Sean Norman Photography

sarah | granville island portraits – part two

Sean — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 08:41:47 +0000

I HATE commitments, to-do lists, time frames, must-dos. They don’t fit my life. There’s nothing worse than having to do something you are the furthest thing from inspired to do. And I did actually try to flip this and find the equal & opposite positive/wanted, but the words didn’t flow as well ;) For nights of inspiration and just all around perfection, there is that equal and opposite. The wanting to keep finding more, to laugh harder, to smile until you’re hunched over because your cheeks hurt so much, and that’s just what we did. It’s nights like with Sarah, such a beautiful, fun, hockey loving, life appreciating, joy seeking kindergarten teacher that make me thankful for staying away from commitments and time frames.

When life feels good, keep creating. The better it gets, the better it gets. Spontaneous decision making about location included ;) Since Sarah & I both admitted to otherwise staying home, probably in front of our computers, Saturday night spent working? WIN!

DON’T tell me how gorgeous her teeth are. And stop looking at mine in comparison. STOP IT! And yes, I had braces back innnnnnnn… grade 7?
Yeah. Sorry about those thousands of dollars, mum & dad. Love you. Ha!

sarah | granville island portraits – part one

Sean — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 09:27:20 +0000

Get ready.

Saturday the 14th – inspiration peaks in creativity at Granville Island with Sarah for our shoot.
Sunday through Wednesday – 40 something images edited for my blog, uploaded & ready to go.
Friday the 20th – my iphone4 from apple arrives.
End of my week through now – productivity FAIL.

So this ISN’T where I ask what your favourite, must have apps are, because I’m not about to hijack (it’s okei, I’m not at work – I can say that word out loud) Sarah’s blog post.
So folks, drop down below, scroll through some of my favourite images to date, tell Sarah how VIBRANTLY beautiful and radiant she is …how can you not adore her eyes closed, nose crinkles genuine laugh?! …and tell me your favourite apps. Via the email button on the menu of course, and not in the comments so we aren’t hijacking this post. (Read this blog post out loud at an airport. I dare you. Ha!

28 more of my favourite images in part two coming right up. And by right up, I mean when I stop playing Angry Birds.

jamie & colene | victoria wedding

Sean — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 10:44:10 +0000

So, how do you turn a 3.5/4 hour wedding into a 12+ hour day? Travel to Swartz Bay/Victoria from Vancouver with public transit and BC Ferries. Kim Spears and I FINALLY had the chance to meet up, and shoot a wedding together! It was a blast! We joked about everything, laughed about everything! She told me some remarkable travel stories, some more flattering than others – not quite like the one about her vomiting in SE Asia on a plane, on take off, and having it come back and land all over her, and laughing hysterically as it happened. Yeeeeup. Head to her blog and check out her travel snaps Tuesdays!

Anyway, after squeezing in my lunch that sparks creativity, McDonalds, we rendezvoused with Jamie & Colene for their backyard ceremony, and bridals to follow. Kim had actually, and I don’t know how she did it, but sometimes it makes me wish I could charm like her, Kim had asked someone randomly living in the countryside if we could shoot at their GORGEOUS home/yard/farm on Jamie & Colene’s wedding day. Win. Win. Win.

Kim, you are fabulous. So much fun, and so extraordinarily talented with sparks of creativity like nothing else!

How about his smile in the side mirror? Pretty proud of myself there, folks ;)

Every little bit of praise for this ring shot goes directly to Kim. Her lemons. Her brilliance. And a little to me for draggin’ the chair along ;)