How very engaging

As promised here are some of my favourite photos of an engagement photoshoot we did in Lethbridge while we were there. What a fun couple to work with. Very comfortable in front of the camera. And that always shows. And AGAIN we ended up with two very attractive people to photograph. And they are very obviously in love. Makes our work so much easier!

I couldn't decide which pictures to put up so I put up pretty much all of my favourites. And there's still so many more to choose from.
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Don't they just look like the kinda people that'd be so fun to hang around with?
Well....they are!

Whoa!

I will make this quick for you all. Mostly because I'm in Lethbridge right now at my mom and dad's and we've been super busy. We shot a beautiful wedding in Canmore last weekend which turned out to be a little soggy but ultimately fantastic. I can't WAIT to put up some photos. I think we have some new favourites. Then last night we went out with a very fun couple and did their engagement photos against a dark and clouded sky. She had the most amazing flaming red, curly hair. Making for some fantastic pictures. Again, I can't wait to get home to edit them. Dustin is threatening to go out and purchase a macbook pro. The only problem with that.... is we need some funds. Sorry D.
Thanks for being patient with us as we work out the kinks to our website. It's on it's way. We are wanting the domain to redirect from emblem.uber.com to emblemphotography.com
which is now working (YAY!) but only if you drop the www.
weird.
Dustin thinks if we give it a little bit more time and fiddling both should work. He's still a bit frustrated because the site is not what we really wants but we just don't have the time right now to build what we want. But, it works for now.
Can you all give us a bit of feedback on it. Is is loading decently? Does it take forever? Are the pictures saturated enough? I mean most of that stuff has to do with your own computers but if the majority of you are having to wait more then 20 seconds for the page to load then we need to change something.
I'm still in awe at how this has sort of fallen into our laps. People are booking almost daily now. 2009 is already starting to book up. We're signing up today for the September trade show here in Lethbridge and are super excited about that. I almost feel like the momentum we've got going now can't be stopped. More than anything I love that Dustin and I get to do this together. I LOVE THAT! I love that when I get a little nervous before the weddings as I always do I look over at him and he holds my hand and reminds me that we love this and to enjoy it. I love feeling his comforting presence there across the room all the time. It's like a date and we get to make money from it! I love that he's been keeping me grounded and reminding me why we're doing this. And I love that the more we get into this, the more I love it. And it's not just the photography I love. I love being with the people. I love hearing their stories, I love watching them come alive in front of the camera. I love discovering how I can help them discover that. The more we do this, the more I realise that even more important than the skill of taking pictures is the skill of working with people. Most people just aren't comfortable in front of a camera and need direction and encouragement to be themselves. This is my favourite part.

Anywhoozle, listen to me go on and on after I said I'd keep it short. We'll be home on Sunday and then I'm pretty sure I'll be up all night editing pictures. Which is also a favourite part of photography for me. They just look so pretty after playing with them.
So.... photoganza soon to come.
Thanks to you all for sticking with us through this crazy time.
Summerland.....we miss you!

A little better but not quite awesome.

NOTE: if "THIS" isn't working try again tomorrow

THIS is our much better but still temporary solution to our website problem until Dustin hones his skillz to produce something far more excellent and awe-inspiring. We still have alot of pictures to add so check in again a few days.
I also have some sweet pics of the long weekend to be appearing on here before long. So much to doooooooooo.....
We will also be heading to the picturesque Rocky mountains to shoot a wedding in Canmore this weekend. WOOT! We are super excited. SUPER!
And still the gigs keep coming in. Praise God. We may be doing this for a living if things continue on this way. We booked wedding numero eight last night. I am shocked and overwhelmed at all of this. I am giddy and a little stunned that people are actually paying us to do this. Are you kidding me?! Dreams are coming true people. Now if only we could sell this house of ours.......

And a Happy Mother's Day to Me....

What more could I possibly ask for than this....my cup runneth over.....


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Thanks Sweetie for the pictures. I will treasure them forever.

On the Backburner.

That is what this blog is right now. Burning in the back. I know it needs attention and I shall hopefully get to it one of these days. Right now we've been really busy with photo stuff. We had a bunch of gig over the last few weeks and more to come. Realistically I don't think this blog will be getting much attention for awhile. But keep checking our emblem site. I'll have the wedding photos up there in a few days. Here's a couple to wet your palate. I'm not very good at Word Press yet so I have to wait for my tekkie husband to get home.

huh?

Where are my comments? Can anyone figure this out for me?
Nevermind....

Glimpse.

Some reasons why I'm loving our new camera...


Again it helps to have the cutest baby in the whole world at my fingertips for optimal photo ops.

So, we're still living in wait over here. Living in limbo makes for a variety of feelings throughout the day. On the one hand I am LOVING seeing my husband all the time and doing more family oriented things, but on the other hand not having money come in and waiting for the sale of our house to be finalised is a bit trying. In many ways my heart is Already in Alberta with my family and cute new house waiting patiently for our arrival, but in many other ways my heart is not quite ready for the umbilical cord to be severed from Summerland. I'm taking my final days here, however long or short they may be, to fully enjoy that which I have loved most about living here. My many wonderful friends. I also get this feeling like we're still here for a reason. I have been learning a great many thing sabout myself over these last few months. Some of them good and some of them hard to accept. I would really like to use this time to allow God to shape me into a better woman. A woman who enjoys her children rather than deals with then day to day and a woman who is a reflection of her God and Saviour to her friends and those around her. I hate to look at things in the light of "when we get there then...", rather than "while we're still here we need to...". I've always struggled with living in the moment. Frankly, sometimes the moment you're in really really sucks. BUT, nobody says the moments coming up will be any better so I NEED to make the most of RIGHT NOW! So, I'm going to continue to enjoy this amazing place until we get to the next one.

Also, We've been practicing our panning techniques. It's pretty fun! There is also one of me but I choose not to post it because I look handicapped. Well, so does D here but what else is new? Plus I have the posting power so he just has to deal with it. What of it!?
Have a good weekend and wish us luck. We have a wedding to shoot and it's supposed to SNOW! What the heck! Did I mention this is an outdoor wedding?
Right.