* NEW BLOG *

Charla — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 02:17:33 +0000

I am sad to say good bye to this baby. There is a lot of great stuff here if you got some time!

As for 29 APRIL 2010 my NEW BLOG can be found at www.charla.ca/blog

Thank you wordpress…you served me more than well! See you all over at the new website and blog!

NEW BLOG ***

The Graduate

Charla — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 15:58:55 +0000

You’ve seen her here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and here before.

This past weekend she celebrated her final year of high school at her high school graduation. Of course I had to make an appearance…with my camera.

Here’s Kassi.

Introducing her handsome grad date, Alex.

A couple of Kassi’s Friends:
Emily.

And Jessica.

And last but no where near least the proud and beautiful parents:

One-on-One Photo Workshop

Charla — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 13:16:30 +0000

I first met Ian at over a coffee with his bride-to-be as we chatted about their September 2009 wedding. I got to know him and Brenda as we shot engagement photos, celebrated their wedding and talked on numerous other occasions about wedding and photographer related issues.

Our latest connection was when his new bride contacted me about purchasing a One-on-One session for his birthday! This past weekend we met downtown and talked photography all afternoon.

I first met Terri-Lynn as the bridesmaid for Julie + Paul. She made a great model for our One-on-One on Saturday.

Here are the results of our One-on-One!

Motion blur can be a little frustrating but when you get a good one it’s always great!

When there is no sun, make one!

And here are a couple of Ian’s:

A Year Ago in Aussieland.

Charla — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 19:35:38 +0000

Winter is drawing to a close and I have not kept well my promise to blog throughout it. To tell you the truth I don’t feel guilty! But to all my loyal blog stalkers I have thought about you almost daily and I will soon be picking it all up again as wedding season officially begins in three weeks…in MEXICO! Oh yeah! And I have a photo to prove that good stuff is coming.

This is me and my new underwater camera gear (Aqua Tech)! She’s mighty heavy and I have since ordered the ‘Pistol Grip’ to keep ‘er in control in the Mexico and Maui waves of 2010!

So what else have I been up to?

I’ve been digitally scrapbooking our Australia trip that was exactly one year ago! Wow – time – it’s a crazy thing. I realize that I didn’t blog a lot about our trip. Now that a year has passed and sentiment has set in I figured I’d revisit Australia… on the blog. Plus this is a little sneak peak for my mother-in-law who lives in Australia and has been waiting a long time to get her copy of the book, where does the time go?

The Cover.

Definitely a favorite memory for the boys was getting hosed off after salt water swimming.

A great adventure in the Margaret River wine region was not just wine tasting but caving. Wow.

A moment I won’t soon forget was being surrounded by Kangaroos, one of which thought my camera would be a tasty treat. What can a little Kangaroo slobber do anyways?

That same day we went on to tour the Pinnacle Desert! Hot, windy and beautiful.

Ryan and some limestone Pinnacles.

I was blond back then.

This is me later that day photographing in the sand dunes. I have yet to scrapbook that part of the day which found Ryan careening out of control down a sand dune on a ‘snowboard’.

My inspiration for putting up this post was dreaming about the beach and hot weather. Funny thing, I have yet to scrapbook our beach experiences as well! So, if you like, there is more to come…

My Boy

Charla — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 13:12:37 +0000

Thought I’d share a moment with my son and the sunshine this morning.

Happiness is all around today.

Thank You Lord.