When people hire First Blush Photography to take family images, I always feel honoured to be the photographer they chose. There is no confusion that exists about the over flooding of the photography market right now. The major domestic camera companies Nikon (which I shoot with), Canon, and Sony have made DSLR’s very affordable and very easy to use and I would say that one out of every 2-3 friends I have own a DSLR by one of these large companies and really love to take images with them. It is how I started in photography and I certainly do not regret taking that plunge and starting to shoot. I started like many people do and took a LOT of images of my cats, dogs, trees, bushes, more trees…it was the subject matter that I was able to use while working as a Social Worker in Athabasca, Alberta with the Alberta Government. I didn’t have children yet and they were all I had time to go out and photograph. I dabbled in different ideas but just kept practicing. Am I glad that I got that first DSLR – YES. It was life changing for me in many ways because I stuck to it, have been practicing and getting better for 9 years now and have been running a business for many of those years.
Meet Scout!
Hunger
A few months back in one of my professional photography Facebook groups I was introduced to a company by the name of Cuddle & Kind that was just trying to lift off the ground which had a very noble purpose. The whole concept of Cuddle & Kind was created with the hope that they could play a role in helping to solve the issue of child hunger around the world. Seems easy enough hey? (and I say that totally tongue-in-cheek). Globally, 1 in 8 people will go to bed hungry tonight – that is equivalent to 842 MILLION people and that is a statistic from 2013. Personally I would add a few more million to that number for an accurate figure for 2015 as our world population is certainly not declining.
I did a quick, last minute photography mini session in Calgary a few weeks back with a lovely women by the name of Beverly and her beautiful little boy.
Bentley Rodeo and Fair
This past weekend was the Bentley rodeo and fair, as well as the Bentley Centennial Celebration as the little town First Blush Photography is based out of is now 100 years old. Bentley throws an amazing party every year for the fair and rodeo including of course a fantastic indoor rodeo at the local curling rink that they transform (with an amazing amount of volunteer time) that always produces an amazing show and a great venue to enjoy an afternoon by yourself or take the kids to. This year also brought a ton of activities for the children including the much loved ‘bouncy castles’ and of course a magic show and face painting.
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Very good write up, and a very fun weekend.
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Great photos – glad you enjoyed the weekend!!!
Fun. The simple priority.
Every once in awhile I am honored to do a session for an old friend. Friends that I have known for years and years and years…sadly dates both my friend and I, but it does speak to our friendship over the years. Sessions like this I like to refer to as ‘promise sessions.’
I met Laurene in Junior High at St. Vincent de Paul school in Calgary, Alberta. Laurene and I shared many friends and became friends ourselves over the three years we shared teachers and hallways and many, many laughs. We continued on to High School where we were in a larger school and our friends grew and grew and when we graduated we went out separate ways. I went on to University and Laurene fulfilled one of her major goals and did a LOT of travelling where when Facebook started up, we became friends and started to connect again. It was awesome to hear about her travels and since that time she has gone on to become a lab technician with Canadian Blood Services (which was even more perfect to rekindle our relationship as I am an avid blood donor).
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Such an amazing experience and the work speaks for itself! We will be back for winter photos ☺️
We had a great time and love the pictures. Thanks for everything.
Brittany and Greg, these are amazing! Xoxox
Beautiful family pictures.
Lovely images. Red Deer has beautiful scenery to add to your imagery.
I just love, love, love the final image in your post. A professional shot like this deserves to be a giant portrait on the wall of their home! 30×40 at a minimum! Every day the kids come home from school, they should open the front door and see this on the wall. This house is all about love!
I appreciate your explanation of all that you provide. It’s amazing how much really does go into family photography and the investment is so worth it!
You are a very talented Red Deer Alberta portrait photographer! Beautiful images and great information!
These are amazing!! Calgary is lucky to have such an amazing photographer!!!
You make Red Deer’s beauty shine with your sweet images of this beautiful family!! Gorgeous work!! I wish I was in the Alberta area!
Such a beautiful session. You are such a talented Red Deer Alberta Child Photographer
Thank you so much Dara!
Thank you so much Kimberly – I wish you were in Alberta as well!
Thank you Melissa – I really appreciate that. Calgary is a wonderful place to photograph.
Thank you Molly – its awesome to be able to photograph where you live and love.
Thank you so much Larissa – it does take a lot of effort but its so worth it.
Thank you so much Jim – I agree – you can’t get memories like that ever again.
Thank you so much Lori – I really agree about Red Deer – Photography is all about the setting right?
Thank you so much Jenn – they were fantastic to work with. Hard to take bad pictures when there is so much love.
Thank you so much Tina!
You so welcome! It was a lot of fun and I look really forward to seeing you guys again in January!
Me too Brittany! You guys are a blast!