Endings and Beginnings.

I want to wish you Happy New Year and wanted to share with you my extended family photo taken on Dec 30th. 
Things don't always go perfectly in taking a family photo..and this time it was with our family pets that stole the show . And that is true in life too eh.

Thank you for all your wonderful support throughout all the years and I so look forward to serving you as your photographer in 2015. 

And for those asking, I was doing this shot on a timer with a 100 mm lens so I had to run like the Dickens to get into the shot so I look a little odd as this was the third attempt at it.

Your Humble Photographer...philomena

Modern Love..Video

Lots of fun was had when we created this session for our clients .

So to help you think of what you can give him or her ..we made a little

video for you.

Watch for more videos as we would love to photograph you .

Time to drop a hint a BIG hint by giving a session to the one you love

and that can be for yourself too btw.

Call us at 564-3033

or email phil@phughesphotography.ca

Its less than 2 weeks till Christmas!! Yikes.

Hope we see you in 2015.

Give the Gift She/He Really Wants in a GIFT CERTIFICATE

The Festival of Trees...and Studio Fair always are the signs of Christmas in the air for me..but truly we have been working on our Christmas gifts for our clients since August as we have to photograph it first and then work on the orders to have them ready for your Christmas. So if you haven't had that chance you can still ask us to be apart of your Christmas by pre purchasing your Gift Certificate and then let's book you in for your 2015 Session.It can be a updated family session,Glamour ( bring your beautiful outfits/dresses etc) and maybe your daughter/mother for one of these popular sessions.
A Maternity session or Grad Session or a Boudoir Session ( exclusively designed studio for these particularly sessions)  ALL SESSIONS are $385 which include hair ,makeup and photo session.And we also include a second session for you to either share with a friend or use your self in the same year. Yup, hair makeup and photo shoot included.  Merry Christmas.

PS We donated to the SPCA Festival of Trees Tree..for their pet portrait!! Can't wait to meet who that will be !!

Halloween On Elm Street

Avalon Ranch Doggie Daycare Owners popped in with ther son.

Previous clients enjoying the mild weather and each other.

Patricia Blvd

ELM ST.

Finally saw a " Kruger". Have to have a Spooky House too!

Oh Halloween,who knew the Irish invented this Night??Mom told me.The origin of Halloween can be traced to this “ancient pagan festival celebrated by Celtic people over 2,000 years ago,” states The World Book Encyclopedia. “The Celts believed that the dead could walk among the living at this time

Ok I walked amongst the living

 around the neighborhood ...Elm Street being the most famous at this time of the Year for all you who know why I won't say. So thought I would share some of the sights from last night. Hope you had as much fun too one way or another. You can follow me on Facebook or Instagram ..just go by name - nothing fancy or difficult  to remember ( other than how to spell my name !!)

Christmas Ideas.....looking for one??

Sharing these before and after pics is one of the most popular blogs we get feedback on.
This gal came to us for a gift for her groom to be for her wedding in Sept. Now that the wedding is behind us
I can share these with you.He was thrilled to receive them and she was super happy with his response!! 
We sent Our Client to have Her hair and makeup done by Analise of Pinups Punks & Pretty Things Hair Lounge.  (250) 960-9305 if you are looking for an awesome stylist/makeup artist.
 
She was really happy with how it looked that she wanted to repeat the look for her wedding!
Keeping her images private of course is our promise so unless you know this gal this is all you will see. We have makeup and hair included in our sessions for your glamor or Boudoir session.So
keep us in mind ....Christmas is coming! You will need to book NOW though to have it ready on time to slip under the pillow!!

FAMILY PORTRAITS..Who Does Mine? A Professional of course!

Yup, I do get this question asked and it is generally followed by don't you just use a timer and do it yourself!! Hard to believe eh. I am a professional and I truly DO hire a professional to do my family portraits over the years. How could I not . So just thought I'd share a couple of them with you starting with our last one done

the day our son was headed back to Edmonton to study. We had one chance at it and thank goodness the weather was wonderful and our Professional Photographers? Kevin and Laurie Wallace of Wallace Studios in Vanderhoof ( http://www.wallacestudios.ca/). Others in town have done them over the years but we both  have kids the same ages and their daughter stayed with us this spring while she did her practicum for University,

so it was easy to ask them. Our daughter naturally got a piggy back off her brother..and Kevin was quick enough to take this as we had already finished the shoot at this point. ( to get to the greyhound on time!!)
One is done with our pets - Xi'an , a black Labra doodle and Finn our Golden doodle. I feel that our pets should be in the picture..but not for all of them as they do take attention and do not understand all the "standing " around stuff.They sure look well behaved but if you ask our son he didn't think so or our daughter as they had to handle them! We think it was our photographers "bark" that really did the trick.

I truly appreciate "good" photographers and even better good image that really capture us and those that are important to us. So next time your family is gathered for a special event..take the time to hire a professional and you too will have the experience we did with these kind of results.

HOUSE PARTY...FOR THOSE WHO LOVE TO GET UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL

 Just had a wonderful evening last week at this house party that I was invited to, that I thought I would share with you  about. The  next one that is coming to town on the 25th August and you might just want to take it in if you are here in P G.  
BUCKMAN COE. was the one I saw with friends and what an awesome group. This particular show was pulled together at the last minute but  if you were lucky enough to have been at the Wells Artsfest this year a couple weeks back you would of seen them there. Reggae/soul plus music.Great energy, danceable too - I did . They are crowd funding for their next release so if you can support theme with whatever i would strongly suggest you do ( i did) to keep them going.
http://IFF.ME/AT/BUCKMAN. it is at the Indiegogo site or go to this cool little You Tube Video
 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qk2p26QJbmE

Next Concert  

 "Dirty Grace"

                                                       August 25th (6 pm potluck, 7 pm music)

                                                                   5508 Moriarty Pl

                                              RSVP: rader@unbc.ca, 250.964.6434

                                                 cost: by donation (suggested $10-20)

Our Friend Collette B. is getting hitched.

Collette is a friend to many people around town and so it was a great honor to have been able to celebrate here in PG for  her upcoming wedding ( August in Vancouver). There were many people who wish her and Lucy her daughter so much happiness and many who were not there do as well I know. Paul is the lucky guy and Lucy has a lovely young man in her life too Luke who sang a few tunes so there was dancing at his insistence!  I do not cover weddings but I sure love "life events" like these to share with you . We will all be thinking of you Paul and Collette on the 16th August!! xxxx

Canada Day - Celebrating the best of ourselves and our Country

Families are important. That is it in a nut shell. How they come to be is not as important as that they do come to be. So this day when we celebrate 147 years of our country "becoming" a Family, made up of First Nations who welcomed those that traveled to shared this land we now call home.

We share this day with those we love and  I was delighted to have the opportunity to photograph this gathering of families today.There were a total of 14 people so these are a couple of my favorites I wanted to share with you.

Believe it or not, here is Grandma and her grandchildren - it doesn't get any better than that!!

The Family in the yard  just makes me feel good looking at it as the husband is so in love with his wife and she is radiant as she looks to their children. The children are responding to having just seen their parents kissing!!

What I love about an images like these is the "sounds" of them ,their voices and squeals are still  in my head as I look at them. My belief is that children should be Seen and Heard and this is true of both of these images.

 Happy Canada Day To all  of you . May you carry the memories of your gathering today throughout the years to come.

Prince George's Finest: Firemen Are working Hard For you DAY and NIGHT 24/7

The Alumni Firefighters May 31st with the "REO" - 1927 Speed Wagon.

In a harness with one of the organizers  Trent Blair. Tristan in the bucket is a new Firefighter who was with me as I took some shots from the top  90 feet up above the #2 Fire Hall on Ospika and 5th Ave

Prince George Fire Fighters have a dream and Philomena Hughes Photography/Prince George/Photographer is helping make it a reality.

They want you to know what they really do and want to raise monies for the Burn Unit in Vancouver for all residents of British Columbia. We are producing a Calendar  highlighting their training  and showcasing some of their members doing what they do best. I was asked to be their photographer for this project and I definitely had no problem saying yes.I am donating my time to them and it is truly been a real pleasure to do. Bearing in mind that they need to have the support of businesses in town to sponsor each month of the 14 month Calendar to keep the printing costs down so as to make the sales count.  As 2015 is our City's 100th Birthday and the Canada Winter Games are being held here also  we have been doing some images with  views of the city so we sure hope you will be marking these down as gifts for Christmas and support these guys....as they sure support and care for us with their hearts,minds and bodies each and every day.

Target Date to have these ready is by the mid to end of Oct 2014,so watch out for them and us as we photography around the City of Prince George.

BCSPCA NEWS MAY Update: Hudson Got a Home

So this is Hudson who we photographed for the local SPCA Fundraiser  "Dog Days of Summer Gala". We also had his photograph up on the SPCA Website and this portrait at the Gala
 Well, Hudson's story has a super happy story as he was adopted just from his photo on line with the SPCA to a family in Vancouver!
 They loved him just from this image. Sure shows the power of capturing a personality.

We have teamed up with the SPCA to photographing their "needy" to share them with all of you.so watch out for updates. You can follow us on facebook at philomena hughes photography or the SPCA facebook page 



So Meet "Lou" who is also in need of his home that we also photographed for the Gala and is still looking for his home.He has a couple of interested parties but still waiting to forward his address out!
So  head to the SPCA website for more info on this gorgeous guy  at

http://bcspcapets.shelterbuddy.com/search/searchResults.asp?task=search&searchid=2542

                                                            LOU  needs YOU

My Mother

 

What Does MOTHER mean to you?

I am so so lucky to have my Mother still number one.I know that is not the case of many of my friends and many of you so believe me I do NOT take it for granted. I do know that we only have today. My Mom has just moved back to Prince George after living in Chemainus for  the past 20 years. People say that they don't understand To PG after moving to the Island.  We know why,  Mom came to Canada in the late 50s and settled here in Prince George.Then  she met my Dad and raised a family here for 40 years.It is as she says like "coming home" now. She experiences a lot of firsts in her life now, including purchasing  her first condo.She absolutely has modeled for me a woman who has taken what life has given her. Mom has decided that she is going to make the best of the situations and make life count.She challenges herself and has expanded the number of people in her life .WE are her family.WE love her and she in turn loves and shows her love for all of us.She has shown us how to be a Mother and to each of us here who are mothers in one form or another ( cause I think mothering is interactive love of others ),THANK YOU Mom from all of us.You mean EVERYTHING to me and to so many many others.

Chris Hadfield In Our CIty Prince George April 6th

April 6th is going to stay with me having had the opportunity to attend the Dr.Bob Ewert Dinner this year celebrating its 10th year honoring its physicians service to the community.This year's keynote speaker was   Col.Chris Hadfield. What a honor to have been there to hear this lovely, lovely man speak about his life experience not only as a dreamer but truly as one who had a dream from childhood and  who saw it through to becoming an astronaut.   To those of us here on earth who have been given the gift of his photography we marvel. For all the accomplishments in space and as a leader we appreciate his sacrifices and those of his family too..As a humanitarian and as a gifted humorous speaker we all say Thank You Chris you make us want to be better Canadians known for our stewardship of "our" earth. I have to say I hope that the physicians look at all the amazing women in medicine in the North and honor one of them as I did not see one woman's name listed as having been a past recipient.

March 8th International Women's Day -

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY Is celebrated all around the world today but I have to say It is one of the relationship I truly love photographing in my career.I can hear the laughter the joy and the great hugs given and stories told when I look at these images and know that LOVE is present and truly gives joy to those who know these women.The strength they are given and the re gifting of that to their daughters and granddaughters. Amazing.There were so many many of you that have come through the door to work with me and I wish I could put you all up but know that you are here in spirit and more importantly you are visible to the people in your lives and that is more important. "Be in the Picture" this year.

2014 is the Year we want to see You.

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I can't believe it is March and I haven't actually put a new blog up so My apologizes.

I have been busy and here are some of the women I have been working with and I thought you would like to see their before and afters.The lady at the top had her hair and makeup done with Razors Edge
while the other three all went to Salon Spice and you can see for yourself how beautiful they all are.

And yes, certainly having your hair and makeup and the clothing makes a difference. But what I see is beyond that.It is the confidence in themselves and their real beauty shines through. And get this, three of these ladies have not even seen their images yet at the time of writing this today!! Thank you for giving your permission all of you to put these up and share your images with other women.It is through you that others believe that they too can have an image that truly truly reveals the beauty I see in all of you ( and now I hope you believe too!)