NWC Christmas Photobooth
One of my sisters is the student & young adult pastor at a church here in Niagara Falls - Niagara Worship Centre. I feel really lucky that a year after I moved to Niagara Falls for my job at Pro Church Tools she was hired by NWC and moved here too.
Each Christmas since then she has had the responsibility of putting together a photo booth for our church, and I have had the creative pleasure of lending a hand.
Last year we created an artistic forest.
This year we went for a more cheerful, cartoonish, style. Covering the back of our space with a wrapping paper with a colourful, confetti Christmas tree pattern on it. Then we hung a garland - we went with a fake one because last year we worked with real pine, and the needles dried out so quickly and kept falling off. The final thing we added to our back drop was a couple of gold word banners that Allysin picked up from Winners.
The final touches were some cardboard props, and some oversized 'ornaments' that Allysin and I (and Kelli Ann!) made from balloons and bristol board.
Here are a few shots that I took this past Sunday:
Also how insanely adorable are Ry, his niece Lily, and Britt? Like seriously! My heart!
I have a couple engagement shots coming up, so look forward to that, and I'll hopefully have some shots from my own Christmas celebrations.
Merry Christmas y'all!
Leave a comment with your favourite Christmas tradition. :)
Christmas Parade 2017
Alright y'all - finally feeling the beginnings of the holiday spirit!
This past weekend was the Christmas Parade here in the Falls, so my sister and I gathered some friends and went to take it all in. It brought such joy to my soul!
Now I am currently sitting at my desk looking out on darkening grey skies that are filled with storm clouds. Night comes early these days, but with 'Holiday Beard Ballads' playing instrumental Christmas songs in my ears, somehow today seems light. Like that feeling when you see a Christmas tree decked out with warm, colourful lights at night.
Somehow the world seems less cold; more friendly at Christmas.
I pray that the warmth that is hope finds you where you are.
The Wiedemann Family 2017
For Thanksgiving my family went up to our cottage for the weekend. It was so nice to spend time together, and to be up North in nature taking the autumnal scents and scenery.
With two of my sisters being in college, and Allysin and I moved out, it is rare that all of us are in the same place at the same time - so, we took advantage of it. We used the opportunity to take our family portraits for the year.
Here's a sample:
Allysin - Winter Portraits
As I stare out my window at the evening sun and the fading leaves I realize that my life has been so busy that I have a stash of hundreds of photos that I haven't shared yet! Don't worry I won't share them all . . .
At least not all at once. ;)
I feel like this year my photography and editing style has began to shift and morph from my past overly bright, warm and crisp portraits to something a little more grungy, shadowed and film grainy.
Maybe it's a reflection of my outlook on life? Or a narrative on how life, like my art, becomes more complex the more you experience and know?
But that is something that needs more time for introspection, so not today!
My sisters were brave enough to venture into a cold January day (yes, it's been almost a year!!) to capture these portraits, and they turned out to be some of my favourite to date!
(PS - you can find more from Allysin over on her YouTube channel)
Here is a sample from Allysin's:
