the busiest time of year!

This holiday season has been busier than usual for me this year.

I joined my cute little spook's family for their pre-Christmas celebration to capture the day for them. With 8 adults and 1 baby, it was by far the largest group I've had to organize thus far...

...apart from just the silly stuff that is...like the 'family' photo I took when Joel's family came over for Christmas Eve dinner...

Christmas day I didn't even take my Alpha out of the bag. I did get a new little point and shoot to keep in my purse though (since my other one has been acting strange since having a bottle of water dumped on top of it in October)...and Joel got me a tickle trunk to keep all of my photography props and backdrops in! I also got a new prop from my sister - a lovely lace parasol.

Boxing day my brother and his lovely wife came over to have new headshots done, as neither of them have had new ones since University, and it was time...

The 27th the family piled into vehicles and took a day trip to Calgary to visit with my little niece for her first Christmas. It was so much fun. She's 11 months old, and runs around like there is no tomorrow!

Yesterday I went round to my sister-in-law and her husband's house to take the first portraits of my brand new niece who is 18 days old today. She was such a good girl!

And today I had my last session of 2008; a maternity and family session with a couple expecting a little boy in mid January.

All that combined with the excitement of Christmas, Chris & Tenille's wedding (last post), and taking photos and making Christmas cards,

December has been quite a busy month. I will be taking the last days of 2008 off, so I can be refreshed to get right back to it come January!

Happy New Year everyone, and thanks for making 2008 great!!

What a great weekend!

I have had a spectacular long weekend filled with amazing sessions and exciting plans!

Sunday morning I had a fun session with the lovely Kelly. She's mom to 2 teenage boys and doesn't take any time for herself, so our session was all about HER!! It was loads of fun having her play dress-up and get into character for her "just for fun" glamour shoot. And even though she was nervous, she totally rocked it!

After the session with Kelly I met the most amazing couple, T&C, to talk about the details of their upcoming wedding in December! I don't want to give away any of the details, but I will tell you that it is going to be so so good. The couple told me that there are NO suggestions that will be considered over the top, and they want more of a paparazzi feel to their wedding shots...not the typical story book wedding stuff! EXACTLY the type of weddings I want to do!

And this morning I met a beautiful 4 week old little girl, her big sister and their Mommy and Daddy! Little K tested out all of her body functions, and may very well be allergic to me she sneezed so much, but we got some really great shots...including a really sweet series of big sis giving her a little cuddle! And big sister S coloured be some drawings too!

And now I am going to a brand new British import candy store with my mom!

Cute little spook!

It's All Hallows Eve tonight, but this afternoon I had a client shoot with a brand new bouncing baby boy. His mommy went out and got a pumpkin as a prop for this afternoon's shoot, and we pulled in some of her other Halloween decor as well, and had a little fun with little T. who is 15 days old today.

The shoot went well I think, but it was a bit of a rocky start...I don't think T likes me much, every time he opened his eyes and saw me he'd start crying... I'm not a meanie I swear!

But once he calmed down we managed to get some really beautiful photos...I'm especially fond of the ones of him and Daddy together...