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.

Operation Beautiful

Women are not told enough how beautiful they are. When I stumbled upon Operation Beautiful I fell in love. Basically it is women around the world posting anonymous notes in public places to help women feel great about themselves.

The first note I posted was in a public bathroom but there were girls in there at the same time so I didn't take a photo. But here are the second two I posted recently.

Spread the love girls! Put a smile on someones face and cheer up another beautiful woman. :)

Newborn Layla | Portraits

Over the summer I had the awesome opportunity to photograph maternity photos with Lindsay and Nathaniel. This couple was SO much fun to work with. Since the photo session I have been awaiting little Layla's arrival. When Lindsay called and told me in the last week of September that she had given birth I was bubbling over with excitement!

One of the goals on my 101 in 1001 list was to photograph a newborn within the first week of their birth date. Well, it's now something I can cross of my list. Little Layla was just 1 week old exactly when I photographed her. I think I was stunned the whole time from how beautiful she is. She has the tiniest fingers and toes I have ever seen!

Well, without further ado, her she is :)

Cormier Family | Portraits

As I am building my website I decided I needed some new portrait work to put up. So I went to the ever faithful twitter/facebook and updated my status to ask people if they would like their portraits taken. Well in just 2 hours I think I got like 9 responses! Hahaha. Nancy was one of them.

Nancy's husband has been serving in Afghanistan for a while now and as a surprise she wanted to get some portraits done with her and her two children, Alan and Laura. I had met Alan and Laura years ago when they were still little kids. Well, needless to say they aren't little kids anymore! Ha ha ha. I was taken back by just how beautiful they are. Laura is smart and absolutely stunning. Alan is so charismatic and handsome. He made us all laugh quite a bit. :)

Here are some photos from the session.

Click HERE to view the rest of the photos in the slideshow.

Champagne Family at the Dingle | Portraits

I'm sure everyone has at least one friend that has a significant other. I find most of the time I am really good friends with one or the other in the couple but not usually both. That is except for Dave and Alexis. They are two of the best people I have ever had the pleasure of knowing. Alexis and I have very similar personality traits and views on life whereas Dave and I are both really nerdy. I absolutely adore these two and when they asked me to photograph them with all of Dave's family I nearly jumped for joy.

Dave has a pretty big family. He has 1 older brother and two younger brothers. All together with his parents, sister in law and Alexis there were 8 people. I have never photographed a family that consisted of children above the age of 9, so this was pretty new to me. I don't know if they like being in photos much but they were fun to photograph. We did the more traditional type family portraits and then we had some fun with the boys. Boy did they ever make me laugh.

Well enough chatting, I present to you, the lovely Champagne family :)

Click HERE to view the rest of the photos in the slideshow.

Brittany | Maternity Portraits

The first time I met Brittany was at a portfolio day in Dartmouth around 3 years ago. When Brittany walked in the room she had this presence that just demanded attention. Sure, she's beautiful but she is such a confident and fun woman.

She messaged me a few months ago letting me know that she is pregnant and that she wanted to have a maternity session before she has her baby. I obviously said yes and started to really get excited about the session. I hadn't seen her in such a long time and I knew we would have a lot of fun together.

Here are some photos from our session. Brittany is so wonderful and she is going to be an amazing mother :) I can't wait to meet little Audrey!!

On a little side note, I have been finding it really hard to blog often. I have never kept a consistent journal or blog so it isn't second nature for me to constantly be updating this. I'm hoping to change that though. I have lots of photo sessions to post in the next two weeks and it is a really exciting time for me right now, I'm learning about really making a strong brand for your business and I'm starting to take what I'm learning and put it into practice. I'll be blogging about that soon enough :)

Happy Saturday!!