Diane Jarvis-Schuller

Sure, I love photographing families, children, pets, and more, but photographing couples is something special. It really doesn’t matter if the reason for the photo session is because of an engagement, wedding, anniversary, birthday, or simply “just because”. Any reason is a worthy one!

I come to your urban or rural home, we can meet at a favourite park or other setting, and I’ll create memorable keepsakes for you to treasure forever.

“Couples who love each other tell each other a thousand things without talking.” ~Chinese Proverb.

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Photographs Never Forget! Creating artistic memories.

I can’t help but post just a few more images from the July 17th wedding (located near Bezanson). I really enjoyed myself and being around such warm and fun-loving people must have been part of the reason for that. Sandy & Travis live on a lovely acreage and I love that they also included horses in their ceremony. As all the guests arrived, there was a pair of draught horses hitched to a large and comfy wagon to transport people from the vehicle parking area up to the ceremony location. Once one wagon full of guests was delivered to the ceremony site, the horse drawn wagon headed back to pick up another group of people.

The bride arrived by a lovely horse drawn carriage and, after the ceremony, the bride and groom were taken back to the receiving line area in that same well appointed horse drawn carriage. The Patterson’s horses were beautifully groomed, their tails plaited with flowers coordinating with the wedding colours, and also had hearts (in the wedding colours) applied to their barrels (that’s the side of a horse). Here are a couple images of the bride and groom as they were being driven away from the ceremony site to the receiving line area.

And this one I added a vintage touch, especially because it reminds me of riding off into their new life together as husband and wife (instead of riding off into the sunset ).

If you have followed the previous posts of this wedding, you’ll know that this couple and their friends and family are definitely a fun-loving bunch. See!

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Photographs Never Forget! … keeping memories alive with custom albums and portraits. (I’m looking forward to putting the album together for this fun and loving couple!)

In recent months I have been making a point of ‘drawing out’ from some of my subjects. My tendency is always to capture people fairly close up, filling the frame. Several months ago, I decided I’d make a point of taking more photographs from a distance. I’m enjoying the results.

As I have been working on preparing images from one of last week’s photo shoots, this particular image (above) really appeals to me. I think, partly because the couple and their dogs have their backs to me in a purely natural way, but also because the distance gives this a sense of ‘watching a story unfold’ are reasons why this one appeals to me so much. It was also taken early on in the photo shoot before the sun rose too high in the sky (later on the sun became quite harsh). I like this one so much that I’m tempted to order it as a sample canvas print. Funny how certain images appeal to each of us in different ways.

The three dogs were so entertaining — I chuckled my way through the photo shoot with all their antics. This is Hank cooling off in the lake. He’s not swimming; he goes in and then lies down in the water with both head and tail up out of the water.

Note: If this post receives 15 comments from friends and family, this couple will receive a complimentary 8×10 of their choice because of your support! To make it easy, use the [email a friend] link to share this post with friends or family.

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Photographs Never Forget!

M and K brought their two beautiful dogs along on Saturday’s photo shoot. We met at Saskatoon Island park and had most of the park to ourselves. The lake is not entirely covered in ice yet but it won’t be long before the entire lake is solid. Can you tell how windy it was?

Tucker, the all black Lab cross, was constantly on the move as you can likely tell in a couple of these shots and by how K is working to keep him still  M and K have such rich dark brown eyes but with the glare from the sun on the snow, squinting was inevitable. I’d love to capture them with different light to really enhance their eyes because this cheerful couple are both so attractive. They both have such a warm and genuine smile as well.

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Bonus: As I do with everyone, if this post receives 15 or more comments from different people, this handsome couple will receive a complimentary 8×10. To make it easy, you can use the [email a friend] link to share this post with friends or family.

Diane is an on-location lifestyle photographer using natural light to bring out the essence of people as well as their pets. Visit Diane Schuller Photography to view her portfolio or for more information.

I continue to be busy, as you can tell by my infrequent posts. Today one of my more important jobs was to double check an order that came in, put it together, and then package it up nice and pretty. You may remember this couple from a recent photo shoot in Edmonton. D & M are truly delightful. There were several photos from this shoot I felt really hit the mark. This photo is one of them and so is the one below. Ordinary enough and maybe doesn’t look to be anything overly special. But today when I gave them that second look as I was preparing to package up all the prints, these were two that really grabbed me in how something that seems ordinary can be really very striking. This one isn’t huge but in the 8×12 print it really comes alive. I’m excited for them to see it. I’m excited for them to see most of the prints and I hope they love them as much as I do.

Isn’t it wonderful when we take the time to pause and really have a second look at things? The ordinary, everyday things. There is so much to see that is missed when we don’t take time to linger and really observe the details and the essence. For me, when I’m photographing anyone or anything, what is most important to capture is that essence. Not the superficial but what comes to the surface from within. That’s what I strive to capture when I photograph.

“To me, photography is an art of observation. It’s about finding something interesting in an ordinary place… I’ve found it has little to do with the things you see and everything to do with the way you see them.” – Elliott Erwitt

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Diane is an on-location lifestyle photographer using natural light to capture the essence of her subjects. Visit Diane Schuller Photographs to view her portfolio or for more information.

PS: I’ve been asked to write out a tutorial on how I make my designer envelopes. I thought I’d have that completed by now but hopefully next week I should post on that how-to crafty item that is so easy peasy.