Took these waiting for them to get the decorations up at town hall. Now they’re up, but it’s not snowing.Also, it is freaking cold.

With apologies to both Alfred Hitchcock and to Don Pettit, from whom I borrowed this idea.

In our last episode with Ashley, she had, for some unknown reason (might have been me suggesting it, though she didn’t actually have to listen), covered herself with mud, which gave her a bit of a “raised by wolves” look. But once we were done that, she had to clean up, which was done by the simple expedience of walking into the lake and dunking herself.

Of course I took pictures.

Sharai’s favourite time of the year is fall. A few months ago she asked me to shoot her engagement photos and we waited with anticipation for the leaves to turn so we could head out and have some fun with the beautiful natural backdrop of Autumn.
For the shoot they headed up the Wolverine Valley near Tumbler Ridge and spent the evening in laughter and romance. Sharai brought balloons, and some handmade creations to add charm to the photos.

Whoops. Put these pictures up a week or two ago but forgot to post them until tonight. This is Ashley at Purden Lake, which is near Prince George. And yes, that is mud. Despite being a glamourous model type, she’s also a down and dirty, guns and knives type person. Didn’t bring any weapons to the provincial park, but let her get dirty….

Kealy and Mike are receiving one of our finest albums to hold their wedding images. These albums have custom covers that Kealy will be choosing herself, and the pages are photographic layflat pages so every detail of her album is available to see. This give much more freedom in the design and you will see many beautiful images covering the entire page so they can be truly celebrated! To look at the fancy version of Kealy and Mike’s wedding album, click on the cover, above. This is some fancy flash trickery, so you can’t look at it on an iPhone or iPad.

If you want to look at the less fancy, but more universally acceptable (also, faster loading) version of the album, check out this version.

While the property where Kealy and Mike got married was absolutely gorgeous, mother nature decided to step up her game, providing dramatic dark clouds that provided a great tonal contrast to the whites of the girl’s dresses and the grey of the boy’s suits. Fortunately it didn’t rain until everyone was inside, and then only for a few minutes. Fortunately, the clouds didn’t cover the whole sky, and, moments before the sun set it shone through a gap between the clouds and the land, creating a strip of fire along the horizon below the still-threatening clouds for a beautiful but brief moment after supper.

Ashley and Daren chose one of our new wedding packages and are getting their album digitally on a personalized iPad. This is the online version to view and enjoy by simply clicking on the image above. This is some fancy flash trickery, so you can’t look at it on an iPhone or iPad — and it looks like turning pages which iPads don’t do, but the images and layout are the important thing here.

If you want to look at the less fancy, but more universally acceptable (also, faster loading) version of the album, check out this version.

After last year’s deluge weddings, this year has gone back to the usual perfect weather on weekends. The entire summer featured perfect Saturdays.

Of course, Kealy and Mike got married the first weekend in September, and so all bets were off. The weather was mixed, with dangerous looking skies. Fortunately, the rain held off for the wedding and for the formals, and I love skies like this. Here’s part 2 from Kealy and Mike’s wedding.