So anyway, back to the awesome photos! We shot in the alley behind the salon, then just down the street in front of an empty building, then went back to the salon to warm up and then went down to the basement by my favourite elevator ever (yes, I think we will see lots more of it!) before heading off to an old garage at 118 Ave and 97 St to finish up the day. I’m super happy about the images, and I’m looking forward to wedding season starting to shoot even more fabulous brides and grooms!

I met with Kiki yesterday, I had found her on Model Mayhem, and if anyone is in need of a fantastic model, check her out! I’m already dreaming up new schemes to photograph her again! Here’s her profile: http://www.modelmayhem.com/1111085

We first headed out to the old Edmonton Spring Works building on Jasper and 95th. I really love this spot! The area was a little busy, especially with the crazy traffic at the grocery store next door. After working around the building, we headed North a few blocks to where the LRT heads undergorund on 95th St to enjoy the awesome grafitti on the tunnel. Both spots are totally unconventional, but yielded amazing images! Always fun to have a few accessories, and I’m really enjoying balloons and a long stretch of veil to blow in the wind. I’m also in love with the orange orchids in the bouquet, and very thankful to girl at Flowers by Merle who put it together for me at the last minute!

Here’s just a few of one of my new favourite shoots, and if you’d like to see more, check out the gallery on Facebook!

Images by Edmonton Wedding Photographer, Elizabeth van der Bij

Sunday Snaps! will be ongoing for the month of March. Each Sunday will have a new location and there are 6 photo sessions available for each Sunday.

**Pricing**

For the event, a 30 minute photo session is $150 and you will receive 15 hi-res files on a disc and one 8×10 print. This special pricing is only applicable for the Sunday Snaps! series.

Additional prints and product may be purchased at regular price – see website for product pricing here: http://www.envphotography.com/urban-portraits/investment.html

**Schedule**

Sunday, March 21, 2010 – Near Grant MacEwan – 105 Ave. & 105 St.

2:00 – 2:30 – OPEN
2:30 – 3:00 – OPEN
3:00 – 3:30 – OPEN
3:30 – 4:00 – BREAK
4:00 – 4:30 – OPEN
4:30 – 5:00 – OPEN
5:00 – 5:30 – OPEN

Sunday, March 28, 2010 – Mckay Ave School – 104 St & 99 Ave.

2:00 – 2:30 – Lafreniere Family
2:30 – 3:00 – OPEN
3:00 – 3:30 – OPEN
3:30 – 4:00 – BREAK
4:00 – 4:30 – Karen Lopushinsky
4:30 – 5:00 – OPEN
5:00 – 5:30 – OPEN

** please arrive 10 minutes prior to your start time to ensure things run smoothly as the schedule is quite tight and there is no time to make-up for lost minutes.

E-mail elizabeth@envphotography.com to book your space and to get your contract sent to you! Payment is due at start of photo session!

Ravishing Reds -Wedding Colour Board

Regal – Purple and Yellow – Wedding Colour Board

Pretty in Pink – Wedding Colour Board

Green with Envy – Wedding Colour Board

Images by Edmonton Wedding Photographer, Elizabeth van der Bij

This is an event where women can come out in their old wedding dresses, bridesmaid dresses, or grad dresses to look & feel beautiful while raising money for a cause that affects women all over the world!

**ALL proceeds will be donated to the “Relay for Life” event**

Cost: $100 will get you a 45 minute one on one shoot with a professional photographer, and a disc with 20 high res. images.

Exact Locations are TBA – Each Photographer will be choosing their location, and once you are booked with your photographer, we will be contacting you with all your information!

ENV Photography will be doing 4 sessions on May 15 for the Event.

See the news clip on Global!

Contact Rachelle Hall (Crave Photography) to book your session: Rachellemarie_hall@live.ca

More info on facebook too: http://www.facebook.com/?ref=logo#!/event.php?eid=344282728967

Here’s a few of images Monica and be sure to go check out her website at www.aisleplanyourday.com!

Images by Edmonton Wedding Photographer, Elizabeth van der Bij

I arrived in Humboldt Friday night, somewhere around 7:30 and totally forgot about the time difference, so it was actually an hour later, and I cruised around town, but couldn’t find much going on so just went to the Inn and crashed. I must admit, I’m not fond of sleeping places without my Derek and the 4 furballs, so didn’t sleep so well. Saturday morning came too early and I was up at my equivalent of 6 am to head to Imagin Photography (the Studio where everything was taking place) for 8 am (well, they called it 9, but not in my head) where I was joined by 15 others to learn from Mike Long and Andy Armstrong about pin-ups, fashion, glamour and boudoir photography. We each got to shoot a little with a model each day and learned about light, posing and post-processing.

At the end of the two days, I headed off to Saskatoon to spend the night before arriving home today after a very snowy drive. Here’s a few shots of one of the lovely models, I will show some of the pin-up stuff once I’ve finished working on it.

This past Sunday was the hugely popular Bridal Fantasy wedding fair in Edmonton at Northlands. I didn’t have a booth this year, but I went with Tammy of TiAmo Photography to check things out and to get a better feel of what works at a bridal show in anticipation for our (separate) booths at Love Story Expo in Spruce Grove next September. What’s funny is that when I was planning my wedding, I never went to a bridal show, and now I check them out all the time!

There were lots of great booths this year, but there were a few booths and companies that really got my attention for several reasons. Here’s a list of wedding vendors to check out if you haven’t already! (no particular order)

TU Gallery – Gorgeous custom frames for those fabulous wedding photos (also have awesome furniture and art work too).

Little Black Book Inc. – These ladies(event planners)had the most beautiful and memorable business cards and my favourite table set-up of the whole wedding fair. They have captured my heart with their stunning style.

ID Bohemia – They had the coolest looking booth! It was really something to look at! Although, it did take me a little while to figure out if they were photographers or event planners – turns out they are planners!

A Chair to Remember – Beautiful decor that popped up in quite a few very pretty booths. Really nice chair and table covering options!

Wild Orchid Flower Shop - Wow! They had the most gorgeous floral displays! Tammy and I both loved the collection with the Monarch butterflies! I couldn’t stop looking at their gorgeous flowers! Also didn’t hurt that the ladies working the booth were really friendly too!

Marlow & Richards Florist – Breathtaking centrepieces. Gorgeous and grand in scale! Loved them!

Rooy Couture – Awesome local dress designer! Had dresses that I would love to photograph and are so unique!

In Motion Style Group – Mobile make-up and hair! Ideal for weddings and boudoir marathons!

Cake Couture – Had really awesome cake designs!

Lots of other great booths, but I had to admit, I got a little overwhelmed and can’t remember everything I saw!!

I got in just in time to send in some images for the last of the 2009 contests, so off I go to pick those out to send!

In the meantime, go check out all the amazing photographers on the sites!