NEW BLOG!

I am just so excited! I've been working on this a little bit here and a little bit there.
I'm so proud to announce my new blog, it's pretty cool. WAY cool.
Check it out and change your links so you can keep following the new stuff!

More of this wedding over there!


NEW BLOG

Takeda Family :: Brooks Alberta Family Photographer ::

I was so very fortunate to head out to the Takeda's farm in July. We had a beautiful evening and moved around a bit to capture the family in different locations. The whole family was out for a week of family fun, all 21 of them! That's a big group to organize! It was so easy and so fun and everyone had a lot of humor and you could tell they enjoyed spending time together. We photographed inside the home and in the yard.

My favorite photo locations are in the family home or yard or area when they are truly in their own element and this was the case at the Takeda's. I got to experience a little bit of them and that was the best part.

Enjoy!



Grandma and all the grandkids!

The Sewall boys! :: Brooks Alberta Family Photographer ::

Wow - I photographed these handsome young men a month ago! You know it's busy when!

These were some of the most funny and easy going brothers I've photographed in a long time. They were crazy about each other and so interested in the photo session. I was so glad to get to spend some time with them!

Just as a little side note, my Fall sessions are filling up quickly and weekend dates are limited in October, in case you were thinking of booking in time for Christmas cards to go out :)

Loooonnnggg over due!



I loved their posture! They sorta just got right into the being in front of the camera, it was awesome!


It's not fair to have such gorgeous eyes!

Dominique & Jaime :: Canmore Wedding Photographer ::

One more month until these two ridiculously happy people get married! Jaime and Dominique have the best time together. Often it can take people a few minutes to warm up to being in front of a camera but not these two, they were seriously aux naturel for me. Jaime has a gift of being able to make Dominique laugh almost every second of any minute. He was on fire. It was wonderful to photograph. I am very much looking forward to their Canmore Thanksgiving wedding in just one month. Yahoo!


Jaime is a biathlete so I thought it would be pretty fun to photograph at the Nordic Centre shooting range. Also, I must comment on Dominique's dress; drop dead awesome! I always run into her wearing fabulous outfits so I can hardly wait to see her wedding dress!







Hello beautiful lady. I think Jaime agrees!


I can't remember what was going on here but it was pretty funny. I think maybe Jaime was trying to deny Dominique's kisses.


A wardrobe change and to the woods!




Can't wait to catch more of their happiness soon!

Arlo Jacks Heal :: Southern Alberta Baby Photographer ::

I think I may have fallen in love with another man....

Little Mr. A was born on August 25th, he's the newest edition to the Heal clan (Geordie's family) and he's also my little nephew.
We all adore him, as do his big sisters. I got to spend a little time with him the other day, and I'm sure he'll be back on the blog in the near future!






I love this one. I just want to nibble his little nose.... (did I say that out loud?)




Happy Thursday.

Weddings!! :: Brooks Alberta Photographer ::

Alright... drum roll please!!!

I can't even begin to tell you how excited I am to share my wedding photos with you all.
Brittany is pretty much exceptional and we couldn't have been more happy to trust her with documenting our day. I have to say the wedding came together magically. A lot of our elements were not planned to flow so brilliantly (Like the orange theme... my shoes were the second pair I bought, the car was a last minute purchase from my Mom and the flowers, well they were planned.) Boy did it ever just work out.

I want to rant and rave about Brittany, she has a keen eye and a creative spirit and she brought our friend Dana Pugh along with her to second shoot and it was a blast!She also shot a roll of film on an old vintage camera, we were pumped when we saw the results. Perfect!

This morning Brittany's photography of our wedding was featured on Rock 'n Roll Bride... What an honor. I'm so happy for Brittany.

Click on Brittany's name to take you to her blog and more yummy images!

Sarah & Ryan :: Brooks, Alberta Wedding Photographer ::

I'm going to go ahead and say July 25th was the hottest day of the summer. And if I thought the mosquitos were bad with Shelley and Carl... hah, I had a whole other thing coming! We had no wind to relieve us but what we had was Love. True Love. Big Love and it was beautiful.

I had gotten to know Sarahs family long before I moved from Canmore to Brooks. We met along a ski trail at the Nordic Centre and I am so glad to have gotten to know them better and better over the years. They are amazing people full of kindness and generosity and Sarah has met an amazing match as Ryan is full of laughs and sincerity and his family had so much joy in their eyes! This was a special wedding for me. Sarah and Ryan did an engagement session in the Spring and their connection had me pretty stoked for their wedding.

Ryan and Sarah chose to see each other before the wedding, and so we staged a bit of a reveal, it was an great moment!



We spent time at Sarah's Families Ranch taking photos before heading to town for their Church ceremony.




This little area of the ranch is called 'Lovers Lane.' How could we not go here.






The Wedding Party was made up of all family except for one of Ryan's friends. I love the close knit-ness.




Umm... yes, Hello Beautiful Bride. Sarah's brother, Nathan was helping me pose Sarah because he watches America's Next Top Model, I'd say he did a good job!!!



And a handsome groom!




I heart big skies!


This is what you do when you're waiting for your wedding to start. Hangman!




Hmmm...












I had such a great time with Sarah and Ryan and I hope you are enjoying your new home in Estevan! We miss you in Brooks.