Many Miles.

This summer, I've seen a lot of miles.  I've travelled over 10, 000kms.  98% of those miles, were miles travelled to reach my clients.   Mostly, when traveling to a shoot, I'm alone, & without doing the math, I know that 10,000kms equates to a lot of alone time.  

A lot of that time is spent listening to my ipod, and the thousands of songs I have downloaded, but some of that time, it's quiet, and I'm thinking.  Sometimes I'm crying, and sometimes I'm smiling, as I like to say, right out loud.  I'm fortunate, in that, I feel, that every time I turn away and head home after a session, that I'm taking a little bit of those people with me.  

When I said good bye to Keisha and her Mom, at the bend in the road, and headed down a long country road towards home, I was smiling.  Smiling, because, it isn't everyday in our lives that something ends up perfect.  But, from the weather to the location, to the subjects, it was a perfect shoot.  

We did some beautiful shots of Keisha the grad, and then she disappeared in the house and came out with a halter for May.  This halter was purple, and I could tell, that it had probably never been outside, it was shimmering, so clean and fresh.  Keisha said, in that quiet little voice, "you know, I've had this halter for 3 years, just saving it for this day" She humbled me, a lump jumped into my throat, and, with that sweet little gesture, she reminded me to never take this job and not appreciate it.  To never forget or lose sight of it's real purpose. 

And with that, we jumped the fence into the paddock with May, and we had a blast.  

And these are some of the images that made me smile the most.

Summer Nights.

I'm not usually the type of person to wish time away.  I learned this lesson, as a mother.   At first, you long for days when your child will talk, and walk and then before you know it they are off to school and you are wishing for those years back.  I try to live in each moment as it comes along, even if, at the time, it's unpleasant, I try to work with what I have.

When I think back to this shoot, it had been a perfect day, not too hot, and I had enough time to shoot and still make it home from Fredericton before sunset, when I look at the sun setting now, way before 7, I do kind of wish we could go back in time and enjoy just a few more of those beautifully long days, and take advantage of all that light!

Here is how I found Hanna and Skooter.

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Thanks Boys.

For the first time, in a long time, I was nervous.  I was off to shoot two High School Seniors, brothers/twins, both reps on my High School Street Team.  Oh boy.

Not that I was worried about the boys, nah, I had shot them before, quite a few times, actually, but, these pictures had to be different, and I was worried about failing.

I should have known that I would be fine.  That the boys wouldn't roll their eyes much, and that I wouldn't lose their focus, and that I wouldn't freeze, trying to come up with different ideas and poses.

I should have known that I would have been fine, and that the shoot would end up as one of my very favorite shoots of all times.  They had me, and their mother in stitches, the whole time.

Thanks boys, for humoring me, for having fun, for being comfortable and being yourselves.

I shot the train tracks, the steel bridge, & the bricks, like I've never shot them before, and here is what we came up with.

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Up North.

I thought, as a kid, growing up, that I was pretty well travelled, at least, in my own province.  But, when I started this photography journey, I soon realized, that, really I wasn't.  I remember driving to Sussex, for the first time, on my own, to a horse show.  I had to stop in Petticodiac, to take a break from the Highway.  I got off the highway, on the wrong exit and panicked, thinking that I was lost.  Brilliant. lost, somewhere between Moncton and Sussex, (a 45 minute drive) surely I would be the only person in history to claim that kind of title.

Things Change, As the years have rolled by, I can drive to Sussex almost in my sleep, I drive the 2 hour trip to and from Fredericton, in one day,  at least once a month.  Shooting has broaden my horizon, and opened my eyes to just how beautiful this Province is.  Well, mostly anyway, excluding that boring drive to Fredericton!  I love to drive on the highway through Salisbury, I have nick named it, Big Sky.  When you are driving on the highway, in either direction, you get to a spot where the fields open up, the trees disappear, and the sky is huge.  On beautiful days, it's where I see the fluffiest clouds, and the bluest blue in the skies.

The Northern part of the province is more foreign to me though.  Anywhere past the Miramichi and Chatam, are kind of lost to me, and I need to visit the map, (frequently) to understand where things are.  Thankfully, the gps and my mother accompanied me for the wedding that I shot in Caraquet this summer. It's away, up North, and it's beautiful!

Here are some pictures from the Winters Wedding, Congrats Melanie and Kyle.  Thank you for introducing me to another beautiful spot in this beautiful Province!