Congratulations to one of my favorite Commercial Clients!

Well! I am sooo impressed and excited!

One of my favorite commercial clients just called. Jeff from JKB Construction entered a very prestigious competition - the Georgie Awards. It's much like the academy awards for renovators, contractors and architects. His company has been choosen for the finalists!!

I wish him luck and sure hope he wins! His work is amazing, and he's a great person too!

Here are some of the before and 'after' shots... (befores are his)






To see more of his work, go to his website at:
www.jkbconstruction.com

Kaelen and David's Wedding

Every wedding is different, but one of my most recent weddings was pure joy to shoot.

Kaelen and David's wedding was so much fun because Kaelen and David are such wonderful people. I think they are my most favorite clients yet!

They are both genuine people. They are also very thoughtful. I was overwhelmed with how many people at their wedding thought so too.

The location was lovely. The Vancouver Golf Club has recently been renovated. It was a great spot for their ceremony and photos.

Kaelen and David's love for each other just shines through their eyes. I think their portraits reflect that joy, as you can see here:


Oddly enough, it rained on their special day. I have only done 3 weddings in my entire career that have rained. (Knock on wood!) But amazingly enough, the sun came out for a few special shots for their ceremony and just afterwards. It made for some spectacular shots and deeply saturated colors. We also took a few afterwards that are going to make spectacular wall portraits!

Weddings are always full of romance, beauty, joy and style, but you can't always capture it just the way you'd like. However, the following portrait is just so perfect - full of pure beauty, grace and joy that I had to post it:

Here are a few more of my favorite shots from the formals.
I had a hard time deciding which portraits to choose!


Of course every wedding has to have some good detail shots!
Here's one of Kaelen's dress. It is Definitely one of my favorite designs ever!


Thank You Kaelen and David for letting me be part of your very special day!

Image Explorations - Thanks to Joe & Carol - & the I.E. team!

If you ever look up any successful business person - in any field - you'll find one of the common denominators of their success is attributed to continued education in their chosen field.

Ever since reading that, I have tried to keep up with my education in my career on a daily basis. Since I love learning, it's pretty easy to keep up on books, conventions and what not. However, it is difficult to find hands on experience that really inspires and teaches you to go beyond your usual limits.

Well if you are a photographer - you are in luck! Image Explorations out of Shawnigan Lake on Beautiful Vancouver Island offers education and inspiration in spades. Even if you aren't a fan of learning usually, the I.E. experience makes it easy! It's a great format and combination of lack of ego, great networking, exceptional educators and an inspiring location. Of course the behind the scenes work is beyond compare as well, or it simply wouldn't be the exceptional learning experience that it is.

Here's two of my favorite portraits taken at I.E. of a fellow classmate.


It just reminds me that "you can make it as simple or as easy as you like." A valid lesson that has had far reaching implications for my business as well as my personal life! Thanks Joe and Carol!

I took Joe Glyda & Carol Andrews' class this summer aptly called 'bring your own brain.' I HIGHLY recommend it to anyone in photography! It was truly inspiring and moving and has changed the way I do business.

It reminded me of the basics of life, lighting, and finding inspiration and passion in my work that makes work play! And it truly did challenge my brain!
It also reminded me of one of my favorite quotes on life, 'how you do anything is how you do everything.'

So thanks to Joe, Carol, the wonderful staff at Shawnigan Lake, Don, "C", Tomo, Lee, Gord, Eric and Eddie - and so many more. It was yet another phenomenal educational experience that will keep me going until next year! :)

Amazing Jody!

I recently photographed another amazing client!

Very kind and thoughtful, as well as humble and easy to work with, Jody had great tips for my business that I thought I should share.

Here's a bit about her... and one of her photos for her website....



Jody Gabourie, The Small Business Marketing Coach, delivers simple, innovative and powerful marketing strategies to help business owners find and keep their most profitable clients.

A lover of marketing, she spent 19 years in the corporate world of advertising and broadcast doing a variety of marketing, research and sales positions helping large and small business owners attain success.

Jody started her own company, Maven Solutions in 2006, to help small business owners and entrepreneurs achieve the marketing success they and their companies want. She feels very strongly that she has a message to share with business owners: that marketing is something they can do, do it well, and use it to achieve the life and business they desire and deserve!

Jody also believes that marketing can be an authentic action and people can learn to view marketing as an opportunity to honestly share themselves and their knowledge with people.

If you’re ready to triumph with your marketing then get started with your FREE special report 5 Simple Steps to Find and Keep Your Most Profitable Clients by visiting Jody’s marketing website:

http://www.jodygabouriemarketingcoach.com/

Do go visit her and let me know what you think! ;)

Take care,
Karen

The Taboo Show in Abbotsford

Wow - been awhile since I posted!

Besides the Christmas and Valentines rush, we had a very sick girl to attend to for a few months। Thanks to everyone who sent their prayers, thoughts, and well wishes! She's an amazing girl and has recovered 100% or more! :) Well, it's been a wild few weeks - and here's the latest highlight...

The studio went to a Very Interesting Trade show this weekend...

The Taboo Show in Abbotsford. We met some terrific people and had a ton of fun... thanks so much to Lisa and Gary for helping 'man' the booth. Gary was my wonderful technical advisor and printer and Lisa was so awesome at assisting with photos and helping greet everyone. We were so lucky to introduce so many people to our boudoir, fashion and glamour photography - as well as some wedding and family work.

Also have to thank Laurel and Ross from Essensuals... for not only the great help, but for the loan of a great bike for the photo shoots. See her on-line store at:

http://www.esensuals.ca/department/36.html

Here's one of my favorite poses from the weekend on the bike...

And my absolute favorite - what a cutie!

Thanks to "Mom And Dad'' for letting us use these photos for display of such a cute puppy! :)

We had everything from the very tame to the very daring for clothing choices... both men and women loved the bike... and puppies too!

Looking forward to welcoming everyone to our studio that received the gift certificates for a free boudoir session. The certificate included the session fees and all artwork!

A spectacular savings of anywhere from 275.00 to 575.00, depending on artwork chosen...

And CONGRATULATIONS to Shannon Haig of Mission, BC who won the grand prize of a Deluxe Designer Session complete with album and artwork!

Take care, Karen