throwback - married | stephanie & michael

A throwback Thursday, you know, since everyone's doing it. I love revisiting weddings. It makes me so giggly and honoured to have been there and captured someone's important moments. Since I started the blog after this beautiful wedding, I figured it should be up here somewhere! Meet Stephanie & Michael. They married on the rooftop terrace of the National Arts Centre, July 21, 2012.

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Black Friday! My shopping & maybe a deal for you...

So, yes, I'm Canadian - but who isn't doing Black Friday and Cyber Monday these days. So I'm sure exactly what I'm buying on Friday (or what I can afford) but I'll let you in on some stuff I know about. These are programs that I use all of the time an they make my life sooooo much easier! All I can tell you is that I will be sitting on the computer all day and most likely spending more than I can afford anyway!

Pixifi is an understatedly amazing service for photographers, allowing you to manage your leads, clients, emails, calendars and billing with ease. They will be doing a Black Friday deal of 25% off 3 or more prepaid months, or a $1,300 lifetime account and then never pay for it again. So sign up for Pixifi here and try it out for free before the deals strike!

ShowIt is the program I use to build and host my website. Such beautiful flash websites that you can easily edit and post live instantaneously without waiting for web hosts. I'm not sure what they'll do in terms of deals but they'll most likely do something! They, as well, sometimes do lifetime memberships which is something that I will want to jump on in the near future when I have more cash. Also a free trial if you wish!




PASS is like the daughter site to ShowIt. There are a couple of different sites hosting digital images for photographers' clients to download, but PASS was the  revolutionary trendsetter. They stopped the world of needing to wait for CDs and USBs with the automatic digital download. You can now order prints directly from the program as well. It costs $29 in PASS credits per event (usually $1 per credit) but I just got an email! It says they will be doing buy 1 event get 1 event free, buy 3 events get 5 events free, and buy 10 events get 10 events free. Like their mother site, PASS also sometimes sells PASSports, or 'lifetime one year PASS galleries.' This is the first lifetime boat that I want to jump on if I have the choice..but it doesn't look like that will be this weekend. Check out one of my PASS galleries here to see how it works.


KISS Books. Wow. Where do I start. This is where I order my client guestbooks and wedding albums from. The material that you can get these wrapped in is just gorgeous. As a start up business, there are a lot of upfront costs…but I'm hoping for a Black Friday sale to get some beautiful sample albums for bridal shows early next year! I can't wait to some of these stunning albums into brides' hands and share the love! But only photographers can order these so book a session to purchase one of these beauties. Included in most of my wedding packages.




On the geekier side, I'm kind of hoping Origin might put some Sims 3 games up for grabs really cheap….since I can't wrap my head around spending much on myself lately.

I can't wrap my head about buying things for myself but I may or may not look at clothing websites and dream.





For you? Yeah…I might be able to do something ;) In honour of 300 likes on Facebook (hey, you can still hit that like button if you haven't yet..it's just below for your convenience) I am running 25% off engagement and couples sessions ad. Head on over to my Facebook page to claim that deal. 

For Black Friday weekend, book your wedding now though December 3rd and receive $300 off of any package.

I'm also running another Livingsocial promo soon, but it will only be $150 off - so take advantage of this weekend's deal!

Have fun with your shopping! Doubt I'll contain sanity to hit physical stores but the thought crosses my mind. My luck to you if that's your plan!

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happy birthday to the best boyfriend in the world

On Monday, my boy turned the big 2-0. Yup, I'm the older woman (jeez, only by 7.5 months)! We will soon have been together 3 years and I wouldn't take back one day of it. Here are 20 things that you might not already know:

1. He insists on carrying all of my things, always

...this often includes my personal being when I'm having hip/knee/leg issues

2. He is often surprised by my business ideas, especially since he is a businessman

3. I am blessed to have my businessman when my ideas are not so fluid

4. I am slowly converting him more and more into a country music fan

5. He gives the best foot massage

6. He always drives, well lately I love my Civic, but we'll see how long that lasts

7. He will drop everything at any moment to help out a friend

8. He over-works himself all of the time, he can't say no because he doesn't want to let anyone down.

9. He is my biggest fan, and I'm his. He believes in me when I don't

10. He's super optimistic and inspires me to be (I'm often not)

11. He thinks that my photography business is booming, even though I constantly wanting to improve things

(hey, he's the one in business school here! maybe I should trust him)

12. He smiles every time I ask his mom for a recipe, knowing I will make all of these things when we move out

13. He will jump leaps and bounds for a bowl of ice cream

14. He is a complete winter baby and loves the snow so much that it makes up for my hate for it

15. We are the same way where as if something we are excited about is unfinished, he is uneasy and restless until it is

16. He is in the works of turning me into a sane person - before, if I wasn't in control of every little thing I would go insane - I'm starting to let loose a little bit

17. The Max face. Enough said. Maybe I'll post a photo one day, if I'm brave enough

18. He finds it hard to spend money on himself, but he will contemplate it if its for his car - he treats that little Mazda like a million bucks

19. He will do everything and anything for his family, even when they're driving him crazy (that takes patience people!!)

20. He is just such a good person. I never have to think about what he may be doing or why. He has the most perfect morals and loyalty that there is nothing to worry about.

Happy birthday boo! I love you, hope you had a fabulous day, and can't wait to spend many more with you!

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christmas mini sessions

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So snow is on the ground and everyone is starting to get excited for Christmas. Thinking about Christmas cards yet? Maybe not but I bet you want some cute photos for it! Whether it's just the two of you, your family, or you want a shot of just the little ones in Santa Hats - the Christmas mini session is probably a good idea!

For $150, you can get a 30 minute outdoor mini session, with 15 edited digital images and a customized Christmas/holiday greeting card of your choice!

Pick one of these adorable cards or check out all of the other card designs I have here. E-mail me, let's get our coats and boots on and go play in the snow!

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rebranding | new website

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So stoked to be launching my rebranded website today! It is not supremely fabulous as it would be if designed by Julie Story (soon I'm hoping!!) but it will definitely do for now so that everything looks the same. Check it out! I'm also working on attending my first bridal show too, so be on the lookout!

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