Rosalee's ONE YEAR shoot!

My sweet little Rosalee will be one very very soon! I had the opportunity to fit in her last session of the Watch Me Grow package while I was in Victoria last week. Her mommy and daddy have an amazing house with amazing "props"! I told Lindsey that she could open up her own portrait studio with all these great chairs.

Watch how Rosalee has grown: newborn, 4 months, 9 months (we kind of got off track, that's okay!)...

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Lindsey and I planned for some time to do part of Rosalee's one year shoot in their amazing bathroom.

Colin + Lindsey -- thank you so much for inviting me into Rosalee's first year. I have loved getting to photograph her on a regular basis. She is just too sweet; I hope to photograph her every time I'm back in Victoria!

Happy Birthday Rosalee!

The Roberts Family

What can I say about these guys? They were the last of the seemingly hundreds of family members that my husband Peter has that I met (you might have to read that sentence a couple of times). Since moving to Victoria in 2006, Peter and I have made many memories with this family and we love them dearly, and so does Eva. In fact, tonight Eva has this book that you press a button and the wheels on the bus song plays. She pressed it, started to spin in a circle (dancing) and said "Uncle Kirk". The song stopped, she pressed it again, started spinning and said "Auntie Viv". Not just anyone gets a dance in their name from Eva.

And that's just the mom and dad. The kids are all kinds of fun. I spent the last two weeks living with them and loved every minute of it. Joel, I love your thoughtfulness. Josh, your sarcasm and your rock band abilities. Jeremy, I love "the face" and how social you are. Beth, your gentle and quiet spirit and your desire to do what is right. You guys rock and I will miss you so much!

Oh and they have a dog Kia, but we forgot to bring her. Oops! She's kinda dumb, but lovable, in her own hair-brained way.

This photoshoot was a Christmas present from last year. I even gave them an expiration date to make sure that the kids made it a priority. It didn't stop them from leaving it until the very last possible opportunity! But we did it and I hope Auntie Viv and Uncle Kirk will be happy with the results :)

Chris & Carmelle - November 15, 2008

Chris & Carmelle's day was so lovely. First, let me say a big thank you to the both of them for taking such good care of me! I've never been so well-fed on a wedding day. Not only did Carmelle think to have box lunches packed for us, but she invited me to indulge myself in the amazing spread of food that she and her bridesmaids were enjoying. Tea sandwiches, sushi, fresh fruit and vegetables, delectable desserts, and whatever you could want to drink! It was amazing! But enough about food :)

As I said, Carmelle was getting ready at the Empress. What an amazing hotel. Everything there, floor to ceiling was inspiring and a photographers dream.

You may remember that I did Chris and Carmelle's engagement session at a winery, so I thought it fitting to take a shot of her ring on the cork.

And I didn't mean for there to be a wine theme, but this shot was taken with the ring in a fluted glass.

Many thanks to Jordan for lending me his 12-24mm. I love the wide-angle!

Prepped and primped, here is Carmelle ready to go meet her groom.

Getting married!

The first kiss.

We had very limited time for light, so I snapped these while we still had a little bit left.


And then when the sun was down, I had my first experience with off-camera lighting!

Another form of off-camera lighting... sparklers!

Chris and Carmelle had an amazing reception planned at the Delta. Here is one from their first dance.

Many thanks to Jesse for coming down from Nanaimo to help me out! Thank you Chris and Carmelle for inviting me to be a part of your day; it was a definite honour. I hope you have an amazing honeymoon in Italy!

Jay+Renee - Engagement Session

I love engagement sessions! It is so much fun to work with a couple who is so in love. I met with Jay and Renee today (that rhymes a lot!) and the weather managed to behave itself yet again around my session time. Jay and Renee will be married on July 11, so today was exactly 8 months until their wedding day! I am looking forward to coming back to Victoria in sunny July for their beautiful wedding. (Click the images to see them larger!)

Layna + Scott - November 8, 2008 - Olympic View Golf Course

I flew into Victoria earlier this week for a few weddings and some portrait sessions. The first wedding was Scott and Layna's at Olympic View Golf Course.

I haven't done this since my very first wedding! It was a lot of fun and I'm happy with how it turned out.

The leaves were so beautiful! These were leaves that my aunt found; no one could believe that they were real!

I thought this would be kind of a fun one for Layna + Scott.

I love fall! Thanks Layna & Scott for having me be a part of your autumn wedding :) I hope you have the best time in the Mayan Riviera!