Reimagined Portrait Art – It is their final year of high school, how do you summarize all that they have achieved over the first eighteen years of their life? How do you sum all their likes, hobbies, achievements into one image? You can’t! Grad is so much more than a cap and gown portrait which...
Reimagined Portrait Art – A cap and gown graduation portrait is a rite of passage for any student who has reached the pinnacle of graduation! I have cap and gowns for many different schools and colleges! If you’d like to have a cap and gown portrait with a natural smile and attention to detail (no...
Reimagined Portrait Art – I approach wedding photography the same way that I would a family or grad session! My first question to a new bride/groom is what do you like to do together? Let’s bring that into your portraits, let’s use your favourite hobbies to celebrate the love that you share! Don’t think you...
Reimagined Portrait Art – It’s time to start planning for grad portraits this spring! Grad portraits are my very favourite thing to photograph as I get to be my most creative! While some grads groan at the thought of having grad portraits, I guarantee they will get involved Momma if you let them be themselves...
Reimagined Portrait Art – Today is Canada’s first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation and I wanted to acknowledge that my studio is located on Treaty 6 land. This land is home to 17 First Nations including Dene Suliné, Cree, Nakota Sioux and Saulteaux peoples. My daughter’s class held a discussion on what Truth and...
Four things have happened this week that inspired this blog post. Each of these events were completely unrelated, but they each got me thinking about the real cost, or value of our photographs. Earlier in the week, a woman stopped in to the studio and asked me for pricing information to print a canvas portrait....
Dragon Hare Studios – You know that special list of things you dream of doing in this life? The bucket list, the one that keeps dreams alive and hope in our hearts? As I get caught up in life with five young children, a business and every other part of life, sometimes it feels like...
There are two times in my life, while I was growing up, that I ever wore a seat belt. One was on our once a year journey to the big city of Edmonton to see my maternal Grandparents. The other, was any time I got in a vehicle with my paternal Grandma Ross. My grandma...
Reimagined Portrait Art – You likely don’t need to take a close look to see that these two images look very different. You may need to look closer to see that it is the same bride and groom. What if I told you they were photographed on the same day, at the same time of...
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