Courtney's Collection | Sep 19, 2009

Courtney was my ex-coworker from Build-A-Bear ;D And she goes to the Arts Institute for Fashion Design and Merchandising. For her final project, she had to design a line of clothing, and make 3 outfits. She asked me to take pictures for her portfolio showing, which I gladly did! Her line was very cute, a little vintage inspired and really wearable.

The 3 dresses she chose to made were all made from satin and lace. My favourite one is the pink one with the short sleeves. I just think it's adorable!! I loved the others too though, don't get me wrong. Ah, pretty clothes. Courtney and I found 2 models, Tiffany and Mic, who were both adorable and fantastic to work with! We shot in Courtney's backyard/neighbourhood in Pitt Meadows, and her lawn was FRESHLY mowed. It was fantastic! Haha. We were worried for rain, but alas, the sun decided to grace us with its presence!! Awesome.


Two dresses. We had to be creative and photograph 3 dresses with 2 girls. My favourite dress is the one on the right.


Courtney's gorgeous backyard! See? You can still see the tracks that the lawnmower left behind. Fresh cut grass <3. href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sher-rex/3978224335/" title="DSC_7190 by Sher-reX, on Flickr">
The back of this dress was AWESOME.


Courtney has a well-type thing in the backyard. I don't think it still works. But it made for a cute backdrop.


Mic's little leap here reminds me of Lacoste ads. Non?


Second favourite photo! They skipped down a hill!!!


I loved both Mic and Tiff's shoes. But Tiff's on the right were AWESOME. Too bad they were real vintage shoes, and a size 5/6. Boo for size 8 feet.


Favourite!!! Walking back to Courtney's house. The sun just came out. LOVE the sun!

Krista | Sep 03, 2009

Bah. So behind on blogging! That's what you get for taking 5 upper-level molecular biology courses, I guess. Blasted ambition! Oh well. Moving on. In early September, Krista and I got together and we did a portrait shoot! We wanted something 'lifestyle'-y. We thought, well, her home has gotta be lifestyle-esque or what not. :D

On to the photos!


Krista walking her puppy. She's an Italian Greyhound, and the cutest thing ever! It was definitely hard to get a picture of her though, since she was super hyper!


Back to their house! This shot was inspired by a magazine tear that Krista found! Yay, I love it when other people have ideas too.


This was also inspired by a magazine photo, I think. We combed Krista's house and found every little trinket we could :D Then artfully rearrange!






A series with fruits/vegetables! My favourite of the set is the orange one. Or maybe the apple. Yeah, I can't decide!


:) We picked this daisy from a bouquet that Krista had at her house. :] So pretty!


I love this one! Those are her salt/pepper shakers!! So fun.

It was a fun shoot, and it was really exciting drawing inspiration from magazines! Hopefully I did them justice. :]

Devyn | Sep 02, 2009

On September 2nd, I also did a shoot with Devyn. It was pretty overcast, and I was worried about rain, but alas, the grey skies provided awesome even light. And when the sun came out towards the end of the shoot, we got some kiiiiller light! <3 light. These were at QE Park. She had 3 (!!) outfit changes. [I loved all her clothes... 2/3 outfits were bought in this vintage-y shop in NY... jeeealous]

Anyways, on to the photos. Pardon the large amount of photos! Hard to narrow down ;d


Some may say I overuse this pose too much, but I think it's really pretty!


I love it when hair swooshes. Until I can afford a portable, personal wind machine, I'll improvise!


This was near the duck pond. The willow tree was so beautiful, I couldn't pass it up!


Outfit change! Devyn had this super cool fascinator, and we found this cool wall (near the tennis courts).


Egggggg.


Ah! I love this. The attitude. And how Devyn actually climbed the fence! :D I was super impressed!


Outfit change again! (Well, minor change...) I still think Ralph Lauren should buy this photo off of me and use it in their ad campaign. [The sweater/beret are both RL] Devyn really rocked this one. AND this is when the sun started to poke its head out of the clouds. Looove.


Yep. Devyn really worked this. We made tennis so stylish!


Personal favourite. (Difficult to choose, but I narrowed it down..)

It was great, and I'm super grateful for the sun that came out at the end! Hooray. Thanks Devyn, for workin' it. GORGEOUS.

P.S. Ralph Lauren, I'd be eternally grateful if you bought those photos off of me ;D Or fly me to NY to photoshoot any future campaigns. Thanks!

Danielle | Sep 02, 2009

Back in early September, I had to opportunity to do a shoot with Danielle. We had a blast at Confederation Park, and I was in awe of how tall she is! (5'11", if memory serves me right). Haha, I have never felt so short in my life!

Yeah, in short, she is stunning! (These photos will prove that fact)

I love bokeh! So much!


There was a little skate park there too, so we utilized that! It was actually pretty steep. Easy to get in the pit; hard to get out.


Hello, hair movement!


I love how pretty this is!!

We had a fun time, despite getting lots of odd looks in the skate park ;D

Chryah | Aug 30th

Again, this is a long time ago ;D But Chryah and I got together and shot her in her old wedding dress :] She happened to be coming to Vancouver for a weekend, so we got together and made it work.

Chryah is amazing; seriously, there is nothing this girl wouldn't do. Climb in a tree? Sure. Sit on a fence? Done. Kick around a soccer ball? Yep. She was a sweetheart to work with :] And we had a blast!

Without further ado, here are the photos:


I loved the wind picking up her hair!


Field of DREAMS. For sure. It was gorgeous! (And a little bit itchy)


What did I tell you? She climbed in a TREE. In a wedding gown! So amazing!


I just loved the light in this one.


:D Reminds me of Anne Geddes babies in flowers.


Yay for twirling!

It was so much fun working with Chryah, since she was willing to do pretty much anything (even in a wedding dress!) What a trooper! Thanks for creating these stunning images with me!

Sandra and Starsha | Aug 19th

Ah, I'm so behind in blogging! A MONTH ago, I had the opportunity to work with Sandra and Starsha (who is from Alberta!) for a wood-nymph concept! :D Their friend actually made/owned the cool headpieces that they are wearing.

For this shoot, we hiked into the mountain biking path up at SFU, and were passed several times by bikers. Haha, fortunately they were going too fast to stop and gawk.

Starsha is a photographer too, and had brought along her strobes, so we lit these using her strobes. I even got a mini-lesson out of the session too.

It was pretty awesome, since these girls were super adventurous and were willing to climb onto tree stumps and everything!



Sandra played the prince, and Starsha was the princess. This is my favourite close up shot of the set.


According to Starsha, the tree trunk isn't terribly comfortable to sit on :D (And those leg/arm ribbons KEPT sliding, haha. There were a LOT of readjustments...)


This is when the prince meets the princess. (Ugh, I still don't know how to upload in the right order. I guess I have to upload in the REVERSE order that I want them to appear on the page. Hm).

This was a FUN shoot! Even the mosquito bites and scratched (from branches/wild flora) were worth it! Thanks for braving it out with me (making me brave), S&S!! :D

Beat Ninjas | Aug 16th

I found the casting call for a photographer to photograph an up-and-coming local Hip Hop group: Beat Ninjas. I'm super flattered that I was chosen, and we had a blast! We shot around an old alley (that smelled a little funky), a nicer alley, and on the roof of a parkade! It was such a fun shoot, since they could do all these crazy tricks, haha.


This is Kieran, jumping off of a ledge of the parkade. (One of my favourites from the shoot)


Angela, being all ninja-like on the same ledge.


Cam, pulling a Spiderman-esque jump on a wall.


Group shot in the alley! (Love the light <3)


They could all jump super high!

Alison | July 10th

I went on a photoshoot with Alison on Friday. After picking out her wardrobe and everything, her mom actually invited me to eat dinner with them. Haha. So strange. It was good though! After that, we wandered around her neighbourhood looking for cool places to shoot. We even had a few wardrobe changes.

We saw this very cool old, broken bike. Of course, I had to snap a photo of it!


I realize now that none of my photos are in chronological order. Oh well. This was towards the end, when it started getting dark. We found a cool tunnel with a lot of graffiti!


I love, love, love the evening light! (And little jumps) I like odd things. This is pretty FANTASTIC!


Alison wanted a photo of her sitting in the middle of the street. I was more than happy to oblige. Of course, we both were looking out for cars!


I think this is my favourite from the day. A series shot of see/hear/speak no evil.


A very unique pose.


Haha, good ol' laundry room fun! :] Alison was a real trooper. Sure wasn't easy posing on top of a washer/dryer set.


Hm, this might be my favourite too. I adore bokeh, and this kind of light. I also tend to repeat myself a lot.


Thanks Alison, for a fantastic time!! :D I'm glad we spent time at the beginning of our shoot researching poses. Cause these shots are FAB.