Category Archives: Photo Sessions

August 30, 2012

Chickadee Road

This past June, I was honoured to go to the Your Story Retreat, hosted by the Be Present Retreats.

I have lots to share from that event, but I wanted to begin by sharing some of my favourite photos from the weekend, that being a portrait session I did with Liz Lamoreux and Kelly Barton.

Liz and Kelly have a beautiful new collaboration going on called Chickadee Road. You’ve likely seen their thoughtful blog post or their very cool tattoos in photos of folks you know.

Kelly and Liz have added a beautiful new offering to the land of Chickadee Road called the Studio Sessions. Head on over here to check it out and give them some love!

I think these photos also mean a bit more than the usual portrait session to me as over these past few years of creative online adventuring these lovelies and I have become good friends.

The photo session was so full of giggles. Packed full of friend love, of kindred connection and of collaboration. These two really mesh in the way they collaborate and we can expect some really beautiful things now and ahead for Chickadee Road and for the Be Present Retreats (which Kelly helps Liz run).

There is also a Be Present Retreat coming up this fall, called Unearth with both Kelly and Liz teaching, alongside the wonderful Mindy Lacefield. I’ve been to 6 (yes 6) Be Present Retreats and they truly are something special. Liz draws together folks from all walks of life into a really incredible weekend of connection. I don’t want to spill at the details as I want you to experience it for yourself, but let me tell you…its magical. You find yourself surrounded by strangers one minute and friends the next. The introvert in me gets super overwhelmed at really big retreats and have found myself feeling so at home at Liz’s retreats.

So, without further ado, I present to you the gorgeous, stunning and vibrant lovelies of Chickadee Road!

June 29, 2012

Photo Session ~ Jillian

Yesterday rocked as I got to photograph one of my favourite people to have in front of the camera, the wonderful Jillian.

If you’ve been following my photography for a while, she’ll be mighty familiar to you as we’ve done many shoots over the years. She’s a super talented aerialist (and also just got her Ph.D by the way) and she’s always eager to climb on whatever we could find for her to climb upon. Some of my favourite photos I’ve ever taken have been of her.

What made this shoot even more fabulous was that we came to do this shoot through a fundraiser. I was honoured to be able to donate a photo session to the fundraiser for the Catherine White Holman Wellness Centre, a local organization that provides low barrier access to medical care for trans and gender diverse folks. Jillian was the highest bidder on my offering so we got to do another photo shoot while supporting an important organization in our community. What could be better!

Here’s a sneak peek of my shoot with the incredible Jillian.

June 13, 2012

A Sneak Peek of my Shoot with Kelly Rae Roberts

Another part of my trip was to meet up with the fabulous Kelly Rae Roberts. I’m working on something pretty fabulous for her website (more on that someday in the future) and as part of this creative goodness I also snapped some still photos.

We had such a blast being completely and totally goofy in public. So fun just being able to laugh and create at the same time!

Here’s a sneak peek of some of the goodness that occurred!

March 14, 2012

Photo Session ~ Maleea Acker

Last week I had a fabulous photo session with the poet, author and environmentalist Maleea Acker.

I’ve mentioned Maleea before on my blog, when I visited her home last summer. Her Meadow caused controversy in her neighbourhood in Victoria, BC when she turned her own yard into a beautiful Garry Oak Meadow. Her brand new book Gardens Aflame shares the story and importance of the Garry Oak.

Here’s a glimpse of our beachside photo session and I hope you take a moment to click on some of the above links and learn more about her work!

March 6, 2012

Photo Session ~ Andrea Paterson

On a rainy day day in January I gathered with the fabulous photographer, musician and artist, Andrea Paterson. We met at the beautiful Bloedel Conservatory to add some lush spring like energy to this photo session on a not so spring like day. Andrea’s husband Malcolm joined in too for the session as we captured this couple approaching the birth of their first child.

Biggest congrats to Andrea and Malcolm as their little man is now here! It was a total pleasure photographing Andrea and I so wish them well in their new adventures as parents.