May Day 1....Best D@*N Little Art TODAY

ART LOVERS..and those wanna be lovers....take note..May 1st today at the PG Public Library you will be able to see and bid on Over 170 pieces of  art  T O N I G H T.  The doors open and you can google over all the art at 630pm.
$2 gets you in the door...( main floor ) slip  into the Jack Bryant Room and purchase a glass of wine or not...and take a gander.  710pm the
silent bids begin...see how far you go!!   I do have 3 pieces in there as well..so it will be interesting for me in a new way this year.  Bids start at $35..and work their way up. 50% goes to the artist and the balance is shared between the Library and the Arts Council. Show your support in whatever way works for you....maybe it will be just bringing a friend...or two !!
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Girlfriends Who Care April 25th Ramada PG

 

People who support others who can resist ( if you are not already booked ) is a great

chance to hang with the important women in your life or Support those who are needing just that.

Laura Hansen with Qurvy Queen  supported our Spring Has Sprung Event so we are paying it forward with a donation to their silent auction and letting our friends know about their event.

Lots of fun to be had...( wished I wasn't already booked!!) 

Next Year I got it down and will be there!!

Spring Has Sprung 2015 Thursday April 16th

  Yeah, finally - SPRING HAS SPRUNG and I delighted to be the host for this event again. If you are interested in joining us you are most welcome but we do have a limited number of seats available. So phone Philomena Hughes Photography at 564-3033 before April 15th to make sure you are coming. Erin from Dandy Lines  and Laura from Qurvy Queen, Marie of The Painted Shed and Denise with The Movement and Melissa of Wilda Moon will all be here to tell you about their businesses and will be giving you a chance to win one of their door prizes. This is such a popular way to kick off the Spring to see our Photography Studio and yes I will be speaking  as well. This is mainly a women's only networking event. So don't miss out on this and come have  a little sushi and a glass of wine and bring a friend. It is lots of fun.

The Canada Winter Games WOW

 Our City was an  amazing host.
The Youth from across all of Canada gathered here from Feb 13- March 2 and brought  all their wonderful energy via the 2015 Canada Winter Games.
Equal to their enthusiasm was that of all their families coaches and the volunteers and organizers of which I was one of.
I joined the  Media Planning Committee  last year in June and man was it alot of work but no regrets in having done it. The 50 plus photographers that we had as volunteers - the majority of which were amateurs, gave so much of their time and talent. Nikon Canada also came out with an arsenal of cameras and lenses for us to have access to which really stepped up the game for many of us.
These are but a few of my images.You can see many other images by going onto the Canada Winter Games site and see many others by going to the Photographs  in the middle of this page:
.http://www.canadagames2015.ca/

I am slowly working on a slideshow of images but it will be a bit before I get it done as I took off the three weeks and have to get back on track for my clients!
Hope you had a chance to either enjoy the Games or hear about  the amazing people and their accomplishments . So Proud to be born and raised here in P.G.


1)The Fireworks from any angle were stunning.
2) Conversations around the fire and drums.
3)Grinning with pride and pins.
4)Wheelchair basketball - GOLD!
5)Badminton UNBC
6) Aerial view of temporary squash courts at UNBC
7) Athletes crossing in Athletes Village
8) Women's Hockey - GOLD for Quebec
9) Northern Hardware Participation in Games
10) Coldsnap Alan Doyle Concert

Behind the Scenes A Video Tour of Our Studio

 FINALLY its going to be "your Year " to have a session with us!! RIGHT.
We've created the video for you  to see and show your friends what we look like.
We would love to show you it in person.So call us to plan your session - whatever
it might be a Glamour one or a Lingerie/Boudoir Style Session or Mother Daughter
or a couples session. You don't have to wonder "what does it look like in there!".
Love to give you the experience you will be talking about for years.

It is Prince George's only Studio designed for Women.Come on and see it.

We have a special evening in April (9th) for the first 15 women to  send us a message at phil@phughesphotography.ca.
It is from 5 - 7pm.You bring a friend with you for a glass of wine.Some nibbles maybe win some of our prizes we collect from our vendors and receive a discount from us good for one year.

These seats go fast so jump on it now.You could win a Photo shoot with Hair and Makeup included!!

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.

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