And here we are almost 3 years later – they’ve added Johnson and Maggie to their crew and are still this amazing fun unique family.  When they called, the only thing they asked for was to try not to do “posed photos” – they wanted me to just capture the fun nature of their family….So off I went.  Here is a sneak peek of the result!

Feel free to right click on any of them below, and upload them to your cover   They are already the perfect dimensions and all I ask is that you don’t remove the watermark!  Thanks and enjoy!

I have posted a slideshow of all of these photos next, or scroll past the video to see the individual photos of this wedding.

PHOTOS

The beautiful clear turquoise waters of Falmouth, Jamaica.

The view from my room door

Down the beach were shanties where you could buy lots of local merchandise – i loved one of the local fisherman’s boats sitting on the beach – the colours in it were beautiful

A few days before the wedding we all went out on a Catamaran chartered for all 62 of us vising from Grande Prairie! We left out of Margaritaville in Montego bay and snorkeled and sailed for the afternoon – it was beautiful!  Here are a couple of photos from that day!

The wedding day came and Colleen Bromby from Factory Hair Studio here in Grande Prairie did the bride’s hair that day – a beautiful loose french braid across the side and back with wisps of hair free – totally suited Tamara’s personality, her dress and her tie-dye themed wedding

The dress was amazing – a custom dress in a flowing silk georgette designed by the talented Lani from R O O Y Couture!

Tamara held back her tears as her uncle walked her towards Jon (the groom) and her son Ashton waiting on the beach.

And a hug for mom….he was so happy to be there with his parents on this amazing day!

I don’t remember the exact count but I do believe there were 62 of us from Grande Prairie at this beautiful wedding.  So of course we had to do a big group shot!

And the couple posed for some photos for the resort photographer and the crowd and of course I had to get my camera in there too hehe

And of course a few shots of the wedding party before we ventured out on our own.  Tamara herself, hand tie-dyed all the dresses and shirts for the groomsmen/bridesmaid

We ventured off for a little walk around the resorts lush gardens…

And on to the reception where they cut the cake, did some speeches and changed into comfortable clothes for a night with their best friends and family!

But…..there is more!

I wanted to save the best for last……there are no words needed to describe this…except maybe the song I’m sexy and I know it by LMFAO?

This year has started out with a bang! So much in store for 2012 I can’t even begin to tell you how excited I am – I have amazing brides and grooms, families, trips and projects lined up that are so exciting!

January was a busy  month for me getting ready for the Ultimate Bridal Show here in Grande Prairie.  It was a great success again this year, and i loved my booth and how it turned out! Lots of brides and grooms came to visit me and many of them booked their weddings with me!

This month also had a few wonderful sessions

February was a crazy month full of travel and sessions- here are some of them from February:

The highlight of February was going to WPPI (Weddings & Portrait Photographers International) conference in Las Vegas – what a mind blowing experience – I learned so much and met some of the most amazing people!

Click on a link below to view the month from 2011

Next year Help-Portrait is sceduled world wide for Saturday Dec 8th, but our local Grande Prairie one will be Sunday December 9th, 2012!  Details will be following!

Thanks to Beauchamp Creative for this photo of us all!!!

and with that I leave you with a MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!! And a super cute baby in a christmas box

November included alot of fun personal projects and a few family sessions I can share including a shoot for January’s cover of Guided Synergy (which I can’t wait to share with you once it comes out).

Here however is a very cute newborn shoot I can share – he was such a great little baby with such a great big brother!!! They both charmed my heart!

And also beautiful pregnant bellies graced the month of November too!

And of course – November was full of some fun personal projects!!!

And more fun for my favorite designer Lani Van Rooyen from ROOY Couture!    Lani needed a photo for her upcoming ad in Edmonton’s Blush magazine, so I brought along my favorite colleague – Prairie Ranger Photography and enlisted the help of two of my most favorite talented stylists – Angelina Lang on makeup and Colleen Bromby from Hair Junkie on Hair, and together they turned Lindsay Goff into a beauty. Special thanks to Sean Sargent for letting us use his “Bat Cave”.  Both Sean Trostem (Prairie Ranger) and i took numerous amounts of photos and watch for Sean’s photo in the actual ad this coming January – the shot is KILLER!  Meanwhile here are a bunch of mine which I adore and watch for Lindsay in one of these gowns blown up full size at the 2012 Ultimate Bridal Show here in Grande Prairie!

As usual, many of my clients in October prefer their photos aren’t online, but here is a medly of so many of the fun clients I had in October – I love fall family photos!!!

And who can forget some of the babies from October either!!

And of course  - Engagements!!

And mid October I got to attend another We Day out in Vancouver this time.  18000 kids at this one too and it was amazing – the excitement, the energy – the change that these events brings about is amazing!  This We Day, i met the likes of Sir Richard Branson, President Gorbachev, Shaq, Hedley (who i actually got to sit and have dinner with – Jacob is as fun in real life as the persona you see on tv – what you see IS what you get), Down with Webster, Jesse Geddings, Mia Farrow and more!

A fabulous company here in Grande Prairie called Peek Pea also contracted me to do some photos for their products – oh the fun we had – you should check out their custom and amazing bibs and shoes made of leather – I have purchased the bibs in the past as gifts and they are amazing!

And what a great way to kick off the month with an outdoor sunny sunflower filled wedding by to amazingly relaxed people that couldn’t wait to be married!!!!

Due to being in and out of town – there wasn’t as many family sessions (lots on October) but the ones I had were super fun and wonderful!!!  Although many of my September and October clients prefer to have their photos left private, so here are some of the ones I could share

And we can’t forget the newborns

And then a mid month wedding in whitecourt with a pretty awesome family who gave us a run for our money in the energy department – keeping up with BOTH the bride and groom’s brothers was very interesting

After alll of that I flew out to Toronto to participate in an event called “We Day” with Free the Children.  I can’t even begin to describe to you the amazing experience this was and I cannot WAIT to go back next year!!!  I am just going to let the photos speak for themselves!…. (no big deal but i got to hang out with the likes of Shawn Desmon, Nelly Furtado, Nina Dobrev, Joe Jonas, Danny Glover, Neverest, City and Colour, Kardinal Official, Classified, Rick Hanson and so many more.  Ask me about some of the conversations some time – each of them were so wonderful and unique!!) It even included documenting the one on one interviews with Danny Glover, Rick Hanson, Nelly Furtado and others the next day and a shoot with Shawn Desmon for AOL wearing his new Me to We store shirt he designed himself!!!

As soon as the plane landed I was off to Banff for the wonderful wedding of these two from Red Deer.  The wedding was done at the Castle Mountain Chalets in the beautiful Banff with the Castle Mountain as the backdrop.  It was a beautiful fall day for this outdoor wedding and it couldn’t have gone any better!!!  I was tired – but ending my month with these people ended it the best way I could ever ask for!