A Beautiful and Warm Summer Night ~ Sneak Peek

Last night I had the pleasure of spending some time in the evening sun and warmth with Jia and Wada for their engagement session around the National Art Gallery in beautiful down-town Ottawa.

We had such a great time and here is one quick photo. There are a lot more of these beauties coming soon!

Have a wonderful day,

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

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My little 4-legged models

I was asked a few months ago to shoot a special project (more on that in September) and I had to include dogs. Of course I thought that the perfect models would be my little ones.

Photographing dogs is one of my favourite things in this world, but photographing MY OWN dogs is a task I tell you. They both have perfected the art of not looking at me while I am pointing the camera at them. I’ll put it down, they’ll look, and as soon as it’s up to my eye again, they are very interested in over-there or that-spot-on-the-floor. Basically anywhere but at me. It proves quite difficult – all of my sounds don’t work on them anymore. They’re even getting hip to my backup sounds.

Today Paddington was all over the place for some reason, while Corduroy was chill as usual so I decided she was my girl for this job. She was very good even though I didn’t use treats! Although it took many, many shots before I had some of her actually looking at me.

I will announce what this project is in September, but for now here is some behind the scenes info about these photos.

About a millisecond after I shot this, Corduroy jumped out of the backpack and took a flying leap to chase a squirrel. Thomas and I both held our breath as she soared through the air to the ground. Fortunately she landed on her feet and was ok. She also was able to secure the permitter from the squirrel invasion.

Didn’t pose this one, just sat in the hot hot sun and waited for her to come over.

I was playing around a bit – Corduroy wasn’t as impressed as I was…

Meanwhile, Paddington decided it would be a good idea to roll in something gross and smelly in the grass.

She LOVES rolling in smelly grossness. Icky for me, heaven for her.

Now if you’ll excuse me, I have to give a certain dog a bath…

Have a wonderful day,

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

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In dreams and in love there are no impossibilities

I still remember the day that Katie told me that Mathieu had proposed. I was recently engaged myself and she and I had been talking about how she and Matt were thinking about getting married. She came to see me and didn’t even need to tell me – I immediately spotted her infectious grin and her beautiful engagement ring.

I’ve known Katie for about three years now and funnily enough our lives paralleled in some pretty big milestones throughout the time we’ve known each other. We both bought our first homes within weeks of each other and we also got engaged around the same time as well. When Katie purchased her first home, she was single and loving it. Purchasing that home forever changed her life. Living next door was a strapping young man who would come over and help her fix things around the house. He would find any excuse to come over and see her. If you haven’t guessed it by now, this was Mathieu. Eventually he would move out of his house and move next door in with Katie and on June 19th, 2010, they stood in front of each other and promised to love one another forever.

Katie and Matt’s wedding was beautiful. It was one of the hottest days in June and it thunderstormed ALL morning. Nothing could get Katie’s spirits down though and she really did have nothing to worry about because by the time we came to take photos outside, it had completely cleared up. They got the best of both worlds; rain for luck, and sunny for their photos!

These two have such love for each other and it is so evident to everyone who knows them. They recently bought a farm and their honeymoon was spent installing electric fences and lots and LOTS of planting. Both are very in tune with the environment and you can see that even in their wedding colours: green!

Thank you Katie and Mathieu for letting me photograph your love, and your day. I hope you love your photos as much as I do!

“I love her and that’s the beginning of everything.” ~ F. Scott Fitzgerald

Vendor List

Church was the First Unitarian Congregation of Ottawa
Flowers by Cindy at Elmvale Florist
Rings from La Maison d’Or
Reception held at Travellodge Carling
Wedding Dress from Eternity Bridal
Bridesmaids Dresses from many different stores including Le Chateau.
Bride’s Shoes by Poetic License from ShoeBoy.com and were called Gift Wrapped Green.
Bridesmaids Shoes from Sseko Designs online.
Ties custom made from Toybreaker Ties on Etsy.
Suits from Classy Formal Wear in Montreal.
Photographed by Liz from elizabeth&jane photography

My peace of mind was courtesy of my awesome bridesmaids & my mom, Day of event co-ordinator, Linda, and the blog apracticalwedding.com where I’ve been reading for over a year about how I should let all the details go on the day of the wedding and just be in the moment. Apparently it worked!

~ Katie

Have a wonderful day,

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

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Laughter at the 5-Span Bridge

On Saturday evening, I had the pleasure of photographing Erin and Chris’ engagement session.

More from the session soon, but for now: one photo that jumped out at me.

Have a wonderful day,

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

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Claudia at 6 months ~ Ottawa

Claudia is such a cutie! We had session a few weeks ago (sneak peek was here) and here are my favourites from the shoot!

Have a wonderful day,

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

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