A few weekends ago I got to do the family photos of some old friends.  Darrell, aka Dad, aka Pepere was my boss in another life oh so many years ago. I was so happy to see him and his family again.  They are such lovely people and even though we had to deal with the cold weather, we had a wonderful time.  Thanks again for your hospitality guys and enjoy a few of your 'fun' images from that day.

Sorry for the delay in blogging lately.  Its definitely been busy and hard to get everything done.  There truly aren't enough hours in the day.  A while back my good friend Ashley (and amazing hairstylist) brought her family for a visit and to try to get some photos.  It was definitely fun and a work out for me as the kids had me on the run but with her cute kids it was hard not to get some great shots.  Thanks for the visit guys.  See you soon!

A few weeks ago The Beck Kids and their significant others came out for a surprise shoot to be saved for a Christmas gift for their parents.  It was a little promo I was running.  However, someone, not mentioning any names (Lateesh, lol) accidentally spilled the beans and so now its okay to blog some of those shots.  Oh well Lateesha, there's some great shots in here so I probably would have gone crazy waiting till after Christmas to blog them anyway, lol.  Now you can let mom and dad pick their own images for their gifts and maybe you'll have to get them something else too which works out well for them :)  So this post will start out with brother and sister together, then each of the kids with their "S.O's" and then all four of them together.  I used a few different textures on here than you are used to seeing just to try something different.  Enjoy!

Well tonight I had the best time with my little neighbours.  I have known their family for years and I shot their mom and dads wedding over 5 years ago already.  Wow, time flies.  Anyway, it was a fun but challenging shoot.  Fun cause it was with adorable kids.  Challenging because one of them was a boy and he was 2, lol.  Now I am not saying anything bad against Nate.  He is so adorable.  He's just a boy that is 2. I have been through this 3 times with my own.  They are so busy and really want nothing to do with sitting for cameras.  He also is totally in love with his hat and it was a challenge to get any shot of him let alone without his precious hat.  Then there is his beautiful sister Lainie, who looks just like her mom I might add.  She is so comfortable in front of the camera and reminds me of a young Nicole Kidman.  A total little doll.  I love the serious shots of her but don't worry mom and dad, there's plenty of adorable smiley ones as well.  I hope you guys enjoy them.  Thanks for making the drive over.  Even if it is only a few miles down the road, lol. PS:I posted my very favorite picture of the bunch first.  I don't know where I will put it but I definitely want a big canvas for my office.  How fantastic is she?!?

Do you ever have one of those days?  One of those days you kind of wish you never would have gotten out of bed.  Well, for me, yesterday was one of those days.  But then last night I had this great family show up from Fort Qu'Appelle for family photos and my day changed.  They were so warm and genuine.  Michael was so laid back.  What ever we wanted to do was just fine with him.  And Leslie, well she's so much fun.  I knew it the second she got out of the car and had her hair streaked pink.  How much fun is that?  She's truly her own person and I LOVE that.  The kids were awesome too, throwing in their own ideas for poses which we definitely used.  And to top it off it was Michael and Leslie's Anniversary and poor Mike didn't even get supper before they headed out here.  Thanks so much guys for coming out and being so great to work with.  Here are a few images from last night.

This afternoon I headed out to Max & Janelle's to meet their new little boy and is he ever adorable.  I always want to take these newborns home with me but somehow mom and dad never want to do that.  I'm not sure why, lol?  Anyway, Mr. K didn't want to sleep for us in the beginning but mom and I tag teamed it and got him all settled in.  After that, everything went really well.  Here are a few shots from the afternoon.  I love the way that Max & Janelle have their house decorated.  It has such a western flair and so we used a lot of their own things in the photos.  I will explain as we go, lol.
These first shots were done on a small cowhide that they have.  Love It!!

This next one he even gave us a smile.  My Grama always used to say that meant they were dreaming of angels.