Monthly Archives: March 2009

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You touched my heart…

March 31, 2009 – 9:46 am

I met up with Marti and Evan this weekend for some coffee and to my surprise received this beautifully written Thank You card from them:

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My heart squeezed as I read it… you have no idea how much those words mean to me. When I photograph a couple, I don’t just approach it as a job… I get involved in the little moments, I rejoice in their love. I told Marti afterwards that I don’t know if there’s a single wedding I haven’t cried at. Every couple I meet means so much to me and feedback like this makes my world go round! I even have a special folder in my filing cabinet I keep all my thank you’s in… I retire them there after they’ve spent a month on my bulletin board reminding me how wonderful my clients are. :)

Thank YOU Marti and Evan! It was an honour to watch you celebrate your love and become husband and wife… I will always treasure the time I spent with you and Erin and Scott. :)

{Amber}

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Question #7

March 30, 2009 – 10:06 am

Linda asked me: “Do you have any photographer horror story of you own during a session or dealing with a customers?”

The only ‘horror’ story I can tell you happened with one of my earliest brides. Heather (shown below) had just gotten into her dress and was coming out of her room to have some pre-ceremony portraits taken. I was just switching my lens when I looked up to see Heather examining the ENORMOUS snag in her beautiful lace dress which she had just caught on the doorframe. My heart almost stopped… this was surely about to be one of those wedding horror stories I’ve heard so much about!

Was I ever shocked when Heather looked up and completely calmly said “Can someone who knows how to fix this sort of thing help me out?”.  All was mended amazingly fast and moments later we were taking this wonderful series:

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I know, I know… it’s not the horror story you were looking for! But honestly, I’ve been blessed with nothing but wonderful clients and beautiful days. :)

{ Amber }

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Featured on Rock ‘n Roll Bride!

March 18, 2009 – 11:43 am

Kat over at Rock ‘n Roll Bride made my day today by featuring one of my sessions on her blog! Check it out here or by clicking the image below. :D

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Thanks again Kat! It’s a pleasure to be featured on your blog alongside so many talented photographers!

{Amber}

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Interested in a new blog template?

March 17, 2009 – 1:44 pm

For those of you who are interested, my blog is put together using the Pro Photo theme for Wordpress. I love how easy it is for me to post, add photos, change my look and tweak my settings. It’s really user friendly AND it has that sexy flash banner… gotta love it! ;)

Well, if you’re interested in getting a Pro Photo theme for your blog you can use this code to receive $10 off: AHUGHES399

It’s not much, but hey… it’s something! ;)

{Amber}

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Reena and Aman – Day After Session

March 13, 2009 – 5:27 pm

Last weekend I had the pleasure of meeting Reena and Aman for an awesome day after session involving not one, but two bridges!

I was contacted to shoot this session by Reena’s friend Sharon Rai, a local makeup artist. She did Reena’s stunning bollywood makeup and hair for our shoot… loved the results!

Check out this stairwell… you know how much I love architecture! ;)

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Sigh… I love tender moments….

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Work it!!

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Hotttttttt!! Seriously you two, it’s lucky my camera didn’t burst into flames with this next shot! Wowee! :D

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Love the attitude… Fierce!

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A little bridge love…

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Love these next two!

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Bridge #2 ;)

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Check out the passion!

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Seriously? Reena, you are SO beautiful! My camera was loving you that day! :)

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I’m like a magnet to beautiful details… and Reena was covered with them! Here’s just a few choice close ups of how amazing her outfit was that day…

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Thanks again for being such troopers you two! Hard to believe this was shot on the same day we got the freak snow storm… Vancouver’s so unpredictable in the spring, but I thankfully it was beautiful just long enough to capture you two!

{ Amber }

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