more grad pics and updates

Here are more shots of one of my favorite Grads - Fred. He is all personality and heart and I loved every minute of this session with him!






Tomorrow my kids are back at school, and I can hopefully regain a little of my routine for our family life and for my business. I have hired both of the employees that I was searching for, and on Tuesday of next week, both will be here for their regular shifts. Katherine will be here now and then to help with training, but soon it will all be up to my new staff: Olivia - to do our digital work, Caitlin - to manage the office, Heidi - to act as second shooter (and to work on special projects as they come up) and me to concentrate on the shooting and the business itself. It will be so glorious to have things running smoothly again!

And just a note, we are now taking bookings for September and October for Fall pictures. The leaves can change at any time here in Cold Lake, but as a rule, I can usually shoot outdoors until the middle of October and still have Fall color. There is usually a week or two after that time that we still have Fall leaves, but they are often on the ground (although that can be nice too!) Inside portraits in the studio are also a possibility at any time. In order to have portraits back in time for Christmas, I stop shooting by the middle of November. Any sessions scheduled after that time will be with no promises of a pre-Christmas delivery.

Some Favorite Grads

Over the next few days, I have decided to post some of my favorite Grad pics from this past season. At the moment, because I'm still playing with the blog arrangement and framing, I'll just put up one. Fred made for many favorite pictures, so there will be more of him to follow!

Beautiful Boys!

I had these brothers for a shoot this July. Mom wanted them together, and then whatever I could manage of the little one alone. I think we managed just fine - what fun! The last shot cracks me up everytime..

Back from my Reunion Weekend

From Thursday evening until tonight, I have been preparing for and enjoying our annual family reunion.  There was limited internet access there, so I was not able to post any updates or receive any emails.  Tonight I see that I have a few replies to catch up on!  As of tomorrow, I will do my best to get back to everyone who phoned or emailed.  For now, I will leave you with one picture from my second wedding of the year, with the promise of more this week. And... yet another framing idea... 

Brittanys last day

Yesterday was our last day with our summer student, Brittany. We will miss her lots! Here we are after having lunch in her honor. Good luck, Brittany - you'll be amazing at school!

More wedding pics

Angela & Brent were my first wedding of the season - so nice and fun to be with. Here are some more shots from their day (don't you just love their cake?!). And I'm trying on a new framing technique...

First Wedding Image

Hello again everyone! I am still trying out the different ways to post pics and eventually I would love to post some of my wedding slideshows for you to enjoy - stay tuned! I thought that since my Wedding gallery isn't up yet, I should start by posting some of this years wedding pictures for you to see (one at a time, until I'm good at it!). I'll have this blog thing down soon, I hope!

Fine Tuning

Hello everyone! Welcome to the new site! We've been putting the final touches on some of our links and trying to figure out what works best. Please be patient - we've almost got it all worked out. Here's a first test image, just for fun. Our beautiful office assistant who will be leaving us this week to go off to college..