Don't You Just Love Puppies!

I gave this print to my Mum, and she loved it.

I caught this photo of Sammy after he'd had been playing outside in the snow. This is him looking in the through the back door waiting for someone to let him in.

Don't you just love puppies!

He's growing up so fast! Everytime I see him he's gotten bigger.

[in case it's not evident by now with all the dog photos... I LOVE DOGS :) ].

Something Special to Help the Kids!

I'm excited! As I mentioned in an earlier post, we're doing something special to help the kids this year. We're donating 100% of portrait session fees to the Children's Hospital of Western Ontario.

Part of the Children's Miracle Network, donations to the Children’s Hospital of Western Ontario are used to fund specialized treatment and care programs, purchase new medical equipment, and assist families who need help in times of a health crisis.

Families all across Western Ontario rely on Children’s Hospital for specialized medical treatment and care for sick infants, children and youth.

To sweeten the pot, we're offering $100.00 off session fees too!

Our new business cards for this fund-raiser just came in from the printers!


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Give us a call or send us an email to take advantage of this great offer!

Save $100 off portrait session fees and help us help the kids!

Kids, Couples, High School Seniors, Pets (we love animals... especially dogs!!!), on-location sessions with grandparents... we love to photograph people! Check out our Portraits Portfolio for more info!

Please forward this thread to everyone you know. We're really pumped about this great opportunity to make a big difference in the lives of sick kids.

If you're part of an organization or business who would like to help us help the kids by displaying our cards and/or a poster (large or small), please email us. We'll be happy to provide you with all the cards and posters you can handle!

PMA 07... Christmas in March!!!

I'm excited. It's better than Christmas, and it doesn't cost a dime! (until I feel compelled to go and buy all the great new stuff that'll be announced).

For those of you who don't know, PMA is the Photo Marketing Association International, and they have an annual International convention. There's even a blog!

PMA 07 is where all the coolest new photography equipment will be announced and shown. For those of us who shoot Canon, it's a very exciting time as we're expecting some major announcements concerning Canon's DSLR line-up. The 40D (successor to the 30D) is likely to be un-veiled, as is the 1DsMkIII (successor to the 1DsMkII). It's also possible we're going to see the 1DMkIII (successor the 1DMkIIN), and maybe even a change in the 5D (there's a rumour going around that the 5D will be split into a high end and low end offering).

For those of us who live and breathe photography, this is really exciting stuff!!! These new line of cameras will hopefully have some really awesome new features and enhancements.

For example, the Canon Rebel XTi which was recently introduced before Christmas, is the first Canon DSLR to have a self-cleaning sensor system. This is really cool because cleaning the sensor in DSLR's is a real pain-in-the-butt! Canon usually introduces new technology like this in their entry level cameras (i.e. Rebel XTi), and then adds them to the professional line-up (i.e. 40D, 5D, 1DMkIII, 1DsMkIII). Rumour has it we can expect this feature in some or all of the new Canons announced at PMA 07.

There's also the possibility of a IS (Image Stabilized) body being introduced at PMA 07. Up until now, IS has only been available in the lenses. No Canon DSLR's have IS built in. Pentax and Sony now both have DSLR's that have a type of image stabilization built in. Will Canon follow suit???

And lenses! There are a lot of lenses that are on my wishlist. Some are lenses that need to be up-dated to current design specs, and others are lenses that currently don't exist (i.e. 16-75 f1.4 IS).

Just 28 more sleeps until the un-veiling starts!

Sam I Am!

I got to meet Sammy today! I've been waiting for a couple of weeks now, and the day finally came.

A few months ago, we lost a dear friend. My Mum called, and she could barely get the words out to tell me Smokey (her faithful doggy companion of 12 years) had passed on. I found myself choking up as I tried to find the words to console my Mum. I'd known Smokey since she was a tiny puppy. She was the best dog you could ask for and the most faithful of friends.

Fast forward to a few weeks ago... Mum called, and after chatting for a bit, she casually mentioned that I'd have to meet Sammy. I smiled as I asked her just who Sammy was. Sammy, she said, was her new puppy.

And so we arrive at today... Renee and I headed in for a visit this morning, eager to meet Sammy and visit with Mum.


He likes to sleep in the front-hall closet...


but he was awake in a flash when he heard the sound of my camera...


What to make of this camera thing???


Maybe I'll model for him!


I'm cute you know!


Ok... let's play now!