ON THE BUSINESS SIDE: Mrs. Claus Wants You!

You've all heard about the woman behind the big guy in the red suit. But have you ever met her? I got to meet her today!

And did you know........

She's Cute

She's Sweet

She's A Bit Cheeky

And She Wants To See You!

There are a few places you can find more details:

Facebook
Newsletter
My Sister's Place Web Site

Hope to see you there!! :))

Thanks for looking.

-- Lisa P.

PHOTO OF THE WEEK #18 - Kids Being Kids

There are a lot of photos I love from the Ross family session. This one is one of my favourites because look at the look on the little guys face (I wonder what he's thinking....) and the older is messing around with Mom's hair. It's just kids doing what kids do and I love it!! :)

Kids Being Kids

Thanks for looking! :)

-- Lisa P.

CONTESTS - Client Contest collages have been posted on Facebook

November 14th will be the second anniversary of when I officially registered my business and "Picture Your Life Photography" was born.

As a thank you to my clients who supported me during my second year, you probably know I am having a contest for them. Nine of them have choosen to participate.

Collages have been posted in a Facebook Album and voting has begun. So go and vote for your favourite(s)! You have until November 14, 2010 at 6pm Eastern Time to vote.

Rules of the contest can be found here.

Facebook Album can be found here. (Note: you must be a registered user of Facebook and be following/liking my business page in order to vote)

To view high resolution versions of the collages, simply click on the photo below and it will take you to a gallery that shows them.

Good Luck To All Participants!!

Thanks for looking! :)

-- Lisa P.

CLIENT SHOOTS - The Ross Family

The weekend was rather interesting weather wise. I even checked the weather online on Friday to see how the forecast might have changed for the weekend. Saturday was supposed to be a bit sunny, a bit cloudy, not too bad. Sunday was supposed to be not as nice.

OK, that works out alright. Head into town for family Halloween fun and then photo session with the Ross Family afterwards.

But Saturday wasn't so nice out after all. I checked the weather online again Saturday morning and it had completely changed! haha Figures. That's Canada for you. So we thought we would try for Sunday afternoon since it looked like Sunday was going to be nicer instead. A sunny Fall day. :)

Fast forward to Sunday morning...... "Mommy! It's snowing outside! I can't wait to make snow angels!!"

Say what?! LOL But the Ross Family decided to go ahead with the photo session. What fun! Maybe it would be snowing? Maybe raining? Maybe the sun would be out? Who knew!

It's always fun when my clients are friends. It's usually a more relaxed time for everyone and sometimes things even get a little silly. I LOVE it! :))

And they're off!

You can see that it started snowing again a little bit in this one.

I love that tree.  I hope it never falls down. (We lose a few each year with the winds)

The two with the straighter hair.

And the two with the curls on top :)

Equals one beautiful family.

Only a Mom can change teary eyes to smiles in under a minute :)

After we were done outside, we ventured indoors for a few more shots.

One of my favourites!

Leigh & Steve, I hope you liked your sneak peak. :)  Thanks for a super fun session!

Thanks for looking!

 -- Lisa P.

PHOTO OF THE WEEK #17 - The Field

I've always loved looking at this field while driving by on the way to my old full time job. I don't get to see it that often these days, since I don't make that daily drive anymore. I loved watching it change as the seasons changed. The colours are always so pretty. Some people just see weeds when they see that field. But let me tell you....sometimes those darn weeds are beautiful! :))

I was very happy that Diane loves the outdoors and agreed to meet for her session at that location so it's fitting that my photo of the week from last week is one from her session that also shows off the field. :)

Diane & Judy in one of my favourite fields

Thanks for looking! :)

I hope you all have a safe and fun Halloween weekend.

-- Lisa P.

CLIENT SHOOTS: Diane

At the Women's Vendor Showcase of South Simcoe this past March, I had a draw at my table for a photo session. Diane was the winner and at first I wasn't sure if she was going to use the gift certificate. But about a month ago she called and booked a session! :)) Her good friend, Judy, came along as well both for morale support and to participate in the session. :)

She loves the outdoors, so one of my favourite spots, down Bolton way, was perfect. I swear that most of the leaves in our area turned colours a wee bit earlier this year. Also, there have been such high winds lately, a lot of them have already been blown off of the trees. But the outdoors is still pretty this time of year.

Diane (and Judy), I hope you like your sneak peak.

It was the perfect way to start the day and was a lot of fun spending time with Diane and Judy.

Thanks for looking :)

-- Lisa P.

PHOTO OF THE WEEK #16 - Renee

I just really like this one :)

If you saw the initial sneak peak on Facebook, you would have seen this one already. It was definitely my favourite of the week.

Thanks for looking! :)

-- Lisa P.

PERSONAL - Fall Fun with the Family OR How I Spent 10-10-10

So 10-10-10 has come and gone. Really, in a blink of an eye it seems. Did you have any big plans for that day? Did you actually follow through?? (leave a comment and share!) :)

I didn't really have anything planned in advance. It was a Sunday and you never know what the weather will be like this time of year. Well, lucky for me it was gorgeous.

I spent the day with my family. It started with Ben and I going out to catch the sunrise. He forgot his gloves so I gave him mine. Boy did my hands get cold!! It wasn't the most spectacular sunrise, but a sunrise nonetheless. I love sunrise time. <3

Catching the Sunrise

Catching a picture of Ben Catching the Sunrise

Catching Ben taking a picture of me :)

The sunrise was pretty quick and we were cold (could you see the frost on the grass??), so we went home for breakfast and lazed a bit. Then we all went driving to see the colours and to get some apples!

A lot of the leaves have already dropped. I don't know if it is actually true, but it seems that a lot of the trees turned early this year and we've also had quite a bit of wind, so they've also dropped earlier as well.

Some pretty Fall colours

Then we drove to the Apple farm :)) We decided to go to Albion Orchards since it was relatively close. We'd never been before but had heard from neighbours that it was a good place.

Albion Orchards

You don't just get apples there, you can also have fun!

Playing in the Hay

We did pick apples and we bought apples already picked. I think we came home with over 50 pounds of apples!!

There were yellow apples

There were red apples

They are all soooooo delicous! We've made apple juice, apple/carrot juice, apple pie and apple crisp. Mmmmmm so many apples. Still so many to use up too. We still have to make the caramel and candy apples. I can't wait to do that. I think Ben's forgotten because he hasn't mentioned it since we brought everything home that day.

I took a ton more pictures, but no need to bore you to death with them ;)

So all in all, I must say that I had a very nice 10-10-10. How about you??

Thanks for reading! :)

-- Lisa P.

CLIENT SHOOTS: Mother & Son

I have a soft spot for Mother/Son sessions. I don't know why I'm so biased...heehee :))

Daddy was away fishing, so it was a perfect opportunity to get some shots of the little guy (who's not so little anymore) and a few with Mom. Here are some of my favourites.

What a great smile!

A cool little dude

I love the trees on our property and so do little boys ;)

He loved to pose

This was on the verge of one of his 'crazy' faces.

Awwwww :))

I love this one

Holding on tight

A few seconds of peace and quiet

Isn't she gorgeous!

You may see these being used in a little project I'll be working on for her

Thanks Renee for letting me photograph you and J. Was so much fun. He has so many expressions (which you will see once I get your full gallery posted for you), some were just hilarious and will make you smile I'm sure. :))

Thanks for looking!

-- Lisa P.

PHOTO OF THE WEEK #15 - Apple Anyone?

Last weekend we went to Albion Orchards in Caledon. I think we came home with over 50 pounds of apples! :) We bought some already picked and also did some picking ourselves.

Apple Anyone?

Look at those grimey hands!

So between eating apples, drinking apple cider (that we bought there), making and drinking some apple/carrot juice and making and eating apple pie, we've really been making use of the apples so far. Mmmmmm sooooo delicious!

Thanks for looking!

-- Lisa P.