Events of this past week have taught me that taking the risk of stepping outside your circle of comfort can be so rewarding. Failure may hurt. But it is always worth the risk.

Despite being a film enthusiast, all of my professional work is digital. I shoot, develop and print my own black and white but have never taken it beyond that. I decided to take the chance however in Vegas to shoot only film. I’m so glad I did.

Here are some of the results. There will be more to come. Taken with amazing photographers who I have the fortune of calling my friends.

Isn’t Elyse just stunning?

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Valentino is a kinesiology student. Jose is a dental hygeniest. Grace is a zoology student.

Friday night science club.

Turned out  our west coast vacations were happening at the same time so of course we had to schedule a little photo shoot… and Japa Dogs, made popular through the Winter Olympics.

Speaking of the Olympics can I just explain to you the crowning moment of that event for myself? So I was sitting on the edge of my chesterfield (yes, I just called a sofa a chesterfield so I sound über Canadian, as I sit here drinking Canadian Maple Tea), and we had just gone into overtime. Now you have to imagine me literally gripping the edge of my seat, probably squealing/yelling/chanting while half near tears at the thought of losing and all of my Canadian pride going down the drain to admit defeat to my American friends. There was no way I was going to look away from that screen even if there was a jumbo jet landing in my living room. No way. So, Iginla has the puck, he passes it to Crosby AND…. *blue screen* “Your television has timed out due to inactivity. If you wish to continue watching please press ‘Continue’”. No flipping way! It is a wonder the remote still has that button. Well, I was greeted to cheering and a sea of red and white.  Hooray Canada! Sorry I missed out on that glorious moment!

Back to Japa Dogs. So Japa Dogs are hot dogs with a serious twist and difficult to pronounce names. If you ever find yourself in Vancouver you must have one.

Now back to the couple.

Didn’t get enough of their awesomeness? That’s okay! Because next week I will be posting some images taken with my Mamiya from this session!