An evening with Melanie and Tony

I had the extreme pleasure of doing an engagement shoot last week with Melanie and Tony. We met in the late afternoon/early evening and walked the grounds of the Experimental Farm and then headed over to Dow's Lake. We had a lot of fun and they were so easy to photograph, in that they got comfortable in front of the camera almost immediately. What I like most about these shots (and there are SO many more I'd love to show) is how warm the sun makes everything look. What a perfect time for a shoot!
Congratulations to you both!

a la 'other' Jenn Black....

Bonnie and Eric Tie the Knot

Bonnie and Eric were married on August 21 at The Rockeries in Rockliffe Park. Everything went off without a hitch in spite of the dreary weather.

The bride all ready to go!

Dress details

Even Sparky was dressed for the occasion!

Saying their vows

We did it!

Angela did a fantastic job on the cake!

Wednesday randoms

So, I was scoping out a location today for a wedding I'm taking some photos at on Friday. I had no idea I'd interrupt someone's meditation. Well actually, I'm not sure I interrupted anything, he didn't seem to notice me. Who knows...

I also saw this little wall today - thought it made it for an interesting photo :)



Sticking to the 'random' theme, we had the first tomatoes out of our garden for dinner tonight. So so good!

Countdown to Sarah and Mark's Wedding!

The Carnivale Lune Bleue has rolled into town (ok it's *from* town) and Sarah and Mark thought this would make the perfect setting for a series of engagement photos. We arranged for early admission so we'd have the place to ourselves for a while and we traipsed around the grounds on Friday afternoon taking as many photos as we could stand to take in the sweltering heat. Sarah and Mark were great sports and we had a tonne of fun. Here are a few shots that came out of our shoot!

The words on the wall in this first shot are much bigger in full size but in case you can't read them the sign says, "Do You Dare Enter The Realm of the Unknown?" Seems fitting for the occasion :)

Romance on the ferris wheel!

Peeking out from behind where the carnival staff make the cotton candy!
You're darn right!

A little privacy please....

The merry-go-round isn't just for kids!

How strong are YOU?

Be careful tossing those rings!

Wishing you both all the best!! xoxo

Birthday Flowers

So pretty-much everyone knows that yesterday was my 30th birthday. Yup, I'm officially older than my 29-year old mother :)
I had a pretty busy day - I worked, went out for thai with my colleagues, did a super-fun engagement shoot with Sarah and Mark (teasers to follow) then came home and had some drinks and Italian food (YUM) with Jeremy & Marsha and Riley & Kathryn (our neighbours) and Brannon, of course. Then slept for 12 hrs!
Perfection :)
While we were outside having some drinks a van pulled up with a special delivery for me. Three guesses who they were from?!?!?

Thanks Mom :)

Some garlic each day keeps the vampires away!

Our neighbour Jeremy grows his own garlic (700 plants!); he just harvested a bunch of it last weekend and he has some hanging outside on his porch. He told us to help ourselves....he should be careful what he wishes for!
Regardless, this is the first photo I've taken with my new 70-200 f2.8 lens and so far I'm liking what I'm seeing. I only hope I can get used to the weight of it -it's by far the heaviest lens I have.

My new sibling

Meet my dad's new 'baby'. It's a Ferrari 360 Spider convertible.
We're taking suggestions for a good name - something that can go on the licence plate :)

Not that you can see it from this angle but the back tires are apparently twice as wide as the tires on my car!
Don't think we need a new key chain :)
Engine in the back, under glass, so you can see it when the trunk (??) is closed.
Let's play 'where's waldo'...err....Brannon in this one!
I wonder where the parachute is?? Ann??

Loon Lake part 2

I photographed 2 individual groups (families?) of loons yesterday; this guy wasn't overly pleased with the attention.

Getting ready to do the loon dance :)

They come right out of the water!

Loon Lake

Even though I see them all the time I can never get enough of these beauties :)
I must admit though, that I find their red eyes a bit frightening!