Orchard Photos Osoyoos BC

I came across a post on another photographer friend's Facebook page of someone looking for a photographer to get some pictures done before the weekend. She wasn't able to do the pictures so I quickly piped in with "PICK ME, PICK ME!" and within 12 hrs I was editing the pictures from our hilarious evening!

Seradaye and Garth manage an orchard in Osoyoos that sells their fruit at a higher end market in Abbotsford http://www.leppfarmmarket.com/ and cherry season is fast approaching. The Market is doing some advertising, showing their customers who the growers are. So Sera, Garth, and Hana needed some photos!

I have to say that this was honestly the most fun I have had taking someone else's pictures. The whole family has a wonderful relaxed attitude. I knew right away that they weren't interested in the cheesy "walmart' style posed photos. This family knows how to have fun, and boy - who knew wandering around an orchard could be a comedy act. Following us around the orchard were their bulldogs Maggie and Jackson - it sounded like a couple little pigs grunting around behind us. They were so cute, but for some reason only wanted pictures of their butts.

Sera is a horticulturalist so as we were taking pictures I was picking her brilliant brain about problems we've had with out trees. I learned a few new things!

So in between laughs and giggles we snapped some great pictures, I love how their life and joy shows through in the pictures. It makes my job really easy to just capture the fun. As most people know I have a certain style that I like for my images and as I was taking the pictures that night I was imagining them in this style. "Walmart" style photos just don't work well with my style so this worked out great. The relaxed, fun nature of these images is enhanced with the "fun" look of my style.

Sera's beauty comes shining through in this one:

Maggie, Jackson, and Hana in the old farm truck.

Hana is going to be a beauty like her mom!

I was honoured to work this family.

LOVE this one!

At one point is was highlighted that their life is sometimes known as "The Garth Show" (Which I completely understand as our life is The Grace Show!) So in honour of Garth here's one for him!

Thank you guys for a fun filled evening in such a beautiful orchard. (I should have got a shot of the view they have! Probably the best in the whole Okanagan Valley)

Let's Smash Some Cake!

After a few rain delays we finally had a chance to do Miss Harlow's cake smash session at Linden Gardens (http://www.lindengardens.ca/) It's a good thing one year olds don't understand when their real birthday is!

I thought for sure she was going to dive right into the cake.... boy was I wrong. I had to shove her hand into the cake, and when I plopped a little bit of icing on her nose she FREAKED out. Poor girl traumatized by buttercream. Her mom thought if she gave her a taste she'd get into it, no, she just gagged. So it's amazing that I got so many good pictures of her in between the crankiness and trying to get away from the cake.

Her ladybug sandals are just precious and I hope the cake washed off of them easily, her feet had more cake on them than anywhere else.

She was much happier after we wiped her down and took the silly tutu off so we decided to do some more pictures in her cute dress.

I had so much fun doing my first cake smash and can't wait to do another. So if you know any little ones turning one or two give me a shout and we'll capture the craziness. :D

I LOVE FLOWERS!

While I've always liked flowers (I mean who doesn't appreciate their beauty) it's only been recently that I've developed a LOVE for them. My house is barren of any living plant...mostly because they don't live long in my house, but I am destined to change that. I have a great little flower container garden happening on my walkway, and we're even venturing into the world of container vegetable growing. For now we have yellow and purple peppers, tomatoes and purple cauliflower, and will probably add some lettuce as well.

I think my new found love of flowers actually started with a Nora Roberts book that I just read a few weeks ago called "Blue Dahlia" that was about a woman working in a garden store.

When I have nothing to photograph it seems like flowers are always there just waiting.... plus they don't fidget, don't do goofy smiles, and don't poop in my baby basket! LOL

Father's Day

So last night I just quickly looked through my photos to find one of my dad to post on FB to promote my blog about Father's Day. This morning I have an email from my stepmom with some much better photos..... so I'd like to introduce everyone to my dad, Jim!

Wonderful Grandfather: (with a kick ass tan from a vacation!)

Motorcycle guru:

And funny guy:

Who knew zap straps while camping could look hot as a tie! And this guy has teenage grandchildren!

I could go on and on about my dad.... he's an virtual encyclopedia of knowledge, and if he doesn't know something he soon will! He put up with me as a child and now puts up with my wonderful children, they seem to behave better with him and my stepmom that they do for us. I told my stepmom that maybe the kids should go live with them....she just kinda laughed at me, oh well, I tried!

Happy early Father's Day Dad, love you.