i live with the most wonderful family! some of you will know that i’ve lived apart from family for an uber uber long time…on and off since i was in grade 4. the shins have become my family and sarah (aka mama shin) has adopted me as her sister wohoo! i love each personality in this home dearly and to express that i set up a photobooth for them to take photos for the christmas season. It’s great to come home to a full house after a long day. I think i’d go a little crazy if i lived alone cause all i would do is sit in front of my computer and work

last night i went to my 3rd concert! seeing brooke fraser perform live was awesome and i lost myself in her silky voice. It was totally worth standing for several hours for her. Check out my brooke fraser tshirt isn’t it awesome? i contemplated waiting to get her sign it but was too shy
The night actually started off with my best friends bday dinner at Real Jerk for some awesome jamaican food. Her husband came and brought gifts for all the girls because he said that was the best gift he could give sarah *tear* how sweet is that? The men that came to the bday dinner were a little stressed because it’s a little hard to top. I mean who brings gifts for the guests? This is what he brought for us girls.

i thought i’d share a little bit about what i throw into my bag when i head out to a meeting, photoshoot, movie, shopping….basically everywhere cause you just never know. So here goes!

another SWEET couple
this is another wedding i shot on a chilly day. It’s definitely a real challenge for the wedding photographer to keep a good flow of things during the shoot while covering all important images. For myself as the photographer it’s hard to shoot additional random creative shots when the bride is cold. I feel so bad that i wanna wrap things up quickly. There’s definitely a fine line…do i spend more time to cover more shots while the bride is clearly very cold or do i cover just the required so that the photoshoot isn’t ruined for them because they’re freezing to death. I find it’s important to mentally prep yourself when you know that it’ll be cold.