The Snow Queen

Sweet Olivia was introduced to me as the Snow Queen; a title she took seriously. With her blonde hair and lovely coat and hat, she looked like a child from 18th century Russian aristocracy.
I was honoured as she held my hand while we skipped through the snow. We photographed amongst the trees, a neighbours winter garden, and around a sandstone castle. Alas, other stately duties called and I was dismissed with a wave of her hand and an 'I don't want to be photographed anymore'.
But no one can take away my 15 minutes of fame with the Snow Queen.

Warm Winter Place

Placencia..a very small town at the end of a very long and skinny peninsula on the SE shore of the country of Belize in Central America. For the geographically challenged, the country of Belize, with a population of under 300,000, is just below Mexico.

Wether walking or biking, even we friendly Canadians found it a pleasure to be offered a smile, a nod, or a hello as just the most casual, normal, and polite thing to do. Perhaps that's because no one is really in a hurry. Wherever one is going, it is still most likely to be there whenever one arrives. And, you don't have to go very far wherever you want to arrive!

Although the weather wasn't up to Placencian standards, (high overcast only reaching 75F), it was a wonderful reprieve from our annual Edmonton snow and chills. Whatever....the 'cold' weather did not affect our enjoyment of the fresh fish, fruit and veggies, jungle walks, or evening views from our balcony. The only sad part- I missed two hockey games with the guys. Upon return, however, none of the guys mentioned that they missed me! Hmmmmm!

Our Friend Paige

Last week Dani and I had the opportunity to have Paige visit us from her high school for a half day of shadowing. Although A little shy at first, we soon had her smiling and hopefully comfortable.
I had to make a delivery to a client that day so we invited her to come along. My thanks to MH for making her welcome.
I found out later that Paige had called three other photographers before us to ask about shadowing. Ah well..their loss...our gain!
Whatever your path, photography or space shuttle pilot, best of luck!

Recent views in November

The last time Irene and Tim were photographed professionally was at their wedding. It was time to update. After some chit chat and bouncing a few ideas around, they decided that, cool or not, outdoors was where they wanted to be.
When possible I like to create lots of depth. The portrait by the trees gives us that. The profile has warmth, affection, and serenity.
Thank you Irene and Tim. It was a tad cool but we beat the snow.

The Big Shoot!

So we went a wandering downtown yesterday with camera in tow and here's some shots from our fun little session with Melissa our student for a week and Dani the studios right hand gal!

Enjoy!

Nicholas's new career

Jeanna and Michael's world has changed.....he's called Nicholas and he's now four months old.
Bright eyed, busy, and safely snuggled between Mom and Dad, he's working on his first modeling assignment.

It was a chiiillly day last Saturday. But not so cool that John, Val, Ryan and , Vanessa couldn't go out and have some fresh air fun!
The big issue was the wind; so much for all the hair preparations!! However.....we did it! Together we created images I know they are going to enjoy.
Anyway, those warm fall days, with the scent of falling leaves, are highly over rated!