Landon

On Saturday, Landon and his parents came to see me.  These are Landon's One year baby photos!  What a sweetheart, he laughed and played with me most of the time but you can see it in his eyes when he is looking at his mama!  Very precious.  By the way, thanks Ken for taking your socks off, got some cute pictures with Landon and your feet.

Graffiti, is it Art?

My niece and I spent part of our Easter scouting out graffiti to photograph, she suggested it and I thought it was a great idea.

We found this park with the statue of an angel with a broken hand and broken wing, I felt well represented what we were seeking this day. There was one piece we found that is part of an advertisement on the side of a building, now that is a way to use this talent, it was very cool.

We found some amazing and vibrant graffiti but looking at it, it was hard to decide what to think of it. Here is someone trying to have a voice in this world, in not exactly the best way to express ones self but still a voice. These spaces left abandoned and cheerless, someone had something to say. I admit I was a bit scared of the places we went, I did not stray far from the car. But as I looked closely at what someone out there did, I wondered why...

Many times I have seen graffiti and think that it is just awful and people should know better. But why do they do it, what are they trying to say? Who are these people? I just wanted to let them know, I saw it and wondered about them, I noticed.

"I have a past to honour and a future to nurture." C.N.B. - found on a garage door, Main st. Winnipeg (with minor spelling correction)

Northern Mush

The kids and I had the chance to go Dog Sledding with Bluesky Expeditions Bed & Sled. We spent 2 great days with some great people Gerald Azure & Jenafor Ollander in Churchill Manitoba the Polar Bear Capital OF THE WORLD!!!! Well we didn't see a polar bear this time, but last time we did! This time we got to sled with a team of 8 dogs, one being Isobel the Blind Sled Dog. Try to pick her out, it is nearly impossible, the only way you can tell is cause she is really cute and fuzzy. She is the second from the sled on the left (the mushers left) running side by side with Thunder Azure. We spent the day riding the trails and burning up jpegs as fast as I could.

Also I have a photo here of the tent, this was the ultimate in Churchill culture, wood stove blazing in the corner, kids sleeping on the couch on a bunch of quilts and Gerald napping on a recliner, Can the North get better Than THIS?!? Jenafor and I spent the evening running in and out of the tent comparing Northern Lights photos. I got a little creative and painted with a headlamp MUSH.

I'll be back to the north, I love this place.

Shelton & Kristi's Wedding

On Saturday, I had the pleasure of capturing Kristi and Sheltons special day! The wedding was in Carman, what a great place for shooting a wedding! The heritage buildings are fabulous and beautiful. We shot the formals in the Memorial building, there is an old theatre on the top floor that we had the run of. Kristi also had some of the coolest green shoes for her wedding day! She wore them with pride, John Deere was done proud today.

Kyle & Jaime's Wedding!

This was a wedding I did this past Friday for Jaime and Kyle. We had lots of fun and they couple had the cutest dog! We shot the formals at the Legislature in Winnipeg but the ceremony was in Steinbach. This was a hard one to choose some photos to put on the blog, there are so many I just love!