97th Street in Edmonton is an awesome location for family photos!

Driving Daniel to hockey yesterday, I am having a conversation with him about not eating his lunch at school. Typical kid stuff. But then he said something that amazed the hell out of me!

"Wow, what a great location for family pictures!."

What? A 10 year old boy just picked out my favorite location for family photos. The leaves are beautiful at Griesbach every single year. It has to be the best leave display in the City of Edmonton, but really, he noticed!? Men don't notice these things!? Especially 10 year olds who haven't even become men yet.

I decided that he must have been trying to distract me from my lecture about the importance of eating his apple and banana. I remember driving to Sweet Bay, Newfoundland with my dad who was angry with me over a mark from my grade 3 math test (because that was what made all the difference in who I turned out to be). In an attempt to distract him, I pointed to a hill and said, "Gee, there sure are a lot of trees up there. How many do you think there are Dad?' I thought it worked when he said, "Thousands....." but then he proceeded with the lecture. I thought Daniel had taken a page from my book of distractions.

Then I started to think about it. Since he was 5 he has watched me edit and proof wedding pictures and family portraits. He has seen all of the Newfoundland backgrounds I loved, and now he sees photos of the places I love in Edmonton. He has been seated for his own portraits and our family portraits . He has watched me Photoshop for so long now that I think that he could edit pictures on his own. He has on occasion looked at something I have done in a creative state of mind and said 'Why did you do that?"

So I guess really, I have hope for a great assistant in the future. He has the makings of one now, but child labour would get me in trouble. He will do a fabulous job of working by my side, as long as he gets taller! But to do that...he needs to eat his lunch!

Fluff!

I had a great afternoon with Amanda, Alex, Lindsay and Peggy at Rundle Park today! What a funny group! They were all cute on their own, but then a neighbor's super cute pooch showed up and jumped into the pictures too!

Amanda started a mutany when she got into some plants that had HUGE amounts of this fluffy white stuff (that I am still trying to get out of my hair and eyes!) Of course, she couldn't resist blowing it at her big sister!

Here are a few shots from the day! If you would like to see more, visit www.IslandMistPhotography.com/peg

Graduation Day...

Today I had a great time taking pictures of some stunning girls, before they headed off to their high school graduation. I knew that each of these girls was very pretty when I met them, but it was after the fact, when I had virtually NO editing to do, that I realized how beautiful they really are!

I had a great afternoon ladies, and I hope you had a great time at your banquet! Here are some samples of your photos...I hope you enjoy this teaser...

May 15, 2007

.........Now that I have finished editing your photos ladies, you will find that this link http://www.islandmistphotography.com/may12/may12gallery.html will bring you to an online contact sheet of low resolution images. Just click on each picture to see a clearer version....

Don't forget you can contact me at amydonovan@shaw.ca or 271-7082 to order, or if you have any questions! I hope you enjoy them!

...And they called it Puppy Love

Today I got to take spend a great morning drinking Lattes and shooting a beautiful puppy named Tatiana. She will need to forgive me if I have mispelled her name...but I did of course, give it my best effort. Just an absolute bundle of energy she didn't sit still for a moment to have her picture taken, preferring a more 'Papparazzieusqe' style of photography. Here are some shots as I chased her around her house and garden. Thanks for a great day ladies...