Christmas photo session

This year I decided to create funny cards, so I gave Santa's hats to my boys and let them play with them :)
PS: can't wait for the cards to come to show off my projects.

Little girl and Elmo

It was the fastest photo shoot I have ever done - less then 10 min, but I am so happy with the results of it: 

 

Family walk

Last Sunday we enjoyed the sunny weather in Stanley Park during the walk. Of course as usual my kids started to complain that the walk was too boring and too long, but at the end when we got to a parking lot, they had the best time and didn't want to go back home, so as always I took out my camera and snapped some photos of them playing.

Last moment

I was very excited to host a mom-to-be (for third time) at my place. We spent some time together on Wednesday morning and here you can see the results of it:

Awesome news!

The first thing in the morning what I do, is to check new feeds - what happened when I was asleep. I had a huge surprise - a link to an interview with my friend Karen. I'm extremely happy and proud to be a part of this. My photo has been published here: modeandhoney.com

Christmas time (update)

It is time to start thinking about Christmas. Today I did some photos with my son for a Christmas card - personalized only for him to send to our family and his friends. He's been sick and in PJs since Sunday so I had a huge challenge to ask him to pose and smile. More then that he didn't like the flash and he didn't like the hat. This is what you get when you work with kids :)

Mom and the baby

Today I visited a mom and her beautiful daughter. We only had a little bit of time to snap some photos of them but it was so easy as they are both so lovely.

Here are a few sneak peeks:

A rainy day in Vancouver

When a friend asked me to do a photo shoot with her dressed as a witch standing in the rain, I was curious how it would turn out and knew I had to do it. 

Check this out, it actually turned out great, even with a squirming cat!

Was it a magazine photo?

Everyone knows how it is, when you postpone something endlessly, thinking that you still have enough time to do it. One day I realized that I had a lot of strangers' photos but none of my own sister. We set up a date just a month before my flight to Canada. I did this photo shoot not knowing that she will send it to a magazine as an illustration to an article about communication problems between owners and horses. She is a well known polish horse behaviorist and she wrote a how-to properly "talk" to horses.

Black beauty and blond beauty

This team is a great example of understanding and trust. Martha bought this mare just few months before the photoshoot, but it's easy to see the connection between them.

European winter

In my home country winters are always very white, cold and snowy. When we scheduled the photo shoot we had no idea it will be the coldest, almost stormy day of the winter. The temperature was close to -20 C and the falling snow was thick like a curtain, so I couldn't snap anything from afar. Even though the weather conditions were difficult to work with, I remember this day as a very warm, full of joy and laugh.

Long term relationship

This full blood gelding was sold when the trainer decided he no longer had a chance to win any races. The new young owner had no idea how difficult it would be to work with him but she did a great job. From a very hot and naughty boy he changed into a nice pony.

The nicest pony I have ever met

This gelding was about 17 years old when I first met him. I would say a perfect family horse; calm, forgiving, easy to please and very, very safe. His owner got him when she was only 9, but she loves him so much, that there was no option to sell him after she outgrew him. Even though the competitors in jumping shows underestimated them all the time (because of the size) they were unbeatable.