As one File Closes another Opens

Natalie and Matthew's wedding was a pleasure to shoot. They got full coverage, From 9am to 12am....

I was tired at the end of the night, but this allowed me to shoot from the morning with the ladies getting ready all the way to the cake cutting. What a Beautiful Cake it was too.

Finally after Countless hours of editing (Actually I counted... 84 hours) ... I finished the album, It will complete uploading by tomorrow (hopefully), I'll be able to set the album settings for them and present it to Natalie and Matthew.

I would like to Thank Liisa Sefton

You can find her blog here

http://liisaseftonimages.wordpress.com/

for helping me with no hesitation, She jumped on board the for the wedding that was to be both mine and her first official wedding shoot.

She did a wonderful job in helping me, As you can see by her work.

I would also like to Thank Lydia De Cecco (My Sister In-Law) Who Carried equipment, and ran back and forth for lenses for both myself and Liisa.

And Finally to Thank the Bride and Groom for giving me the opportunity to grow my experience, and giving me a chance.

I remember at my "Monkey's" First birthday a year ago now, Natalie first asked if I would do her wedding for her, I did inform her that I had never shot a wedding before, and had very little Idea on how to do it. She insisted that I would do a great job.

As a trial run with them, I did an engagement shoot, (Also the first engagement shoot I've done) All went smoothly and Natalie and Matthew were happy, In fact my shot was featured at their wedding in a 16x20, for guests to sign around.

Now Before I forget I should also thank my Husband "Papa Bear" He was so understanding when he came home from work for the past two weeks he took the kids no problem and and let me work for the evenings. From 5pm to 10pm every night, and weekends I was constantly on the computer. (not to mention the waking up at 6 in the morning, feeding Monkey and Koala, and working till 8...

So as I finish one wedding I begin another.

This Wedding was a 100% Surprise for most.

Melissa contacted me out of the blue...

Some of the message that I got on facebook is below:

"are you busy on may 21, 5pm? I'm having a surprise marriage (tell no one!) at my sons bday party.... need someone to take some pics... "

I was shocked and excited... I checked my schedule... Nope Nobody on that Saturday.

Melissa was so sweet, A Photographer herself, she knew how to pose, I got some great shots and quite a bit to work on for the 3 hours that I was there, Thank-you Mrs. Hutchinson for letting me in on your surprise and congratulations. :)

more on the surprise wedding to come. ...

So I haven't had a chance to blog about my life much, as I have been glued to the computer when I'm not entertaining my children.

So instead of going back and trying to fill everyone in... I'll Just start with last night.

Last night I came up with a brilliant idea, To begin my idea I need several strongly opinionated women who like to write.... If this is you send me an e-mail and I'll discuss the idea with you.

This will launch July 1st.

This morning we went to Hershey Lake, Monkey and Koala and I, met up with Heidi, and her two "F" and "C" Monkey was playing with Miss C, they had so much fun running around on the beach. Both of them wanted to go into the water so badly. While Mr F Slept, and Koala dug in the sand... and probably ate some of it too.... yes Koala who doesn't eat anything eats dirt.

While we were packing up, Koala had a dark brown thing in his hand, I lunged toward him thinking the worst (POOP!) Thank-Gosh, That it wasn't poop, It was a chocolate timbit... Still had to dig it out of his mouth, He didn't like the sandy timbit too much anyways.

Anyways Enough typing, Hayden is done with lunch, and Its time for me to put him to nap and work....

-Kayleigh May

All Things That Grow

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Gaining a Son-in-Law.

"We feel that we are not loosing a Daughter, But gaining a son-in-law"

Speaches.

So you havent heard from me in a little while. I have been quite busy trying to get all these edits done.

I have been working through my kids naps, all evening when Matthew gets home, and at 6am while Hayden and Connor watch T.V. and eat breakfast... I'm almost done. I have 3 small sections left.

I can't wait to share them all with the bride and groom. Liisa and I are working everyday now uploading onto our website, we currently have 475 pictures online,

These photographs will be available for purchase for anyone who attended the wedding.

Now to What I wanted to say,

The Speeches...

I loved the speeches, You know when the Photographer is shedding tears at the speeches, that thay are good. They were all Sweet, They kept the speeches short, and the words said had such an impact on everyone in the room.

Here are some of the selection of the parents speeches. I hope you like them.

Kayleigh May

All Things That Grow

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Groomsmen...

The Groomsmen,

These guys made me laugh, You could tell that nobody really wanted to pose for pictures, But they were very excited for the reception.... Who wouldn't be.

When it came to the groomsmen I tried not to give them Flase poses. I wanted to photograph them naturally. After trying a posed shot with them all under the tree, I had a thought, And It came at Matt's expense.

Poor Matt looked slightly worried that they would actually throw him in the pond, Although with a suit like that, who wouldn't be.

Thanks guys for the great shot, and the great laugh.

-Kayleigh May

All Things That Grow Photography

Mother and Son

I'm finally at the Park...

These are turning out so well.... And How could I not Blog this one.

Matthew (the groom) And his Mother Vicky Cloutier, Matthew Wanted to make sure that his Mother was safe going down the slopes to the bridge.

Being a mother of two boys, this made me smile.

I have heard a saying before and I am paraphrasing:

You can always tell how a man will treat his wife, by the way he treats his mother.

Natalie, I am pleased to see that you are in good hands :)

Kayleigh May

All Things That Grow

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First Kiss

The First kiss as husband and wife.

Baby at the Church

This little boy was playing peek - a - boo, with me at the church, He is so CUTE !!!

What a well behaved baby.

-Kayleigh May

All Things That Grow Photography

The Church

Groom Waiting for his Bride

I loved that Natalie Had chosen to have both of her parents walk her up the isle, What a special moment to share with your parents.

Standing Together, This is such a Happy Couple, Wishing them all the best.

Monday's Blog will include the first kiss... So Look forward to that. :)

Mother And Father of The Bride

Mother and Father Of the Bride

Arrival at the Church

I First met the mother of the bride at the Bride's home. in the morning.

Cheerful, and in good spirits. Natalie, and her mother seemed to be best of friends. Later I would find out that they are very close, much like my mother and I are.

I'm sure that you will agree with me that the mother of the bride is beautiful.

The Father of the Bride.

I first met the father of the bride at the church, A man filled with love for his daughter.

His Smile stood out among the many smiles, and you could tell that he was happy for his Daughter.

Now there is so much that I want to write down.... But that All comes later, With the speaches, and I'm not there yet....

Tomorrow will be a small paragraph about the bridesmaids with a bridesmaid spoiler.

Friday I plan on having a church spoiler...

Saturday and Sunday there will be only one spoiler from the church.

Stay tuned for more....

Natalie you have wonderful parents.... You can see the pride in thier eyes for thier daughter, who is an amazing mother and wife.

The Bride Getting Ready

The Bride

This Post is about the Brides Morning.

The Morning Started at the Brides home, After we headed out to the Hair dresser, She smiled as she got her hair done. It was beautiful.

The Bride Chose to wear Flats, Beautiful white slippers,

The wedding colours were Bright Yellows and Greens, Great Spring colours. They colours Complimented everyone.

The Bride's Old, New, Borrowed, and Blue

For the Brides Old, She Had a necklace,

For her New, Her Dress

For her Borrowed, Her Veil (From a good Friend)

And Her Blue.... A bow on her Garter

Natalie Glowed on her wedding day, And was a very easy Person to photograph.

Thank-you natalie for giving me the oppotunity to take your photo's.

These are the Spoilers.... For the morning.... But there are great ones that will be posted in the album for you as soon as everything is complete.

-Kayleigh May

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Home Show, Wedding - Miss Emily.

As Many of you know, (Because I haven’t stopped talking about it for the past year)
This weekend I had a wedding to photograph. I also had the Timmins Home Show. So it was the busiest weekend of the year for me.

I’ll start with the home show.

The Home Show started on Friday, 5pm, I love working the home show.
Here are a few rules I’ve put together for people who plan on attending the Home Show next year as guests...
The Designers Unlimited booth is AWESOME!!!
You paid money to be at the home show, It was an effort to go, don’t walk around like you hate the world, and yes we will try to talk to you, But we will not force you to purchase anything. We are friendly, Please don’t walk with your head staring at the concrete floor, And Don’t be a grouch.
We are all Friendly, We don’t bite, Come on into our booth and fill in ballots for the draws, We have a lot of them.


Now to the wedding.

I know that everyone is dying for the pictures of the bride, Well thats why those spoilers will wait.

I’m going to start with my morning getting ready spoilers.
(I work in chronological order so the Morning at the brides house was just completed today.)

This blog is about Emily.

Emily is a Beautiful Very polite little girl, Who like me has a passion for photography, I could almost count on her being behind me taking photo’s, (And I’d love to see what was on her camera)

Emily Made me smile, Always asking me questions about Lens’s, my Flash, and the other little goodies in my bag.

So to Emily,
Here is a letter for you:
Thank-you for making me smile, Remember to
Follow your HEART, and your DREAMS will come TRUE!


Just so everyone else knows, I will be offering a kids mini Camera course to other children aged 9-14 this summer,
The course will be 4-6 hours long, they will learn about a DSLR Camera, Different Lens’s And Compositions. They will also learn about post Processing.
I have yet to figure out all the details. But I will make the course available to others.
(Its Great for the little Photography Enthusiasts)






Emily My Photography Enthusiast