Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation

I was searching through Facebook looking at other fellow photographer's pages and came across Paper doll Photography. Her status claimed she was donating $5.00 from every session booked in 2010 to the CBCF. I thought to myself, what a wonderful idea.....so I decided to do the same. Both of my grandmother's died from Breast Cancer so this foundation hits close to home for me. So, any and all sessions booked in 2010 I will be donating money to the this worthwhile cause. I encourage other photographers to follow suit.

More Koy.....

Cute Koy!

I had the opportunity to take 2-year portraits for Koy. I had taken their family pictures back in the Fall and we did it at a site that had cows at it. Koy remembered, so when we were outside we were constantly in search of "cows". It worked as a great distraction to keep him interested in being outside on a chilly winter day. He was so fun to work with, full of smiles and a sweet little personality. Nancy has three boys, just like me, and her children are very into hockey - just like mine! We incorporated that into the pictures that day. As well, Koy celebrated his 2nd birthday in Disney World complete with a party with Mickey Mouse so we also wanted to incorporate that into these pictures. Thanks to Koy, we were able (and I say we - because when you take pictures of young children - the parent's help is crucial) to capture some great pictures to commemorate his 2nd birthday! Thanks Koy - you're a dream to work with!! Some day we'll find those cows again.......

Vintage

I was playing around with this picture of Payton and the original was nice - clean, crisp, etc. But I wanted to try something different to it so I added some layers and adjusted the saturation and I like the way it looks kind of "vintage". This look certainly isn't for everyone, but I liked it!

Fun!

And one more.....

Another Favourite!

A Few More of My Favourite's!

Such a pretty young girl!

Perfectly Payton

I had the opportunity to take pictures of Payton this afternoon. She is as sweet and nice as she is pretty! I have been wanting to get together with her all winter, but with her gymnastics and our hockey we were having a hard time getting together. However, school was closed today so I took the opportunity to have her over for a little photo shoot. Thanks for coming over Payton - I had a great time - hope you did too!

Happy Birthday Dylan!

So my middle son Dylan, the one who provides us with the most laughs, is turning seven today. For those of you who know my son Dylan, you'll know what I mean by the laughs part! I swear Dylan started talking when he was nine months old - LOL. I don't remember a time when he wasn't cracking jokes, being charming or talking up a storm.

I woke up this morning all prepared to get my boys off to school and then have a photo shoot with a little four year boy and then get ready for the party after school. All that changed. I logged into my Facebook account and saw that school was cancelled! Not again! This same thing happened last year on Dylan's birthday. After going back and forth with the parents (and rescheduling my photo shoot) I decided to proceed with the party this afternoon. Within half an hour, the grader came and the Blight's (our wonderful neighbours again) came and cleaned out the road and yard.

So, the party is on.....it will be lacking a few balloons and decorations (that I had planned to get this afternoon), but do little boys even notice such a thing? Only the Mom does I think!!

Happy 7th Birthday Dylan. Thank you for all the laughs.....you light up our world.

Love, Mom.