It’s Raining Dogs!

I wanted to jump on here quickly to let you know that I’m sorry for not blogging for a while, but I promise I have a very good excuse: it’s raining dogs. Well not literally raining dogs, but there have been a lot of changes in my family and we are happy to be welcoming new dogs!

Sonnet

First up is Sonnet, a teensy weensy little Maltese/Shih Tzu puppy my sister will be picking up in three weeks. We visited the breeder last weekend so Jane could choose which puppy she wanted, and she chose a little brown female who she is naming, Sonnet.

She is four weeks old in these portraits.

To view a slideshow of the portraits I did while Jane was picking her, click here.

Wellington

We weren’t looking for a third dog, but she found us. I found Wellington (formerly Maddie) on Petfinder and she was at a rescue called Animatch. She was at the centre for three months before she joined our family, and now we know that she was just waiting for us to realize she belonged with us.

We brought her home just over a week ago and she is just wonderful. You can read about our adventures with Wellie on my Ottawa Dog Blog where I’ll be blogging every week about her progress.

I took a video of the three dogs playing the day after we brought her home. Their energies match quite well and they have been playing like this at least once (if not more) every day!

To view a slideshow of the portraits I did during Wellie’s first weekend home, click here.

So that is my excuse! Everything has been about dogs around here and I’ll be getting back to blogging soon. I still have TONS of sessions to blog.

Have a wonderful day,

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

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The Bravest Person I Know

Where do I begin? I’ve started writing this post twice now and each time it doesn’t seem right, doesn’t do her justice.

When she was 17, she was diagnosed with fibromyalgia. She was a flute player enrolled in a music high school and was looking ahead to a possible career in music. Her diagnosis changed everything, flipped her life upside down and backwards.

And yet she handled it with a wisdom beyond her years. I know I would not have. She pushed forward and got into one of the best universities in Canada, all while dealing with the pain that fibromyalgia brings. Now she has started a blog – a daily account of the good, and the bad, that comes with this illness. I know her words will help others more than she ever knows, and she’s helped me to understand what she is going through much more than before.

That is why she will always be a better person than I – sharing her personal battles with her illness.
And she will will forever be the bravest person I know.

The bravest person I know is my sister, Jane. The other part of elizabeth&jane photography.

A few weeks ago, Jane and I dragged a white chair from my bedroom out to a field near our house and took some awesome photos. Jane needed a picture for an article she wrote online about her Fibromyalgia and we had been wanting to do a shoot for some time so the timing was good.

Once we dragged the chair into the field, I had to run back the the house to get my equipment and Jane sat with, or rather on, the chair to wait for me. A lady walking her dog came by and gave Jane the strangest look – but I bet it would be funny, she was just sitting in the middle of a field in a chair, somewhat randomly and seemingly for no reason. I probably would have stared too… haha.

It was one of the hottest, muggiest, days, but we got some great shots and stayed hydrated by drinking some really disgusting flavoured Gatorade (must have picked a random odd flavour because I usually like Gatorade).

Thomas wasn’t too pleased to see a blackish mark on the couch when we returned it to the bedroom – oops!

Jane likes standing on chairs in fields.

Jane has some pretty awesome glasses

Some yummy sun

Who is the bravest person you know?

Have a wonderful day,

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

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Victoria in the Green

Today I did a photoshoot with my friend Victoria. It was a gorgeous day, and the colours were amazing! We had a lot of fun wandering through the forest – except when I got a little bit stuck in the mud (literally!)

Have a great day, and be sure to check out my website!

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

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Book Book

I recently acquired the most fantastic thing! It is called the Book Book, and it is an amazing leather case for my laptop that makes it look like a book!!! As I am a HUGE bookworm and all around nerd, it is absolutely the perfect thing for me!

I put the Book Book on one of the shelves of my reading nook. Can you find it?

The Book Book is made by a company called Twelve South that makes fun stuff for Mac products. They have some really cool items, and I was incredibly impressed by the quality of this product. You might want to take a look in the mirror… you look a little green. It’s probably the intense jealousy you are feeling.

Have a great day, and be sure to check out my website!

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

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Updated About Page!

Jane and I decided that our about page was too much business, not enough personality. So we set up a fun photo shoot with my iPhone and had a great time being silly and goofing it up for the camera…while holding a camera! We wanted it to be more personable and so you can see what we actually look like.

Check the new about page out here and read our new bios and see the fun pictures.

Have a wonderful day,

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

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