Archive for June, 2009

Today we spent a wonderful day at the beach in Toronto with families that have adopted from Ethiopia. These are some of the most gorgeous children!! (and I am not biased ;-)
This is Malia! Malia and Gabbi had side by side cribs in the orphanage.
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This is Tia
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and her big sister from China.. Mira
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and just so you don’t think it’s all girls.. here are some GORGEOUS boys!!

Oh this smile!!!
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check out these eyelashes!!! sigh!!!
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And this will show just how much fun Gabbi had!
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and she wasn’t the only one!
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So beautiful!!!
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This little guy has only been home with his forever family for two weeks!!! He was such a ham. He loved when I took his picture and then showed it to him in the LCD screen!
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I adore the story people quotes!!! I always seem to be able to find wonderful ones to accompany my pictures when I can’t think of the right words!!

“I used to wait for a sign, she said, before I did anything. Then one night I had a dream & an angel in black tights came to me & said, you can start any time now, & then I asked is this a sign? & the angel started laughing & I woke up. Now, I think the whole world is filled with signs, but if there’s no laughter, I know they’re not for me.
~Story People~
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So I had set up this scene today to get this picture
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but as I was looking through the lens I see this adorable chubby little hand trying to sneak one :-)
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Don’t you just love happy accidents!!
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Every time I finish a photo session I walk away with one image that stands out in my mind. One that I know is going to be gorgeous and special. Today it’s this one…
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The light is gorgeous, Preston’s face is too adorable!! But more then that is the love I can feel from Cara. That really stood out for me today. That is what I love so much about photographing families. The interaction and the love they show each other. It is so obvious in this picture how Cara feels about her son!

This morning I met Cara, Scott and their sweet little boy Preston at the beach!
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Preston has the most gorgeous eyes!!!!!
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See where Preston gets his good looks!!!
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I had such a great time guys!!!!
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I am such a sucker for black and white portraits. When I used to shoot with film I remember buying alot of black and white. When I first started converting digital pictures to black and white I did NOT like them. They were really flat and grey and just not nice. Now that I have photoshop I have been learning all the different ways to convert a photo to black and white and the results are pretty amazing! BLOGGabbi Beach 3BW

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Today we woke to the sun shining bright and we decided to head to the beach. The water was cold.. but that didn’t stop my kids!!! I have a bunch more pics of the boys but I think that Gabbi’s dress should take centre stage here :-)
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Here are a few sample pages from the albums I am putting together. They won’t have that black border on the actual albums but I added it to define them here on the blog.
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Just wanted to share something that I am now going to be offering my clients. They’re called Storyboards. Storyboards are a series of pictures or writings, quotes or poems. I have am in the process of getting a few made so I can show my clients. I am also going to be offering albums. And I am making one now with my previous sessions. Once I get a few pages done I will share them here.

Here is a sample
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