Well, aside from welcoming our second child into the world, we’ve been getting prepared for another epic wedding season.  We’ve changed a few things around, all for the better of our business and those most important to our business, our wonderful clients.  We’ve upgraded some gear, and will be shooting with the brand spankin’ new 5D Mark III, and have done a complete re-haul on our workhorse PC computers – yes we use PCs – they are actually quite lovely and almost as pretty as a MAC.  We are actually Apple people though, with two iPhone 4S, and iPhone 3G, iPod Touch, and iPad in the house, as well as a MacBook Pro.  We are kind of gear heads ; )

We’ve also been busy shooting – and lagging far behind in the blogging department, with several engagement sessions, birthday parties, newborn, and family sessions in the hopper, as well as a few more weddings from last season that we’ve been keeping under wraps up to this point.

So what do you – our faithful blog readers have in store…photos photos photos – because that’s what everyone loves, including us.

So stay tuned for more to come!

Chris and Heather

So the big exciting news over here at Chez Spark is the arrival of our newest addition to our team!  Our new associate has tiny fingers perfect for detailed photoshop work, a fresh perspective ideal for new concepts, and a wonderfully addictive smile to tame even the most savage and uncooperative Groomsman.  We are so thrilled and proud to introduce to the world…

Quinn Victoria Faith Davies – born March 7th 2012.

Christmas and New Years is such a wonderful time of year. The air is crisp and smells like snow, people hustle about from place to place in search of that perfect gift, and Starbucks has red cups and they put peppermint in everything!  But most importantly, it is a time for us to see our friends and family.  As Wedding photographers for the past 8 years, we sometimes don’t get to spend much time with our loved ones, you know who you are, often enough from May to October, so come Christmas, we’re ready to  reconnect and spread some holiday cheer.

Every year is special, but this year our daughter, Bowen, is going to be almost 2 years old!  What does that all mean…well hopefully not too many “No’s” or temper tantrums, but more importantly, she’s figured out that Christmas is a pretty great time of year.  All those presents to open, some were even hers, and she usually found something under the tree wrapped up in pretty paper with reindeer or candy canes (which is her new favourite thing in the world by the way) and decided to make it her own anyway.  Our little monkey will be turning two this February, and we can’t get enough of her.

The other big news for 2012 is that we are expecting our second little monkey, or as we have named Heather’s bump, ‘Lemon’.  Why lemon you ask?  Well, Heather has an iPhone app for pregnancy that tells you every week how big the baby is compared to a fruit or vegetable, and one day it was as big as a lemon, and it just stuck after that.  We’re very excited to welcome this new addition to our family this March, and look forward to showing him/her the world.

So what’s left to say, other than Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, and we can’t wait for all that 2012 brings. To our 2012 brides and grooms, we’re refreshed, recharged, and ready for ‘ya! Now, let’s go take some pretty pictures! Chris + Heather