Snow Days

I have been sitting here working, most of the day.  I've been watching the snow pile up in the yard and it's bringing back some memories.

Snow days, when I was a kid, were the best.  I remember baking cookies with my mom, watching The price is right, with my grandfather, and scrap-booking with my grandmother.

Oh, it wasn't the scrap-booking that we do today.  It was with the same purpose, though, that we saved little bits and memories of our daily lives.  The events we had gone to, the cabbage patch kid I adopted, the speeches I wrote for 4-H.  It was a space to put things, a safe book to store things, and it gave us a spot to look when we wanted to remember something.  It was brown manilla paper and a stick of glue, and with that, we created books of our lives.

I recently sent out a number of different packages to my clients, and it made me wonder, what will happen to these when they arrive at their destination.

Where will they end up and how will they be displayed, Who will they share them with?

I have been on an editing marathon the last couple of days, sitting here, I am freezing, and so thankful that I don't have to be out anywhere driving in this mess.

As I edit these pictures, I can almost feel the warmth from the sun, hope they warm up your day too!

A good fit.

I'm not what you would call typical.  Never have, never will be.  I'm not the type of person to do something, just because everyone else tried it.

Growing up, I'm sure I confused my parents when I refused to drink pop (still don't care for it), and had to be bribed to eat a burger.  I've never watched ET, or the Titanic, and haven't seen a single episode of Lost.  And unlike 99% of the population of Moncton, I don't like Tim Horton's coffee.

In high school, I tried to like to smoke, I really did, because, of course, most of my friends did.  I didn't, thankfully, and never made it through the first (and last) pack I bought.  Like others, I want desperately to fit in, but am not willing to compromise my sense, if the following along isn't for me.

I think, (hope) I've been successful in incorporating this into my photography as well.  I feel like this has helped me find my style, and what has kept me moving forward when I've reached points where I knew what I was doing, wasn't going to be part of my future.

Over the past year, I feel like I have found myself, photographically speaking. I have embraced a lifestyle theme, making your pictures about you, as individuals.

This particular shoot was very special to me, Troy, my cousin, and his wife, with their daughter, and now a new baby on the way, are very special to me.  They've stood in front of my camera many times before, and I always walk away with killer images, I shot part of their session in "my studio", these are just a few of my favorites... yeah, this lifestyle thing is totally working for me!

Kristy and Mitch

When Kristy asked if she could bring along her dogs for the photo shoot, I didn't hesitate when I said "yes".  The lifestyle shoots that I have been doing, mean so much more when you incorporate more of you.  Family, friends, pets, special locations, etc., plus, I love dogs... plus plus I LOVE dachshunds.  

It was a very cold fall afternoon, with a perfectly beautiful sun in the sky when we did this shoot, I thank both Kristy and Mitch for braving the cold and shivering while we captured these photos!