If I was a season, I'd be spring - full of change, colour, and hope for the future.

If I was a piece of furniture, I'd be a mirror - reflecting the best in everyone.

If I was a country, I'd be Wales.

If I was a food, I'd be Foie Gras - I would be fat and perfect.

If I was a day, I'd be Sunday.

If I was a color, I'd be red - passionate, memorable, and stubborn.

If I was a letter, I'd be a love letter.

If I was a book, I'd be Pride & Prejudice.

If I was a political leader, I'd be someone who changes the world.

If I was a drink, I'd be a 1921 Dom Perignon - every day is a reason to celebrate in style.

If I was a man, I'd be a gentleman who has style, poise, and chivalry.

 

If I could know the future, I'd be bored - I like thinking about my options and stressing over all the paths and excitement I'll have.

If I was you, what would I be and why?

List from Bianca

Photo taken this past weekend while touring the Okanagan, looking out over Osoyoos Lake.

The sun is shinning and beaming through my office window right now and it makes me thrilled for the weekend! The plans for our long weekend changed about every 2 hours from heading down to Portland, to not, to only me going, to not going again, to now going to the Okanagan instead. This is where we're sitting now, going to the OK, but I'm not banking on it...I'm expecting it to change again.

I wanted to wish you a happy and wonderful long weekend, and present to you what you receive when you purchase a print collection! I love handing these out, I put all my love into them. :)


Happy Long Weekend!

Hannah is beautiful, smart, and sassy and I love every piece of her! For one, I'm kinda forced to since she's my cousin, but even if she wasn't there is no possible way that I couldn't. Hannah graduated from high school last year, but from the flurry of her getting ready for her grad and running to and from her getting her hair and make up done she only ended up with one photo of her in her grad dress. On her mom's iPhone. She was heart broken, she had a beautiful dress and her hair was done up all avant-garde but with only her memory of it.

So with her in mind, Couture | Grad was born, a fun experience so that day and night of wearing your dress lasts longer then a few hours and you have some fun and awesome photos of you rocking your dress.

And here is Hannah rocking her beautiful dress!

This weekend was quite an exciting one, an emotional roller coaster to say the least! First on Friday afternoon I found out that I made the cut for a list for cream of the crop photographers, Boudoir photographers to be exact, and I almost died when I found out! I didn't think I would make it, considering I'm such a small fry to everyone else in the world. But out of everyone and 220 people chosen, I was one of them! All I could think of was "WOW, this is simply awesome!", while jumping up and down in my chair and clapping my hands! Let's just say I went to bed that night, very happy!

Saturday morning my heart dropped a little bit when I found out that some of my images were stolen and posted on some other person's user page. Sure, they kept my watermark on the photos as if thinking that would be okay, but it was just disappointing that they would just take them without letting me know. If they had asked, I would have probably said "Yea sure, here you go!"...but the fact that they just took them...just made me really sad. So, if you're thinking of taking someone's images for your own use, send them an email first.

Then on Sunday afternoon, I headed out to the airport pick Adam up from his week long business trip to China, and I couldn't believe how excited I was to see him! Life is just way more enjoyable and fun with him around! Adam is the one who's hand I hold when we drive down the highway together, cuddle next to when I watch hockey, and the one who I talk to when things are going on or I need to make a decision about life and/or business - and considering the previous two days, I couldn't wait to sit down with his hand-made cup of coffee and just spill my heart!

Thankfully Monday is here, and I'm so happy that I've held his hand, cuddled next to him, and sipped his hand-made coffee while I spilled my heart!

Ek!! I'm so excited I could yell it from the roof top, dancing and singing along the way! I've envisioned this for quite some time and am so thrilled that it is finally here! Do you want to know the hardest part of doing this whole thing? Coming up with a name! A name for goodness sake! I talked with so many people asking their opinions on about 2 dozen names, flipping from one to another. Finally with the help of some amazing photographers, I settled on Couture | Grad!

If you or anyone you know is going to be a grad of 2010, or even graduating in 2011 tell them about Couture | Grad! It's a fabulous photo shoot experience where I concentrate solely on them and who they are!

Hannah + Elisha // Couture | Grad models from Lesley Stefanski on Vimeo.

To get more information on a Couture | Grad session, head over here or shoot me an email!