Upcoming Photo Sessions

December 14th
Melissa & Alli

December 15th
10:30 - Christina Family Photos

December 16th
10:00 - Jerrett Family Photos

December 18th
4:15 - Connell Session

December 19th
Kerri & Mark Int.

December 20th
5:30 - Mat Photos

December 21
6:00 - teens photos

December 22
2:00 - Bently Engagement Session

December 23rd
1:30 - Jocelyn & Paul Engagement
Concert Photography/CD Release

December 28th
10:30 - Correl family Photos
12:00 - Nikki Engagement Session

To be scheduled....
Maternity:
Nat & Jay
Kerri

Family:
Tracy & John Family Photos
Kerri Day Family Photos
Amanda & Family
Micthell Children Photos
Russ & family

Photo Comics

For those that don't know, when Err 99 appears on your camera--the camera stops working. Red eye is always a bad thing but shouldn't happen if you know what your doing.

Bates Wedding Story Album

Celebrity Faces

This was interesting so I thought I would try it with two different photos. Both photos were taken by my friend/photographer Gerri Wetherbee. My first results are:

http://www.aboutimagephotography.com

And, my second results dressed way down from the first one:

http://www.aboutimagephotography.com

Do I really look like Shirley Temple???

She's having a baby

What's very fun is photographing an engagement, and then the wedding, and then the maternity photos -- right to family photos. I have a friend that named her biz Stages Photography just for this reason.

This is the first time I've ben sent ultrasound photo. I just love it! This photo came from Nat & Jay who were married in June. I obviously did not take this photo but Nat has given me permission to share it here. Ultrasound photos are definitely among the most precious photos...with out a doubt.

I just wanted to share it here because I love, love, love the photo and loved that Nat also thought to send it to me.

Here's Nat & Jay from their engagement session

And here they are on thier wedding day

I'll be seeing them again in January for maternity photos.

Thanks for sharing the photo Nat!!!

Quinte Pediatrics 2007 Calendar

Smiling faces???

A local Collage has asked me to supply some photographs of smiling faces for some advertising work, displays, website, and brochures.

So, just a heads up out there to my models over the last few years--I may be contacting you asking for permission to use your photo.

Congratulations Saundra & Tai

It's always exciting when friends get engaged!

I just want to congratulate my friends of 6 years Saundra and Tai on their engagement.

Tai flew Saundra to New York with 24hrs notice and proposed to her at midnight on Staten Island. How romantic!

The guest list is looking at 400-700 right now. What a party!

I'm so happy for you two. :)

Digital Photography Book Launch

Today I had the pleasure of meeting Henry Christiansen and Robert Kwan at their 'Digital Photography Instruction" book launch in Belleville's Chapters.

I've seen Christiansen's work around as he has won photo competitions in our own area here. It was great talking to him and without getting into to many details he saved me about $4000 today. :) He is so full of knowledge and shared with me some great tips on photography, equipment and software. Oh, and he is a photographer instructor at Loyalist College in Bancroft.

'The goal of Digital Photography Instruction is to give the beginner and intermediate level photographers a simple and easy path to create better pictures'

In my own words...the book is very informative. I've taken a ton of classes on digital photographey over the last 8 years and I'm reading things in this book like very interesting effects and even tips that will speed up my work flow. Any pro is looking for workflow tips...I just know it!!!

To any beginner in photography--this is a great book. I would definitely recommend it to anyone. To all you pros like me that still take an interest in knowledge because you know you can never learn enough--great for new ideas and even things we might have missed before.

Here is there webiste for more info: www.dpinstruct.com

Happy Thanksgiving!

It's Thankgiving in our home today. Yes, I'm Canadian but we also celebrate American Thanksgiving. We also celebrate Canadian Thanksgiving. Today we put up 5 Christmas trees and I think we have two more to go...almost one for every room. Our Christmas decorations go up on American Thanksgiving. Besides that I've been tracking parcels and uploading wedding photos to my lab today that will be picked up and delivered to the bride tomorrow before she heads off on her honeymoon.

Here are a few Thanksgiving jokes. Happy Thanksgiving!

What kind of keys do not open doors?
- Tur"keys"

Who is not hungry on Thanksgiving day?
- The turkey, because he is already stuffed

Which side of the turkey has the most feather?
- the outside

Why are the cranberries so red?
- They were embarrased to see the turkeys dressing

What do you get if you cross a turkey and a banjo?
- A turkey that plucks himself

Who gets what tomorrow

John B - Family Photos & xmas card templates (delivered)
Jenny C - Maternity Photos (mail)
Jessica C - Couple Photos & 25 xmas cards (mail)

Colborne Cobras OHA JR "C"

Meet the Colborne Cobras OHA Jr "C" Hockey Team - played out of the Keeler Centre in Colborne and comprised of players from Port Hope, cobourg, Colborne, Brighton and Belleville.

Kelly VanBuren had asked me to come in and take a group photo of the team. Notice the smiles on their faces??? Yes, they can smile for the camera but really the smiles are about winning the game they just played. Way to go guys!

Gerri & Jenna Video Link

November 6th Gerri and I attended a Portrait class with Master Photographer Hugh Jacob. It was a blast! So much fun that I made our adventure into a video. You'll need Windows media Player to view. Here it is: http://www.mydeo.com/videorequest.asp?XID=8655&CID=53728

Feel free to leave comments...you know I love to hear form you all!!!

Don't forget to order your Christmas Cards

Get Your Own! View Slideshow

Day One....

Studio is under construction! The team started at 8am this morning and are still going. There are a few family photos and maternity photos to be scheduled and I'll have them on the November schedule under the 'to be scheduled'. Construction will be complete in 2-3 weeks but as I've mentioned the goal is two weeks.

All upcoming photo sessions will receive a 2007 calendar with your photo as a gift. Yes, this includes EVERYONE scheduled for November & December. Thanks to Karen for the idea!

Thank You From Camilla & Hugh

Thank You Jenna for a fantastic job on our wedding day photos. You were both quick and invisible and our photos are beautiful. What else could we ask for?!! Thank you so much!!!

Best Regards,

Camilla & Hugh

Enlargements Order

Enlargements ready for mail on Monday:
Sarah H (expressed)
Jillian F
Carlie S
Lisa B

Wednesday:
B&B album (expressed)

Enlargements ready for mail on Thursday:
Lizzy M
Nat J
Daina C + Christmas Cards

Goodwin Photos Due Nov 15th will be delivered November 22nd

Album pick up on Monday:
Lisa & Dan
Nat & Matt
Tawnya & Brent

Working on:
QP Christmas card & calendar
Forsyth Christmas Card
12 story albums to be back before Christmas
Rennee Thank you cards

Back to Tawnya & Brent

Some of the best getting ready photos...

Mom to the rescue
A tear in the bridesmaid dress.Look at the team work here!!! GO TEAM GO!

Now we move onto photos. Let the fun begin! Or so we think.......
The park police show up and try to kick us out...ummm, for the second time. LOL! The first time we ignored them because we thought we had permission. Well, we did have permission...just not from the people in charge, but we didn't know that.

To be cont'd....

Here is are park police. Her identity is covered by the phone and side profile photo. ;) I don't know who she called but it was someone else in park police and the discussion was our fine for not leaving the property if we chose to do so with our second warning. So, then it was dads turn to come to the rescue with his credit card and he paid the amount charged for us to photo on the grounds. Yeah dad!!!

back to photo taking.....

After the ceremony we started to lose light :( But if you read the post from a few weeks ago that didn't stop us because we ended up with over 2300 photos :)

That's it for now Tawnya. The rest you'll see in your album. :)

Update

I've had a few sessions in my unfinished studio. The ceiling is not dry walled and the building is not properly insulated....so on and so on. And for those that have been in the studio I have told them I'll send them a photo when the studio is finally finished. You know, a before and after kind of thing. Well, in 2-3 weeks I'll have that photo ready for you. The guys start construction on Tuesday and estimate 3 weeks at most. Yeah!!!

I'm still a bit behind in posting photo sessions. Lately my time has been spent on story albums. I still want to chat about three weddings including the "I do....Let's Eat" wedding. What a blast that was! Photo friend Gerri and I took a great class together with a Master Photographer and I have some really great photos from class to share as well as a fun story about the the kids in the candy store.