Love...

This past Saturday Omari and I spent the day with Laura and Chad while they celebrated thier love for one another. The wedding was beautiful! Laura and Chad looked fabulous. So did the wedding party. Laura decided on a beach theme for the wedding day so there were alot of nice little touches to go along with it. I especially liked the gummy candy sharks.... The ceremony and reception were at the Whitemud Creek Hall here in Edmonton. We went to the Citadel Theatre for a few bridal party pics, headed out for a quick bite at the Italian Bakery and then met some of the family at the Legislative Grounds for some family pics. They guys were pretty funny - Omari and I don't usually set up "wild" shots but we will photograph anything the bridal party is willing to do - so the boys got Omari to go into the restroom with them to get shots at the urinals and then before we left they asked for the security guard to pat them down as they stood at the wall - no they weren't totally drunk just looking for some fun stuff to do :) (no I didn't include any of those images online, sorry those are for Laura and Chad to decide what they want to do with them) I'm so glad that we got some great weather so that we could do some outdoor photos as well! Before we headed back to the reception we took a detour to go visit Laura and Chad's baby and grabbed some shots with him - he's a cute little guy - you'll see him taking over a shot below....

I hope Laura and Chad are having a blast on their honeymoon - I look forward to going through the images we took with you when you get back. For now here are a couple of my favorites and yep there is a sneak peek slideshow as well - Laura and Chad's Slideshow.

On Sunday I had another great sunny afternoon to work with as I met up with Elisha and Mike. They are another adorable couple that are getting married soon but running away to Halifax to do it. They wanted some pics so we did an e-session here in Edmonton at the Legislative Grounds. We had been trying to meet up for awhile but the weather just wasn't cooperating with us so we were all happy to have the sun shining. I hope you guys have a fabulous wedding day!!

Bridal Fantasy Winners

The other day I was able to photograph an e-session for Samantha and Brendon. They won the grand prize package at bridal fantasy 2008 - lucky or what! It was fun getting to know them and I enjoyed hanging out at the Citadel Theatre with them. Their really cute and get along great so it was pretty easy capturing some of their love for one another.

I hope you guys have a fantastic wedding .... thank you for including me in your plans :)

Here are a couple of my favorite images from our time together.

Denver TriCoast Workshop

Wow - it has already been a week since I was in Denver but it feels like it was just yesterday I got back home. Life truly gets faster and faster with age!
So the trip was great and the workshop was awesome. I really enjoyed meeting everyone from Tanja who hosted to Suzy, Mike and Jordan from TriCoast and all the others inbetween :) I will admit that I'm still a bit disappointed I didn't get to see Suzy dance on the bar at Coyote Ugly! Next time girl and no I'm not joining you.......
I had a great stay at the Drury Inn in Denver and would recommend it to anyone traveling that way. It was easy to find with easy access to the freeway and the feed you in the morning and evening for free. The beds were comfy too which makes it high on my list.
I was even able to experiment with some of the new lighting techniques I learnt a bit this weekend with a couple that got married. Unfortunately I don't have a model release from them. I do however have permission to post the images from the workshop - we had 3 models to work with one day and then we were shooting eachother and Suzy the next. The workshop ran 3 days and we had fantastic weather for the first 2 days. The third day got cold and ended up snowing-people kept trying to blame me for bringing the snow along with me LOL good thing we were doing classroom work that day. So here are my favorite images...

This shot was fun to take cause we kept dodging traffic to get it, ahhhh the excitement of it all!This girl was such a cutie and her look changed alot just by changing her hair style.This model knew how to work the camera - there were alot of great poses she gave us.She did the serious attitude well :)This model had some amazing blue eyes - I would need to paint them in here to do here justice!It was pretty hot out and we were all getting tired and sunburnt but she stayed out there with us even when others were going indoors.Mike and Suzy - their steamy!

Working it for the camera - Suzy made a great model. (no liquifying will be involved in this photo - Suzy is Hot LOL)

Last but not least this is a pic I took of Jerry another attendee. I love this photo.

Additions - On the way...

Yesterday I spent some time with Jamie chatting about babies, labour and all that fun birthing stuff. Meanwhile we did a great little shoot to show off her round belly before her daughter makes her grand entrance into the world. Jamie is one of those women that make you totally want to be pregnant - she's all cute and thin except for a round ball out front. I had a great time creating some fabulous images with her. She photographs soo well. Thanks for hanging out with me Jamie! I can't wait to meet your little bundle. I'm so excited to do some newborn pics with you and Mac :)

This weekend I'm off to Denver,CO to attend a photography lighting workshop. I am sure I will have some fun images to share when I get back next week...

More Cuba

Awhile ago when I was in Cuba I was able to do a fun portrait shoot with my sister. We went out to the beach and just walked around in and around the water near sunset. It was a beautiful sunset and I was glad that I got to watch it with her. I thought I would post a couple of my favorite shots from this session... I hope you approve of the ones I chose Sis :)

Family Portraits

I love the whole Micheal Jordon tongue hanging out look! Now Sydney's trademark.

The other day I was invited to do a photo session with Chrysten and Ken. This session was to mark Sydney's 6 months with them. She is sure growing and getting sooo active. I am honored that you guys have chosen to include me in these special moments :) It was also pretty cool because usually I do portraits and engagements on my own but it just so happened that Omari is on spring break right now and had some time to come with me on the shoot. I love shooting with Omari - good thing I married him! It was nice to have someone extra to help distract the little one - she was sooo wiped that she ended up falling asleep before we even left. That was extra cool though cause those sleeping pics are among my favorites. I hope you guys like using the new proofing site - I know it is a different path than what we have used before with your sessions - let me know if there are any issues understanding how it all works. Thanks again for letting me into your lives, as always it was such a pleasure spending time with you.

Sydney is so adorable.

Chrysten is such a patient Mom.

I love watching families grow! You guys look so great.