Gone Too Soon

This past Sunday we lost a member of the Earls family. I wanted to share with you something that I wrote for him

In loving memory of Brian

I often wonder how it is that one life can end so quickly.
So abruptly that no one is prepared for the aftershock of what has just hit them, the quake within their hearts, shattering within them.
Gone too soon they say as they gaze into each other’s eyes.
Their sadness settles as they realize that no one got to say goodbye.
Darkness is now swallowing any light that was left within them.
And they reminisce on the last time they looked into his eyes, smiled after seeing his beaming face, and heard his laughter that bestowed innocence.
Forever gone and forever in our hearts.
I don’t know if I can take another lost soul, another life stopped in its tracks.
A heart can only handle so much before the pieces will no longer go back together
If people come into our lives to show us a part of ourselves we couldn’t see
And if its fate that brings each of us together
Then what is it that decides when we part, or if nothing becomes of us meeting
We are powerless over what the universe decides of us
It is this powerlessness that makes me weak
Unable to know when the next person I love and care about will be taken from me
All i can do is hold you close to my heart and pray we never part.

Black and White Beauty.

These photos are so overdue. There is no excuse. Except maybe the chaos that was the playoffs. From NHL parties, to work, to our beautiful city of Vancouver transforming into Gotham, with no Batman in sight.

We chose the False Creek Dock as our site to shoot. So many gorgeous yachts and the photos really turned out nice in black and white. Again apologies for the gap between posts. I'm back blogging now<3

Think Pink

Photography & Styling

Nicole Ervin

Make Up

Teresa Hornacek

Model

Erin Massie

05/31/11

Photography & Styling
Nicole Ervin

Make Up
Teresa Hornacek

Model
Erin Massie

Creativity is Bliss

Yesterday I had the honor of collaborating with Teresa Hornacek. She is an amazing and very talented woman. After graduating from John Casablanca's she has gone on to paint many faces and truly is moving on up in the industry. I look forward to working with her in the future. Her work is inspiring and her persona is magnetic. She is someone you just can't help but be drawn to. She is ever so friendly and made our model Erin Massie feel completely at home and did her makeup to perfectly complement the outfit styled for the shoot. I couldn't be happier with the looks we created. When someone is working and their work is their passion, you see it, and more importantly you feel it. You know that they genuinly love what they are doing, and they will be giving their best every time. Painting faces and bringing out beauty is Teresa Hornaceks passion, and her light shines through everytime she picks up a brush. Let your light shine everyone!

Chase your passion not your pension.

Bigger Than Suburbia

Everything seems to be falling exactly into place lately. I have to say I’m a tad jaded by life today. I know I should be present and revelling in the now, but I find myself wondering what will be next. Where will I end up after all is said and done, glasses empty, memory full, and without a battery charger? Will I end up with the life I’ve always dreamed of? Right now it is as though I am dreaming but am wide awake. As if sleeping is unnecessary. I’m terrified that this will all pass by too quickly. When my mind wonders I have a relentless tendency to dwell into the past and anticipate the future, all while the present is passing by becoming history. This is when I make sure both feet are on the ground, after I’ve realized that I'm not floating I breathe in, and slowly breathe out, and I am back fully focused on the now.
All I know is that I want it all. I am willing to do whatever it takes to make manifest my dreams. I know that my chosen industry isn’t the conventional pension bearing, paid vacation, 9 to 5 kind of suburban structure most have been conditioned to go after, but I am not the majority. I am one of the few who walks away from conventional and popular conditioning. My dreams are bigger than suburbia and small town mind set.

My career will be chaotic, my occupation: everything and anything that brings creativity together.
I am so grateful to be able to live in a city where creativity is embraced and individualism is encouraged. With a shoot tomorrow I am feeling more inspired and motivated than I have ever felt before. Motivated to live the life of my dreams NOW, and inspired by this amazing city and the people who surround me.
If not now, when?

The Audacity Of The Overcast.

As you all know I have been putting off shoots due to typical Vancouver weather. We definitely have a love hate relationship at the moment. With summer just around the....I want to say corner but really it is more like just around the corner, up a few blocks, past the alley and it will be on the right hand side. If you see rain...you’ve gone too far. My unwillingness to compromise with Mother Nature and put to use yet again a few spring umbrellas is beginning to fade like a black dress that’s been thrown blindly into a warm wash cycle. Stay tuned for some wet wellies.