To Infinity and Beyond!!!!

Remember this kid?

He’s back

I love watching families grow!!! 

I just wanted to let everyone know that I will soon be launching a whole new site and with it, a whole new way of doing things. Not really a price increase, but a change. Sooooo, if you were hoping to book a session with me before the end of the year at my current rates–book now!!!! Once my new site launches, it will be out with the old and in with the new!!!

And, no. This Buzz did not have a Spanish version. Bummer.

~ Dana

Ice Cream and Dandelions | Calgary Family Photographer

I have known this family for some time and I am FINALLY having the opportunity to capture the love and the silliness that is uniquely them. We spent a cloudy(but not rainy) evening walking around their neighbourhood just chatting and laughing–and, oh yeah–taking some pictures! Some kids are just so full of character that my job is made pretty easy. This guy is one of those kids

And, in case you can’t tell…his parents love him a whole bunch!

I had to put in this last one because in our presession discussions this mom joked that she would like to look like Uma Thurman. Ummm, hello beautiful!!! Uma has nothing on you, babe!

And there is one image that needs to be shared seperately. A new favorite…

Thanks again guys for a wonderful evening! I hope these images bring you joy for years to come!

~ Dana

PS–the mom in this session is a wonderfully funny and sweet(not to mention TOTALLY uncheesy and trustworthy) Calgary real estate agent. If you are buying or selling your house, give Melody Chenowyth a call

PPS–the dad is a vet(I didn’t want you to feel left out, Iain). Thus the totally cool Italian dog of some sort named Toni.

June 2010 | Personal Project

This is us in our front entry way. Bob made the little cubby all by himself. He likes to repeat the Red Green mantra ‘If you can’t be handsome you might as well be handy!’…of course, I think he’s pretty handsome so I get the best of both worlds! In the first picture, Jack literally dropped the piece of pizza a millisecond before the shutter. The second one speaks for itself…and the third one is as close to perfection as we can get.

June was for me, a very busy month. I was overbooked professionally and personally. Now that school is out, I feel I can finally breathe. I volunteered at Sport’s Day at school manning both the tug o’war and then the three legged race. Georgia came with me and was an awesome little helper. Eager to give everyone their leg straps and be the checkered flag girl. The older kids actually stopped to comment on how cute she was before they took off running(well maybe it happened simultaneously).  Jack wrapped up grade two, but it really just feels like a break because at his school you get the same teacher for two years. It will be wonderful to head back and work with the wonderful Miss F next year. Georgia cried at her preschool wrap up party. To be sure, I was a little choked up as well. It has been such an incredible experience sending our kids to the wonderful Sunshine Nursery School that we are a little sad to bid them farewell. She has changed a shocking amount and is actually eager to make friends and head off to kindergarten in the fall.

Soccer finished with a bang…actually, it was really more of a whimper as so many of the games were rained out that it hardly seemed like a season at all. Jack finished up his baseball season saying he wasn’t going to be back next year. Team sports are really not his thing…we will have to give skiing a real go this winter. Bob went on his annual fishing trip with his dad and the Heal boys. A new addition this year, as the boys welcomed our 10 year old nephew, Landyn, to the mix. I’m sure he learned some new, colorful vocabulary, as well as, some handy fishing tips. Bob left much of the fish with Ryan this year, so we only had to have his favorite, but not all that healthy fish fry for a few days upon his return. After such a busy month, we are all so totally ready for summer vacation…sleeping in, making ice cream and bouncing on the trampoline. Not to mention, adventures in our fancy tent trailer. Bring it on!!!

***this is part of a personal project I am doing with other photographers, including the always fabulous, Tara. If you are participating, please leave a link in the comments section. This is my attempt at getting in more of the pictures. I plan on putting it in an awesome coffee table book when I am finished.

~Dana