We hit up a spray park and an obliging field for these family portraits. We had such a blast trying to get Grady to giggle – STINKY FEET! And, when Greg accidentally set off the spray park while we were in it, we all made a mad dash laughing and trying to cover our gear. As you’ll see from our iPhone pics below…we saved the gear, but couldn’t save ourselves. Grady’s face shows it the best!!

Hope you enjoy these!!

Here’s Grady running from the water!!

iPhone pic!! Rachel didn’t make it out as fast as Grady:

iPhone Pic!! Dan shooting while Rachel dried the rest of the gear off:

Since we were at a brand new hotel (Pinnacle at the Pier) in Vancouver, B.C.,  for a boudoir marathon and Trash the Dress session (pics to come soon!), and I had already hired the services of amazing makeup artist Shaylah Ash, we decided to go all out and do not ONE session, but TWO.

Wonder Woman was first, and walking around and posing with my eyes closed was hilarious – and so freaking hard – even though I was being led around by my awesome cousin Rheanne. She helped set me up for the shoots, and Dan did all the photography. After Wonder Woman, we quickly changed costumes, redid the makeup, and then shot a Beauty & the Beast-inspired Belle shoot.

Take a look at the fun we had, and let me know what you think! They are a little creepy at first, but then they just get so fun!! First up…Wonder Woman!!

Some behind-the-scenes pics:

My hair does some funky wispy things in the humid B.C. air. haha!

Posing with the best ever girls for this shoot! Thanks Rhe & Shaylah!!

And now….BELLE!

I had to open my eyes, check out how creepy it turned out! haha.

My awesome photography crew: Shaylah Ash (Makeup), Rheanne Paul (Assistant), and Dan (Husband & photographer extraordinaire)

And, here are two more I played around with in Photoshop to make them look more cartoony…do you like these more or less?

What do you think? Creepy? Fun? Both?

Lawrence & Dennell also squeezed in a quick maternity shoot just a few days before baby Carter arrived – if you wanna check out their AMAZING pics, go to their maternity shoot here.

Take a look at some of our favs from Carter’s session! Leave us some comments, we love hearing your opinions!

Big Brother Kieran is always such a HUGE help for us on shoots! We’ll have to hire him when it’s legal!

And, here’s Rachel stealing cuddles from Carter!! Look! He even smiled for her! Eeeee!!!

Back to the reason for this post…we first met in September 2005 at a bar. Yes, we know it’s prosaic – but it was odd for us since at that time we rarely went to clubs or pubs. This time it was a “study” meet for my Journalism class, and Dan was invited to come by my classmate Jared (later a groomsman at our wedding) as Dan was friends with a few of my fellow J-schoolers. Dan and I laughed, made inside jokes, but nothing came of it. Fast forward 6 months later, and we were reintroduced by my friend and classmate Janelle (later a bridesmaid at our wedding) at my birthday party  – again, held at a club by my j-school friends.  From then on, we were inseparable.

We met (again). Fell in love. Got engaged at 6 months. Got married at 6 more. Working hard to live happily ever after.

This takes us to today’s post. The place where we were first introduced by friends was torn down to create new, and probably hideous, condos downtown. I don’t have a picture of what The Globe used to look like, but I did save a brick from the demolition to solidify this moment in time for us. I don’t know what the future holds for the two of us, but I’ve never been more excited to share my life with anyone else, and can’t wait to see where Dan and I will end up.

Enough mushy stuff, here are some pics!

Who knew a ring would come out of that “chance” meeting?

We hit up the Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, CN Railway Station for its timeless stage, and we think it worked out perfectly! We introduced the girls and their characters in the post Getting Inspired by a Decade – The 1940s, so, if you missed out on that post, go check it out now!

Again, please leave comments – since this is a creative project, we’d LOVE to HEAR from YOU!!

So that no fights break out about whose pics are shown first, I did it alphabetically.  First off, here is Amanda:

Andi:

Ashley:

Christan:

Isabela & Pichu:

Janelle & Lucy:

Special thanks go to our assistant Aadil for helping wrangle dogs, flowers, batteries and more! Here he is at work:

And finally, Rachel. This shoot was inspired by my grandmother’s hats which she wore in the 40s and 50s. One of them is seen below on top of Rachel’s head! (Shot taken by Aadil)

Thanks again to Aadil, Amanda, Andi, Ashley, Christan, Isabela, Janelle, Lucy and Pichu.

We appreciate you coming out to support us in growing as individuals and as a company. xoxo