Monthly Archives: February 2010

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TALK ABOUT CUTE!!! – Calgary Child Photographer

Ahhhhhh!!!!   So cute!  This gorgeous boy and adorable girl are the children of my hairdresser (who I absolutely adore).    We had such a blast at their home.  Mom and Dad have a great sense of style — just look at their stairwell!!  The little girl was pretty much smiles and energy the whole time and her brother took a bit more time to get into it.  One of my favourite parts of a shoot is when there is a shy little one who eventually warms up to me.  The first individual image of the little boy was very near the beginning of the shoot.  He was still wondering who I was and what I was doing there.  But fast forward 20 minutes later and he is full of smiles and giving me the best looks.  I just love that — not only because I have become a buddy, but also because it makes for a wonderful range of expressions in the full set of images.

The last set of images below were taken in the hair salon.   If you would like a hairdresser, and a fun and fabulous one at that, in the Marda Loop area, please contact Salon South Hill and set up an appointment.   

SO STUNNING! Calgary Maternity Photography

A stunning mom(of 2) to be!!   She looks sooooo amazing!!!   We hadn’t thought of the more formal look before of the first image, but once we started looking through her closet, it just made total sense… I just love how she looks.

FROM TEATIME TO WORKSHOP! – Calgary Family Photographer

I absolutely love going to a family’s home and taking photos of what they do together as a family.  Hmmmmm, let’s see… if our family got that style of photos done right now, that would be pictures of me being a wolf and chasing after kitty-cat Hailey and bunny rabbit Reuben.  It would meaning shouting “GO CANADA” in front of the TV.  We’d have pictures of Hailey painting all of our toenails in sparkly purple and Reuben surfing on his blanket as we pull him around the living room. (He has great balance!!!)   oh yes and putting princess tattoos all over… I currently have Ariel on my leg.. just above my sparkly purple toenails (and toes).

For me it’s a chance for them to preserve not only the activities of a family that define them as a familybut also the connection between them all.  And of course, I will never leave a session without beautiful close-up portraits so it’s a fabulous mix of images.  For this family, which I felt an instant connection with, that meant twirling around in a ballet outfit, serving tea, reading a very cool anatomy book, caring for a toy snake, playing in a very cool ‘green’ playhouse and then making a house for snake in the workshop.   What a fabulous time.  Thank you for sharing with me!!!

VENEZUELAN ARRIVAL – Calgary Maternity and Newborn Photographer

I just fell in love with this couple.   We had so much fun taking photos of mom’s belly early in the new year.  We chatted and chatted and chatted about Canada and their home country of Venezuela.  We met just in time as the day after our maternity shoot, their little boy arrived!   And so lucky me got to go visit them again just ten days later.   And oh my goodness what a sweet little boy.    Look at his eye contact in the family photo — I was melting…. and not just because we had the temperature cranked in their home!

COUSINS – Calgary Child Photographer

Remember this sweet little newborn from late last year?   Well, he brought his two adorable cousins to his next photo shoot.   The goal?  To get a gorgeous shot of three cousins together.  It’s not quite as easy as it sounds with a typical busy boy, a little girl not quite sitting up on her own yet and a 2 month newborn!   In the end we decided to go with a shot from overhead and here is the result!!    The three moms were sisters and we were able to capture lots of mom and child moments too. 

WINNER ANNOUNCED!!

Wow!  It has been a CRAZY week.  Harold and I went to San Francisco last week and had the most fabulous time.  As always though, there is so much to do before and after a holiday to make up for the time you go away.  So I am catching up… thanks to everyone’s patience over the last few weeks as I work through a wonderful holiday season and post holiday season as well.

We have the winner of the $100 Garrison Girl gift certificate!!!    I asked Harold to choose a random number and he first chose a number that I had made a comment on!!!  Too funny!!  As tempted as I was, I didn’t think that would be very nice of me.   So a new number was chosen and the winner is …. Melissa T!!!    Melissa, we will get a hold of you so you can contact Jodi directly.

And for everyone else, if you’re looking for a small, deserved escape for yourself please contact Jodi through the Garrison Girl website.   Jodi is a complete sweetheart … one of those bright faces out there and I’m sure you will thoroughly enjoy your experience!

Here is one of the images I took down in San Francisco at a fabulous organic winery that we fell in love with, Retzlaff Winery.  We weren’t there for the grapes, but I still love how it looked with the sun coming through.  I’ll also keep you posted on some ideas we have with photo shoots in other areas.  One of the first stops may indeed be San Francisco in the fall.  If you know of anyone who lives down there who’d like to have a photo shoot done, just let me know!

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