in print.

i love my clients.  not only are many of them great friends, they're super creative and fun to work with!  such can be said about this lovely couple.  they will be my first wedding of the year in march and i just got my official invitation!

it's hard to see here, but bonner had carved their initials into the tree in the foreground.  and if that's not romantic enough, open it up and...

...they're staring lovingly into each other's eyes.  love you two and am super super pumped for your day. praying for NO RAIN!!

young love

so, i'm not really into baby talk.  you know, when people make their voices all high and start using non-words and strange sounds to communicate to young children?  but every once in awhile, i catch myself.  like today, when i couldn't help from saying, "awww.  you guys are so cute" (in a super patronizing strangely high pitched voice).  but it was completely genuine because as you can see...

...there guys are SOOOO cute.  and young.  i had to shake my head a couple times and remind myself that cliff and i were engaged when i was 19 too.  so insane.  and so long ago.

thanks for traipsing around in a stranger's field with me and special thanks to the stranger for "letting" us traipse said field.  can't wait for the wedding!

i can't choose

i seriously can't choose.  there are too many good ones.  these guys made it almost impossible to take bad pictures of them.  i tried, but alas...

this is love, if i've ever seen it.

i've heard people say "those two are so in love" and of course they are - they're engaged.  and then i did their pictures and i was saying "those two are ridiculously in love".  like uncomfortably so at times.  i felt like maybe i should just take a walk an come back in an hour.  i didn't really need to tell them what to do because they just looked at each other and the sparks flew.  i could seriously hardly get them to look at me.

now let's take a minute to highlight amber's hair.  amazing.

bonner's kinda cute too.

seen an incredible engagement ring lately?  BAM.  

now you have.  this belonged to bonner's mom...it was her engagement ring.  his parents recently got new rings for each other on their anniversary.  she came to visit and gave it to him and said "propose already, would you?" (that's my paraphrase).  and he did.  and she said yes.  

i guess amber's mom made her promise she wouldn't make a bunch of goofy faces in her engagement pictures because apparently she's "known for that".  sorry bev, she just couldn't help herself.

i made sure she smartened up...at least for a few.

bonner got a little old school and carved their initials in a tree.  aside from a few foul looks from passers-by, i think it was pretty romantic.

i seriously had so much fun with you two - i'm secretly hoping you're going to ask me to join your band after witnessing my wicked awesome finger-snapping techniques.  no?  i understand.  that's okay.  i'll just try to stick with what i know best.  see you at your wedding!!  

i told you i couldn't choose.

okay.  this is self indulgence at its best/worst?  amber messaged me to tell me how happy they were with the pictures i posted and asked if there were more to see.  oh honey, you have no idea.  there are SO MANY more.  and because you live far away and i actually have to mail you the disc which means you won't get to see them for awhile and because you are so freaking cute:

I WILL GIVE YOU MORE!  just because i can.  and i want to.

sweet romance

sara contacted me after seeing tahoura & ali's engagement photos.  she and majid plan to be married in iran sometime next spring and they wanted some "romantic pre-wedding photos".  sara is finishing her masters in food science and majid is doing his phd (yes, you heard me right) in chemical engineering, so needless to say, i kept my 12th grade chemistry knowledge to myself and tried to stick to what i know best.  we traipsed around town between the ubc campus and stanley park and had a great time.  congratulations...want to fly me to iran for the wedding? ;)