If it’s top secret, why is it on the blog?

We’re not even telling the names of these 5 fun girls.

Suffice to say that they decided to get together to award a very special guy with a great selection of images from their recent shoot. Of course we know who this man and no, he’s not a gigolo. Just a great dad and husband.

We immediately decided we would wait till after “Gift Day” to tell this story. But the girls wouldn’t hear of it. “He doesn’t have a Facebook account” they say and “He doesn’t subscribe to your blog either”. The first we can understand but in the second we say he doesn’t know what he is missing! LOL

OK girls, be it on your own head. Oh and thanks for the fun evening. It was the best!

It's Never Too Late To Make Mother's Day

I bumped into Ed Carrington looking for a last minute Mother’s Day gift for his wife Jazzmine. He saw our gallery in Conestoga Mall and decided to purchase a certificate for a family portrait session.

But Ed is in construction management and it's summer so squeezing in time for a shoot proved more difficult than he thought. Still, the best things in life are worth waiting for, right?

Mother's Day eventually came to be just a few weeks ago when Ed and Jazz came in to see their portrait presentation. They loved their shoot and so they should, as all the planning really paid off - coordinating work, sleep and feeding schedules! 

It’s always difficult choosing which prints to put up on the blog and this little family made things doubly difficult.  They make a real handsome couple do Jazz and Ed, but the icing on the cake was their two gorgeous children Marabella and Madalena.  

Every season brings different light and backgrounds in the landscape around our studio on the banks of the Eramosa river.  An enchanting meadow near our studio came to life with beautiful blue flowers and made an amazing setting for some close family shots. This also gave us an extra location for what was already a very varied shoot. Next day it was mowed down but it was great while it lasted.

Ed and Jazzmine now have some great images to remind them of a beautiful summer morning in 2010 and we have the memories of a great experience with their amazing kids.

Gone Fishin' at La Hacienda Sarria

It’s great shooting weddings for friends, especially when the friendship started when we were hired to photograph a family portrait many years ago. That’s just what happened with Sarah Tisdall and Adam Cichorzewski.

Sarah's mum Brenda met us at one of our gallery shows many years ago. It wasn’t too long before we met the rest of the gang.  Dad Stephen is Brenda’s other half.  Mary, Mark and Sarah complete this happy, high spirited Irish Canadian Family which now includes partners and grandchildren.

Soon the boundary between business and friendship was pretty blurred and even though the number of dinner invites has well outnumbered portrait shoots, we still consider ourselves the family archivist.  Recently, dad Stephen tells me I have reached family status. Wow!  No pressure here then, a family wedding eh!

It was nothing but the best for Sarah and Adam - their choice of venue was Kitchener’s wonderful La Hacienda Sarria -  an exclusive joint and a joy to for photography too!

Despite some unexpected wet weather the day went like a dream.  Both Irish and Polish communities are not unknown for their party spirit so when the rain disappeared the party went on into the near tropical night with an amazing band to top off the exceptional meal and copious amounts of fine wine.

Sarah and Adam are keen anglers so they couldn’t resist a fun shot of them fishing in the ornamental pond at the Hacienda to complete a stunning range of images for album.  We can't wait to create it for you!  Congrats again guys, we wish you many many happy years of fun and fishing!