Chloe and Siblings

I have never been one for taking photos of animals and pets but when my friend Candace asked me to I said "Sure, why not?". She had just gotten her little pug puppy Chloe and wanted to get a few photographs of her before she got bigger.

Chloe is the most adorable puppy ever. She is so tiny and so full of life. I actually had a lot of fun with them trying to capture some cute photos. Here are some of the results.

After she settled down to sleep I ventured around Candace's apartment to find her three cats to take photos of them. I say ventured because they didn't want to be close to the dog and one of them was even hiding under the bed! As cute as dogs are I think I will always be a cat person at heart :)

Fall Colours

Fall is such a beautiful season. I haven't gotten a chance to post the photos I have taken yet this fall but here they are. I absolutely love the reds, oranges and yellows of fall.

Enjoy :)

On our way home from apple picking we found this tree full of silk worm nests. They were so strange to see in such a large quantity.

And then we gave some horses a few of our apples :)

Jessica & Harrison | Couples Portraits

As all of you know, every year in school kids get school photos taken. Parents usually buy prints of the school photos and save them year by year. On top of framing them my mom has always sent out a copy to everyone with their Christmas cards. But this tradition has not ended. My mom thinks that just because we're not in school, doesn't mean she should send out pictures anymore, right? Personally, I'm not a huge fan of being in photos so after high school it has been ... interesting ... in getting a photo of me that can go out in Christmas cards. For my sister though it has been easy. I have always been around to photograph her. Lucky her eh? ;)

This year I photographed her and her boyfriend Harrison together. I photographed them in June for Harrison's prom also. The photos can be viewed in this post. Jessica is like me in the sense that she is not a huge fan of being in photos. But we did end up getting some good shots of the two of them. Here they are!

MacLeod Sisters | Portraits

Ashley and I have worked together so many times in the past. This summer we did a portrait session, engagement session. Last winter we did a portrait session and I believe Fall '08 we did another portrait session. It has been really great to build a friendship with her over the time we have worked together. She is FABULOUS to shoot.

A few weeks ago she emailed me asking if I could photograph her and her sisters for their parents for Christmas. My response was pretty much "Duh!!". Hahaha. I was really excited to meet Ashley's two sisters and for good reason. They are both amazing women and we all had a lot of fun together. I think there is a gorgeous gene in their family though. Take a look at these three...

It was lightly raining for their session so when we were doing individual portraits whomever wasn't in the photograph was doing the above to keep their hair dry. When I saw them I knew we had to photograph it :)

Click HERE to view the slideshow of the full session.

Caitlin & Joe in Kentville | Engagement

I absolutely love my network and everyone in it. It amazes me how many people I get messages/emails from about photo sessions that I know through people. There hasn't been one "random" person yet. A lot of the time my clients are people I went to high school with or university with. Some have found me through Facebook and mutual friends.

Caitlin was both of the above. We went to the same high school but weren't in the same social circles, she's a lot cooler than I am ;) When I logged into my Facebook a few weeks ago and saw she had messaged me I was completely blown away. And I blushed. She said that she had been following my blog for some time and was interested in an engagement session. Sometimes I feel as if I should give up on this blog. It doesn't seem like I get much traffic most of the time. Once I read her message I made a promise to myself to never think that way about this blog again. Even though the majority of people that view this don't leave any sign of being here, at least now I know they have been. :)

Well Caitlin and her fiancee Joe agreed to meet with me at the RIDICULOUS hour of 8:30am in Kentville for their engagement session. Any of you that know me on a personal level know that I do not do early mornings that well. Matt say's I'm not "fully there" for the first hour after I wake up. Hahaha. Anyways.... :P Kentville is such a beautiful town. It is about an hour outside of Halifax and always feels friendly, no matter the time of year. I was sooo happy that they chose it as the location for their session because I knew we would get awesome images here. One thing I have been dying to do is photograph a couple on a university campus. I am always in awe of different universities. Always so beautiful and so full of life. I even feel smarter when I'm there.

Well, I will stop yacking your ear off and show some of the images. Caitlin and Joe are the stars of this post, not my babbling :)

This school ground is where Joe proposed to Caitlin. It is an extra special spot for her because her grandfather was the principal and her mom went to school there. So cute :)

Click HERE to view the entire session in the slideshow.

Healthy Blog

In the past I have made quite a few blog posts about my running, getting into shape and other topics not related to photography. So I have decided to start a second blog. This one I hope to make one post a day just showing how well (or not well) I ate that day, any exercise I completed and to keep track of my goals. I hope that with all of this information going on the internet it will make me more accountable and think twice before reaching for that double chocolate cookie :)

If you are interested you can read my daily health/fitness posts HERE.

Here is a sneak peak as to what tomorrows post will be about.

Wile Family at the Dingle | Portraits

A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of photographing family. My cousin Danny and his wife wanted to get some family portraits taken for Christmas. I photographed their oldest when he was still little in 2007. Parker has grown a lot since our last session and he introduced me to his baby brother Spencer.

Here are some photos from our session :)

Click HERE to view the slideshow of the rest of the images.