Eva's First Birthday

Today is Eva's first birthday. 

What a wonderful year it has been!
What a blessing she has been to us. 

 

 

Happy Birthday Sweet Eva! 

Pure Joy!

I am madly uploading the days photos which include an engagement shoot today as well as photos at the park with our Eva. The salmon is baking in the oven as I type. The timer is on and everyone is hungry.
But oh my, I just have to show you this photo of Eva and her Grandpa. No edits - no time!
We love this little one so much and would do anything for her!!

Truely a moment of pure joy! For all of us. I am not sure which I love more - Eva's expression or her Grandpa's.

I have so many more shots of this fun time and some fabulous engagement shots too that I can't wait to share with you. So please stay tuned.
Alas I have to work this week, Bible study tomorrow night and a baby shower I am hosting on Wednesday night.  I am making a diaper cake but ran out of elastics!
Sooo that means I will have to show them to you later on this week because some where in all this busyness I have to sleep.
Beeper went off - salmon is ready - got to run!

Pausing to Give Thanks

161. The glorious colours of fall. Leaves wither and there is a symphony of hues that bless my heart and cause me to be in awe of His Creation all over again.

162. Cool mornings. Digging out long forgotten sweaters and loving them all over again.

163. The Holy Spirit. Reminding me of who I serve. Keeping silent when I choose to serve myself.


164. Photography - my way of turning all this energy and mind busyness into something beautiful, peaceful, thoughtful, memorable.


165. Passion - it is such a motivator! Gets me in trouble sometimes. But generally is makes me very productive.


166. His provision. When life looms unstable, uncertain, He is stable and certain. I can count on that.


167. Health - I am reminded of late to never take my health for granted. Carpe Diem!

168. Time Machine (a Mac product). It found all my original South Carolina photos from 2010 that I recently discovered I had accidentally deleted a year ago. And it found them in 30 seconds and replaced them in 2 minutes. Thank you, whoever invented time machine.

169. Lightroom 3- it applied all those time consuming edits I made over a year ago to those lost and found photos as fast as the photos were reloaded. Wowsers!

170. Some of the simplest things in life bring such pleasures ~ like open faced egg salad sandwiches on multigrain buns. We made them today for a church picnic...and they are delicious.

Eva B&W

Two photos taken of Eva this past week showing her more serious, thoughtful side.
She is growing up and we are loving every moment.

This doll she is holding was her mommy's favorite doll when she was little.

textures

I have been inspired by a few new textures so thought I would play in Photoshop while I wait for 677 wedding photos to upload from Lightroom to my client's file and also wait for that 4th load of laundry to upload to the basket from the dryer, preferably folded.
Okay I may have to get up from my chair for that one. Ah.... Sunday afternoons mean laundry. It also means a Rider game - I get up from my chairs for touchdowns and chicken wings too.
Here is what I came up with using yesterdays 365 shot of the sun setting on our fair city.

 And now I am thinking about tonight's 365. hmmm any ideas? I may have to get out the macro and look for that ant that Angie requested.
I am also craving a milkshake.... I think spicy wings do that.

More textures are here. 

Saskatoon Photography ~ More Newborn

...because newborn babies are just so wonderful and precious and downright delicious!

Eva and her Mom

....because they arrived when the living room was converted to a photography studio. My husband keeps asking when he can convert it back. :) But I thought I should get some milage out of all the studio lighting set up.
Here is my 8 min photo shoot with Allison and Eva...

Saskatoon Photography ~ Newborn

Meet Dillon
She is ten days old and as precious as they come.

 

 

 

Saskatoon Photography ~ Wedding

Another wedding this past weekend and this union took place on the South Saskatchewan River. Yes, on the river. In a boat of course! My first ever wedding shoot on a boat. Yeah!  It was fun!
Mara and Phil were engaged last March, with plans for a destination wedding next February 2012 but in early August they decided, why wait? So they pulled everyone together for an "engagement" party and surprise!!!
Mara arrived in a wedding gown.
How spontaneous and fun!
And I was privileged to capture it! I love my job! :)
My favorite photo is of Mara and Phil heading off into the sunset with all their friends and family to celebrate this very special day.
That, and the look on Mara's eldest son's face when his Mom arrived in a wedding gown - proud and excited. Love it! Warms my heart.




The gallery is up on the web site for all the family and friends.
Password protected. Sorry!

Saskatoon Photography ~ Wedding

Jason and Amanda's Photos are done and on the web site! 
Hurrah - just in time because in an hour I am out the door to shoot another wedding.
WHEW!!
I need a vacation... and sleep!
Here are some of my favorites in a slideshow.




The gallery on Julie Cortens Photography web site is HERE

Grab a coffee because there are over 600 photos to capture their special wedding day and their wedding rehearsal. 
Do feel free to leave a comment - I am sure Jason and Amanda would love to know you visited.

So sorry, the gallery is password protected - thems the rules.