Attempt at blogging - again!

Fall is like my "New Years".  I get into a groove - cleaning the house, getting more organized, setting goals in both my personal and business life, and figuring out how to keep up with it all.  On the business side of things I have been working on so many amazing things that I should definately be sharing with all of you!  There are sooo many new images to post, new products to show and talk about, a brand new kind of session "escapade" that I am offering and to top it all off there are several wonderful events that are planned! 

For now I will share a few images from an "escapade test shoot" that I did this weekend!  For info or to book a session head over to the website www.shoestringphotography.ca.  You can get all my contact info there :)

Summer Mini Sessions

Spring?

The weather we have been having here in Medicine Hat has been beautiful this past week.  We went to the park, walked to get groceries from the store, and all the kids have been riding their bikes around the bay non stop until....winter came back!  I know it's only the beginning of April and I know it will snow a couple more times - it's Alberta!  But every  year when it starts to warm up I find people completly forget this fact and are shocked by the sight of it snowing. Veda and I headed outside for a few brief moments to splash on our way to a play date and I couldn't resist snapping a couple shots of her in her bright yellow rain coat and green flowered rubber boots. 

Happy Spring!

Events

I  am very excited about all the events Shoestring Photography is a part of or has in the works.  The Easter Mini Sessions sold out so quickly that I may need to host another Spring Mini Session in May!  The "Super Happy Terrific Kids Show" will be on this Saturday, March 19th from 10am - 2pm at the Cypress Centre here in Medicine Hat.  I will be there with my Photobooth taking pictures for the duration of the show.  And last but not least is the Website Lauch Party that is fast approaching.  Tickets will be available at the Super Happy Terrific Kids Show as well as by emailing me - stephanie@shoestringphotography.ca    
                         

Check out the new website at http://www.shoestringphotography.ca/

Mass Blog

I was at a trade show yesterday, meeting so many new wonderful people and was telling them to check out my blog for more images.  This made me realize that I don't update my blog!  Well I do....sometimes.  Just not as often as I would like.  Then it got me thinking; I wonder if clients think that I didn't like their session and that's why I didn't blog about them?  That is totally not the case! If you haven't seen your images on my blog all that means is I'm out doing photo sessions instead of blogging about it!  Good excuse, right?  I assumed January would be slow...great month to blog all the past year of sessions that I hadn't gotten around to, well January flew by session after session...you'll see those hopefully before next year.  Then February came and I decided to go crazy on my trade show booth...again images will be coming....someday.

So here are a few sessions - including three of my own children (the last 3).  I can't  leave them out when they watch me blog!  And check back soon, I will be working away on catching up!

This beautiful family snuck in a session between a wedding ceremony and reception.  Best idea ever!  You're already dressed up..time to kill before supper.  Why not do what the bride and groom are doing and get in some photos!

Now this little guy is almost one!  Well in a few months!  I can't beleive how time flies, I'm sure his mother can't either.  Cherish your little ones, they don't stay little for long.

The Dad of this family was my highschool intern and then I found out he was in the army with my husband..small world.  It was so nice to reconnect and meet his beautiful wife and adorable children.  These three little ones were absolutely wonderful to work with - can't wait to see you again this year!

Now this little cowboy was getting a photo session for his second birthday.  I know...only two! He looks so grown up! 
Now this was another birthday shoot but this little princess was turning 1!  Grandma decided it would be a nice gift to do a photo shoot for her grandaughter's first birthday.  I always let clients know that photography is a personal thing and to make sure the person you are purchasing a gift certificate or session for has checked out the photographers work before you commit.

Now these two wonderful little boys belong to me..or I belong to them...one of the two.  The yellow beetle is a friend's car and the blue beetle just happened to be parked in a driveway of an old brick house (thank you to the person who lives across the street from my bank in downtown Regina!)
And the old truck is in Medicine Hat under the Allowance Avenue Bridge.  My boys love old cars so when we see one we hop out of the van for an impromptu photo session. 

This is my youngest.  She doesn't know she's 2 though.  She likes to tell people she is nine.  Just like her older sister.  No sense in arguing with her...so don't try!  She'll argue for hours.

And last but not least my beautiful daughter Zoe.  I love it that she is so beautiful and doesn't even know it. She wears what she wants and likes being different.  She told me a few months ago that she was the weirdest kid in her class at the Y.  When I asker her why she said, "It's not a bad thing mom, I just mean I'm different and I like that!"  I love them all so much.  Happy Valentines to you and your family, and thanks for reading!