Saturday, February 9, 2008

The Blog Has Moved

Seeing as we got a new wedding website we thought we might as well have a new blog too! Click on "The Blog Has Moved" to be redirected to our new home.

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The first person to book a new session or wedding will recieve a free 11x14. Be sure to mention that you saw this on the blog!!

Thursday, January 31, 2008

Our new website!



Our new wedding website! Check it out! You can access it from my current website.
I would love some feedback...
As for the old website... It will be getting an overhaul...the wedding stuff will come off and it will be strictly for portrait clients. I will be able to split up the galleries. There is going to be some awesome stuff posted up there....thanks to all my great clients!
Cheers,
Shelley

PS I got my Nikon D3 today and it exceeds my expectations. I can not wait to get out and play with it...hmmmm maybe this saturday's session.
I did make the mistake of letting Jeff try it...now he wants one!!!

What's new....

Well, the studio is almost finished...flooring goes in on Feb 12th. Yeahoo!
Now I just have to decide what I want for large prints....it's always so hard to decide!
I had a beautiful little baby girl in our home last night for her newborn picture's. We got some real cute one's.... be on the lookout for those!
My Nikon D3 finally came in so I am going to pick that up today...very exciting!! I can't wait to try it out.
Hope everyone is keeping warm,
Shelley

Thursday, January 24, 2008

Give me strength....

These are a little late but better late then never! These are picture's from our Christmas holidays! Client's stuff comes first.
We had a wonderful visit with both our families and had a lot of nice quality time together. We ate to much, drank to much, laughed to much but could not get enough hugs from our families. We miss them greatly but LOVE seeing them as much as possible!
Below is a picture in a series of four I took. I love those little words on rocks so I got four different words.. put each in a different setting and am going to frame all four in a collection on metallic paper! Here's strength!


The drive to the B.C. Ferries

With Starbucks in hand we hit the road at 6:30am with good intentions of getting to Victoria nice and early..hmmmm
There was ton's of snow on the highway and everywhere you looked there were cars in the ditch so we took it nice and easy but I was sure glad we have 4x4. The picture of the semi is near Hope...as many may know...snow and lower mainland drivers do not mix...accidents galore!





Highway closed..pretty detour ahead!

Just after Hope there was a major accident that closed the highway...after sitting on the highway for almost 2 hours they turned us around and re-routed us through Mission. What a beautiful drive...the two with the blue sky were taken out the window by myself..yes I was driving but just to make sure we didn't crash Jeff took the steering wheel from the passenger seat! Don't worry I slowed down...
The black and white print we stopped and got out of the vehicle to take..it is now a gorgeous 24x36 print hanging at the top of our stairs. I am glad we took the time to stop for that one...





Waiting for the BC Ferry...give me some wine!

After a 12 hour drive to the Ferries from Kelowna ( should have been 5) we just wanted to get on the Ferry and get to Jeff's parents...unfortunately we missed the boat and had to wait for the next one...argh. Bring on the wine!
Pretty sunset though!





True love...

Jeff and I caught a shot of each other doing our thing! We had a great time, I love exploring with Jeff, it's so much fun and then looking at all the different stuff we shoot is really cool...
I am one lucky person.

PS This picture was taken just before I got caught up in what I was doing and a sneaker wave soaked me up the the thigh..haha happens every time!



French Beach B.C. a green Christmas!

It was so nice once we got to the Island. We got to see Jeff's family and we had a great time. I missed the snow a bit...well... that was until we got out for a drive and a photo expedition to French beach. I needed a new shot of the parents for my family wall so why not go out to the beach? We picked up a Starbucks and went for a little drive. I love the ocean...the sound of the waves crashing into shore and the smell of the ocean is one of my favorite life experiences...add a camera in hand and I'm in heaven!









On the way back to Kelowna...

On our way back to Kelowna we stopped just short of the toll booth on the Coquihalla to get some beautiful winter picture's...Echo had fun romping in the snow!
To bad all that snow didn't stay off the roads!







Golden B.C.

On the way back to Calgary there was a herd of mountain goats off the side of the road...so I quickly pulled over and got some great shot's! You gotta love that 70-200mm lens, gets you in so nice and close :)





Wednesday, January 23, 2008

Studio update...

Well I dare not take my camera out into the house right now..it is a dust ball!
I cannot believe how messy the sanding stage is... it looks like someone sprinkled flour all over everything!
Things are going well though...drywall is up and ready to be primed tomorrow. My wonderful bride and groom from July own a painting business so we have hired them to come in the weekend and paint for us! Can't wait! Carpet is scheduled to go in Feb 19th and then we are good to go...business as usual :)
I can't wait for my clients to see their slideshows on a 110 inch screen! Yep...home theatre here we come..heee heee

Wednesday, January 16, 2008

Jennifer and Wayne



I was just going through their photo's from last weekend and I loved this one so just had to post it!
These two were so much fun and so sexy together, Jeff and I could have kept going for hours! Hee Hee! Unfortunately it was quite chilly out but they braved the weather making the picture's look like they were taken on a summer evening!
Jen ..I hope you got that Starbucks afterwards :)
There are alot of really super shot's and I had a hard time getting them down...be on the lookout for more soon!

Sunday, January 13, 2008

Lovin the texture's



I was editing Mike and Kerri's wedding and fell in love with this photo. I decided to add a texture and am very pleased with how it turned out. More like a piece of art...
Just thought I would share :)

Thursday, January 10, 2008

Calgary Brides! Take a look....

I came accross this article while surfing the web...check it out..I think it's kinda cool :)

www.eweddings.com

Keeping your friends, family and wedding party in the loop of your upcoming wedding can be very time consuming and burdensome. But not anymore. Having your own Personal Wedding Website will take care of all that, plus much more.

Having a professional wedding site is a great way to share all the news and events on your upcoming wedding. You can post the date, location, time and directions to your Stag, Shower, Rehearsal and other events. You can post your Registry and add items to a personal Wish List, list local attractions for friends and family that are visiting and collect best wishes with your Guest Book.

Getting the word out about your site is as easy as including your web address on your invitations. We have seen many invitations with 'For more information, and directions, please visit www.your-wedding.com.' This way, everyone invited to your wedding, including those who can't make it, can go to your wedding website to get up to date information. You can edit any of the information on your site, even the style, to keep it updated and reflect any changes you have made. Another great benefit of a web address is the ability to put it on wedding favors, wedding bulletins or for posting at the reception. This way people will come back to see your wonderful wedding day photos.

Keeping track of those coming to your wedding has never been easier either. Offering online RSVP is one of the most popular features of a wedding website. It saves you time and money, no extra envelopes or stamps required, and long waits for getting back the RSVP's in the mail. Just put a simple link to your site in the invitation and your friends can RSVP at your website and you will be sent a message right away. Your site will also keep the RSVP's in memory so you can manage your list and know who you didn't hear back from yet.

The above features, along with many more, will really make planning a wedding, and sharing it with friends and family around the world, a pleasurable experience. A Personal Wedding Website, let everyone share the joy of your big day.

Article Courtesy of ewedding.com

Wednesday, January 9, 2008

Super exciting...a new studio!

We have been super busy starting on our new studio in the basement!
Drywall is expected to go up next week! I am really excited on how it will all look when it is completed...right now it feels like it's taking forever with all the mess..but it's only been a week :) Lot's of decisions to make too.
Lock Renovations are doing the work and they have been phenomenal! They are super nice and so quick and do excellent work...thanks guys for making this go as smoothly as one could hope!
I will be posting some picture's this upcoming weekend!
Hope everyone is having a great New Year so far :)

 
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