Dandelion: Stills from a Short Film

SSP: On Vacation!

I'm going to be away through the month of August photographing my way through Northwestern Ontario, Winnipeg and ... New York! If you send me an email, I'll reply as soon as possible but replies will be fairly sporadic as I travel from place to place. If you've booked a session with me along the way, you can always reach me at 604 . 799 . 5503. Hope your summer is full of adventure and awesomeness. Happy August!

Summer Update + Vacation 2011!

I'm writing this in between preparing for the history exam I'll be writing later today, so my brain is currently a mish mash of pre-14th century history and the two recent photo shoots I did.

Last Sunday I shot The Secret Garden with Emily and Liz and it was SO FUN. We hunted down a few spots in Yarrow and did an editorial take on the novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett. I asked Jamie's mom if we could have some the flowers from her garden and she generously gave me an entire rubbermaid tub FULL of roses, crazy daisies, hydrangea and little yellow wild-like-flowers. My mom and I had gone to the Wellington Emporium the day before the shoot and I found some of the most awesome stuff ever. I have a real soft spot in my heart for the Wellington Emporium ... they have so many great things. I went in there about a month ago and made a comment about looking for a taxidermist who might have some songbirds and they had the  number of someone I could contact ready to go because they just have stuff like that on hand.

Anyways, my mom and I found this lovely all lace white dress for Liz to wear and the creepiest, most haunted doll ever and got both for a steal. The doll looks about a hundred years old, but the previous owner had dressed it up for a child, so it had this horrific velvet dress with feathers on and a bizarre headband glued on with ancient sticky tack and extra unnerving fishnet stockings. After a little bit of work she was fixed up and ready to photograph... and you know, she may be extra haunted and might possibly come alive at night, but she looked awesome enough in the shoot that I've decided I don't care. ... Although Jamie did pointedly throw on Child's Play the night I brought the doll home.

The next day I did a morning shoot with my friend Georgia for The Book Nook, reversible fun-patterned bags just big enough for a book or two. We set up some suitcases and teacups in a field and photographed each purse. They are going to be available in a week or two at The Book Man.

I'm in the process right now of switching over domain hosts as well, so the actual www.sarahsovereign.com domain may go down for a few days. In such a case, the blog will remain available as well as the facebook page. You can always reach me at sarah@sarahsovereign.com as well.

I'm also going on vacation this Saturday! You can still get a hold of me, but responses may take a little longer than usual. I'll be gone from the 13 - 30, and traveling around Northwestern Ontario and flying out of there to New York City! I can't wait to finally meet my best friend Melissa's two kids, my cousin Melissa's daughter Lillia, rock it like a hurricane with my cousin Keri and generally have one long summer BBQ in my old hometown. When I come back I'll have a handful of new shoots as well as a new semester and a new site recoding from Burgoyne Online and Computer Services so stay tuned!

Happy Summer!

Email Issue Fixed!

The email form was down for awhile -- nothing seemed to actually be getting through to me. It's all fixed up nice now though -- my sincere apologies if you haven't received a response from me from the form! Please resend, or contact me directly at 604 . 799 . 5503.

Now booking sessions from September - December 2011!

Now booking sessions from September - December 2011! Share a little photo love this fall with creative portraits from Sarah Sovereign Photography. Fill out the contact form or call 604 . 799 . 5503 for more information!

Little Caleb

Taken just hours after little Caleb came into the world, Crystal and I set him up next to the big hospital window on his blanket and took some soft light photos of his super cuteness. Congrats to Jenn and Justin!

Magician

The Magician shoot from last autumn! Photography: Sarah Sovereign, Hair & MUA: Elizabeth Toney, Model: Emily Hamel.

One Big Awesome Family!

Yesterday Crystal and I did a session with our good friends Jenn, Justin, Mackenzie, Cameron, Olivia and Caleb. They are just the best, most awesome little family and taking photos of them was the most fun ever. Here are just a few from our great session!