http://www.dragonhare.com/blog moments captured, life remembered. Sat, 04 Oct 2008 03:36:19 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Donna asked me to take some family portraits of her, her husband and their two dogs. Ron has just retired from CN so it was important to them to have some images on the tracks. We headed out on a beautiful fall day to Spruce Park in Mannville to capture Donna ... http://www.dragonhare.com/blog/donna-and-ron/ My children are extremely fortunate in that they have four grandparents, one "step" grandma, and six - yes that's right SIX great grandparents! My kids love spending time with their Grandma's and Poppa's and have identified each grandparent by the special things they get to do with them like "Poppa on the farm" ... http://www.dragonhare.com/blog/grandparents/ Growing up in rural Alberta (big sky country), I discovered at a young age that there is nothing more incredible or beautiful than the sky on a cold winter's night. The stars shine more brilliantly in the middle of winter than any other time of the year. I remember my parents ... http://www.dragonhare.com/blog/image-of-the-moment-night-photography/ Brian and I absolutely love being parents. It's the greatest job in the world. Yes, sure its challenging, but nothing can compare to a little one running up to you for a spontaneous hug and kiss, or hearing "I love you Mommy". It doesn't matter what my day has been ... http://www.dragonhare.com/blog/maternity/ When I graduated from Hallmark, I was still hungry for more photography information and challenges, I can't seem to get enough of this passion of mine. I decided to pursue my masters of photographic arts from the PPOC so that I would continue to challenge myself as a photographer. One of the ... http://www.dragonhare.com/blog/a-rainy-cold-sunday-afternoon/ I had to share two more images from Brandy's session at the Mannville Historical Telephone Exchange Museum. I absolutely love these two images and they may have to bump Kalla from the image of the moment! Brandy, you have the most gorgeous eyes!!!! Enjoy! http://www.dragonhare.com/blog/brandy-revisited/ We spent yesterday afternoon exploring Riley Park in Calgary with some new friends: John, Jennifer, Lola and Saffron. Riley Park is full of these amazing trees and we had fun discovering "the perfect tree" for portraits. It was a very enjoyable afternoon getting to know our new friends! Jennifer ... http://www.dragonhare.com/blog/heres-to-new-friends/ One of the benefits of working as a commercial photographer for the past year, is that I've had to get really familiar, fast and creative with photoshop. One of the reasons I wanted to go to Hallmark is because this program terrified me and I knew it was essential ... http://www.dragonhare.com/blog/play-time/ I have wanted to photograph Brandy for awhile and finally got my chance last weekend. Brandy mentioned that she had some vintage clothing and I jumped at the chance to have some fun with that. My Mom suggested the perfect location - the Mannville Telephone Exchange museum that ... http://www.dragonhare.com/blog/brandy/ Brian and I are at a crossroads in our life again. I can't explain the circumstances yet, except to say changes will be coming. We have two choices, stay safe or jump. Staying safe of course is the safe answer but then the question comes in, will ... http://www.dragonhare.com/blog/do-you-jump/