I was so honoured when Silvana from http://www.impulsephotographyblog.com/ contacted me and asked me if I could assist her with her creme de la creme workshop, I nearly hit the ceiling from my excitement. I was so excited and nervous as well but it was definitely a wonderful opportunity and I’m thankful that I was asked.

I met some wonderful photographers and we all got along great and we all learned so much in those 2 days and I know I wrote well over 10 pages of info and watching Silvana do her thing and learning from one of the best in the industry was definitely a dream come true. I missed her when she was asked to speak at WPPI last year and I kept kicking myself over it until the phone rang and I heard her voice on the other end asking me to be her assistant for the workshop.

I’ve known Sil for years and was even her 3rd assistant at a wedding she shot years ago, I learned alot from her then and continue to learn from her every year. She’s not only an awesome photographer but has such a sweet soul, she’s such a blessing and I’m so proud to call her my friend. She not only teaches me about photography but also how to be a better person, to love more, to give more and to put God first in your life. I often look up to her both for photography and for how God is using her and her talents to serve Him. She’s an inspiration in all that she does and I thank God for placing her in my life.

Silvana held her workshop at one of the most beautiful venue’s in Toronto, The McLean House http://www.estatesofsunnybrook.com/ and besides the gorgeous grounds and the fabulous mansion that we got to shoot in, they also have great service and take such good care of you. The staff were so helpful, especially Veronica, she looked after us as if we were her own, and I must commend them for hiring such top notch employees.

Silvana also spoiled us by giving everyone a scrumptious cupcake by Lavish Cupcakes  http://www.lavishcupcakes.com/ and Oh my goodness, these cupcakes tasted like heaven, and I had to make my husband drive us from the east end to go pick up a box of these delectable treats a week later,lol. I’m now hooked and while at Lavish the people there are so sweet and so caring , they even loved watching my little munchkin run around even though I was afraid he’d break something they just smiled and gave him a cupcake (which I ended up eating by accident and they were sweet enough to give him another one), which made him and me very happy. They now have a new fan for life.

Silvana, thanks so much for such an amazing workshop, not only did we all learn tons but we also got to meet one of God’s awesome creations, you are a blessing to all that meet you and I know you planted a seed in all of us and I know these seeds will grow and flourish and I only hope in years to come that we make you proud.

Below are shots from the day and I can’t thank Silvana enough for allowing us to shoot the poses that she set up.

Alana and Charles were my 4th session from the long weekend and it couldn’t have ended on a better note. These two drove down from Brampton and we met up at a graffiti alley in downtown Toronto that I go too for sessions sometimes and from the very first shot, I knew we would have alot of fun and we did.

You could feel the passion between these two and not sure what Charles was saying to Alana to make her smile, but it worked,lol. These two are adorably cute together and such a pleasure to photograph, couples are always so much fun and I just love photographing engagement sessions.

Here are a few of my faves from the day, but it was hard choosing these are there are many more that were great too.

Thanks Alana and Charles, it was great to meet you both and it was an honour capturing your love on film, hope you enjoy the sneak peek.

I have to say that couples sessions are definitely one of my favourite type of session, and to be able to capture the love between two people is a special job. I am there to document the love they share and to capture their personalities together as a couple on film. I always have so much fun at these types of sessions, and there is always alot of laughter and lots of sweet careless moments that are shared by my couples as well.

For this session, I met up with Kirsti and Jeff and we went to high park and its just so lovely there, its a huge park but its absolutely gorgeous and I could have spent all day there photographing Kirsti and Jeff.

These two met in Vacnouver while Kirsti was in school and when she graduated,  Kirsti moved from Vancouver to be with Jeff who was now here in Toronto,  and now they are getting married this October back in Vancouver and so this was sort of a e-session.

They share a love for starbucks coffee and for their blackberry’s, so we incorporated these two loves of theirs into the pictures,lol.

They were also sweet enough to bring us a bag of coffee as I told Kirsti that my hubby is a coffee fanatic, he lives and breathes the stuff, so it was so sweet and thoughtful when she gave him a bag of starbucks coffee, don’t you know, we rushed home just so he could make a pot and to his surprise we forget we did not have a grinder so he pulled out the blender and proceeded to get his coffee fix!lol.

Thanks Kirsti and Jeff for such a fun shoot, Chris and I had such a lovely time with you and we wish you both all the happiness in the world as you get married in Vancouver.

Enjoy your sneak peek.

Having fun with Blackberry

Thanks again you two!! Have a wonderful wedding day!

I had butterflies in my tummy and I was running on adrenaline cuz I really can’t eat in the morning and boy was this an early shoot.

I don’t get that much of a chance to do shoots like this but when it happens, I get beyond excited and almost can’t sleep the night before. After all what 8 month pregnant mom to be wants to wake up before dawn and get herself all pretty and head on down to the beach to take shots of her in front of the sun, who? Not many, I wish there were more, so you can understand how excited I was about this shoot.

Not only is Natalie beautiful and cute and a perfect prego model but she’s also family, my husband’s cousin and she lives all the way in Ottawa, and she drove 5 hours to come and do a session with me. I was so touched.

They were calling for rain on Saturday but I knew, I prayed and I knew that it was going to be ok, wether the sun came out or not. As we woke up at 4am and looked out we saw lots of clouds but clear spots and no rain, woo hoo. The only other thing was that it was just about FREEZING,lol. Only cuz it was so windy by the water did it make it feel like it was winter again,lol. Natalie and her hubby Jeff braved it out though and Nat fought the wind with all her might, a few times I thought she was going to be swept away by that gush of wind as she’s a tiny little thing, that didn’t happen fortunately,lol.

What did happen was awesome though, sun came out a little later than expected, but it came out and we got some wonderful and beautiful shots of this happy couple who are excitingly expecting their first and are waiting to find out if this is a girl or boy at the birth, now that’s patience.

I could go on and on about this session, but I’ll let the images speak for themselves, it was an awesome day and I can’t thank Nat and Jeff for driving all that way, waking up in the middle of the night,lol,  and for allowing me to capture such a special time in their lives.

I have sooo many more that I want to edit, but I wanted to get a few out now and I will add a few more to this post in the next day or so.