jay

Last week I did a photoshoot for my cousin's little boy Jay. He's turning 5! He is a hilarious, adorable little guy. I've never worked with children before, so it was an interesting change. There's a lot more deal making that has be made in order to get a shot! For example, I had to play "rock". This involved throwing rocks into the river. Then he would smile for me to take the pictures! Haha.

jay: 5 years, originally uploaded by avalilly.

hat, originally uploaded by avalilly.

stone's throw, originally uploaded by avalilly.

walk on, originally uploaded by avalilly.

jay, originally uploaded by avalilly.

look what I can do, originally uploaded by avalilly.

It was a fun way to start the day, that's for sure! And yes, that is infact a custom t-shirt. Cute idea!

makeup monster birthday

cereal and face, originally uploaded by avalilly.

Just wanted to dedicate a post to my favourite lil makeup artist, Katie Melanson. Today is her birfdayyy. She is far away in another land though, studying makeup artistry at Vancouver Film School. We all miss her muchly, especially me because who else would I randomly stick lucky charms on my face with, or make Astrea and Jamie come over so we can make them model for us, or dedicate copious amounts of our lives to being malmas.

Happy birthday, makeupmonstermelanson! Have a wonderful day... and then come back soon!

birthday bouquet

birthday bouquet, originally uploaded by avalilly.

blue rose, originally uploaded by avalilly.

bluem, originally uploaded by avalilly.

The boy got me lovely blue roses for my birthday. I took so many pictures of them, but alas they never really opened more than this. Probably the combination of the cold air and the dye shortened their life span. They've dried nicely since then so I still have them. Such a gorgeous colour. ♥

I may make this into a triptych print for sale some day. People like flowers. Especially ones that don't need watering!

For more flower images, check out my Flickr set!