HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE! May your 2009 be safe, happy and full of wonderful pictures! :)

Laura and her girls!

There is a lot of ways to go on this Laura. I was thinking just the three of you as well and no other pics but I love the ones of the girls, so I made one for just them.

Darcy and Paula Thank Yous

Hi Paula, so I did a few different versions using your pictures and a few of mine. Let me know what you think and you can change any of these and make any changes. We can also just go with your three with a basic black frame - words, no words. What ever you would like.

Roy & Pat and Family

Thanks Pat for coming back at Christmas time to order more of you wonderful pictures. I also want to thank you and your husband for the nice words of encouragement and support. At this time of year I am so busy, I forget to stop and realize how lucky I am to have so many people believe in me and pick me to capture their families. All my best. (This is only my first draft so let me know what you think)

Jack one year later

Thanks Jamie for picking me to capture Jack one year later. Your support and encouragement was exactly what I needed at this very busy time! All my best.

Trish & Family

Trish - you can use this family for any one of these or just pick the pics you want and a basic style and all can be mix and matched.

This is a very new card for me and it is late, so it may not be even close to what this family will want but I liked it, so I posted it for all to see (for now). Trish will let me know what direction I should go from here. And yes, the dog was a smart as it looks and made me miss my very first dog ever - Snowball and her puppy Tippy. And yes, some day we will have a dog again. There is nothing like the family pet to make people relax and smile!

Crystal's Card Samples

I hope I am not making this final choice on their card harder... I just keep coming up with just a few more versions. I have posted a couple of the family pictures that we picked out - I love my job and feel very luck to have been given the chance to capture what matters the most in life ... families, children, laughter, love... life.

10 x13 Proof Print For Tara

Lolita 5x7 Test Card & Large Print Test

This is a 40 inch by 30 inch print to be mounted on a light weight board called gator board. You can hang them flush to the wall with these wonderful velcro strips and you can also slip them behind a simple frame - no matting or glass needed! This is for Lolita to approve and make any changes needed. Can not wait to see it printed!

Another test before going to print.

Lolita and Family

Another family captured! Hope you like this one as much as Lolita and I did.

Another Test card

Just another test for a family before it goes to print... I wish there was more time in the day! Christmas is here for me every week that I get more pictures delivered.

Holt Christmas Card

I think we may be done. This is one final check for Leah before they go to print. Thanks for your patients and for supporting my photography. It was a joy to capture your wonderful children!

Test for Alta on Canvas 36 x 24

This is to make sure Alta is okay with how this looks before it goes to print. I need her to check the position of Family. I also did another switch on one of their faces to make sure everyone looked their best!

The Jonker's Baby Album

Back and Front covers

This is a baby album for the Jonker family. I thank them for their patients and for allowing me to capture their son for the first time. These albums are turning into my favorite things to design. It is why I take the pictures that I do and I love to look at the layouts over and over again. I think that my art works better together - just as families do - where each part adds up to what matters. Thanks to the Jonker's for bringing all the props and just trusting me with their memories.

For my Friend Tiffany

Thank you Tiffany and James for having me out to your house to capture Avery! Tiffany is a friend from Shaunavon, who I found on facebook and we have not seen each other for many, many years! She lives outside of Calgary and she picked me to be the photographer to capture Avery at this very special (and short lived) new born baby stage. It may not seem short lived while you are in it, but it is and soon enough she will be running around that wonderful house of yours! It was so great to see you - it was easy to capture those wonderful, warm, loving mommy and baby pictures with you! James did great as well. Talk to you soon, Stacey

Charisse & Russell Detert

Charisse and Russell ... they are away for a well deserved break (4 boys and they planned a wedding!) The picture above is one of my favorites fo all time! Thank you for letting me be part of your day. To my guests... more pictures to come!

Pam and Allen's Wedding

So fun! I may sound like a broken record, but this was such a happy, fun and welcoming wedding. I spoke to Pam today, the bride, and said I would put a few up for her as she as been watching closely, waiting for some to come. Hope you like what you see Pam, there is many more. Thanks so much for making me a part of your day and trusting me to capture it. You are a true inspiration to be a great daughter, a great mother and a great sister and now a great wife to someone who deserve you! All me best!