Christmas in July

I'm back from the always beautiful British Columbia where we had a wonderful week away from reality with our best buds.

As much as I LOVE LOVE this time of year.....

"It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas" Ok, not really, but in photography land the reality is sinking in that summer is half over and with the back to school time that will be here before we know it, comes this fact: 'tis going to be the season soon, and believe it or not, it's time to start thinking about your holiday photos. Stay tuned for next week's post where I'll be putting out the schedule for sessions. Availability will be limited and scheduled on a first come first serve basis.

I'm still trying to find the time to go through the bazillion shots I took last week, but for now, here are a few:

I just love this one. No, I did not pick out the socks - she did and that's why I love her so much... what an individual:


An Ice Cream Break at Ft Steel:


My weak attempt at a sunset over our little lake that we were camping next to. I really need to take a nature/landscape course seeing as how I love it but am clueless:



There is a story here... This member of our party was picked as a "volunteer" to help out the cast of this play for a grand finale. We'll call him... Jamie Comstock. They made it very clear at the beginning of this melodramatic play that "NO PHOTOGRAPHY WAS ALLOWED DURING THE PERFORMANCE OR CAMERAS WOULD BE CONFISCATED AND THROWN INTO A CELLAR" Now, normally, I'm all about following the rules but this was just too good to pass up so I decided certainly they must have meant "flash photography", set my camera to a screaming high iso setting and did my best paparazzi stance to line my lens between the theatre chairs to get these shots. Excuse the quality... I did my best in a pickle but the memory is recorded forever... you're welcome Vicki!