portrait and lifestyle photographer

9/22/11

To my Ears

i often find i can spend endless days staring at my screen with the cursor flashing wondering what to write. this used to be easy for me when i was a child and i think that's because as a child we have no worries in our lives. that is, nothing compared to the profound worries we accumulate as we get older. looking back on my stories now seem silly and childish even to me and still i can't part with them.

i am a daydreamer. i always have been and for the remainder of my life i always will be. maybe this is why i can sit for endless days staring at a blank screen while my mind whirls with imagination. however this makes it impossible to blog.

it used to be easy to speak from the heart. it used to be easy to share my hopes and dreams and now it seems silly to admit to them when we live in a world where it's occupants judge us on what we do, what we have and who we are with, but no more. there's one thing and one thing only that has always brought me back to reality and that's music. no matter my age, no matter the time, no matter who i'm with, where i work or what i have music will always be my life link.

i first heard this song on MTV, ah good ol' t.v. when the rest of the world is catching up on their soaps and keeping in tune to reality t.v i find i have it on just for background noise. the song is by Florence + The Machine, something i would not normally listen to but it just hit me in all the right places at the right time. it combines everything i love about music and is now on repeat on my ipod.

there's also another song i found while trying to find the link to the one up above and it too is now on my ipod. though they do sound a bit sad i find it totally relaxing and calming. and i've been told My Love by Sia has been featured on Twilight :) whether that's true or not i don't know. i suppose i could research it but i'll leave that part up to you. if it hasn't been on the soundtrack yet they really should add it, at the end of the final movie as the credits roll.

9/16/11

Butterfingers

I know that my eyes already like you

I know that my heart loves you

I can hear your sound

I can feel your touch

Love is found

9/15/11

Eric + Marta | Abbotsford Wedding

When a man loves a woman

Can't keep his mind on nothing else

He'll trade the world

For the good things he's found

If she's bad he can't see it

She can do no wrong

Turn his back on his best friend

If he put her down

Eric and Marta are so unabashedly in love they share the kind of romance every little girl dreams of. As I second shot this wedding for Justine of Russo Photography I found myself smiling giddily and sighing contentedly on more than one occasion.

I started the day off early joining Justine at her favorite coffee hangout in Abbotsford where we got to talk open heartedly about our families, our business, our hopes and dreams and about each other. I couldn't have asked for a greater companion! And the latte was to die for!!

I then continued at Eric's house where I got to meet his side of the family and snapped some pictures of him getting ready for the biggest day of his life. What a beautiful house you have Eric and such a wonderful family!!

As we drove to the Trethewey House in Abbotsford Eric told me all about how he had met Marta. They met at UFV in biology class during an assigned group project. Marta had been the last to join and one look at her and Eric knew he would never be the same again. Marta would start her day by arriving to class early and grabbing a cup of coffee, upon noticing this Eric adapted her routine and finally approached her. The rest as they say is history.

This beautiful couple opted for a first look before the ceremony which was also held at the Trethewey House and it goes without saying that both Justine and I shed some tears of our own as we watched them see each other for the first time. They were stunning! Such an adorable couple both inside and out. Eric was very handsome and Marta was equally stunning in her gorgeous gown and shoes!

The reception was later held in Marta's dad's backyard and it was gorgeous!! The food was delicious! The decorations were tastefully done, the guests were wonderful and everyone boogied the night away!!