B2 Photography | Winnipeg, MB

When Jamie’s mom contacted me about doing a birthday photo shoot with her daughter and some of her friends I was SO excited!  What’s more fun than a photo shoot with a bunch of teenage girls?  I love just for fun photo shoots like this!

So one Saturday afternoon I met up with Jamie and some of her friends downtown for the big shoot!  Much to my dismay it started to POUR just as we met downtown  So we headed to the Millennium Library as our back up plan, but the time we got there it had stopped raining, so we took advantage of it and shot around outside for a bit.  Then went inside for a quick wardrobe change and….it started to rain AGAIN!  So we shot a bit inside and then when it stopped raining we finished up outside.  I took a tonne of photos that day but for now here are some of the birthday girl

Well it wasn’t exactly a parade, but it was a very special photo shoot for this young lady’s 15th birthday!  Thankfully the rain only kept us inside for a little while.  Stay tuned for more!!

Today I got a big yellow envelope in the mail, I was SO excited!  I LOVE getting mail.  I looked at the printing on the envelope an thought to myself “I know this printing!”  And I knew it was Hutch even before I opened it, because that’s just like her…sending packages in the mail….she does special things like that.  One time she bribed me to come to Church on a Wednesday night when I would have rather just stayed home…she said to me “maybe you’ll meet you’re future husband tonight, and i’m leaving you a surprise in the bathroom cupboard” and sure enough, I did meet my future husband that night and she did leave me a surprise.  It was the most special card….with a picture of me and John Mayer on the cover, and the inside was filled with little tidbits about how special our friendship was.

Hutch is the sweetest and most kind girl you will ever meet.  Kinda of shy at first, but not shy at all when you get to know her!  She’s always up for chicken fingers at Grapes or pizza at Pasquales, she will travel anywhere to see a good concert (namely Justin Timberlake or John Mayer), she will go crazy if she eats McDonalds or has Caffeine, she’s okay with turning the heat to MAX in a hotel room, she is dedicated to any activities she joins (especially swim teams!) and she can dress in layers like nobody’s business!  Hutch is the kind of friend who is ALWAYS there for you, will always listen to you vent and is always thinking of others!

So….what was in that big yellow envelope?  Rolling Stone Magazine.  And not just any Rolling Stone Magazine, the very hard to find in Winnipeg Rolling Stone with John Mayer on the cover.  It made my day!!  Hutch, JM and I go waay back.  On Saturday I asked Hutch to type out the Rolling Stone article so I could read it all (lol), I guess she figured getting me my own copy was easier

This past Saturday when it was very stormy outside, Hutch and I found shelter inside the Millennium Library and we took some photos and chatted over drinks and snacks.  Here’s the first bit of our fun shoot!

In just under a year from now these two will be tying the knot!!  The countdown is on!

I’m not sure I was was alone in this, but as a kid I loved going back to school….even as I got older and was in university…still loved going back to school.  My favorite part was all the new supplies!  There’s nothing like a brand new eraser or new highlighters or fun post-it notes!  I still envy kids at back to school time because I would love to be the one getting to walk through the aisles of Staples picking out new stuff!  Apart from the supplied another thing I love about back to school is the tradition I have with these three girls.  We’ve been doing back to school shoots since before the youngest was even in school!  And this year the oldest will graduate!  So I thought we may as well go to the laundromat to show her how she’ll be washing her clothes when she hits the real world! Lol, just kidding Ashton

As always it was a pleasure to spend time with you beautiful girls!!

When this shoot was planned a couple months ago we never dreamed it would be 31 degrees outside!  But we survived the heat and here’s a peak at what’s to come!

Just over a week ago Kara and myself set off on the long awaited best friends photoshoot with Sonya and Joelle.  After they had their hair and make-up done by Tracy (she did such a FAB job!) they head into Winnipeg with Kara and I met up with them once they arrived.  The top secret theme for the photo shoot was the ultimate girls road trip!!  And to make it feel like an authentic road trip we surprised the girls with a pretty sweet ride for the day!!  

I can’t say enough what a pleasure it was to photograph these two girls!  They were so sweet and it was so much fun to watch them laugh and goof off together like I do with my best friends.  They were SO comfortable being themselves in front of the camera making the job of photographing them SO easy!  

Kara….thank-you so much for dreaming up this grand idea together with me, from the moment we sat for dinner that one night and schemed up this great theme I knew it was going to be nothing but an outstanding day!  I feel so privileged to have been able to shoot with you…you inspire me to think outside of the box and challenge myself!  I think it was so perfect that this contest was themed around friendship because your friendship is something I value SO MUCH!

On to some photos….and a slide show at the end of the post…ENJOY! Click here for Kara’s photos!!

P.S. Thanks to the amazing Genevieve (the creative genius behind my blog and logo!) who helped me fix my blog today when I had thought I broke it!

 
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When I had this flash of genius and realized that we had a gem of an old house sitting in a village empty just waiting to be photographed I knew right away who I wanted to ask to come along.  Lucy is one of those girls who ALWAYS looks cute!  And she didn’t disappoint, when I showed up at her house, shoes on she was ready to go with all her outfits picked out…and as always, she looked gorgeous!  We had such a great time laughing, reminiscing, having girl talk and taking a few pictures along the way.  

Just a little history about this house…this is the house my dad grew up in.  When we were kids him and my uncle used to always tell me and my cousins “if you move to the village you can have a pool”  we only realized later in life the “pool” was the watering hole in the back of the yard that the cows drink from.  I think my dad thought I was crazy when I told him I was going to do a shoot at the house.  When I got home from the shoot I proudly showed him the pictures and proclaimed to him that “there were even no mice!”  to which he replied…”you just didn’t see any” lol.  Anways…here’s the full sneek peak for Lucy.

We’d rather pose by the kitchen sink than do dishes in it!

Love sunshine!

Lucy spontaneously struck this pose as she was coming down the stairs and i’m so glad she did, I love how this one turned out!!

How cute is she?!

Lucy is one of those people with a laugh that’s infectious!  We had so much fun taking these shots, there was a lot of giggling and some serious photo taking.  She’s such a great model, the camera loves her!  More to come, I just had to blog a few when I got home today.  I tried a bunch of different color treatments with these photos, so each one is different!

Glowing & Gorgeous