Portland Skyline

Doug Mitchell Arena

Recent Work

Well, it's been a little while since I have posted. I have busy with a number of new endeavours which has left blogging on the back burner.... though I seem to have found a minute or two this evening to update with a new photo. This is from a project I was working on with a dear friend who has gone out on his own with event design. We worked tirelessly on a number of table settings.... low and behold, this has to be one of my favourite shots! I absolutely love the colors it presents. I have got to be the biggest suck for the details in a shoot.....

Competition vs. Motivation

I recently have decided to join a photography group in Vancouver. What a great way to get out and shoot. Our assignment this month was Arthur Erickson, which took me out at all hours of the night and day shooting different styles. This was my submission for the critique, though the final paper product is much better than what you see on your screen... because I have also discovered an absolutely AMAZING processing technique that I am LOVING!! I have something up my sleeve for my next shoot that is going to blow my past shooting out of the water... which I am stoked about too! Can't wait! Oh the joyz of the creative juices flowing! Bring on the motivators and competition!

Balancing Act

Okay, so my last post stated the fact that I have gone back to work. It's true. I could not be any happier. Though I gotta tell you that it is truly a balancing act. We have two children, a seven year old marvelous boy and an eight month old stunning baby girl. It's a balancing act trying to get everything ready and put together in order for everyone to be out the door and to their respective corners.... husband out the door to the office by six, me and the kids out the door by seven-thirty (hoping that I have everything needed for their day with a dear friend of mine). You forget what is like having a baby when your oldest is seven.... I think I was about four month old when I remembered all the work babies took!! But Anita keeps telling me that I am 'supermom'..... hopefully it doesn't all come tumbling down..... I don't think I would know how to put it all back together again! It's way too beautiful the way it is right now.... and it is only going to get better!

Coffee Break

I think every girl deserves a break everyone once in a while. Recently I have gone back to a 'real' job... which I am LOVING! It is a part time position as a treatment coordinator/marketing guru in a high end cosmetic dental office. Love love love the people that I am working with... and it definately helps that I think the dentist is amazing! I love a good dentist... I think everyone needs one in their back pocket.

But in the meantime, I am still a mom and a women... who LOVES coffee and photography! What a better way to combine the two. The inspiration came from my lovely friend Chris (who I have adored since the day I met him!) He is one of the most amazing sylists that I am blessed to spend my time with.... and are going to combine our efforts in real short order. Soooo excited! I thought of him specifically when I put this shot together! Cheers to great friends, amazing jobs, fantabulous family... and the love of creativity, and boy how I am addicted to it!

Shuswap

There is a beauty about the Shuswap area that so many people overlook when they come out for their vacation. It tends to get a little crazy with young individuals coming out to let go of some pent up energy and issues through liquid beverages..... I have been known to be one of those silly people myself. Though bless the process of pregnancy and motherhood, I have spent the last two years really having an opportunity to enjoy what it is that the area has to offer outside the cold damp surrounds of the 'porceline queen'. Some of that beauty is handed to me on a silver platter as we are located right on the lake.... bless the good Lord above, and my husband too!!