Was everyone dressed perfectly? Was the light perfect? Was everyone in an awesome mood? Nope. lol. I finally quit waiting for the perfect day. I had my camera in the van, all the kids with me and we pulled over and I tossed everyone out. lol

It worked out pretty well if I do say so myself. I’m so happy to have pictures of my kids just as they are, and all together.

We had an awesome summer, we spent weeks and weeks camping and just being together. It’s almost time for the kids to go back to school and I’ll be losing my daughter to grade 1. It is a bittersweet time for me. I look forward to a little bit of peace and quiet… I say peace and quiet loosely because I’ll still have a crazy 2 year old at home but he does nap still (crossing my fingers). I also dread saying goodbye to all of them. I love our summers. I love how everyone learns again how to get along with each other, I love our lazy days where some of us don’t roll out of bed until 10:00 and I’ll miss our summer adventures. Sigh.

We are taking our last adventure this week-end, braving the cold and the -2 degrees that it is supposed to be through the night. We briefly considered not going but I can’t say good-bye to summer that easily so hopefully it will go well. We’ll have our last tv and video game free week-end, s’mores, mountain pies, bedtime stories in the trailer, triple pairs of pajamas to keep us warm, peaceful quiet days (if the sounds of children squealing and laughing count as peaceful) and motorbike rides. Tell me, would you be able to throw all of that aside just because of cooler weather? Not me.

So, once I’m back, it’s back to business. I’m almost done editing the two weddings that I did this summer and will have them done soon and then my fall sessions start. I do still have a few slots open for portraits but hurry, they usually go quickly after kids are back in school and parents have more than 3 minutes per day to spare. Once everyone starts thinking about portraits for their Christmas cards I’ll be fully booked. Oh, and don’t worry, if you are on my list you are guaranteed a space and will hear from me early next week.

Enjoy your week-end with your children, enjoy the last lazy days of summer where there are no lunches to be made and no homework to conquer.

I will be out of town for the next week and will be back on Sunday.  If you would like to reach me you can do so by emailing michellewellsphotography@shaw.ca.  It’s hard to believe summer is almost over I hope everyone is having a fabulous summer and is enjoying these last few weeks.  Fall sessions are booking up quickly so if you are hoping to book a date please call or email and I’ll give you a call when I am back in town.  Thanks for reading the blog!

Allison and Larry were married on Friday at the Glencoe Club in Calgary. The emotions were high as tears came easily to many eyes, 2 beautiful people that are completely in love will spend the rest of their life together. Two beautiful people with wonderful families that are so proud of their children… it couldn’t have been a better day.

I have only photographed a handful of weddings but the last two have been so great that I hope to do more in the future. When you are photographing couples that are so in love it is such an easy job. Thank you Larry and Allison and enjoy your honeymoon.

ah, see… Allison has tears in this one.

the ring bearer did a fabulous job and loved to pose for pictures…

3 generations of fabulous women…

I was lucky enough to spend the night tonight with Allison and Larry. They are getting married on Friday and after a few unpreventable cancellations we finally went out to do their engagement photographs. I was originally worried that it was too close to the wedding date and they might be stressed but I couldn’t have been more wrong. Allison mentioned that is was nice to put all of the planning aside and just be able to enjoy each other, and that they did. Their love for each other was very obvious, there was even the odd time that I would have liked to step aside and just leave them to enjoy each other but they may have wondered where I disappeared to I suppose. ha ha.

The night couldn’t have been better with perfect weather and a perfect couple. They climbed fences (sorry about the pants), sat on thistles and drove gravel roads to find the perfect locations. Thank you so much you guys, I had such fun with you tonight. Good luck with the rest of the wedding preparations and I’ll see you on Friday!

Oh, and hopefully I’ll be adding more pictures as I edit so keep watching. They needed a picture for their wedding day so these are only the ones I thought would be suitable. There are so many more! YAY.