My Furry Co-Workers

I was packing up some vendor and client products today and the dogs thought they would help me. Although I must note, their definition of help is quite different than mine. Help means play to them I think!

Happy Tuesday!

Have a wonderful day,

Liz – Contact Me, I would love to speak with you!

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Love and Light, Always

I met Jenn last year through Fertile Future. She had just joined the Board of Directors and I was just leaving. She was a bright and lovely person who I knew I wanted to get to know more. I was able to see her again at last year’s Hope Live in November, as well as meet her boyfriend, Derek.

Jenn spoke at Hope Live last year. She had cancer and Fertile Future provided funds for her to be able to preserve her fertility so that she and Derek could one day have children. She spoke eloquently and beautifully, even though she admitted to have been quite nervous!

After the performance (and my photographic duties were pretty much complete), we spent the evening talking about, you guessed it: dogs! They had just gotten an adorable boxer puppy named Rosie, because she had a pink nose. They were both really excited about their new adventure and I was excited to meet Rosie when we had a chance.

We chatted about doing a session with Rosie and decided that spring would be the best time for that.

A few months ago, Jenn finished treatment and everyone was really excited and happy for her, as well as Derek and Rosie, to begin their lives together, cancer free. Unfortunately, a few weeks later, her cancer came back and she was back to treatments at the hospital. Throughout the whole journey she was really optimistic and so positive, it really was a true testament to how lovely she was.

Derek proposed to her one day while she was in the hospital and I was so delighted to hear the news! I contacted her immediately and told her I would love to photograph not only Rosie, but her and Derek as well. I offered this to them as a gift for all they had been through, knowing how important these images would be to everyone who loved her. She was delighted and said she’d contact me in a few weeks when she was done her chemo and feeling stronger.

I was hoping to hear from Jenn soon to schedule her and Derek’s session, but it was with great sadness that I received word that Jenn passed away this morning.

Jenn would always sign off in her status on Facebook with “Love and Light”. These words will forever remind me of a strong and beautiful woman who was taken from this world too soon.

Hug your loved ones and remember how precious each day is. Remember to say I love you. From the words of someone who also knew Jenn “It is a reminder to all of us to live in the moment, laugh harder, breathe deeper, and forget about sweating the small stuff.”

Jenn, you were loved by so many people, especially by Derek and Rosie. You will be greatly missed.

I will leave you with some images from Hope Live last November.

Liz – Contact Me, I would love to speak with you!

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Say Hello to Valerie!

I’m so excited to introduce all of you to my intern for the next few weeks! Her name is Valerie and she is a photography student at Le Cité Collégiale. She just finished her first week with me and I had such a great time with her – good thing I have her for two more weeks!!

Valerie will be prepping images for long lost blog posts (there are A LOT coming your way so stay tuned!!). She is also helping me with some marketing materials, photographing lots of products, doing some updates to the elizabeth&jane Facebook page and lots more! I am very happy and thankful to have her here to help me out for a few weeks!

I had Valerie do some shots for me for my Ottawa Dog Blog today and she did a fantastic job!

For a post about our 1 year with Wellie (which is TODAY!)

For a review about this awesome shirt from Dog is Good.

For a review about these dog rain-suits.

Have a wonderful day,

Liz – Contact Me, I would love to speak with you!

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Every dog just wants to Be-Loved

I heard this song the other day and I realize it’s supposed to be about people, but it really spoke to me about rescuing.

I created a video using this beautiful song by Christina Perri to spread the word about rescues and adoption. Take a look here, and please share. There are so many amazing dogs who are still looking for their family.

I will be launching a new website very soon which will be a personal project by me to spread the word about rescues. Please check out be-loved.ca soon.

All images in this video were taken by me, and each of them is a rescued dog. It’s not an easy journey, but it is worth every step.

This video features: our own dog, Wellie, as well as Penny, Charly, Barley, Willow, Newman, Millie, Jazz, Bailey, Tina, Scruffy, Percy, Aura, Blaze, Eclipse, Sahara, Kobalt, Nakia, Skye, Layla, Dolly and Lexi.

Have a wonderful day,

Liz – Contact Me, I would love to speak with you!

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Merry Merry and Happy Holidays!

I hope that everyone has a wonderful holiday season and a happy new year!!

Amazing images by my wonderful friend Jen at Jennifer Bailey Photography.

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