Blue dress, blue jeans, older sister, younger sister, babysitter, legislative intern, high school student, and valedictorian – Allie wears a lot of hats, but on this day, the hat of significance was her graduation cap. It was fun and challenging to try and capture the many sides of Allie. From the Legislative Building to the Exchange to the studio, we were able to try out all sorts of different looks and feels to her senior/grad pics. Congrats Allie and best of luck with all the future!  Some of my favorites:

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This is the fourth installment of a four-part series documenting little Jasper’s first year in the world.  True to form, he was pretty shy and sober at first, but this time he didn’t spend too much time worrying about the guy with the camera.  Jasper had already started walking the last time I saw him, and was now his own little independent and busy explorer.  He had a grand old time running on the play structure, taste-testing the gravel, and splashing through the puddle.  Not fully a master of movement on two legs, our stay at the playground was unfortunately cut short when Jasper had a little tumble on the hardtop.  But thankfully it didn’t seem to put much of a damper on his mood and before long, he was merrily exploring again.

I’m looking forward to putting together the album showing Jasper’s growth through year #1.  In the meantime, some faves from this particular session:

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Wow: 5 days of events + 2 separate ceremonies + 600 guests + 2 lovely families + 1 beautiful couple + over 2,000 photos = Reena & Satnam’s wedding. It was a thrilling and wonderful week of shooting, with each day bringing something new and exciting. Congratulations Reena and Satnam and thanks for letting me be part of your amazing celebration!  A small handful of pictures hardly does justice to all the colours, expressions, emotions, and wonder of the 5 days, but here’s a quick sneak peek – I think the rest of the pictures will be worth the wait.

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My first reaction to seeing all the fabulous Oriental decor at Dale and Stephanie’s wedding was one of appreciation – they did a fabulous job of decorating their home and wedding in an Asian theme.  My second reaction was one of irony, as here I was shooting the wedding of two Caucasians who were way more Asian than I am!

This happened to be the second Petsche family wedding I had the pleasure of shooting: I actually first met met Dale and Stephanie when they were in the bridal party of her brother’s wedding (Stephen & Noella). Fast forward a few years and now we have Stephanie and Dale up front at the altar, and Noella and Stephen in the entourage with their three beautiful junior bridesmaid daughters (wow have they grown!)  It was great to see the families again who were as warm and welcoming as ever, and I look forward to a few weeks from now when I get to work with the families again!

A sneak peek into the day:

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Here’s a handful from the session I shot with Aunt Gwen and her family.  A lovely day to drive out to Ponemah, and Gram’s cottage with all its personality and character is always a neat backdrop for photos.  It was great to see Gram back in her favorite place, and amusing to watch big Uncle Gary back on partrol after his little grandson Zach. And we got to finally meet Matt and Christa’s newest little one Will!  With a name like that, I think this one is destined for greatness (imho)…

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