Kyle Perison's Trash the Dress Workshop

Last month, I attended Kyle Perison's Trash the Dress workshop at the Wedding Cafe in Kelowna. I learned a ton from Kyle...particularly how he edits his photos. Something I'm really fascinated by. I'm a crappy editor. Like, really bad. So good job Kyle :) It was also really nice to meet so many great photographers in the Okanagan! And I met my purse twin. Lola in Red and Lola in Black had a very nice playdate (Shoutout to Lyne Inhoff ;))

I don't have enough good things to say about the workshop. I think Kyle did a great job keeping 13 ladies (and one dude) on task, had lots of interesting things to say, and the food at theWedding Cafe was great!

FYI, for you single guys out there, you want to meet women? Become a photographer and then have a workshop. You'll have your pick of the ladies. No joke.

Here is the lovely Carolyn Carson of Carolyn Caron Photography modelling for us. We also became best friends. Do you see her shoes??? Pure heaven.

Kyle showin' us the magic.

Does this work? Still not sure. But there is something about it I like. I really wish for these ones I could have been a foot taller.

How great is she? And fearless too btw. I mean, she climbed into a tree wearing those shoes and that dress at one point.

I love her legs in this photo

This one is hard to explain. Essentially Kyle wanted her to FLY off the end of the slide. So he demonstrated. I'm pretty sure that's Carolyn sayin "are you crazy????" But hey, she's fearless. So she did what he said. And she did it beautifully.

*LOVE*

Awww she's so pretty :) She's going to be one darn beautiful bride this weekend!

Nuff said.

And my favourite one. Seriously great I tells ya! Thanks to Kyle for letting me play with his flash

Many thanks to the wonderful and talented Kyle Perison for all his hard work that he put into his Trash the Dress workshop!

My Birthday

This year I turned 27. I was not happy about it. Almost a month later I'm still in denial. However, I did have a fantastic birthday. My cousin lent me her smokin' dress to wear to work, a co-worker bought me flowers (Thanks Shannon!) another took me out for lunch (Thanks Amy!), and my lovely family spoiled me rotten :) I'm a pretty lucky girl.

We started off with some cake before the festivities began:

Aidan picked out my cake. What a sweetheart.

What better way to enjoy cake then on the floor with your sibling. Hey kids can you look up so I can take a picture? Kids?

Hey! Up here!

Aww look at my handsome boy. Getting so big everyday it makes me a little teary.

After cake things got a little messy......

My Epiphanie Bag Review

I've been obsessing over these bags since I saw them featured on The Momtographers. A camera bag purse? Right up my alley. And look at them....so pretty. And with names like Belle, Ginger and Lola how could you go wrong? I already had a camera bag (which was really just a backpack) so I resisted ordering an Epiphanie bag. Then once I saw that my good friend Carol-Ann had bought Lola in Black I said 'to hell with it' and ordered Lola in Red.

Well look what came. Isn't she lovely?

There is a whole lot I love about the bag, but what I love most is that it fits my Canon 50D WITH a battery grip AND the 50mm 1.4, 70-200 f4, Speedlite flash, 50mm, 17-40 f4 along with my wallet, ipod, extra batteries, cell phone and any other random things I may need to take with me. It's also not THAT big (although many men who've seen me with the bag will disagree) so it's not like I'm having to haul around luggage everywhere I go-much like how I feel when I take my backpack. It comes with a shoulder strap as well so I can use it while I shoot. Plus I look so damn stylish.

Here is my love in the driveway

THE INSIDE IS PURPLE!!! How cute is that? Here you can see that it's holding all my equipment...except for my camera because...well I needed that. So where my wallet and Ipod are is where I'd keep my camera.

How cute is this? The side pocket is perfect for keeping my phone and business cards handy.

The only negative thing about the bag was how much it cost to ship it to Canada. That and I have a hard time NOT using it as my daily purse.

http://www.epiphaniebags.com/

The best light I've ever shot in...ruined by baseball ;)

A few weekends ago we entered a ball team into a Kamloops tournament. (When I say 'we' I mean Lee because I didn't actually play). But I did take pictures. At the last game I watched the absolute best light I've ever seen come out. Truly beautiful. A little pink, very golden, perfect placement...it was divine. I almost grabbed some little kid in the stands to take her picture but thought that might get me arrested. So the team was my guinea pig.

Kevin looking like he's ready to kill someone. But look how the light is hitting his face!!!

Another Kev picture. This is SOOC. No joke. I didn't even crop it.

Aww pretty Marci. I took this at f 1.4. so I had to do a little bit of sharpening, but I love it nonetheless. The color is great and I like how the light is hitting the side of her face.

Wade up to bat. Also taken at 1.4

I don't know who this guy is. But (again) the way the light cast on him and the bat was just asking for a picture. Another SOOC. I probably could have straightened it, but lazyness got the best of me.

The boys watching our Ringer hit it out of the park. I think. Or maybe he just got really close.

Awww defeated....for the record....SOOC. I love this picture. I don't know why but the sun flare and the warmness make it great for me. Too bad they're all so bummed that they lost.

Typical Camillia fashion: "Take my picture too!"

A technically horrible picture of Kevin and I but I like it anyway.

Kids on the Farm

Yesterday we said so long to our aunt, uncle and cousins before the left for New Zealand. Out of pure jealousy, I'm not posting pictures of them until I receive my plane ticket ;)

I did however, get a ton of the pictures of the kids. Wow did they remind me of what it was like visiting the farm as a kid. Dirt, Grandmas veggies and finding empty beer cans everywhere ;)

It was incredibly hot so we turned on the sprinkler for the kiddies. Layla doesn't look all that thrilled in this picture, but I assure you she had a great time in the sprinkler. She's such a waterbaby! I love how model-esque she looks in this photo:

Aidan was lucky enough to have his much older cousin dig up some of Grandma's carrots. Thank GAWD she didn't catch them...there would have been some yelling I'm sure! Aidan wouldn't stop chewing long enough for me to take a picture. So here he is enjoying his fresh-from-the-garden carrot.

Layla snatched Aunty G's waterbottle and backwashed the shit out of that thing. Sorry G.

Noah found his way into the garden and got SOOOO dirty. It was too adorable not to capture...

Then Layla followed. How cute is this? I'm sure we have simliar photos of us cousins growing up like this. Playin in the dirt. Ahh, so much fun.

Sorry Steph, Micah wouldn't stay still long enough for me to take ANY pictures of him!

Taryn's Baby Bump

How cute is Taryn??? Seriously cute. Seriously.

Congratulations to Taryn and Ben!

More Ali + Ryan | Naramata BC

Here are a few more teasers from Ali and Ryan's gorgeous Naramata wedding! Enjoy!

The Bride

The Girls' Shoes

Saying her vows!

The lucky groom ;)

A classic dip and kiss....and yet it's still my favorite

Another one I'm proud of. BTW this is all about me.

She's so cute :)

Kelly Rae had my heart when she said she wanted to do a jumping picture!!!! MY FAVOURITE PICTURES ARE JUMPING PICTURES! Also happy that there was no cooters showing ;)

Ali during the speeches

A few tears during Kelly Rae's speech...

Ah....such a great couple!

The first dance...love that sunset!