Charlene Stam Photography

Ok, I’m desperate. I’ll admit it. At 40 weeks and 6 days pregnant I have begun begging people to let me take photosI love my clients, I really do, but they are all more concerned about me having a baby then they are about having their photos taken during this beautiful weather. I am, of course, concerned with having this baby too, but have been itching SO bad to get back behind the camera. I may be a little slow getting places these days and might need a help up from the ground but that doesn’t mean I can’t press my shutter button One can only take so much time off from something they love before starting to go a bit crazy!!

Enter my sister Chantelle, who’s visiting from Edmonton. She’s not allowed to say no to me right now. Its because I’m overdue and she feels sorry for me, not because she’s scared of me, I promise ;) Regardless, I took advantage of the situation and asked her politley to do her hair and makeup so I could take a few quick photos near some blossoming trees on our street and I’m super glad she obliged! In just under 10 mins she was ready to go and we took a quick stroll across the street. Nothing crazy, nowhere exciting. Just a few random trees in the middle of our neighbourhood and fifteen minutes of shooting time!!  Typically I shoot with my 24-70mm lens, but decided to pull out my very dusty and neglected 50mm to get a different perspective today and I’m happy with the photos overall, even if we were limited in shooting angles because of all the fabulously outdated houses in our neighbourhood

You’re beautiful, Chan! Inside and out. Love you ♥

Its slow season for me, and I’m having a rough time not being outside shooting every day. I’m trying my hardest to enjoy the down time, though goodness knows we have enough other side projects going on with a house mid-renovation and baby number 3 on the way. But, starting on those tasks and pretending I have any business decorating a baby nursery just didn’t seem half as appealing as being behind the cameraThankfully we saw some blue sky this afternoon, so I took the boys out into the back yard for some fresh air. After a morning spent on eachother’s nerves, I think they welcomed the change of scenery as much as I did. They meandered around our wet, overgrown lawn and I tried my best to find beauty in a yard that is on the list of previously mentioned projects and isn’t all that pretty to look at in its entirety right now!

Hope the start to your week was more productive than mine!

I feel so grateful to have finished 2012 on such a high note. Cassie & Adam’s wedding took place on 12.12.12 – a fabulously lucky day After a few consecutive weeks of rain we weren’t expecting much weather-wise so we were all a liiiiittle thrilled when the clouds cleared up and the sun came out to playCassie & Adam said their I-do’s in a small and intimate ceremony witnessed by family and a few close friends at the stunning Eagle Tree Lodge in Agassiz BC.