OKAY, MY FAMILY THINKS I'VE LOST IT!

Yes, it's true! My family thinks I've totally flown the coup but my real friends know that I am just crazy enough to do what I need to, to try and win a contest!

I've been a follower of Brandy's (Fresh Sugar) for quite some time now. Brandy is now collaborating with Danna of

Bowes Photography

and the two of them run a fabulous site out of Calgary called Two Photogs. What I love about this site is that the two of them are fresh and funny and kind of different in the same sense with different things to offer! I love Danna's studio work... amazing and I love Brandy's ability to rock the natural light.

Anyways...

Danna and Brandy are running a contest on their site for the chance at one of the five spots in their first Photography Mentorship Program that will start in January 2010. First off, I'd like to say that i'd LOVE the chance to win a spot in their upcoming program... what an amazing opportunity! With four BUSY, BUSY kids and a workaholic husband it's really hard for me to travel and participate in a lot of educational courses to further my abilities, which I'd really like to do. It's a great opportunity to learn and grow my business. They are both very successful at what they do and I think they have a lot to offer other photographers. Secondly, this was an awesome chance to be selfish, sit back and recognize what my "Guilty Pleasures" are. It was also a lot of fun to make a mess with the popcorn (tee hee!)

So, the challenge was:

"Take a self portrait that incorporates your favorite guilty pleasure"...

I actually looked to some of my favorite people to see what THEY would say are a few of my guilty pleasures... they were right on!

First off...

Here's my guilty pleasure list:

1. popcorn, especially movie theatre popcorn
2. baths, preferably jacuzzi and most importantly uninterrupted!
3. scrapbooking... it's not a cheap hobby but it keeps me sane and it's a good excuse to take pictures (if you need an excuse?)

Anyways, here's my take!

These first 3 are the "documentation" of my crazy idea! I popped a lot of popcorn and I made a BIG mess!

















Here's my bath tub shots... remember that I took these all myself and I know it doesn't look like a lot of popcorn in these shots, but there was.... 2 big shopvac containers full!









In this next shot... I was seriously laughing at myself!












At first I was going to only include my popcorn in the bathtub shots... then I thought that I really couldn't leave out the scrapbooking... it's a daily part of my life! For those of you that don't know, when I'm not busy driving my kids around or hanging out at hockey arena's I teach and work part time at The Urban Scrapbook. I teach quite a bit of classes there and I try and scrapbook a little everyday. I'm not joking when I say that it keeps me sane! It's MY time in MY room doing MY thing...


This is my self portrait of me doing my thing... actually starting to scrapbook my Guilty Pleasures pictures!




When it was all said and done I decided that it wouldn't be complete without "scrapbooking" the pictures... it's just what I do!
So here it is!






There are a lot of great pictures that other photographers have entered... it's going to be hard for Brandy and Danna to pick. I'm sure they all want to win this contest as badly as I do! No matter what, I really enjoyed the process... popcorn popping and all!

Anyways, my fingers are crossed and I hope you will cross your fingers for me too!
Can't wait till Wednesday to find out!

Have a great week and if you are in Edmonton and area.... stay warm and make sure you bundle up!

Sheri

ONCE AGAIN...

The fabulous Melissa over at Wedding Obsession has done it again!

Melissa has featured the amazing and beautiful wedding of Jaclyn and Martin on her site. I've been informed it's going to be a two parter!! Jaclyn and Martin are two of the nicest people EVER! Being able to capture their day was a huge honor and only someone that captures weddings can understand that being able to use my camera and document their day, their love, their connections is AMAZING! Love it!

This wedding was the first wedding I photographed and once you see the pictures you'll know why it was fantastic!
Jaclyn had so many details... there was so much love and you know it's a great wedding when you get my husband to cry!

Thanks Melissa and thanks Jaclyn and Martin!

Here's the LINK

I'm off to bed... sick with a nasty cold!

Have a wonderful day!

Sheri

WONDERFUL WINTER WEDDING - SHERWOOD PARK, ALBERTA WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHER

This past weekend, Leisa had the opportunity to capture Andrew and Sarah's big day.
It was a magical winter wedding that took place at Festival Place in Sherwood Park, Alberta. Their big day wasn't without snow and cold weather but the bride and groom did an amazing job even posing for photos in the near blizzard like conditions - Thanks so much Andrew and Sarah!
It really is hard not to literally feel the love the two of them share... so amazing to witness and we wish you the both the best of everything in your live's together and on your honeymoon in St.Lucia... can you bring us with you?

These are a few of my favorites... I'l be back soon with some of Leisa's favorites!

























Stay warm...

Sheri

FUN, FAMILY PHOTO SESSION

A couple of weeks ago, I was lucky enough to be once again asked by the Gustke family to capture their family in photos!
Frank worked with the dad for quite a few years and we've been lucky enough to get to know this sweet family and their oh so handsome little guy! It was a little chilly out but the three of them were troopers! I really love these photos and I've been finding some very fun locales for photos and this was no exception!

This is a sneak of my favorite photos from the day!









I hope you all had a great weekend...
Leisa and I finished up a wedding and now we are getting ready for Andrew and Sarah's big day, next weekend! Can't wait and I hope we get a little more snow for photos- I know the couple would also agree!

Be back soon!

Sheri

HAPPY WEDNESDAY!

I hope you are all having a fabulous week...
I cannot believe that it is already Wednesday!

I can't wait for the weekend as one of my best friends is coming down from Airdrie for the weekend and I haven't seen her since the beginning of August! She's also bringing her son who is one of my son's best friends! Can't wait to see you Melissa and Nick!

I told you that I would be back with some pictures from our Thanksgiving weekend in Jasper. Here are some of my favorite photos from the weekend...



This first photo is straight out of camera (no photoshop) and taken at sunset, from Pyramid Lake Island. It was fun out there taking "dark" photos but when the sun was down we had to get out of there as it was REALLY dark and really freaky!



One of the girls took this photo of Frank and I and I actually like it! I love that my kids love taking pictures and they are getting quite good at it:) I love their perspective! I need some more cameras though because they are always fighting over who gets to use mom's camera!



This photo was taken at Jasper Park Lodge... it is beautiful and peaceful out there. I would love to head there for a mini vacation!



I love the little birdie in this one. Carol and I headed to Pyramid Lake Island for sunrise and it really wasn't the nicest sunrise but we just played around with our cameras for an hour and we got some amazing photos!






I hope you like them!
I actually ordered a couple of them to get printed (quite large) to frame for my house! Can't wait to pick them up tomorrow and see them! I know some of you had asked me before for some copies of these pictures I've taken so if you'd like a high resolution copy to print, just send me a message!

Have a great week everyone and I'll be back soon with some sneaks from my family photo sessions on the weekend!

Sheri

YIPPEEE....!!

HELLO EVERYONE,

I JUST WANTED TO STOP BY QUICKLY AND PUT IT OUT THERE, THAT MARYSIA AND BLAIR'S WEDDING IS BEING FEATURED TODAY ON WEDDING OBSESSION!

PLEASE CHECK IT OUT AND FEEL FREE TO LEAVE COMMENTS!

ON ANOTHER NOTE, MELISSA'S WEBSITE, WEDDING OBSESSION IS AN AWESOME LOCAL WEBSITE WITH LOT'S OF INSPIRATION AND AS WELL YOU CAN FIND WEDDING VENDORS IN YOUR AREA!
IT IS A GREAT SITE AND I'M A BIG FAN OF MELISSA'S STYLE AND SITE!

HAVE A GREAT DAY!

SHERI

SWEET SUNDAY

Hello Everyone!

I hope you are all having a wonderful and fabulous weekend!
It is looking to be a beautiful and somewhat warm day!

I am booked, booked, booked for photos all day and I just can't wait! Lot's of fun and amazing ideas running through my head!

I have a brand new niece and I wanted to "sweeten" your Sunday with some pictures of her! She is such a good baby. I know there is so much love around her and you can't help but love her to pieces!









Those scrunched toes getting me every time!

I am off to get ready and get packed up for a busy photo day!
I'll be back with some of my favorite Thanksgiving weekend photos!

Sheri