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A journal entry from my 2018 365 project

Good tidings for a prosperous and healthy new year for you constant reader! What are your resolutions this year? Mine, among the usual eat healthier and exercise more is putting a little bit of energy back into myself creatively. Resolutions are easy to make, but it's the follow through component that always seems to crumble when the support isn't laid out properly or the will power lacking. Enter the challenge: Join a group of photographers and do a 365. What is that? you

I love photographing babies. It never gets old for me. I love marveling at their tiny little features, and being in awe of how quickly they change and move through the stages of childhood, when they visit me yearly for updated pictures. I see it in my own children; I'm amazed, and have a hard time remembering them being this size if it weren't for all the photographs and videos I have. I love looking back and seeing how my kids have grown, right under my nose during that dail

Twinkle, Twinkle little star....Do you know how loved you are? One of the things I love most as a photographer is watching families grow. I love how I get to document the journey. Engagements that turn into weddings; which then, turn into maternity and newborn sessions. It is a cycle I feel blessed to witness again and again, and a privilege each time I am asked back to capture a new moment in a family's life. I met the wonderful Q family last year for a family session at Cra

My oldest child just turned 5. Normally I would celebrate any age milestone she has with a photo session, but this year my little girl had something else in mind. "Mommy" she says, "Can I have a cake smash?" "Well, I see no reason why not" I replied. After all, if 30 and 40 year olds are smashing cakes and having their pictures done...who am I to say it's just for babies turning one. "Oh thank you mommy! thank you so so so much!!" she cries and covers me in kisses like I'm a

"In all the world there is no heart for me like yours, In all the world there is no love for you like mine" - Maya Angelou I had the pleasure of meeting Mat & Ben when I was contacted to photograph their Thanksgiving weekend wedding last year at Steamworks in Vancouver B.C. It was apparent from the first moment I met them, that the energy their relationship has is the stuff fairy tales are made of. Easy going, relaxed, and fun are just some of the words I'd use to describe