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