Santa Belly - Maternity Pinup

Whew... We cut it pretty close when Mel called and asked for maternity pics. She said she was 38 weeks pregnant and wanted to book a date in the next couple of weeks. Not knowing anything about pregnancy dates/weeks, I googled maternity baby schedule and learned that baby can come at 39 or 40 weeks! We booked her session for the day after her enquiry and got some great shots. Of course I had to Santa-ize her with a mini-pinup shot, and then we did the traditional shots as well. Baby Madison was born exactly 2 weeks later! Congratulations!

SuperGirls@ Astoria Studio

Superman? No way, we're uping it a notch and photographing the all-empowered Super Girl!
This session was sooooo fun for us. The poses look tricky, but we used, medicine balls, industrial fans, benches, boxes etc to try to get the perfect flying girl. We also only had one outfit, so for the BFF pic I had to merge them together in Photoshop. Where did the clouds come from? Astoria Photography stock file from my trip to Vancouver last year. yep, those clouds are from the true Rocky Mountain sky - somewhere over Alberta...




Again, these pictures can all be seen at the Calgary Comic Expo which will be at the BMO Round-Up Centre April 24&25. See you there! :)

Pumpkin Pinup Party!

As tradition dictates, I got my favourite 2 girls (my nieces) for Halloween. The studio was already set-up for a shoot, so what the heck, we grabbed the pumpkins, a witch broom, opened the tickle trunk (closet full of costumes) and went for it. These are my favourites, and oh, the big one is Mel - of course, being "witchy".

Vargas Girl Photoshoot

How Lucky am I to have the a perfect Vargas Girl look-a-like for a friend and assistant! One of our pinup sessions was postponed for the day, so we took the chance to practice on ourselves! We thought we'd try the Vargas Girl and Melanie did an OUTSTANDING job! Take a look at our impersonations of the Vargas Girl Pinup.

Maggie & Jane - the Sister Session

Who could say no to these two super sweet, super cute, little girls! A friend asked for their yearly portrait session and I almost didn't recognize them. How much they've grown in a year! Blonde curls, big brown eyes. We mixed it up this time and took it out of the studio and into the playground. Sacha, my husband, played the part of the second shooter as I didn't want to miss a thing, and they are so fast! Running around, happy faces - it was a great day!

Little Lady's First Stampede!

Yee Haw! It was so good to see little miss E last week! This was her first stampede and she came all the way from Ottawa to see it! Can't do stampede without a hat - so here it is! :)

Wedding in Hangar??

A Bird? A Plane? A WWII aircraft museum?

Yes, to all of the above! The only request Fay & Asad had about their wedding portraits, was that they would be "different" and some in black and white. Well, this was super easy, as they left enough time for me (the photographer) to steal them away for almost 3 hours with the just two of them! A wedding photographers dream! :)

As their wedding was in March, and weather can be quite unpredictable in Calgary, I decided to rent an hour of time/space at the Aerospace Museum. The staff - and other visitors - were very accommodating and they allowed us to climb on almost everything and even sit in a couple of cockpits! Definitely something unique!

Family Day!

I got this cute family picture right around Family Day in February. The toddler had had about enough of me after the first half hour or so, stalking him and having a big black camera in front of my face, but we managed to come home with some really cute shots. Even got to see dad's race car!

Michelle & Cory - June 27th

A couple of weeks ago I had the pleasure of shooting Michelle & Cory's wedding. It was a great day! The weather cooperated and John and I got some great shots.



There wasn't too much time scheduled between the ceremony and the reception, but we managed to squeeze in a couple of good locations on the same street as the reception.Locations include: a playground, a pub for the guys, an intersection by her dads house, the outside wall of a 7-11 and yes, a Sobey's Parking lot! Yep, a parking lot. It was great! :)



Thanks again Michelle for being a perfectly organized and happy bride - and again, Congratulations! :) P.S. Is Michelle a Drew Barrymore look-a-like??