for those on dial-up so there will be options for all. The new site has a completely different look than the one I am using now so I am anxious for some feedback on it. Let me know what you think when it goes live OK? Hopefully I will get it up and running soon - it is just soo much time to resize and input all those pictures :) but I know it will be worth the look for sure!
I want to thank the 10 ladies who came out on Friday night to join me for a few hours of scrapbooking. We had alot of newbies and it was fun to meet them. I look forward to next month's gathering which will be the last of the season as well.
Coming up soon is another wedding - next weekend - not this upcoming one. I'm excited as it feels like it has been awhile since I've been in the groove. I'm sure we will have a great time capturing those memories. In the mean time I have been booking weddings with 2008 brides already. Wow these ladies are on the ball! I am very impressed with how organized the majority of them are already.
I am also in the process of adding a slide show component to my business and I hope to get some of the shows up on the blog for you to check out as well....possibly the new way to view some samples from the current weddings....

Scrapbooking

The time of month has come again to gather for some free scrapbooking fun! I am only hosting 2 more sessions then I will close down for the summer (wedding season). If you'd like to join us please give me a quick reply through email or on the phone.
Come Scrapbook with Us...

Friday, April 13, 2007

6pm to Midnight
Free of charge, just bring a snack to share

Church on 99
(9908-67 Avenue)

Email Trina at contact@creationsphoto.com
or call at 710-0012 if you would like to reserve a spot.

Future Dates: May 11, (to start again in the fall)

My Space Site is gone...

I have contacted MySpace 3 times in regards to my site that has beenwithdrawn. I am very disappointed that this has happened and I haveno idea why it was taken down. I got a standard letter but I don'tsee any of the violations as ones that I have done on myspace. It is very frustrating that the letter also says that the account is nonretrievable as well. I am very relieved that I have a blog going here at blogger.com and have duplicated most of the files to both myspaceand blogger. All has not been lost - thankfully I didn't rely on myspace as my main source for blogging!! Beware to those out there that have a myspace account that it can be demolished at any time without warning and without reason! No one at myspace has replied to my concerns.I am sending this out to warn everyone else I know about this issue -hopefully someone at myspace will take some notice as well.

What at trip!

Well we just got back from our WPPI/spring break trip this morning! It was such a whirlwind of events I just have to share it. I even snatched up a bunch of pictures to go along with the story - they are with my point and shoot camera that I keep in my purse but I think they still turned out alright :)

First we started to Vegas - driving - we were aiming to arrive on Sunday am because I was signed up to do a photo shoot on Sunday afternoon. Unfortunately Saturday night as we are clipping along we get a flat tire. We looked at it as a learning experience for the boys though and they had their first lesson on changing a tire. Nothing is open when we hit the next city though so we need to continue along in slow speed with the donut spare. We did come across a repair shop after much searching on Sunday morning but it was too late to get us to Vegas on schedule :( We did finally arrive safe and sound Sunday about 9 pm.
The boys did some sight seeing while I spent the next 3 days at the Wedding and Portrait Photographers International convention. It was really great! I came away with alot of information and I look forward to adding a few new ideas into my business. I loved seeing all the wedding photos all over the place and am inspired to enter some of the fantastic photos we have gotten with our couples for the next competition.


After the conference was done we had planned to go see the Grand Canyon. My eldest son was not feeling well though so we let him sleep the day away. I did have an ace up my sleeve though for the next day and luckily he was feeling much better. When I was looking on the map I noticed that it was closer to go to Disneyland in LA than it was to go to the canyon...so with a little persuasion I got my wonderful DH to drive us a little further south. The boys were clueless and thought we were on the way home until they saw the Disney signs. It was great! Although I may have enjoyed myself more than the kids - I was soo excited to bring them as I have wanted to since they were babies and never had the chance. My favorite ride was "it's a small world" and the kids was "star tours". The fireworks show at the end of the day was spectacular, the best display that I have ever seen.



We checked into a hotel for the night and my DH had plans to drive a little up the costal highway going back North. Of course we had to stop and get some pictures along the way. This is my all time favorite from the whole trip.










In a last minute decision we stopped at Venice beach for an hour and soaked up some of the sand and sun - the boys soaked up more of the water and sand than we did as they built sandcastles.




Calculating the drive back we realized that it was faster to go back the way we came through Vegas. With another last minute stop we checked out Hoover Dam on the way through.


Again plans evaded us as the drive turned really trecherous before we hit the border and stayed that way all the way back home. The snow was blowing and the boys thought it was great cause they said it looked like we were travelling in warp speed like in Star Wars :) Not soo great for the driver though! Finally we got back this moring 7 am. I let the kids go to bed and miss school - something they never get to do -

So this past week was action packed full of learning, fun and great memories!