Living in The New Year Now with Gratitude

Ok so here we are again another year another chance to finally do ONE thing we said we
"do in the new year".
For me it was "doing" more fun things like stopping to talk with a friend if I saw them
instead of opting to go to "work".
Being there for people just leaves you feeling "good" that you took the time and what did I get out of it?
I noticed it was sunny out...not alot of that happening these days.
I felt more connected with real time and not just "facetime".
I got to renew our friendship. We met two more times that day as it turned out. One was at a funeral
of a woman who truly lived life her way and the other the university at a talk about
Astrophotography. Both were so uplifting for so many reasons as they gave me new perspectives.

Have to say that funerals of wonderful people who have had time on this earth and
have time to say goodbye is not so sad.But I also had a celebration of a family friend who died suddenly at the young age of 66 and that was a whole lot harder for the family. I had photographed them when they stayed with us this past spring.How glad I did this with them.

 I see how I life my life so that I do not take things nor time for granted.  Trying to
 "do" the "it" whatever the "it" it is you and I keep putting off..and I am not just talking about photography but with the people in our life, and doing thing you want to DO.
Are you spending time with them? Quality time? I can't always answer this honestly with a YES but I sure do try.And do I do things that I have always wanted to do ..well I am getting better at this one.
I will tell you about one in the another blog.

An earlier Portrait of Sophie who died in her 80s last week.Cliff was 66.
The trees infront of my friend Alison's home as we talked
I noticed how gorgeous they were in the sunshine.
Keith is the man in the bottom image as he talked about how
he photographs Nebula s &Clusters.
I so appreciated all these people and their gifts .
You have all added to the fabric of my life truly Thank 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.

Christmas is Coming ...and Babies too

Tis the season,and new mommies are now able to be apart of our boudoir but "yummy mummies" have a real special glow about them already! Gift certificates are still available for those stock stuffers and great way to give a Valentine's gift you will both enjoy!

Merry Christmas to all the wonderful clients and people who worked with our studio this year.Particularly all the models and hair and makeup artists who worked with us in the past few months.You've all been super to be in business with!! See you in 2011!

A Classy Boudoir Experience

We have been busy revamping our studio to bring you a new experience
A Classy Boudoir Experience. Give us a call to book your session ( for Christmas these
must be done by Nov 28th) Or order a gift card from us to put in your own stocking and
have it ready for Valentine's Day!
We are offering one our our top packages in a silent auction at the
THEATRE NORTHWEST WINEFEST this
Saturday Nov.13th at Exploration Place so if you are attending lucky you...bid on it and support a great cause and yourself! Check out our website for the images!

In the Free Press

We made the paper again.
Thanks to Theresa Mallum from the Free Press who took this pic ( ok with my camera) after doing an interview with the 4 of us. Debbie Malm - sitting up as she is the same size as moi, John Westagaard
Ute Wilder and myself amoung many other photographers in BC
had our work selected for a Salon back in March. We thought we'd like to share some of the images with you in this digital day and age so we printed and framed them for the patrons of Books & Co. to enjoy for the month of September. Grab a java and take a gander as they are some beautiful images from a great group of people!

Peds Project at Hospital is Up

http://www.ckpg.com/news/9875-pediatric-photos-video.html

It took a year from start to finish but it is now up on the 2nd floor of the local hospital
in Prince George now called the University Hospital. I was asked to create a friendly home like atmosphere with images depicting children of all ages to hang in the entrance way to the Peds floor. One side shows children at different ages and their activities from a 3 week newborn to teens with their electronic toys hanging together.The other wall has two large canvases with the "bums" of 8 babies then 7 sitting babies in diapers along with some single/double images.
This took alot of effort from alot of people so thanks to all of you...and thanks Sandra Wyatt for asking me to do it in the first place. What is next?????

May Issue of "Dogs in Canada"

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New May Issue of Dogs in Canada

The fun session we did in Feb for Kelly Caldwell at DOGS in CANADA is now on the stands. A great dog lovers magazine if you don't already know it! Denise McLean is the local breeder along with the owners, Robbie & Brad invited us into this wonderful world of their 8 Weimaraner puppies! Read the article and you will learn so much about how to choose a breed that suits your family's lifestyle!! Thanks again Kelly for calling us to work with you! And to you Denise,Robbie and Brad ( and my assistant Rob K.) and of course the stars of the article.

NEXT COFFEE SHOP TALK..Feb.11th NANCY O'S

ok the word is out..yes there is a group of people who meet once a month..to talk about photography.... its totally free to come the first time -
but the next time you will need to become a member of either PPABC/PPOC at whatever level you decide to continue coming though.*this is a Members benefit so no charge to members.
The next meeting is at the New NANCY O'S
at 6 - 8pmBe warned though, people did hang out last time nearly another hour). Grab a cuppa of your favorite drink...and participate in the next topic "Branding & Logos". Just bring a copy of your email to join the association or your letter to confirm your application to join if it hasn't already gone through. The address is 1261 3rd Ave.P.G. across from H&R TAX office.See you there.IF you don't know about it.. some pros and people interested in learning more about different aspects of the photography business get together and share info.

November on Mayan Riveria

My parnter,daughter and I attended as guests(no I was not their photographer,just can't stop the photograher in me) to a wonderful location destination wedding on the Mayan Riveria in Cancun .We turned it into a mini holiday ( not so difficult to do) and not
only enjoyed all the guests and events of the wedding but the wonderful heritage of the Mayan.
If you are considering this kind of a wedding..be advised that you will never know how many will attend..but with the start of winter in our city and 32 degrees in Cancun..you can bet it will be high as it was in this case with 40 people at least from my city alone!!

October News... Images win at Digital Competition

At the beginning of the month we had a Digital Competition here in Prince George. We had a large number of enteries (82) I had 4 images hang and two receive trophies.I want to thank all the babies and their parents who are apart of a Pediatric Project I am currently working on to display photography of children on the 2nd floor of (Peds) at our local hospital,the Prince George Regional Hospital. This image of these cuties, titled "Bummed", won the hearts of the judges for the Wally West Portrait Trophy. This was the first time I have received this award. The " Fluid Fields" image won the Pictorial Trophy named for Haida Saefkow who was a pioneer photographer in Smithers.It was a trophy I had received before so it was lovely to get it back again.In the new year this will be available as a canvas for sale.