Edmonton Wedding Photographer | Haunted by Recurring Nightmare!

I still vividly remember my Mother finding me sitting on top of the laundry hamper in the second story bathroom of my childhood home. It was still dark out and I was terrified. I was still little enough to sit on top of one of those hard metal hampers covered in vinyl that were all the rage back in the eighties. You know, the ones that weight 12 lbs without so much a pair of fruit of the looms inside. If I could curl up on top of that thing, I was a much younger self.

Perhaps it was so long ago that my Mother doesn't even remember the event in question. I am not a very young self anymore.

The dream went like this. I was walking down the road and a big dog was chasing me. He was big and furry and looked like a wolf and he had gigantic teeth.

Fast forward eleventyseven years and you will find that I own a husky, named Boris. I was obviosly not quite as scarred by this dream as you might think, considering that I so vividly remember the dream.

Now.

Picture me having another dream, at least once a weak. It is so scary, little kids might even wet the bed.

It goes like this....

I am an all grown up version of myself, just like now. The phone rings, and I awnser. It is a call about an emergency wedding. A wedding planner tells me that the photographer is gravely ill and my services are required. IMMEDIATELY. I jump in my truck, race to the wedding and can't find it. I call the wedding planner and all of a sudden a rock wall in a very remote area of Newfoundland moves and a road appears. I follow the road down a winding road, down the hill and to a parking lot of a golf course. There are people everywhere. There are more DSLR cameras than I have ever seen. Brad and Angelina are there with all of their kids, Ben and Jenn with little Violet....I am quite confused. Newfoundland is very beautiful and has wonderful people, but isn't exactly known for its celebrity population...

Suddenly, I hear a rapping on the window and turn my head to see a frantic looking lady with a clipboard and a headset motioning for me to get out of the car.

I get out and she gives me the low down. Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes are getting married (Aren't they already married?!?!) and the photographer is sick. There is paparazzi everywhere. They look like when you move a log and all the bugs scatter. Could I please step in.

At this point the dream skips a little bit. I have realized this is not a golf course, it is their house. I am not a Tom Cruise fan. I really was not a fan long before the Oprah episode where he clearly displayed the fact that he had lost his mind. He just doesn't float my boat. I am totally sure the feeling would be mutual.

The wedding is about to start and there is a full orchestra playing as we all wait breathlessly to see young Katie come down the aisle to seal her fate...errr....tie the knot?

That's when it becomes a nightmare! MY CAMERA BREAKS. In all of my rushing to get to the emergency wedding, it seems I have run off without any sort of back up, short of the Canon Powershot camera that I have stowed in the glove compartment of my truck for taking photos of the kids at Chuck E. Cheese.

Well now this is always where the dream ends and thank goodness for small favors. The very last part of every dream is this.

I am at Safeway. I look at the magazine rack. People Magazine. "Fraud- Professional Photographer Uses Point and Shoot Camera" WITH A GIANT PHOTO OF ME WITH A PANICKED LOOK ON MY FACE LOOKING AT THE LCD SCREEN OF THE LITTLE CAMERA.

Wish me good night, and good luck. I don't want to spend any more nights with the TomKat.

xoxoxoxo
Amy

Deb and Angie's wedding- What a lucky wedding photographer I am!

I had an awesome time with Angie and Deb in August. They had a very private wedding ceremony in their backyard with only an attendant each, the wedding officiant, a guest, myself and my camera, and two of their neighbors in attendance. It was so simple it was amazing. The girls were accompanied by 'their girls'. Tyra and Peanut, two of the most amazing dogs ever. They were incredibly well behaved and even posed for numerous photos. If all dogs were as well behaved as these two, I might even branch into pet photography!

The wedding ceremony was awesome, but the following week I was back for their wedding reception! Quite the party planners, they even had a pool for the kids to wade around in! As as if you couldn't get any more fun, there was a giant group Hokey Pokey celebration involving all of the kids and an adult or two or ten!

I am so glad that I was the lucky wedding photographer who got to spend time with this group of awesome individuals! Check out their wedding here!

New wedding and portrait photography site launched in Edmonton

I am so excited to finally launch my new wedding and portrait photography website, www.IslandMistPhotography.com

I have had a busy summer photography beautiful weddings and families in Edmonton and Newfoundland, and creating my brand new website. You will find a showcase of my wedding photography and family portrait photography, as well as a little information about me and pricing information.

I look forward to hearing your comments on my new website. As soon as you are finished checking it out, make sure you let me know what you think!

Check it out!

Sadly, Edmonton wedding season is drawing to a close....

Edmonton's wedding photography season is coming to an end!

It's been an amazing season and I have had the opportunity to photograph some truly amazing weddings. It is always at the end of a wedding season when I look back and think about how lucky I am to be a photographer. Weddings are one of the most special days of any one's life and I get to be there to document it, forever! After a wedding, when all the cake is eaten and the iconic wedding dress is carefully cleaned and stored, all that is left are the amazing memories, and the photographs to document the day. I get to be an integral part of that, and I am thankful every day that photography is my talent. Some people search their whole lives to find a job that makes their heart sing, and for me, photography is that job.

I am grateful to all of the brides and grooms of whose weddings I had the privilege of attending this year. You guys were all amazing. I loved spending time with you and your incredible families on your wedding day! You make my job the best there is!

Come look at some of this summers greatest Edmonton weddings.