A Halloween Post!

I love Halloween. I've been preparing for it all month with awesome favourites (Hocus Pocus anyone?), far too much candy and a Halloween costume session with Cordelia. Jamie and I visited the pumpkin patch and Jamie actually constructed a giant man-eating Super Mario Bros. plant that will be dispensing candy this evening outside our apartment. I especially love how Halloween just kind of automatically transitions into Christmas, thereby making this time of year my absolute favourite.

What else did I do in October? I traveled to Seattle to meet up with my longtime friend of awesome photography, Amy Nieto, who did an engagement session with Jamie and I at the Seattle Public Library. If you have never been to that particular library, GO. GO NOW! It's huge, spacious and one of the neatest buildings I've ever been in. How can you argue with a glowing escalator and a red level. AN ENTIRE LEVEL MADE OF RED. So awesome! We loved Seattle so much. After the portrait session we wandered over to a little handmade organic market where I picked up some dried herbs (lavender, sage, and lemon thyme) in a little cloth bag, feathers and awesome pads of paper courtesy of Rifle Paper Co.

I've also done a lot of sessions this month, and still have a few spaces open for November and December! I'm afraid I've been horribly lax with my blog, but pretty soon I'll post pictures of my shoot with the awesome Crystal, a vintage family session, a baby session, a colourful family session times a few, a handful of creative sessions and some event photography times two. Until then, please enjoy your Halloween, eat a ton of candy and enjoy a Halloween special or five. Might I suggest the Disney movie that scared the pants off me as a kid? Look down below for a youtube snippet!

Portrait Session: Jami

Last Thursday I took some portraits of Jami, where we drove all the way out to Agassiz with her friend Laura (who also did hair and makeup) and my right hand lady Crystal.

Baby Addyson

Ah! I'm so far behind in updating! You can always see new shoots on the facebook page first: www.facebook.com/sarahisovereign/! This autumn I had the chance to photograph the lovely and awesome Addyson. Here are a few images from our session. I constructed a little nest with butterflies for her to sleep in = cutest thing ever.

October is Awesome.

Lately I've had the lyrics of Sarah Harmer songs running through my head, one of which is "I'm out of the hideout" and maybe also, "The grass is happy and I think, so am I". Fall is awesome. I love how all the leaves are changing colour, the golden glow outside, the new Feist album rocks my socks off, and there are pumpkins, goblins and ghosts everywhere. It's been a long September, so I'm focusing on getting my mind out of the past and into the future: Halloween is coming, Christmas is around the corner and next summer... well, I'm getting married or something. {YAY!}

Yesterday Jamie and I went to Wisbey farms and picked out a bunch of pumpkins. 10 in total, a few of which are teeny tiny. I also picked up fresh hot peppers, tomatoes (which are either giant cherry tomatoes or small regular tomatoes?) and apples, which I'm now enjoying for lunch: spring mix greens, balsamic vinegar, three tomatoes, a few slices of cheese, a couple pickles and four bright red strawberries = best lunch ever.

On Saturday I went shopping downtown Chilliwack with my mom! Lunch at Decades (I'm back on my diet so it was my last Greek wrap and caramel macchiato of the season), and then we wandered down to The Button Box (I picked up three beautiful plates to put cakes on for our reception next August), Lellow (my friend Georgia makes the Swinky Binky they sell there -- and she's totally using owl print fabrics = awesome.), I picked up three vintage dresses at the Wellington Emporium for upcoming shoots, little pumpkins and a baked apple pie candle at Creekside, and we stopped in Appeldoorn's for tea.

Other things that are just plain great: new photos over at the facebook page and a couple more shoots in the next few weeks! I have a couple of spots left in November and December. PLUS Jamie and I are heading to Seattle next weekend for an engagement session with my good friend Amy Nieto!

Also: This video is amaaaazing. I want to live in that apartment.

Just some words to live by