Just a quick share this morning. What a weekend! Friday the sun actually shone - for more than five minutes. For the whole time I was photographing Megan and Joel's engagement session. I know all of us were excited and not meaning to one up everyone, but could you have been as thrilled as a photographer frolicking near the beach with a warm, hilarious, beautiful totally in love couple. 

I was thrilled to photograph the new professional images for Re/Max realtor Karin Usipuik's new website. I have had the chance to work with Karin before when I captured some portraits to mark her daughter's birthday and I knew she would be fabulous to work with. If you are looking for a warm, down to earth, hard working realtor you can't go wrong with Karin. 

When I grew up I want to be a musician. I think it started when I would stand on the mantle of our house in Montreal. I was 7 and my sisters, then 15 and 16, along with their friends, would cheer on my rendition of "Look at Me I'm Sandra-Dee," from Grease. I think I heard it at the neighbours house, found it a catchy tune and had NO idea what the song actually was about. For those of you familiar, you realized how totally inappropriate this songs is for a five year old. But my teenage sisters and their friends found it totally hilarious, and would egg me on. 

The photo was a request from Bob's mom. She wanted something simple that just shows them -  and who they are. We are in a time of photography where creativity reighns. We love details of people, tidbits, "feeling" However, the more documentary, straight-forward photo, in my opinion, still has a place. I have a photo of my grandparents, arms around each other's waste, staring at the camera. It makes me smile. My daughter and I dissect who in the family looks at them. But I also love the photos of them laughing, taking each other in, loving each other. 

The session has been planned on and off for months, for those of you who have ever lived in renovations or built a house, you understand, time and completion schedules are not what you expect them to be. It was worth the wait though, because despite the weeks before, the week after, and the weather forecast we had beautiful light streaming through the window. We photographed the Robertson's as a "lifestyle session". The session was planned to be in their home, that deserved its moment in the spotlight. This house was meant to be, it has been quite an ordeal for them to get to a point where they could put their feet up in their home and I am sure they would say it was definitely worth it. The house screams peace and modern at the same time - I fell in love with their kids, and loved playing with them on the great staircase that as well as being a fabulous design element seems to be a play focussed area of the house.