We just love this generations session we did at our Saskatoon photo studio this spring! This whole crew was so stylish and so photogenic! They have all be in front of my camera at one point or another. It was so great to get them in front of it again! Aren't they gorgeous?!
Throw back Thursday to this session I shot when we just moved into our Saskatoon photography studio. I can't wait to have somewhere warm to shoot that is simple and stunning all winter long. We have a few fall sessions still available and are booking into the chillier months. Once I'm all caught up with editing, I will be posting some of the sessions we have been working on.
Did you know we offer a wide variety of products, including digital files and prints? We have a lot of clients order wall portraits from us along with the digital files... some do it for the convenience, some do it for the quality, and others do it for the extra retouching! The first image is straight out of camera and the second is the extent of retouching we do when you purchase a wall portrait through us.
This couple first graced our camera a few years ago, when we shot their engagement session! We have since shot their wedding and now newborn photos here in Saskatoon. I'm actually a tad bit behind with posting, as they just brought their beautiful baby girl into the studio for her 3 month photos last week. She is so beautiful, and lucky to have such wonderful parents! I honestly can not say enough good things about this little family.
Meet the newest addition to the family... their gorgeous baby girl!
I saw a quote a month or two ago and it said...
"You never really know the value of a photograph until long after it's taken."
This sits with me on so many levels. Not only do I think about this all the time with my sessions, it hits so close to home with my personal photos. This is the reason I get my family photos done every year. This is a shot of my girl and I, a few years ago, at our annual family session. I love the wrinkle in her nose, and me looking adoringly at her. I know when she gets to my age, she is going to cherish this photo even more than I do today. She's not going to see my double chin, or my wrinkles, or my crooked nose. She's going to see the connection between her and I, and how stinkin' adorable she is. She might even see her own kids in her squinty smile, and laugh at how ugly my jacket is. What I do know, is she will look back at this photo, long after I'm gone and it will be worth so much more in years to come, than it was the day it was taken.
Photo credit: The Harstones
It's Friday!!! Dance like no one is watching....
Right before Mother's Day, we had a promotion on for 'Mom & Me' sessions, which came with a pedicure from Just for You Day Spa as well as a super sweet swag bag... this mom took advantage of our package and came into the studio with her adorable princess for their mom and me session. We got so many gorgeous shots!!! I think this little girl is going to cherish these images in a couple of decades. I would die to have images like this of me with my mom *cough* 30 some years ago *cough*.
I got a phone call last summer... my cousin was recently engaged to an amazing girl, and they wanted to get some engagement photos done here in Saskatoon before an anniversary party they were planning. After a brief conversation, his fiance said she would call me back to discuss further what they had wanted as far as the session goes. She called me back and confided that their engagement photos would actually be a surprise wedding! Only their parents knew, and well, now me. Fast forward to the day of their 'engagement party' AKA surprise wedding last October!
I showed up at the James hotel in their beautiful penthouse suite. My cousin and his fiance were there with their parents/grandparents and some special kids, who had no idea they were about to be a flower girl and ring bear. At this point only the parents and myself new we were about to witness a wedding later that evening! We started the day with the bride slipping into her gorgeous wedding gown, we stepped outside the bedroom and everyone seemed a bit confused. They yelled SURPRISE! We are getting married today!!! The look on everyone's faces were priceless. We ventured off the the U of S for a little mini session with just the bride and groom, then went to the Saskatoon club where the bride slipped into a different dress for the 'engagement party'. Guests started to arrive to a beautifully decorated room, enjoyed some appy's, and visited.
As a diversion right before supper, I arranged to get everyone outside for a group photo. We came back into the room to find all the chairs all lined up like there was a ceremony about to happen. Everyone looked a bit confused and the excitement grew! We ushered everyone into the ceremony part of the room, and the ceremony began. I have never felt so much excitement in one room before. The energy was out of this world! There were so many tears of joy and so many smiles on everyone's faces! If you are ever thinking of having a surprise wedding, I highly suggest it. It was the most emotional wedding we have ever been to.
So here it is... my first ever surprise wedding! I sure hope it's not my last... it was freakin' amazing!!!
One of my goals this year, was to enter image competition at our national salon through the professional photographers of Canada. I have been a bit hesitant in the past for a few reasons, but the largest one was I was chicken. Well, myself and 3 others made a bet that we had to enter this year. This year the judges were tough... OK, that might be a bit of an understatement! There were award winning photographers who didn't get any images accepted, my jaw was on the floor for most of the competition as incredible image after incredible image was getting rejected.
When I found out one of mine was accepted to hang at image salon I was more than thrilled!!! I shot this image last summer when we had all of those awful forest fires... the smoke was awful, but we got some truly unique wedding images here in Saskatoon. My mentor pushed me to enter this image (and I'm glad I listened! LOL).
The first image is straight out of camera, you can see working with the smoke wasn't easy for these shots where the bride and groom were far away. That was my biggest hurdle with this image. Luckily my bride and groom were so photogenic and made the posing so easy!
The second image was what my client received, which is our standard retouching for all of our wedding images.
The third was retouched for about 8 hours specifically for image salon, which is quite a bit more time than I would spend on an average wedding image, but the results helped me place!
All in all, I was so happy that I entered. I learned a lot! Some of which was how to shoot and edit for salon, while others was posing and composition for my every day shooting. I'm so happy I finally concurred my fears, bit the bullet and entered. Now wish me luck for next year!
We have been busy preparing a brand new mentorship program, which includes one full year of business and photography classes, for up and coming and new photographers who have been in business for 3 years or less. This program is designed for those of you who want to take their passion for photography and turn it into their livelihood! We are so excited to take on 4 new photographers, one of which from Saskatoon and area, and 3 photographers from at least 100km from Saskatoon.
We are looking for motivated individuals who have a positive outlook and a drive to become a successful working photographer. Topics will range from posing, lighting, pricing, to having a complete business plan at the end of the year course. We are literately providing our proteges with all of our secrets to starting and maintaining a successful portrait business.
You can find out all the details for the program HERE.
Please inquire within for an application form!
