Leisinger Family- Prince George Family Photographer

I had the priviledge of meeting up with the Leisinger family just after Christmas (I know I know- what took me so long to post!!). It had been a nice week and I had spent time outside and didn't think the temperature would affect us too much. WRONG! It ended up being a little colder than we liked, but this family pushed through! Although I would suggest that appropriate footwear be chosen during these temperamental winter months. Flimsy summer time sneakers may not be the best bet for 20 below zero walking through snow drifts!

It was a fun afternoon and I got to play with my camera for a little bit after the shoot. I don't take those opportunities as much as I should in the winter. Now that things have sort of calmed down a bit I can head outside with my cameras!

More Wedding Favorites from 2009

Well, here are the rest of my favorites from 2009. I hope you enjoy them as much as I did! All my 2009 couples were so much fun and really allowed me to perfect my craft. Thank you very much to each and every one of you. I pray that this first year of marriage continues to bring you joy, excitement, challenges and love. I'd love to hear which one is your favorite!!!
Have a great day, I'm off to a WHL hockey game where Tysen and Rylen are the 1st period entertainment! Go CHCA Flames Go!!!

The start of something favorite!!

It's been kinda crazy at my house these last few days as I'm getting my house ready to sell. There is a lot of stuff that needs to be cleaned! I have moved quite a few times in my 16 years of marriage and know that there needs to be a purge or two of stuff every year. And I do that, so I CANNOT imagine how it would be to move if you've never gotten rid of stuff before. The staff at the Salvation Army smiled widely when my van pulled up! It's such a cathartic feeling to get rid of stuff you don't use anymore.

Because of that busyness of cleaning and packing I hadn't had the opportunity to share some of my favorites of 2009. Note that I said some.... SOME! This entry only contains some of the weddings from this year, I'll make another entry in a couple of days with more of my favorites. I tried to be intentional and not post ones that had been posted previously, but if I duplicated, I'm sorry. I had a hard time whittling down each wedding to 3 favorites each. I could have posted many many more of each couple, but time was an issue.

Enjoy these photos and come back in a couple of days to see more of my favorites - I may actually post several favorites of the year as I'm not shooting too much right now. So this may become a favorite blog for a week or two with maybe something different posted in there now and then. Which one is your favorite?

Have a great day, I've gotta get back to my storage room. Sigh..... a few more days until we list the house and then things will have to slow down.... can't have the house full of boxes while we sell!!

Kevin and Kayce-Wedding

"Hey Kayce... this is your last time brushing your teeth as a single woman." "Hey Kayce, this is your last washroom trip as a single woman." "Hey Kayce.... this is your last time as a single woman." These phrases were familiar fare this morning as I photographed Kayce getting ready for her wedding to Kevin. The jokes and laughter were rampant throughout the house, the church and other locations during the day.

Her whole face lights up when she smiles - I've seen a lot of smiles, but her real (like laugh at my bootie dance laughing smile when her face is tired from all photo smiling) is amazing. Her smiling made me smile and I smiled a lot today!!

Kayce and Kevin are sooooo perfect for eachother. I had a chance to shoot some engagement photos two days ago (they'll be posted sometime later!!) and walked away with a sore face from smiling and laughing so much. They are such a fun couple, they both had me laughing and I knew that shooting their wedding day wasn't going to be boring.

It was a beautiful day, the snow lightly fell all day long providing some amazing shots. I found a little winter wonderland for us to shoot in and I found myself at times comparing it to Narnia. You can bet I'm heading back there in the next few days to shoot some more!!

Anyways, back to Kevin and Kayce - thanks for asking me to be part of your day, I had a great time. My first wedding of 2010 and I couldn't have asked for a better couple to start out this new year. Thanks for sticking it out in the cold allowing us to get some amazing shots of you too and for making it fun today. I pray all the best for you as you start out together in this new adventure.

Have a great honeymoon - and while you were cold with your feet in the snow today I know you were dreaming of sticking your toes in the sand in Mexico!

Change

So....I have often been heard saying that I love change and that change is good and that things need to change. Carly = change = good. It has been a huge testament to my good friend Lisa (who also happens to be my hair stylist) that my hair hasn't changed a lot in the last year and a half. She has been persistent with me and challenging me to create change for my hair by not doing anything drastic to it like I used to. So I guess I maybe was still changing, it just took a little bit longer than usual!

Anyways!! Back to change and Carly. Yes, there is change ahead for me and my family. Sometime in February our family will be moving to start working with a youth ministry in Calgary, Alberta. Garth will likely move first and the boys and I will stay in PG until our house sells. Change? Royally! Excited? Yes! Nervous? A little bit. Not at the whole moving thing as Garth and I cannot really count how many times we've moved in our 16 years of marriage. I'm nervous about assimilating our family (mainly boys) into a new world for them. BUT.... the Lord has been calming my nerves and will continue to do so. Our church family was informed today so I now feel comfortable telling my blog world what is happening.

I am pro at packing up homes and boxes and lives. I've done it before and will do it again. The thing is I've never moved a business before! Not too sure how to do that one yet. But do not worry, if you've booked me for a wedding I'm still coming! I'll just call it a destination wedding now! Even if the destination doesn't include little umbrellas in my drink or sticking my toes in the sand while I shoot, it's still a different destination for me!

So if you have family or friends that need engagement, wedding or family photos in the Calgary area, please tell them about me and how awesome I am and how good I smell and how bright and white my teeth are and how luxurious my hair is (thanks again Lisa!!). Well you maybe don't need to tell them all those things about me, but let them know that I'm new to Calgary and would love to be their photographer!!

So I could be stressing out right now trying to figure out how to edit weddings, shoot weddings, get my house ready to sell, get my boys ready to move and pack a house all in 6 weeks, but I'm not. I'm focussing on my family and having a great time with them. And because my blog is much better when there are some photos here are a couple of shots of what I've been doing the last couple of days (or at least what I took photos of!)

Have a great new year.... check out the blog in the days ahead for my favorites of the previous year and for my first wedding of the year!!