Hiatus.

Sorry for the brief hiatus. I’ve been busy working on some exciting new photography collections and products which I cannot wait to talk about and show you all. I've also been making some crazy long to do lists all in preparation for two upcoming community events where I will be showcasing my photography. For the first time. To the public. In front of hundreds. Scary and exciting - yay! All these details, I promise, will be revealed in the coming posts so please check back very soon.

In the meantime, a peek at some images from the annual Living Water Counselling Centre Walkathon.

Everyone, meet my mom (middle) and her two sisters. There's a total of seven siblings on this side of the family! My grandma, is one a brave woman.

Literature for Life Fundraising Event

Another fundraising event I attended last month that was held at the Gibsone Jessop Gallery in the Distillery District. Arti(you may recognize her name as one of the models who posed for me from an earlier post!) sits on the board of a charity called Literature for Life and asked me to take photos for this special evening. This organization is dedicated to helping young moms and families to create "a love of reading and building a culture of literacy." They do this through various outreach programs, reading circles held at shelters and youth centres, as well as a quarterly publication, Yo’ Mama Magazine which is written by young mothers for young mothers.

The evening included entertainment from the band Porkbelly Futures, a book signing session from author, Stuart McLean, and what I thought was the highlight of the evening, spoken word performances from some of the ladies who were involved with the Literature for Life programs. These girls were amazing and truly inspiring. Here's a few pics from the evening, the full set can be found here.

Porkbelly Futures

Spoken word performances

Stuart McLean signing a book from his Vinyl Cafe Series

LWCC Walk-A-Thon

LWCC Walk-a-Thon.

I do believe it is important to give back to the community so when the opportunity arises, I try to make the time to offer my photography services to a non-profit organization. This fundraising event was held at Milliken Park in Scarborough for a professional counselling organization called Living Water Counselling Centre. They provide counselling, parent education and training in professional counselling with a vision for healing broken relationships, strenghtening families, valuing marriages and enriching quality of life. The day started off with the walk followed by games and food for all who participated in the walk. Here's a few more captures from that day, as usual, the full set can be found on my flickr page in the set: LWCC Walk-A-Thon. Enjoy!