Enderby Grad/Prom Session~ Candace

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Enderby Grad/Prom Session~ Candace

Thursday, June 24th, 2010

I had quite the adventure getting to Candace’s grad/prom shoot! GPS sent me an hour in the wrong direction! Two roads with the same name and both roads with a green gate at the end of the road that I was supposed to go through! So strange. Next time I am going to type in the postal code too, to be safe! haha. Melissa Craven was with me as well (she came to lend her awesome makeup skills to the shoot) and she was laughing her butt off at me while I stressed out about being late and possibly not having enough light by the time we got to where we were going. haha. Luckily we arrived with just enough light to spare and do our shoot with Candace! Her boyfriend Trevor jumped in for a few shots as well. Let me just say that he is one lucky guy! Candace is not only super pretty, but also incredibly sweet and fun. Hard to find that combo! She lit up the shoot and I had so much fun capturing her infectious energy.

We did the shoot all on and around her property and finished just as it was getting dark (thanks high ISO and low aperture!).

I’ve really enjoyed photographing these grad shoots I’ve done in the last month so much! I’ll definitely be doing more Grad/Prom photography in the future! Thanks again for the awesome shoot Candace and Trevor!

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Kelowna Wedding ~ Christina & Rick

Monday, June 21st, 2010

I showed up early to Christina and Rick’s ceremony at the Belgo Wedding Chapel early like I always do to get detail shots, but for the first time, I was the very first person there. I actually got a little nervous after 10 minutes and pulled out my iPhone to google and make sure there wasn’t a second Belgo Wedding Chapel in Kelowna! haha. Of course, guests started filtering in soon after and I had to laugh at my psych out.

The ceremony went off without a hitch (except for the newly hitched couple of course) and after taking a few shots around the Belgo Chapel property, we headed off to our second location where a friend of the family met us there with his sweet old turquoise truck to take some shots with. Such a cool old truck- sorry I know nothing of cars and therefore don’t know what it’s “truck name” was. I just know it was awesome. haha.

I’ve known Christina and Rick for while as I’ve done a couple portrait shoots for them in the past and there’s never been a doubt in my mind that they’re an awesome match. There is a rad family photo of them I saw where the two of them and their daughter, Kaitlyn have KISS makeup on (Rick is a huge fan) and I thought- now THAT is a cool family. : D I wish them all the happiness in their marriage!

Makeup by: Melissa Craven

Hair by: Amrit Johnson

Check out their wedding video here (by Gauthier Productions) : http://www.blog.photoandvideo.ca/2010/09/christina-and-rick-2010-wedding.html

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Danya Stapleton (Fly Photography) Kelowna Session

Monday, June 14th, 2010

I love photographing photographers! I think because they spend so much time behind the lens, they know what looks great in front of the lens! I was thrilled when Danya Stapleton of Fly Photography in Kelowna contacted me for a shoot. I love her work and knew right away it would be a fun shoot! Like most photographers, she is always behind the camera for family photos so this was her turn to be in front of the lens with her two daughters and get some photos of herself as well.
When she turned up with her two beautiful daughters I let out a little squeal at their outfits. This family has style! : D Bright colours and summer dresses – two favs for photos. : ) Danya had brought a big cluster of yellow balloons to use in the photos that promptly escaped into the sky before any shots could be taken (it was attached to this cone thing that broke off ) but we quickly forgot about it and got into the shoot! Danya is a natural in photos! She was able to let loose and have fun so that it gave me tons of opportunities to catch her personality.

She was also hosting a party for her mom’s birthday as well so, after getting some shots outside, we headed to Danya’s place (also home of the Fly Photography studio) to get some shots of her with her girls around their house (after another awesome outfit change I must add). I got to take some photos of the decor she did for her mom’s birthday too and it was so chic and beautiful! The theme was yellow which I am a bit obsessed with at the moment (as my friends will tell you) so I was in photo heaven taking detail shots of the beautiful set up. Lemons, yellow balloons, a carousel, limonata beverages and all sorts of other neat details! You could tell a lot of thought had gone into it and I’m sure her mom loved it! Thanks again! : )

Sidenote: It was a two hour shoot so hence why it was extra hard to narrow down photos. haha