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Heather is a fabulous make up artist and stylist working in the Portland Metro area.  I love working with her on any kind of event as she is very personable, listens well and is hilarious.  Heather and I worked together at the Laura Mercier counter at Washington Square Nordstrom for several years.  If you need her services, I would totally recommend her, give her a call at 503.863.7433 or email her at heather@canvasbyheather.com 

I attended a lighting workshop with Craig Mitchelldyer on Wednesday with some of the girls from the Click Chicks.   We had so much fun meeting up, so much fun in fact, I did not even get a chance to sync to any off camera lighting.  I did get a chance to shoot  natural light on Nicole Wagner who was there to do make up for the models.  Thanks again to Craig for hosting a FREE lighting workshop to his fellow professionals, what a guy!!

Two of my new girlfriends, Missy and Melissa, posted some fun highlights from the day also. Please ignore me being a total goofball!

I am home from John and Carol’s wedding in the Keys at the amazing Hawks Cay Resort.  It was such a beautiful event and I feel so lucky that they let me be a part of their very special day.  John and Carol are from Chicago and were hoping for a change in weather for their wedding and they got it.  There were rumors of rain but the sun came out and it was a very beautiful and warm 74 degrees out.  Something about the sunshine sure lifts your spirit.  I sometimes think I was born in the wrong state, Oregon only having a few sunny months per year.  I could really get used to that sunny, warm weather and not to mention that teal water.  

On the day I was headed back to Oregon I woke up at 3:30 am our time to catch the sunrise.  It was amazing to feel the warm sun beating down on my face that early in the morning and witnessing such a beautiful sight.  

Here is one of the shots I captured, hope you enjoy it and please, if you are in a rainy state like me, feel free to use it a screensaver, it might just get you through till spring

As promised, I am posting the winner of “Giving is Awesome” tonight. 

After many heart tugging nominations the winner is…Nate and Lydia Bamford.

I will be contacting you soon to fill you in on all the details.  

Spring sessions will be quickly approaching and GenMarie has some super cute options for little girls and everything happens to be half off right now.  I took these photos from their website to show you the dresses I just ordered for Peyton’s 7th Birthday.  Check out the site, her designs are adorable.

I know it is a little late but I just wanted to thank everyone for their continued support this year.  I love what I do and feel so blessed.

Here is a snapshot from the visits received to my blog this week.