Summer Days...

A short post of recent Bits & Pieces.

These last couple weekends have managed to be both busy and flexible enough to really enjoy summer.  We wrapped up shooting on a short film, and spent one of those Saturday nights watching Some Like It Hot with friends, and popcorn on blankets in a downtown park.

Darcy's music video for The Weathermakers took Third Place in the Ottawa International Film Festival last weekend and the screening was full with friends and laughs.  It was a really great evening and we're already looking forward to The Weathermakers CD Release at Maverick's on Sept 18th.  Here's a selfportrait we managed on our little camera at the start of the evening:

This weekend was busy as well.  It's the final weekend of Pride and downtown is full of energy.  I still spent some time editing, as always.  Here's a shot of my cousin's little boy I snapped while back home.  It looks like one of the best ways to enjoy the season.  With the lake nearby and watermelon in hand.  Enjoy!

Family session

Well, we're back from our trip to Dryden and Thunder Bay which was really great and felt like a three week trip instead of ten days, there was so much that happened. You can look for some details and photos to show up here sometime soon.  


As for the rest of the summer, it kicked into high gear before we knew what was happening.  I'm very glad our trip involved some camping and time with friends and family to help get us back into that laidback summer mode. With family shoots, lovely weddings, contributing on a short film, and finishing a music video all before the trip, we had been going nonstop!

Here are some photos from one rainy morning we spent with a few sisters, their partners, babies, and the lucky grandparents.  They were in Ottawa for their cousin’s wedding and took advantage of the fact that they were all together, to meet with us for photos.  It was a lot of fun for us to meet them and we were lucky that things cleared up in time for us to make use of one of Ottawa's great little parks.  They were so great to be with, genuinely enjoying each other’s company and goofing around.  Did I mention how adorable these little ones were?  All dressed up and beyond cute!  

Waiting for baby...

As we are heading off to Dryden, Ontario this morning, I just have to send out a photo of two of some of my all time favourite people.  As you can tell, they've got a little one on the way, who I'm sure will make that all-time favourite people list fairly quickly!  Today, in fact, is that little one's due date. (Yay!)  I am so excited.  

I don't make it to my hometown often, especially not with the timing that allows me to meet these little ones when they're so brand new.  So, this is great, right?  Well, we'll see if this is what she has planned.  I'm sure she'll have her own timeline, and we'll find out if I do in fact get to meet her, but if I do?  You can bet there will be some photos taken.  

Her momma-to-be has already been used as my official 'pinup girl', with much appreciation (see our facebook page profile photo, if you haven't seen last years Wedding Bells ad or some of our business cards), so I'm sure it will be hard to resist sharing some very special newborn photos.

Cross your fingers, I know her parents are very eager to meet her soon as well!