As our life often is sometimes, the past few weeks have been packed with busy schedules, fun and excitement, and a rush of challenges and finding solutions. Through it all, we've come to realize how much we depend on each other for support and to share our joys with!
Many of you know things have been crazy busy here at Sam and Mary Photography and we are thrilled to be able to share tons of AWESOME engagement sessions so far and will be blogging more of them soon! We've been looking forward to this for weeks! Whew!!!
So, to celebrate, today we are off for a couple of days to catch our breaths, find inspiration, and recharge our batteries before wedding season rolls into full swing. They say it's better for the creative juices, so who are we to say no? : ) The plan: sunny afternoons lounging by the pool or at the beach, sipping wine and watching the sunet, relaxing dinners (without the laptops) and of course lots of NAPS!!! We will of course be bringing our camera (not plural!), one lens, no flash and only 1 Gig!!! We're packing light!
We just wanted to say a huge "THANK YOU!" to all our couples so far for making the engagement sessions so much fun. You guys make our day with your adventurous spirit, love of life, and for being truly in love. Thank you for allowing us to explore with you and for not being afraid to love. We are deep with gratitude for being a small part of your lives (hopefully this is just a beginning!) and I know we've said it before, but you guys make our work so worthwhile! We love our jobs and can't imagine doing anything else!
Looking forward to your wedding days and can't wait to celebrate with you!
Special thanks to Anna and Paul - we will be shooting their wedding at the Museum of Civilization end of August! - for the nice bottle of ..er.. "inspiration". ;) This is definitely part of our plan and we will be enjoying it surrounded by our girls' squealing voices as they run free and splash in the waters...
Love you guys!
We're so excited for their wedding day coming up in July, which will be held at the Restaurant 18. It will be an amazing day filled with good food and wine, good friends and lots of great memories!
Stephanie and Travis: Thanks for all the fun we've had so far hangin' out talking wedding stuff and for rockin' out with us! You both are such a beautiful couple inside and out. Steph, thanks for talking purse-talk with me, now I'll definitely know who to blame for taking me down this slippery slope! We can't wait to see you guys again soon!
Much love,
Mary (& Sam)
And to show I haven't been slacking off! :D
I love this one! It so says, "Canadian, eh?"
Hope that gives you a sneak peek!
Thanks so much, Roon-bop, for your kind and sincere words! Sam and I feel so honoured and continue to explore and get better at what we do. We wish you all the best in your photography adventures! Keep it up!
The best advice we can give to photographers who are learning and starting out is to follow your passions and be true to who you are! Go out there and practice shooting what you love. Staying in touch with what moves you is one of the things that has helped us to develop our style of photography and keeps us grounded in creating images that tell the story of each of our subjects, who they are, and how they love.
I love these ones of Kelsey and her dog, Angus, just hangin' out. They are such a perfectly matched pair!
This is her bear that she's had since birth, so it is well loved!
She doesn't normally jump on her bed, but when we gave her permission (with her dad's approval, of course!), she was a natural!
Definitely something every kid ought to do!
Kelsey, thanks for allowing us to capture you being yourself. We love your calm and sweet personality and glad we can have some fun hanging out in your world. Keep that sense of wonder and fun!
Much love,
Mary (& Sam)