Sneak Peek of the cuties I saw today...

Mini Sessions are back!!

I have had some great fun in the past with these mini-sessions and I can't wait for this year's already!



I have decided to schedule two separate dates again this year to try and accomodate everyone interested. I have two awesome spots for photos this year the first, Bowness Park is a beautiful setting that will hopefully be in full yellows, oranges and reds of Fall. There are a number of spots with beautiful canopies of trees, and views of the Bow River. Definitely a number of great spots for family photos. The second I think will also be great, I just had a walk down by the river yesterday to check it out, and can't wait to see the photos! There is a beautiful old building (the Simmons Building) with awesome old brick that will photograph beautifully, as well as some bridges, and views of river which will likely also be colored in the colors of fall. I hope you can join us for you photos this year!

As always my favorite product continues to be my Holiday Cards. Sadly I look forward to this season every year, even when its only August! I again have a whole new set of Holiday Card designs, to add to my last year's selections and I also have some beautiful die cut cards that are made in beautiful shapes. I will forward more info on the designs and shapes once your session has been booked.

You will notice that there are two pricing options this year. The first for those who are probably looking for some photos, maybe some Christmas Cards, and a couple prints, as you are welcome to put the $50 towards any of my prints or products. The second is a set of High resolution digital files that you are free to print as you please. This is becoming a more and more popular option as everyone loves their whole family to see their photos and likes to be able to print as they please. This pricing option includes both the sitting and the files, and as such 50% of the cost will be due at the mini-session. This is a great deal my digital files usually price for $600 and you also get the session fee in the $500 cost.

I can't wait to see how the little ones have grown, and look forward to photographing your beautiful family! Please email me at rumorhasitphoto@me.com if you are interested in a spot or have any questions. I will fill the time slots on a first come first serve basis. I've already got some of the spots filled but would love to fit your family in! Email me if you're interested! I am waiting on a couple confirmations of time, and then I will post some of the slots as they fill/are open. I think I may only have one spot remaining at Bowness park on the 25th, and probably four spots available on the 1st at the Riverwalk. Can't wait to hear from you!

UPDATE! I have ONE spot remaining on October 1st email if you're interested!

Carlee

Can't believe it's already been a year...

It really seems crazy to me that a year has passed so quickly. Everyone always says that time seems to go by quicker with your second, and it seems hard to believe...until it happens! I started back to work a couple weeks ago, and then we celebrated Logan's birthday a week later. It all went by (I'll say it again) so quickly that you never would have thought such a big milestone had passed.
Logan seems to be a lot different than her sister, she has just started pulling herself to standing, she continues with her skooching crawl that always makes me smile, she is into EVERYTHING (especially pulling out floor vents???) and loves to let you know when she is hungry and wants more food, and when you've just taken something from her that she wants (like the remote) really bad! She is getting teeth in like crazy, which is definitely different from her sister. I could swear Leyton only had 4 teeth until she was over two years old!
Well for the past couple days Leyton was staying out at her Nana and Papa's with her cousin and we had Log's all to ourselves. We joked about how it must be a treat for her (and us) to just have one kid for couple days and we got to remember what it was like to have just one. It was nice, but we now have both busy girls back in the house (sleeping soundly...knock on wood) and it feels good to have things back to normal.
The one thing that Leyton got a lot when she was an only child was a good number of photo shoots, so how could I disappoint for Logan on such a big occasion. My plan was to head out to the field that Leyton's canola photos were taken in last summer. I knew that I had missed my opportunity for the yellow flowers, but figured whatever was there would do. When I arrived I discovered the same field was actually wheat (and oh I sure hope I'm not wrong about that as my Dad and other farming family will surely skewer me for it! :) and I think it was actually prettier than I had imagined with the colors.
Thank you to Aunty Amanda and Uncle Cory for the super cute dress that Logan is wearing, and to Deonne for the beautiful quilt that she gave Logan when she was born. I think it all came together for some cute shots of my girl. Happy Birthday Baby Logan!

2 Sisters 2 ways

Sometimes they don't even have to be looking at the camera. Loved this pic but couldn't decide if I liked it better in color or black and white? What do you think?

Keep checking back here, I am working on my plans for my mini sessions this year...I'm thinking of the last weekend in September and the first weekend in October (1 day of each weekend). I'll be sending out an email to my past customers, but if you're interested shoot me an email at rumorhasitphoto@me.com. I'll start up a list! Still deciding on venue, want to switch it up again this year, but haven't decided exactly where yet, feel free to throw me some suggestions if you have any!! Check back soon!

Get your motor runnin...

Well...we've moved up from a VW bug last year...

to a Thunderbird this year. Is this girl fierce of what? :) Wonder what it'll be next year?

A quick look at our holidays...

...a $60 gondola ride, an impending wet willy, top of a mountain, a lot of swimming, some sleeping boaters, two dudes who think they can dance, one last swim at Auntie's, more swimming, four girls and a boy (and four American girls), a lot of cousins, getting back in the saddle all equals a whole lot of fun!! Weather wasn't as nice as it usually is for us, but we still managed to enjoy the week. Was my last chance for vacation before my maternity leave was done-zo...well vacay-ed! :)

A few I came across...

And really liked! So I thought I would share them with you!

Remember this?

A couple years ago I took photos just like this of Leyton...look HERE. Well last week I realized that we should do the same for Logan as she was standing pretty well, but not able to move anywhere yet. She's a bit older than Leyton was...but funny, they look pretty similar (from behind anyway! :))

I've said it before...

go BIG or go home!! You remember this session, well Sarah had some frames that needed filling so we set to work at getting rid of those empty frames. These frames are from Ikea, and the size of the photos inside the matting are about a 20 x 30. This is larger than even I have in my house, but I am soooo jealous of the result! I think I may have to do a copy cat in my bonus room, and I already scoped out the frames at Ikea. Just had our family photos done tonight, so hopefully we'll have some keepers that we can display this large. Such a great way to display photos of your family. Sarah talked about having "muted" tones in her living room so she went with her photos in a vintage look, and I think (at least from her photos) that they look great! Doesn't hurt that her family is so cute!

Next time you get your photos done...THINK BIG!!

Tub time!

This tub was actually used on our wedding day to hold beer while we were getting our photos taken, my cousin then borrowed it for her wedding and I had totally forgotten about it since. While I was home last month I saw it outside at Mom and Dad's and mentioned to Dad that I didn't even know it was still around. When they came to town last week they dropped it in my garage and I couldn't wait to put it back into use (for something other than beer of course!). So this week Leyton and I filled it up on a hot day and left it in the sun to warm up. When we went back the next morning to give Log's a bath in the tub it was still freezing, so I set to work at dumping in some warm water. Logan actually enjoyed it, and then of course Leyton couldn't be left out, so she jumped in too. I ended up getting quite a few pretty cute shots, but these two were by far my favorite.