Recently sent in a submission to the Professional Photographers of Canada for judging.  The category was "Wedding Environmental" which basically is outdoor wedding photography.  Nothing shot inside is allowed in this category.  The judging was done in Moncton, New Brunswick last week and I am very proud to announce that I got accredited on my first shot!!  Its very important for photographers to be accredited members of their association.  There is a lot more to the life of a Photographer than most people realize.  Its been a lot of hard work over the years and I am definitely proud of my accomplishments.  I would also like to send a special thank you to my PPOC sponsor, Carina Lamarche of Details Photography, who is always there for me when I need assistance.  Thank you Carina for all you do for me and for other photographers in the PPOC.

If you know me at all or if you follow my blog, you will know that I married the most wonderful man this past February in Hawaii on the Island of Oahu.  I posted wedding pictures previously taken by the wonderful and amazing Christie Pham.  Well, since we never took anyone with us, we decided to hold a small wedding reception for our family and just a few friends here at our home.  It was a bit crazy to plan but so worth it.  Almost everyone we asked made it and all our kids and grand kids were under the same roof together for the very first time.  I didn't take many photos myself that day but we hired the very talented Tatum Duryba of Papermoon Photography in Grenfell to do some candids throughout the day and to take family photos of us all.  For now we have some of the candids back so thought I'd put them up for you to se.  It was a lot of fun to plan and decorate.  There were so many things I still wanted to do but somehow just ran out of time during an already busy wedding season.  These first images are the detail shots  from Tatum. Thank you again Tatum for everything.  You are a pretty special person and we really appreciate your talent and everything you did. 

This last image was of our very yummy cake from Le Macaron here in Regina.  If your are in need of a delicious and beautiful cake make sure you check them out.  I love how this turned out and how pretty it looked on my vintage cake stand.

Tatum also took some candid's throughout the day.  Here's just a small selection of what she took.

Here's a few snaps I took through out the day when I found the time to pick up a camera.  Wish I would have done it more but was having too much fun visiting with everyone.

It seems lately that I haven't posted too many things on the blog that are "personal" so today's the day.  These photos are of our Old English Mastiff Maddie who just turned 7 months old and is already almost 120 lbs.  Maddie is a gentle soul.  The Mastiff's size can be so opposing but they are known as the gentle giant and are wonderful house dogs.  She is a sweet heart and loves to be at my feet which is exactly where she is right now.  Enjoy....

Yesterday we were so thrilled to be able to see our images from our wedding in Hawaii on February 22 of this year.  Its hard to believe its almost been 2 months already.  We had the most perfect day I must say and we couldn't have asked for better photographers.  Christie and Matt of Christie Pham Photography did our photos last year and we fell in love with them and their work so it was never a question who would shoot our wedding.  They are such a lovely couple and just made it so much fun and so easy.  A special thank you again for everything they did for us that day and we can't wait until we can repay some favors when they come to Canada for a visit.  Anyway, its hard to pick but I will put up a few images that I love from our special day and I hope you enjoy them :)  I can't wait to get an album designed and some big enlargements for the house!!!

Hello everyone.  Well its that time of year for a little vacation and oh yeah, my own wedding.  Therefore my studio will be closed until after March 1st so if you are calling or emailing I will get back to you after that date. Thanks everyone!  And since every post is better with a photo, here's an image of me and my wonderful, very soon to be husband, taken by the amazing Christie Pham of Hawaii who is also going to do our wedding photos!!  This is my favorite!

For those of you that follow my blog you know there is a mixture of business and personal on here.  Well today I felt like definitely updating the personal.  If you know me, you know I have been dating this wonderful gem of a man for over 4 years now.  I have felt very blessed to have him come into my life and the lives of my 3 sons as well.  I have also been incredibly blessed to have his family come into my life.  Well this past Saturday I was extremely happy and honored to say "yes" to his proposal.  After I stopped crying of coarse, lol.  I am the luckiest woman on earth to have found my best friend to share the rest of my life with and I can't wait for this new adventure to begin.  Along with Rory I proudly inherit 2 awesome daughters, 1 son-in-law and 3.5 grandchildren who I love to pieces.  And since a post is always better with photos, here are some again from our holiday in February taken my the wonderful Christie Pham of Oahu.  Enjoy!