personal | sleigh ride & sugar bush date

I think I will stray aside from photography for a blog post to talk about my amusing morning! I have this obsession with Livingsocial and Groupon - so one day I saw a 'Sleigh Ride thought he Sugar Bush' deal from Pinto Valley Ranch. I was familiar with this stable as I had been there a few times when I was younger to ride ponies in the ring.

I figured as it was $6 each, why not? Cute, cheap date! He loves the winter, I love horses, and we were raised to adore maple syrup. Perfect. We were pulled to the tapped trees, tasted 'sugar water,' then went back to the sugar shack to see where they boiled the syrup - and there they gave us maple taffy on snow! Before and after we adored the animals at the farm - including this cat who just wanted to live life cuddling.

I think my man has been taken by another woman.

Mmmm, maple taffy!

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portfolio | self-directed sneak peek

A double photography shoot today, lots accomplished. One again, my lovely Tracy Jeffery Waugh modelling for me! This time for Princess Merida from the movie, Brave. I felt stupid after asking around for a bow, that I never asked my model. I should have just assumed. She is wilderness girl, of course!

Wig from Costume Chik, clothing by Heather Erven.

I think it was this shot that I was stupid to subconsciously walk in front of her like this....

"How do you want me to pose?" "I don't! You're a natural model!"

How does one look so sexy with a bow?

This might be a final diptych? Too many cute shots to choose from.

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portfolio | architectural final

Well, here it is! Not the extreme final, as we have to hand in a magazine layout of sorts...but these are my final images for interior and exterior architecture! A huge thanks to the beautify Tracy Waugh for modelling for me, lending me her wedding dress, as well as giving me time at her parents' farmhouse in Lanark / Ashton, Ontario. Also thanks to Farm Boy Barrhaven for lending me all of the pumpkins! Have to mention Amy Neal for lending me her mannequin.

And just for kicks I think I will throw in a photograph I took of Tracy's beautiful puppy, Timber! Enjoy!

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portfolio | architectural final sneak peek

As simple as that! I don't know for sure that there are the exact photos I'll be using, but I guess that's the point of a sneak peek ;) Hopefully this Cinderella inspired shoot will edit to what all I've hoped that it will be! Thanks to Tracy for being my beautiful Cinderella and letting me use her parents' farmhouse! Also a big thank you to Farm Boy Barrhaven for lending me all of the pumpkins!

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portfolio | architectural preliminary

This is my quick preview for what I hope to shoot for my architectural assignment. This is my dance teacher, Tracy. This is her parents' tiny little farm house in Lanark/Ashton, Ontario. I plan to create a Cinderella vibe, from the beginning of her life. I will accent the house with pumpkins and corn stalks, and pray that dawn is even more pretty when I shoot my final. Inside, I plan to accent the room with a seamstress mannequin holding "Cinderella's dress," also with pumpkins in the room.

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