O Canada

The year was 1966... My father was about 12 or 13 years old. My great grandfather had purchased some land (I think he traded some woodchuck meat and a block of cheese or something for it) on one of the thousands of lakes that pock the face of Ontario, Canada. The cottage was then built. I was born in Michigan and we would spend one to two weeks there every summer. Seeing that I was born in July, I celebrated many birthdays up there also with my family... all 6 of us. (Mom, Dad, 2 older brothers & younger sis). So, as you can imagine... there are many memories here, on the lake.

Every year, the cottage is winterized in the Fall then "opened" in the Spring. A few weekends ago I had the opportunity to get away and get up there with my nephews, brothers, Father and Grandfather to open the cottage. It was an awesome time and the first time I have been back to the cottage in 11 years. It was well worth the wait.

We have been busy, but I wanted to share this extraordinary place. Take a look.

-D


The drive up there.


We were driving along and I was looking out the window. Without having to say a word, my Dad says... "Wanna pull off?"








Nathan (my brother...who is 33) Brought along this RC baha truck. We were all giving him a hard time about it until we drove it. This crazy thing can go up to 60mph!!!












The south end of the Lake. Hope you enjoyed... I sure did. Feel free to leave your comments below!

Laura and Arthur...

There was a threat of rain, but that did not stop us. Laura contacted us and wanted us to come to their home for a maternity session. Laura and Arthur are expecting their first child in June. We had to be very strategic with this session due to the fact that it would be Laura's last weekend she could travel to their lake home and it was really important to her to get these shots at their lake home.. (side note..they live on Great Dam View Road, and they literally have a great dam view..awesome place!!) Laura and I watched the hourly weather forecast for a couple of days and rain was imminent. We moved the session up a few hours and prayed for the best. It was a photographers dream come true. They sky and clouds allowed me to create some really dramatic and artsy shots...exactly our style!! And the amazing thing was it started to pour down rain right when we were completing the end of their session... Good stuff!!

About Laura and Arthur...what can I say.. I enjoyed every second with them and I think I laughed the entire session. They were so incredibly humorous and are such a great couple.. They are going to be awesome parents!! They were up for anything...thank you! I hope you both enjoy these pictures.. Laura, you were absolutely beautiful!!

Please feel free to leave a comment at the bottom of this session...

...Thanks~ Amy











Now you can see why I laughed the entire session..... Love it!






And save the best for last..my favorite shot from this session!!!

Baby Cason

I had the pleasure of taking Baby Cason's 9 month old pictures... I just love his beautiful blue eyes....Such a sweet baby.. Enjoy!! -Amy

The Self Family Session

Here are a few of our favorite shots...What a doll baby! Enjoy!! -Amy

Stop. Blog. Go.

We have many sessions in progress right now and we wanted to share a glimpse from our bridal session with Addie. We met at the La Bastide Country Inn (what an awesome place. Surrounded by the Blue Ridge Mountains, great food, beautiful rooms and accommodating staff. Check them out here.)

Our bride... Addie. This girl is a natural in front of the camera. She started the session off saying.." I don't do well with pictures by myself." By the end, she had us ALL (her mother included) convinced that she should take up a career as a model! Many more gorgeous shots to come after the wedding, but here's the glimpse...



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D

Elisabeth, Matt and William Self Family session...

This past weekend I had the pleasure of meeting the Self's. Still working on the pictures as there are so many great ones! The below photo strip is of William. He loved the camera... No really, he wanted my cameras! (can't say I blame him... I think they look pretty cool also.) Seriously, he was a natural. Stay tuned. More to come...



-D

Emily&Michael's wedding day slideshow