Leaving “conventional” work to become self-employed can be a really big adjustment.  On one hand, there was an immensity of benefits that came with being my own boss and choosing my own clients.  I love the creativity…the flexibility…the empowerment that comes with making something out of nothing. Like anything else though, there is a flip […]

Creativity. It’s such an under-rated virtue, in my opinion. Creativity takes something ordinary and turns it into something extraordinary. Creativity brings things to life. Creativity takes the dormant pieces of ourselves and awakens them with colour. And when creative minds come together…something amazing inevitably happens. For the record, I had absolutely nothing to do with […]

By mid-September of each year, I begin to eat, sleep and breathe weddings.  I dream about them at night…I photograph them on weekends…I edit them all day.  My life becomes a flurry of pretty dresses…coordinated colour schemes…and perfectly planned days. And sometimes, in the midst of it all, I just need to step out of […]

I don’t imagine that it’s easy to plan a wedding in another country.  I can’t fathom the number of unknowns that come into play when you’re trying to put something together blindly. We planned our wedding from the same city and even then, there were times when it all felt a bit too overwhelming.  Too […]

Have you ever noticed sometimes how – when it rains…it pours?!?!  I’m almost certain that during every major life decision we make…four other inevitably follow and everything gets flipped upside down! When my husband and I were on our honeymoon, we received two job offers and we had to choose one before we got home.  […]

Sometimes, when you’re editing a session, you don’t even realize that you’ve been smiling the entire time!  It’s not until your face hurts and a family member walks in on you and asks why you’re laughing at your computer screen, that you finally figure it out.  And when it happens, you know there’s a story […]