BLUHRY

OK so, This week has been awesome. I have had so much to shoot. Goodness I love my job. Today was going good then to top it off my husband came home early. This meant I could spend time doing edits. I am no where near done, but so much closer! Thanks Toddles.

ok so, First off I saw Ryder last Friday and he would NOT sleep.....he was so intent on looking around, I carried on as usual and by the end we wore him out and he caved, he FINALLY fell asleep.
Sunday I was back to meet with Ryder and his family. His Great Oma was here from out of town and Uncle Hot Dog, AKA Angus, yes you read right, Uncle Hot Dog, was graduating. What better time to take pictures than the celebration of 2 lives just beginning! :)

Then is was off for an hour or so then back to the Japanese Gardens to Photograph Dani....another graduate. She just so happened to be in the same Limo as Angus and his Date......that`s small towns for ya!


Yesterday I met up with Wyatt...he has been a client longer than he has been out of the womb. LOL. His parents had some maternity shots about 7 months ago, then a newborn shoot and yesterday was the 6 month Milestone! Yay Wyatt..


To all of you.....Thank you for letting me do what I love!

Cair

This past week has been crazy busy as a mother not a photographer. I am still waiting to get my data back from the guys downtown. Have I mentioned how much I love my Daddy! He is off to pick up my computer hard drive and my new external drive today. Can't wait to get my computer and all its guts back. I have another computer, but its just not the same.

I did a shoot with my one year old boy this weekend, mowhawk and all, and I am excited to get some sneak peeks up for you soon. He is such a character. We (my Kayla and I) traveled around Hope looking for the perfect place. I had a few in mind, and Kayla had some ideas when we got there. My son ended the shoot with a dip in the river and a few sprinkles from the local sprinklers, he was not impressed with being wet and cold!

Some thing else exciting: I have patiently waiting for my phone to ring with a particular person on the other end. I have been given the honor of filming a birth.....Yup you read right a birth.... tastefully of course. Momma Crystal is due on the 24th according to her doctors, and she has been for some appointments with her midwife to "speed" the process.....Nothing!
I am very excited to be a part of her journey as I too have children, three to be exact. I have been photographing Crystal since she was 3 months pregnant. We have done a monthly photo, as well as a full Maternity Family session. I am patiently waiting to get the pics back so I can put it all together! This is an exciting process for me. I have known Crystal for a long time but this opportunity has brought us much closer. I have really gotten to know her. She is expecting her 2nd child and over the moon! She has a great family and I have loved each encounter.

Maybe next time I blog I will have the stories from the birth as well as more sneak peeks! Till then!
Cair

This is a first for me, not only to be in a room during someones birthing experience but photographing no less. When I told my husband, his response was, EW! Really? I laughed and said "um ya, not like i will be taking pictures of her "parts". "

Today I got a call from Angus, he is the local IT guy and the news was not good. Apparently my hard drive has crashed. To recover the data it has to sent to a place in Vancouver where they have a "clean room". So I went to pick it up and called Daddy. I want to be sick. I have had a major life lesson BACK UP BACK UP BACK UP. Not just on the computer itself but on an external hard drive. I have quite a few of my pictures on discs and sticks, but there are remainder of them that the only place they exist is on the computer. I was advised by Angus that the starting cost for this "recovery"is $600-$800. UGH, now that is a valuable lesson. So, as soon as I get a call from Daddy Dearest I am driving in. The suspense is killing me.
I am hoping we can figure this out, but if not I am going to be working "round the clock"....... You think I would have realized this lesson when I saw My Maternity and newborn Pictures get "lost" on my photogs computer......
I want to remind you all to remove your pictures frequently (if you don't already) I am glad that I had stared to remove them all and sad at the same time that I never finished.
I hate this sick pukey feeling in my pit that I can not seem to shake. I am short with my kids, I am so frustrated I am taking it out on them for no reason. Till next time
Cairith

Mothers Day Special!

Hey everyone, what a great gift for mom! You show up and I do the work! Really it is that simple. We will start shooting at 9am May 2nd, 2010, and go till there is no more light! Sessions start t 50.00 (for five pictures on a disc).....How easy is that? all it takes is a 1/2 hour!

Message me to book your time! :)

The discs will be ready for wed May 5th, 2010. I will even deliver them to you!

Cairith

In the past few weeks I have been searching other photographers bloggs, websites and Facebook pages. I know that for every person there is a definite style. When choosing a photographer you need to chose one that best suits your style. If you chose one that doesn't, you will never be happy with the result.

I think when hiring a photographer people need to take the time to realize that there are many things that go into a shoot. Even just for one Photo.....
I came across this today and it really needs to be read! You will NEED to cut and paste!

http://brianx.com/lifestyle/photography-prices.html

Baby Bump

So yesterday was a maternity shoot with Chantelle and her boyfriend Nick. I set up in the piano/workout room and the light was awesome. Everything went very smoothly and I got some fantastic shots. I am looking forward to getting them posted for all to see. Chantelle was so comfortable (after a few min of being in front of the camera) to try some shots in little clothing! She has a great belly, can't wait to meet the little guy.

Today I am off to take more pics of Ryler. I am going to work on the photographs for Ten Toe Soup Designs. Ryler is perfect he is tiny and sleepy.....Just what I need. I have foudn a sitter for my older two children and it looks like the Baby is coming with me. IT was the mom of Ryler (Natasha) that suggested I bring him along. This should be interesting! LOL.

I am finding more and more people around me are preg, more than ever....I am loving this.

I started out taking pictures at weddings, now more and more maternity and newborn shoots. I guess as I get older, I have less friends getting married. they are all now having babies, so....I get to capture this journey. I love being able to "control" the shoot. This is much different to taking pics at a wedding. I have way more control even though the babies can be more in control than me! LOL

Have a great day!

Things are looking up. After a long (too long might I add) 2 months of no photo shoots, I am getting back into the swing of things. There was one shoot last week, 3 this week and hoping more to come. Oh actually I have 4 this week including my monthly shoot with the ever growing belly of my friend Crystal. I often do not think of it as a shoot cause it takes me only 10 min.

Crystal has given me the honor of capturing her belly every month, since 3 months. I am definitely liking this. Its fun to see how she grows from month to month. At 34 weeks we will do a full maternity shoot too. Its funny how when I walk through a mall and see a belly all I can think about is being their photographer......when most women just want the belly!

Its off to Mission for me. I will stay at the in-laws since I have 2 photo shoots out there tomorrow. This way I can get up without having to rush out there with the kids to drop them off. There is less pressure and the kids get to have a sleepover at Baba and Papa's.

Time to run.

Cairith