The Downeys

I'm slowly falling behind on my blog post and all my editing lately. All these shoots are finally catching up with me, but i'm absolutely loving being this busy!

I just wish there were more hours in the day lately. It's difficult playing catch up when summer has hit full on like this. I constantly have to make the decision between patio drinks and poolside sunning or editing indoors in front of the glowing screen for hours on end... i know eh? hard decision.

I'm going to be spending the next couple of days playing catch up indoors, plowing through some editing and hopefully i'll be able to share some pics soon from my last two "fash the dress" sessions.

I finally finished editing the session i had with the beautiful Downey family a couple weeks ago.
This is actually the second time i've photographed them and i have to say round two was definitely more succesfull than round one. The first time i shot them the kids did not want to be photographed, at all! It was a tough shoot, i was able to capture some great moments regardless but this time around they were hamming it up and loving the camera!

Emmett is absolutely gorgeous, and i have a feeling she's going to be trouble when she's older.

Henry hiding out in the grass

I really think the long grass added a nice punch of colour. It wasn't a great day out but the location made up for it.

Henry is an absolute cutie, and doesn't he have the greatest hair for a lil guy.

I think this couch made for a great prop out in the middle of the field. Especially when the kids were bored of the field and grass it was something else for them to play on.

And now for some more cute... baby Avery

Aren't these ones of Johanna and Avery absolutely precious

Avery is one of the most relaxed, chill, content babies i've ever met, she's the perfect baby really.

Beautiful little Ella came by for a visit with her mom Jenn at the end of our shoot. I photographed her over a year ago when she was a baby and i just can't believe how fast they grow.

I snapped a couple of the two girls together and i'm loving the expressions on their faces in this one.

8 months old

Today Allie is 8 months old. And she's as cute as ever. Happy 8 month birthday Allie!


What a gorge day it was today, this weather is incredible and there's more of it to come this week. I haven't really been able to enjoy it much, i've been editing the past couple shoots i did and i have to say i'm loving them! I can't wait to share them with you.
Here are some pics of Alexandra i took on the wkd when i had a lil visit with my sis.


I actually photographed Allie as a newborn on this bench 8 months ago and now she can sit herself up on it.

I see so much of my sister in her here.



Kisses from Auntie Sarah.

Amy and Devin

I'm feeling out of sorts lately and it's mostly because i've been battling with this little cold for the past week. Nothing worse than having a cold in the spring when the weather starts shaping up.
At least it seemed to have dissapeared for my shoots this past wkd. I had a couple amazing sessions on the wkd that i'm excited to start working on. I'll be posting them up soon! But first here are some shots from my downtown shoot with Amy and Devin.

A couple wkds ago Amy and Devin tied the knot at city hall followed by a brunch with close family and friends at the lovely Hunt Club.

Amy is this petite classic beauty and i think her dress suited her frame and personality perfectly. Can you believe she is actually 5 months pregnant!? It's unbelievable really, she looks absolutely fantastic!
I really enjoyed this shoot, mostly because of how easy going and relaxed they were together. I didn't spend much time with them other than a couple hours during the shoot but i could tell in that small time frame how much they
absolutely adore each other.

I'm really looking forward to doing more weddings and engagement sessions downtown, it's such a different vibe with so much potential for beauty shots like these.

The day was windy, rainy with spurts of sunshine. We really lucked out and got some great shots downtown before heading to the Hunt Club where the rain came down.

They really reminded me of an old hollywood couple. Especially with Amy's 50's style dress and Devins look, he really has a distinguished old school style to him.

They hopped on to the sightseeing bus for a couple quick shots.

The Hunt Club, right before the rain.



I really wanted to get these shots below and they where such great sports to head out into the rain. However it did take some convincing Devin to do the umbrella shot below... he thought it "looked gay"... i think he'll be happy with the way it turned out (hopefully). It's definitely one of my favorite shots of the day!

Congrats again Amy and Devin!

Tulips and Mothers

Despite the nasty weather we had (snow and all) it's been a fabulous couple of days. I lucked out with the weather on saturday morning for the wedding shoot and was able to snap some outdoor shots before the rain came down and the winds picked up. I can't wait to post some teasers from the day.


Today i had a lovely little mothers day brunch with my sisters and my mom.
There is really nothing i can say about my mother that will ever live up to who she is and how i feel about her.
She truly is the most caring, genuine, selfless, intelligent, understanding, beautiful and cultivated woman. I can only aspire to be the mother that she has been to me.
Merci maman, happy mothers day!



She isn't very fond of getting her picture taken... i had to trick her to get these :)



She spends hours upon hours taking care of her beautiful gardens, these are just a few of her gorgeous tulips.



These pics below are specifically for my sister Genevieve's benefit... looking good ma!

Happy mothers day to all the mothers out there.

My biggest fan

Friday! This week has been flying by, i feel like it should only be wednesday for some reason (probably because this week has been crazy busy) but i'll take friday over wednesday any day.

This weekend is also jammed packed but i'm looking forward to it. I just really hope the weather holds out for tomorrow morning. I've been watching the weather closely all week hoping and praying that it was too early to tell and that the forcasters were wrong. So far they are sticking to cool, insanely windy and rainy for saturday... this is not good considering i'm shooting a wedding in the morning. It's still only Friday afternoon so who knows, it might change, positive thinking right?
I'm sure it will all turn out fabulous, rain or shine.

Last weekend i head out with Christine for a quick tour around the Hockely area. Christine is literally my biggest fan as well as one of my biggest supporters. She also LOVES to be photographed and makes a fantastic model, don't ya think?
I've photographed Christine plenty of times, editorial shoots, her engagement pics, her trash the dress pics and everytime i'm always amazed at how incredibly stunning she is.

Don't you think she looks a bit like Drew Barrymore and Blake Lively? ...but even more beautiful.


Thanks mama coulter for the braid.


Christine and i went and got tattoos together this past winter (my first) and i think hers is displayed nicely in this shot. It's a Zibu symbol of friendship, Zibu is an Angelic healing language of symbols, a visual image of energy. I just love the meaning and how elegant they turned out.







I figured out how to make the images on my blog larger, which is great but i also realized that my camera and lenses are in desperate need of a cleaning... especially after looking at the spots below. But regardless of the spots i love the way these turned out, thanks for looking so fierce Christine ;)


Happy Friday...