I have to say (and I never thought I WOULD say this) that I miss snowy winters. A lot. It was such a treat to be up in Sun Peaks shooting a wedding in real winter, with the snow falling. It was glorious! I even enjoyed digging my car out from at least 7 inches of snow Sunday morning! Yeah, never thought I’d say that either. Before heading back down the hill, I took a morning stroll around Sun Peaks village to admire the fresh morning. It was lovely! Here’s just one shot…
A snapshot of our excursions in NYC. We LOVED NYC, and I finally understand the slogan… we could’ve spent a month there exploring and discovering this amazing, wonderful city. Alas, we had only two full days there, and we made the most of them. My non-travel husband has fallen for NYC also, and know this won’t be our last time there, and the future holds more traveling and discovering. It was fantastic! Anyways, I could go on and on about it, and I will once we’re home, but for now, a quick snapshot of our first glimpse into NYC. Enjoy!
The first photo I took: We’d just taken the bus into the city, braved the subway with our bags, found our hotel, and Kent was in Starbucks getting our first coffee. This is VERY much my first impression. BIG. And I thought my boys would get a kick out of the Real Steel ad.
Views from the Staten Island ferry (you can see the new WTC buildings (aka the Freedom Towers):
The city late at night, from the street up, Times Square was incredible at night, by the way, so many lights it’s almost daylight…
…and from the top of the Empire State Building down. (I highly recommend late night viewings. Not only is the view spectacular, but the lineups are non existent!)
Ground Zero. There is too much to say about it now, but it will come…
Occupy Wall Street.
The Brooklyn Bridge. We’d already decided we didn’t have time to go hear, but after a long day of walking, walking, walking, we found ourselves there so we decided we should definitely go all the way there. My poor feet.
Beautiful Central Park. Again, the small amount of time we were in the park did NOT do it justice, it’s so beautiful in there!
And, on our way out of town, a stop at Central Station, where I took the most typical photo ever, one I’ve seen over and over, but I had the added bonus of creeping on another photographer’s shoot in the station, lol!
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The first New England town we toured on our vacation was New Bedford. The town, like the whole area, is rich in history. The first European settler arrived in 1602, in the 1700′s it was the the biggest seaport and a big player in the whaling industry, and, after that industry failed, in the 1800′s, it became the biggest exporter of cotton.
We started our day at the Whaling Museum in downtown New Bedford. This is a half scale model of the Lagoda, the largest whaling ship model in existence:
But enough history (for today anyways), and on to some photos
This next one is a textiles mill built in 1812. All these seaside communities seem to have one of these on the water… there are 600 in the area, it was the main industry by the start of the civil war.
This battery was built during the Spanish American War and was used until WWII.
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I took a moment after the dress rehearsal to nail down a few portrait locations for tomorrow’s wedding (which is going to be a ton of fun – these are great people!) and I found this pathway, leading right to the menacing skies. I like all the opposites in this scene… the new green grass coming in under the dead grass of last year, the lilting pathway leading to the darkness, the blue sky in the background, next to the ominous clouds.
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That was the first thing that popped into my head when I saw this gorgeous necklace in Erica’s display case. And the thought refused to leave me. So, well, now it’s mine, and I loved it enough to take some photos of it. It is seriously beautiful jewelry! Erica is a local Kamloops girl, and if you’ve ever heard of Maraschino Jewelry, that’s her. Erica launched a new business this week called Get Polished, where she will be doing nails (she’s fantastic, I’m getting mine done for the first time EVER) as well as selling her jewelry creations. The website is in the works and I’ll update the links when they’re ready.
These shots were tricky… it was just me, holding a heavy camera in one hand, and trying to keep the necklace steady in the little branches of a very windy tree long enough to get the shot with the other. Would have probably made some nice entertainment for any passerby. lol.
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