Autumn Feels | Chilliwack Portrait Photographer

I am an amazing Uno player and a terrible blogger.

This fall has been full of cozy soups, Halloween-themed sessions, florals, spooky movies, and editing editing editing. SO MUCH EDITING. I feel really grateful for this season - the last two falls have been complex and difficult for my family and I and creating art was sometimes hard to find energy & time for. It’s been such a kindness to have space - and spirit - to create this season and either the fall colours are more vibrant than usual or I’m just more present to them now. I hope however this season is unfolding for you it feels cozy, safe, and full of fall colours.

Little fall memories, October 2021

Life in a Quiet Hurricane | Navigating Quarantine

Hey friends!

Oof, this is some timeline we’ve slipped into, hey?

I do most of my updating through my Facebook and Instagram pages, but I did feel it was important to address everything going on through here. The truth is: I’m not entirely sure how I want to navigate photo sessions right now, beyond following everything national treasures Dr. Bonnie Henry and Dr. Theresa Tam recommend. That means I’m not booking any sessions - and postponing/rescheduling booked sessions until I’m given the go ahead to do them. So far I’m just taking things one day at a time, editing work, and building community over at the Recraft Community group. Come join me there!

I’m working on some online things and worksheets, but it’s taking time because hey, the world is going through it! This is a lot to take in, and we’re all navigating trauma right now - this is a friendly reminder from me to you to be gentle with yourselves. A lot of counsellors have moved services online if you’re needing to talk with someone. B.C.’s mental health hotline is 310-6789, which you can access for free. We are in this together, we don’t need to it alone. If you’re in Chilliwack and need a hand getting groceries, essentials, etc, visit CCFC Community Cares to be set up with help. (This service is for ANYONE having difficulty getting out of the house, from seniors, those under quarantine, new parents, or people experiencing anxiety that makes it difficult to go out. If you’re struggling, please use this service.)

Hope you’re all doing ok out there. I’ll update more soon, and I’ll be working on some things online for the next while - sending love out there to all of you.

Goodbye Sweet Summer

I, for one, am always most excited about the change of seasons. The best time of the year is when everything is changing over to something new. I’m excited to see what unfolds into autumn this year: travelling to Fort St John (Sep 20-23, sessions still available, hit me up!), all the lovely family/beauty fall sessions, and so many cozy sits reading books, burning incense, drinking lattes, family dinners & board games. I am, and always will be, a fan of sweater weather.

Here’s a little capture from the Cultus Lake Flower Fest - it’s such a lovely space, I would 100% recommend going next year! (It just closed for the season today).

I hope you all had a wonderful summer, let’s mosey on into fall - booking September and October currently and I can’t wait to photograph you.

Hello 2019!

Here I am, on the first day of 2019 updating my blog I AM ON IT.

In 2018 my goal was to be more present in photographs, and I plan to do more of that this upcoming year. I also have more creative projects in the works, especially personal creative work, while I sort out my counselling practice as well. 2018 has been a year of such creativity, growth and change that I’ve been lucky enough to take much of December to just reflect on how I want to move forward with my business and counselling practice and what that might look like. So I guess my goal for 2019 is for more of that, but balanced with just a few more naps than last year.

In the meantime, I’m super excited to say that 2018, with all the creativity, the beauty, art-making, triumphs - and yes, even with the losses, was magical, powerful, and full of growth. It was everything I hoped it would be, and I’m ready for all the awesome stuff 2019 will bring.

Thanks for following along with me this past year, trusting me to photograph you, and making art with me.

Sarah

This graphic of my face posted much bigger than expected, I’ll be honest.