My version of Canada's Next Top Model

This girl was such a pleasure to photograph. She made it so easy for me! She flashed that amazing smile, then looked away at just the right moment, looked back at the camera with a soft expression, moved into a new pose from time to time. She really just knew what to do to look terrific! And yet again, my tree came in handy. Only a few days left with it I'm afraid. :(

Once we went into the studio, I wanted to try some images with her hair blowing. I was so happy she wore it down, cause I had been planning this for weeks in my head. She looks so "Easy, Breezy, Beautiful, Cover Girl" in this first shot!

Fun families

When I first moved to Grenfell, this husband was still in high school! Wow, it doesn't seem like that long that I've been here. We got to be friends right away, and it's been so cool to see him "grow up" into an awesome husband and daddy. He and his wife run an amazing greenhouse outside of Grenfell, so if you're ever here in the spring, check them out. It's Lowenberg's Greenhouse, on the #47 highway, north of Grenfell.

These kids were awesome! They had so much fun, and were just crazy goofy. We had a really good time photographing. A lot of laughs :)

And it was all Yellow..... (all you Coldplay fans should be humming along now)

This girl and I went to the same yellow spot as the student in the last post, but I tried to make it look like a new area. Did it work? There were so many leaves laying on the ground, that we needed to take advantage of that. I'm going to be sad when I run out of nice weather for pictures. I love doing outdoor session!

Howie's yard with a person!

This afternoon I got to photograph a girl that I've taken many pictures of over the years. I've done her pictures for dance, school, family photos and she was even a beautiful bridesmaid this summer in her dad's wedding that I was the photographer for. But today was a session just for her. And she was up for whatever I suggested. If you've been checking my recent posts, you will have seen my truck shots that I did in a local "antique" car lot. I've been wanting to try and incorporate a person into all of Howie's rusty treasures, and today I got my chance! We did a few pretty fall pictures first, but then it was on to the old vehicles for props. I think they turned out really unique!! Hope you like them.

I love the colors in this shot. I'm so glad her top was a strong deep shade of purple. It wouldn't have looked as sharp if she'd been in a pastel.

Thanks for your replies!

Thanks to everyone who replied and gave me feedback to the e-mail I send out late last night. I was hoping to find out if people were checking in on my blog, enough for me to continue doing it. I've been updating it quite frequently and was really hoping that I had some visitors stopping by. It turns out I do, so I will keep on updating it weekly. Thanks again for all your comments!

tatum

My little buddy

Well I got a chance to use my Mountain Ash for a second time this week! Yay. I love this tree, in case you've missed previous posts. And this is my little friend that comes to visit me every fall. His birthday is in October, so his mom is very faithful in bringing him for his annual photo session. This is the first time we've had warm enough weather to do it outside, so that was a nice change. He's such a happy dude. He was also very observant, noticing that I had a Star Choice reciever on my house, not Bell Expressview! Very cute. He had a good time playing in the trees and with all the leaves on the ground.

A Cowboy and a Cheerleader

This couple came down from Regina to get their photos taken on saturday afternoon. She's an incredibly talented dancer who comes to town weekly to coach our local dance club. She was also on the cheering squad for the Rider's the past few years! We had fun trying to manouver our way under barbed wire and around fresh cow patties, but that's the lengths you sometimes have to go to to get where the good shots are going to be!