March is the month

juanita, my sister / business partner and her husband todd, both celebrate their birthdays in the month of march.
i am very thankful that i was able to spend time with them both to celebrate.
tonight we went to their house to make homemade pizzas and have DQ ice cream cake. yummm!

it was also a great time to get caught up. my father was anxious to hear about out time in california. photography is his passion too.

i really truly value the family i have. casual nights like tonight make me realize that that is one of the most important things in life. i read a quote not to long ago that pretty much sums up how i feel.

' When you look at your life, the greatest happinesses are family happinesses.'

it's great to come from a home where there's love. now just to focus on giving back what i have been given.
pay it forward. that is how it stays alive.

a sak

Great memories !!

it feels like forever since i have sat down to scribble a few things.
we are home now from the OC .
i was a little ran down on the weekend and found it important to take some time out. i got caught up on my sleep and i had time to reflect from the past 4 intense days that we spent with Mike Colon , in his photography seminar.
what a great experience. i feel so incredibly inspired. i am not only inspired to be a better photographer, but to be a better person.

i feel as if what i learn in the past 4 days it will take me a long time to put to practice. timeless really. i'd love to do it all right now. but the best way to grow is step by step.

anyway i'd want to say a few thank you's

thank you to my sister / assistant for attending with me. we had a great time together !!
thank you also to mike and the wonderful team on your side.
thank you also to the talent bunch of photographers that were so much fun and offered so much help!

everyone was so good to us Canadian sisters.

here are a few of the pics we took while out on photo shoots and of each other.

Thanks to these 2 talented photographers......TJ Cameron and Jim Christianson . us girls always had someone that we could go to for all our questions and someone to turn to when we needed help. plus we had a few laughs!
both friendly guys doing well in the industry !!!


this was a fun photo shoot. i think i liked it because the models (twin sisters) were so much fun so real
and
hey... we were at the beach !!

Mike was doing an indoor photo shoot for a designer and her wedding gowns. we were along to see how it is done. the gowns were very stunning. for any of you brides out there ......check out her site.
Marianne Lanting
i snuck a few close ups of the girls. they were so beautiful.



Mike Colon and us girls....

this is juanita and i with Sheri Geoffreys. this lady has so much energy i don't think she knows what to do with it all. Sheri's talent is with children photography. check out her site.

the group shot with everybody !!!
what fun action packed 4 days. times i'll remember for a long time. now it's back to work and back to each client that comes our way!
can't wait!!
a sak

The OC

we have arrived in the OC and what a place. truly beautiful. the ocean, beaches, palm trees, and well all the surf'in stuff that goes along with it.

we are spending our nights at dana point which is about a 20 min drive from newport beach. we drove the coast today to go from one point to the next. we wanted to scout out where we will be for the next few days in the photography work shop. along the way, all along the coast there were lots of amazing site to see.

it has been a great day today, chilling just us gals. we are missing our husbands, of course ! wish they were here to sea (:0) the sites with us.
here are some of the great things we have seen so far:

here is a picture of our shadow in the sand. this is our OC picture :)

the three us us at Laguna beach:


it's great to be here in california. i know now how it could be addicting.
juanita and i were just noting today of all the incredible scenery for photographers down here. wow.
so many places in the world with such different beauty. they've got the beaches ..... we've got the wheat feilds.
beauty is everywhere you choose to see it. really.

a sak

The sky is the limit.

after fate led us to Mike Colon's web page, it was only a matter of time and we sought out to meet Mike and to learn from him.

juanita and i have been talking about this for months.
the mike colon's photography workshop
we anticipate the coming week and look forward to all that we will learn, take in and allow to leave impressions on us. we not only look forward to meeting the talented teacher, mike.
we also look forward to meeting the other 18 talented photographers that we will be spending time with as well.

could this be a photographers haven? we think it is!!!!!
with our inspired minds upon our return home. we look forward to devoting all our passions, love and creative energy to each and every customer. an opportunity like this will benifit the work we do for you.

i'll leave you with this quote today.... i have liked it so much

it's not the length of life. it's the depth.

a sak

Advertising

a little advertising for dream. photography. on the silver bullet well the count down is on until we leave for our California adventure.
photography workshop here we come !!! 2 more sleeps to go !
only have about a months work to wrap up the next couple of days . that should be good! why do we as humans always leave things to the last minute?
have a great one.

a sak

Good going Hardy Souls

Saturday afternoon juanita and i had the opportunity to go photograph a girls basketball team while they played in the championships for city finals. there gals were so intense and just wanting the win so bad. it was a very close game. two overtimes. back and forth. but they pulled thru and took the medal.
great going girls. it was fun capturing your intensity and your love for the game. keep it up.

here are some of the pics. there will be some proud parents out there that will enjoy these.






a sak

Lance Armstrong

another day, another celebrity
today was such a special privilege. to be in the midst of cancer survivors and cancer patients.

Lance Armstrong gave a speech at 1 pm today to over 2000 people, here in Saskatoon.

he told us of his story and battle with cancer and he spoke of what we all need to do to fight this disease.
i found his story incredible.
his positive attitude and his outlook on life. it gave me such hope that no matter what we face in life. we will all have obstacles. we need to remain positive, that even the worse can teach us so much. being brought down to a point where up is the only way to go.... that can be good for us.

thank you Lance and thank you Kelly Rhudy for the Question & Answer period as well.

every thing today went great!
here are a few pics today that we shot of Lance and co.
a sak.

President Clinton - Day 2

wow. i'm home now from an exhausting yet a very exciting day.
today was the second day and event in Saskatchewan for the Honourable Bill Clinton.
he spoke to a crowd in Regina about Canadian American Relations.
the luncheon today was very similar to the event that took place in Saskatoon last night.
one thing was different for me. today i was not so nervous. i had already met Mr. Clinton and knew what to expect. I learned last night that was no real reason to be nervous. this Honourable Man is very down to earth and thankful to all. great man in my books and i am still trying to wrap my head around the fact we had the privilege of capturing his moments here in Saskatchewan.

A big thank you to Andy and James McCreath once again. the event coordinators. what a blast to work with the two of you. look'in forward to tomorrow when we will meet and capture Lance Armstrong.

here are a few pictures from today:

Brad Wall - Leader of the Saskatchewan Party with Mr. Clinton

Me with Mr. Clinton
Andy and James McCreath - Event Coordinators with Mr. Clinton

until the excitement tomorrow i am gonna rest!
cheers,
a sak

President Clinton - Day 1

aaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!! What a day!!!!

today juanita and i were the photographers for the Canadian American Relations event in Saskatoon featuring Mr. Bill Clinton. GOOD GOING DREAM PHOTOGRAPHY! what a great honor i tell ya. what a great experience to meet the man. we did a photo line of 50 people (who were mainly sponsors) in under 15 minutes. each of these people will be given the picture that we took of them with Mr. Clinton for a memory.

Mr. Clinton arrived at the airport, was transported to the venue, stepped out of the car and was in front of the Camera....only to be followed by his speech in front of many here in Saskatoon. seems like his life would be filled with things like such. always on the move.

we had such a great time tonight. thank you to Andy McCreath the event coordinator, thank you to all the great RCMP who had such a great sense of humor, it helped pass the time while we all waited.

here are the photos of Mr.Clinton and us gals! can you believe it.





remember everybody - live your dreams!
a sak

Time with my parents

yesterday i had the privilege of a photo shoot of my own parents. they needed some pictures for as brochure they are making up for rae- dawn arabians, their arabian horse farm.

it was a really bright day yesterday and the sun was just shining. it was hard for them not to squint. but they did okay!
mom and dad you look great! i look forward to spring when we will start capturing those beautiful animals and their babies!!


a sak

Scottsdale Memories

the greateest of scottsdale '06

the arabian horse show. mom and dad were down there for the whole show. we just were there for one day. the day that dad showed a horse. it was pretty cool see'in him out there!


we rented bikes for the day. that was fun! mom drove her own, dad cruised in style and of course us gals just rode along with the guys!!

then of course there was the shop'in. the guys hit the ASU golf course and us ladies hit fashion square mall.

tennis tournaments and all that trash talking. i'd have to say some had more talk than walk...?!

kipp and i had the oppurtunity to golf with his uncle jim and aunt rachel. what a great time.

kipp's cousin and husband were in arizona as well to visit her parents... jim and rachel. they have a little girl named ashley who is not yet two.. i just fell in love with her, as i do everytime is see her. she so smart, content and out going!

nothing beats the arizona sun sets... well maybe a few things.............. still pretty pretty don't ch'a think?

it just won't be a popplewell family holiday if we didn't have a bloppers section...... here we go... no explaining for these ones...

time to get my head out of the clouds... and focus on work..... i had such a great holiday.... so much to laugh about. so much to remember. thanks family.... you truley are wonderful

cheers,

a sak

No place like home........

what a change in weather..... when you are hitting balls on the driving range in the morning and shoveling snow in the evening..... you know that have you have gone from one extreme to the next.
it was a great great holiday and yet it feels great to be back to this place. home.
i will be posting the 'greatest moments of the scottsdale family vacation'... soon.
watch for those.....

here are some pics of the snow dump we just had. it's just great! lov'in it!

as i was opening the mail and bills today. i opened a envelope to find a wedding magazine inside. the magazine is called destination 'i do'. there on the 80th page is a write up about our wedding that took place in kauai last april. Stewart Pinsky our wedding photographer has submitted the pictures and a while back a lady from the magazine had contacted me for a few questions. i didn't really think it would amount to this. but hey ... that's great! kipp and i both thought it was great to see and read about our wedding.

man that was the best day ever. i tell ya. it's just so nice to sit and remember back.... not that it was that long ago but life is busy. i scanned in the article. here is what it looked like:

well my friends...... this week is gonna be a crazy week. yet i just know an exciting one. this job of mine, it's such an adventure and i find that from day to day i am loving it more and more. sweeeeeeet!
check back soon for the action packed week!

a sak