halloween

I hardly ever put personal blogs on here but I had so much fun with my family this Halloween and they all went to so much work to look fabulous and so I wanted to share.

I suggested that they use this first picture as their family Christmas card!

The adorable little Lexi Lou Lou, or little BAD BOOTS!

Awe, a true little princess

Yup, little Bad Boots!
One cute little kitty. She certainly has perfected that give me whatever I want look!

Hauntingly Beautiful Little Miss Niki

I wouldn't want to run into this group in the middle of the forest.

Mikasa and Kevin tie the knot!

Absolutely gorgeous. Mikasa you looked perfect and so in love!

My sister , who graciously agreed to help me out at this wedding, snapped this picture. I was scouting locations while she was waiting with the bride and groom. Apparently, Mikasa commented on how sore her feet were. Kevin removed her shoes and gave her a foot message, and my sister snapped the picture. Good work all three of you...Dawn for getting the shot, Mikasa for getting a man willing to do this, and Kevin, for being that kind of man!

We did this wedding shoot at Fish Creek Park in Calgary Alberta, and until this wedding I did not realize this lovely part of the park existed. There were lots and lots of really great locations to take pictures. If only we would have had more time. Ah, the wish of all photographers ...more time and more light!

We found this wonderful old red wagon at the park. I am pretty sure we were not supposed to climb in it and by the look on these two faces I am pretty sure they agree with me.

All I can do is quote what my sister said when she saw this shot, "this really proves white men can't jump." However, in fairness to these guys I did ask them to show me how they thought girls jumped. So there you go girls , this is how you look when you jump...not very pretty is it?

These next two pictures are a couple of the ones we shot the morning before the wedding. I would love to add a few more because Mikasa looked absolutely radiant and very alluring; however, I do not want to risk the wrath of her mother and so this is all this blog gets of this particular shoot.

Now these are Mikasa's pictures from her bridal shoot. If I could do one thing as a wedding photographer, it would be to talk all brides into doing a bridal shoot before the actual wedding day. We did these the night before. I love a bridal shoot because I find brides are excited and happy and not at all stressed or tired from the actual wedding day. We always have fun and I think the pictures show that. Thanks Mikasa for valuing my opinion and going along with me and I hope you think it was worth it.

Mikassa had wonderful hot pink high heeled shoes for her wedding day, but when we saw all the great shoes she had to choose from we realized that it was probably a tough choice deciding which ones to actually wear on the big day.

Oh what fun!

If only all of my photoshoots went this well. I guess it is true, the eyes say it all and I love this picture and how it seems to speak for itself. I took my sister out with me so she could get a little more familiar with her camera and we just had a blast. Thanks Megan and Dawn. I hope you are both happy with the results of this shoot. I hope Megan treasures the pictures and I hope Dawn learned a little bit , but most of all I hope you both had fun. I know I sure did. And can anyone guess where this location is by the windmills?

Beautiful, beautiful light! Why or why can't it last longer. A few minutes is all you get so you have to make the most of it.

Now that is one cute little Cowgirl!

Perhaps we have taken one too many pictures!

A little black and white!

Oh la la...someone is looking pretty good! You are such a sport Megan and you sure know how to work it!

I love that perfect light. It was such beautiful evening.

If every person I photographed had this sense of humor and was willing to let herself or himself go like Megan did our jobs would certainly be easier. Thanks Megan for letting us have such a good time and for just letting us do what we love doing best.

One Cool Cat

Someday everyone is going know Max and love him just as much as we do. Max needed some head shots for his acting career so we went out and had some fun. As you can see, he has a big personality and is tons of fun to work with. And yes girls, last time I checked he was single.

The many faces of Max...I wish I had the time and space to share them all with you.

Cute Kids

I have been so lucky to have had the opportunity to photograph some adorable kids over the summer. I love taking pictures of kids. Some love their pictures taken, some you have to persuade and some you have to down right bribe. Girls usually are much easier and like to see themselves in pictures but little boys are usually just too busy to sit still long enough to get a few shots off. Here are just few of my favorite shots.

Now those eyes say it all. He doesn't really want these pictures done, but he is willing to please me! And all it ended up costing me was two transformers and a trip to the water park.

As you can tell, this little man takes everything pretty seriously.
His brother, not so much!
Again, not so thrilled to have his picture taken but you gotta love that face!
The sweet little birthday girl!
Now this little guy couldn't get enough of the camera! Loved, loved , loved doing his pictures. What a ball of fun!
As you can see, good looks run in this family. Again, I could have taken this little girls picture all day long. Hopefully, I will get the chance to do it again. She is perfect.

Jaden's wedding.

Sorry for the length of this blog, but it isn't everyday one's son gets married...especially to such a beautiful and photogenic young woman. Since the beautiful couple is in Florida and can't get on to facebook at the hotel ( yes, it is killing my daughter-in-law) I had to put a quick blog together for them so they could see some pictures.

My beautiful boy...one of the joys of my life.

She is stunningly beautiful and I am thrilled to have her as my new daughter

I don't know what it is about this picture but for some reason I love it... I just keep coming back to it.

A picture so everyone can see how beautiful my island is. Thanks big sister for helping me decorate the arbor. I think it looks beautiful...exactly how I had hoped it would look (minus the rain clouds)

Our new little granddaughter Nikiand her and the new man in her life...her Jadybear.
I wonder if there will be another Bourque-Meszaros connection in the years to come.

The beautiful little Miss Niki again

And Alexcia...what can we say about Alexcia.

performing for the audience....
yes, I guess it is a family trait. Or he is just really a happy wedding guest.

The beautiful, and sweet bridesmaid. I know she is thrilled to be getting one of her best friends for a sister.

Another pretty little bridesmaid. The sweet Jessica.
And a few detail shots.