Business | Woods Showcase

I spent two beautiful sunny days on the Sunshine Coast, British Columbia... just to spend most of it inside working. A friend of mine and his father own and operate Woods Showcase in Gibsons, BC. Here's a preview of some of the photos I took for them during my stay on the coast. To see more, visit their website or, better yet, visit the store! There's so many great art pieces to see and gift ideas for every personality, all done by the local artists on the coast. I'm definitely glad I got to take the photos for them.

~Amy
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Personal | Dog Sitting

I haven't seen this friend since high school graduation, which was a while ago now. We finally figured out that we had time to hang and ended up choosing the perfect day too! It was a beautiful sunny day and we took we adorable dog to the local dog park to chill and enjoy the day. I didn't expect to be hanging with dogs though and I dressed up a little too much, but it was fun as long as the dogs didn't try jumping on me. It was time well spent on a sunny Easter weekend.

~Amy
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 He poses for photos.

Events | Emily's Birthday

Emily is a good friend. She's fun and stylish, she's a great mother to her adorable sons, and she had a birthday party!

The guests at the party were requested to come in costume, and they all did a fantastic job. The decorations and food were quirky and delicious, and provided interesting photo subjects. After the food, the games came out. It was Minute to Win it. Basically, the player has one minute to complete a task that (at this party) they randomly chose out of a container. Some of them were particularly hard, but with such competitive couples it was quite entertaining for everyone.


~Amy
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Can you guess who the couples are dressed as?

A few of the Minute to Win it games...

 

 

 

 

 

 

Portraits | Tina

This girl is beautiful! She's another friend I met through church, but I actually didn't know her until she asked me about having me do photos for her. The weather that day was crummy and overcast, and communications for meeting were completely off, and we went to a completely different location than we first planned on, and I wasn't wearing the proper shoes. But I completely forgot those things when I saw Tina through my camera. These photos turned out wonderfully and I couldn't have asked for a better day to do them.

~Amy
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Personal | Macro Monday + Free Photos

I was going to introduce this concept last week but there was work to go to, and photo shoots to follow up on and schedule, and I was out of the country for a few days so I didn't get any blogging done. But it's a new week and time to get stuff done!

So Macro Monday is just what it sounds like. I'm going to be taking photos all week and from the macro shots I get I'm going to choose one to post and write about on the following Monday. This will keep me busy.

Because of my limited photography knowledge I'm not trained in the art of macro photography and I may have a completely different perspective of what it is. But this furniture element caught my eye while visiting an aunt and uncle in their beautiful new house and I just had to take a close-up photo of it.

I'm still offering free photo shoots: portraits, weddings, engagements, events and such. I will edit all of your requested photos, and I'll print them in the sizes you choose if you want me to. I will also be featuring my choice of photos on my blog. Talk to me at fmphotography.mitchell@gmail.com or send me a message on facebook: Forever Moments Photography. I'm always happy to hear from you!

TRAVEL UPDATE: I will not be scheduling anything from now until April due to the awesome vacation to Ontario/Quebec/New York I will be on. I'll hear from you all then!

~Amy
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Personal | Macro Collection

I was suddenly in a mood for admiring macro photos, including my own. There's nothing quite like the detail found in a macro picture. In honor of this reminiscing I've put together a collage of my favorite macro photos that I have taken since starting photography.

~Amy

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Engagements | Troy and Sarah

These two are adorable in their own "We spend way too much time together" kind of way. I met Sarah at a church event and we became fast friends. Knowing she was engaged I was immediately thinking of all the wonderful things she would get to plan and experience between then and getting married - and that includes the photography. The thought that I could be their photographer never did come to my mind until months later. Now here I am, taking engagement photos with good friends.

~Amy
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The photos I took of them way back in November 2010 were so badly done that I just had to take more as soon as I bought my current camera.

These next photos will be much more enjoyable. I'm so blessed that I could afford the camera I have now. :)