My Favorites

Well I think it's safe to say I completely dropped the ball on blogging this month. As soon as I gave up on blogging every day things went way WAY downhill. Well I'm back and I'm doing a give away! It's partly as a "forgive me for not blogging and please keep visiting my site" and partly as a belated Christmas gift to you. This is my favorites of the year!

Going through these photos was a reminder of how lucky I am to have such great clients, friends, supporters and everyone in between. I still can't really believe that I decided to pursue this only a year ago. 1 year! Sometimes I find myself thinking I haven't booked enough for next year and what else can I be doing, but then I take a deep breathe and realize this past year was so much more than I ever expected and rather than stressing about what is to come I should take a moment to be thankful. So THANK YOU to all of you, I honestly wouldn't be where I am without you! I can't wait for 2010, but for now here we go, my faves of the year.

oh and the give away! It's a 8x10 canvas print of your choice, whether it's one of the favorites, something you've seen on the blog before or a portrait I shot for you earlier this year, the choice is yours. All you have to do is leave a comment and I'll randomly draw someone on January 1st from all the commenters. Good luck to all!

31 days of blogging

Welcome to my blog challenge. Late last month I attended a photography seminar and was reminded of the importance of consistent blogging. SO I decided to challenge myself by committing to blog every day for the entire month of December. It seems like a good way to finish off the year and will definitely be a challenge.

To start us off we're going back to the beginning with Matt and Monique. These two were a couple of my first portrait subjects. We did an engagement session back in the early summer and to be honest it was probably more for me than for them. We recently finalized that I will be shooting their wedding in Mexico this coming May (YAY!!) which I am so excited about. It will bring us full circle as Kyle and I were both present when Matt proposed last New Year's Eve.

The one thing missing from their engagement session was their dog Wembley. Since our first session they've added little maya to the bunch as well so they wanted to do a few family photos. It was freezing the day we met for this shoot, but everyone was a good sport, even the pups!

That's all for today.. see you tomorrow!

A.J. & Jay

Hello friends!

I know it's been awhile. Big things have been happening over the past couple weeks. The biggest news is our new puppy Jack. He is so stinkin' adorable and I promise to post photos soon.

For now I wanted to share some recent engagement photos. I spent some time with A.J. and Jay last weekend and had a great time walking through Sandy Beach and checking out their neighborhood bookstore.

We shared a lot of laughs during this shoot and can't wait to shoot their wedding this spring at the zoo.

M & M

Meet Matt and Monique. 

Matt proposed this past New Years at Kicking Horse resort. He schemed a plan to propose on the Gondola on the way up to the restaurant at the top of the hill. It didn't go quite as planned, but I think it made for a better story. I was lucky enough to be part of a group of friends waiting for them at the top ready to celebrate their new engagement. They're getting married next year in Mexico and today I had the privilege of shooting their engagement photos. 

They were both terrific sports, putting up with the beating sun any my weird ideas. This was my first shoot with a couple, and I couldn't have asked for a better pair. 

Thanks so guys, I hope you enjoy! 

much love. 

Shannon Yankee ( as per Matt)