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.

For Amateur and Professional Photographers

A New Year has begun...and this week on Thursday January 14 at Books & Co. come join us from 6pm - 8pm for an opportunity to network and meet other people who are keen on photography.Whether you are working in the business part-time full-time or would like to this is for you.We are starting a new program that will run for the year on the same day at the same time at the same place ( as long as it is big enough for us)that opens the doors and hopes to draw people together to exchange ideas and learn more about the industry to help you get on your feet.We hope that by coming to the meeting you will learn about the Professional Association we belong to and would consider joining.The first time you come out is for free..we would like to see you join the association at whatever level you decide to continue to come to the meetings.We will have a list of topics to be discussed plus we have a couple of outings planned as well!
Both Bobbi Carpino of Bobbi Carpino Photography and myself will be leading this group so hope to see you there.Come grab a cup of your favorite brew from Cafe Voltaire and pull up a chair with us!

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!!

Peds Project Progressing

The ongoing project for the Pediatric Floor of Prince George Regional Hospital keeps me hopping! On Monday Oct 26th we had 8 children from age 2 - 4 and 6 of them were twins!!

So a tad busy but we did get some fun images.This one was made by merging 3 images together.

Thanks to all the kids and parents for coming out!!

We are still working on the files and deciding which ones go in and if we have to do a reshoot with a few children.I love what we have.Last session is one with teenagers next!!

First Woman Bishop in BC Oct 18,2009

The Anglican Church in BC becomes a leader with the Consecration and Installation of Barbara Andrews as Bishop of the Anglican Parishes of the Central Interior. She is the 6th woman Bishop in Canada but a first for British Columbia. On Sunday Oct 18th at 4pm, St.Paul's Cathedral in Kamloops was filled with family,friends,clergy,bishops and Archbishops to celebrate this historical event. I covered the events leading up and throughout for Bishop Barbara.What an honour this has been for me..an advocate of women as priests since I was 16!! Bishop Barbara will be in our city in November!

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.

Months later...a newborn

In the spring our homeshow winners came to our studio for a Maternity session and then of course ..came the answer to the question and the answer is Sophia..so thought it would be nice to see her.She came in at just two weeks. Congratulations to Bernadete and Greg.

Born June 23 2009

Session Date: July 6th 2009