Sondra J Photography

Must.. update.. blog!

2010-09-22T18:23:00.000-03:00

So getting the news that you are pregnant, sure does add some distraction to your life. I haven't updated this blog since May!!

Here are some photos I've taken since then...

May Randoms

2010-05-11T20:15:00.003-03:00

I haven't taken the time to blog recently, so here are a few of my favourite shots of the past couple of weeks...

Spring or Summer has sprung!

2010-04-03T21:34:00.001-03:00

Record temperatures across Canada the past couple of days. I'm all for nice weather, but something about this REALLY early warmth is freaking me out. I have this picture in the back of my head of the poor polar bears melting away on the ice caps.

Puppy Love!

2010-03-15T20:33:00.000-03:00

How adorable is Luke?!

Baby Ben

2010-02-19T19:25:00.000-04:00

I had the pleasure of taking pictures of my new unofficial "nephew" Ben! Only 9 days old...

Randoms for January

2010-01-21T10:55:00.000-04:00

My fur babies: Derek & Chloe

This never happens (getting along)!

Playing with light...

Snowy Day...

Winter Maternity

2010-01-06T19:14:00.000-04:00

I took some pictures of my gorgeous preggo friend on Sunday. She was made to be pregnant!

Happy New Year!

2010-01-02T21:04:00.000-04:00

Well another holiday season has come and gone, as well as a decade! How fast did that go? I hope you all have an amazing 2010!

Here are some pictures from my cousin's wedding I attended on the 29th:

8 Days!!

2009-12-17T19:17:00.001-04:00

There are only 8 days left till Christmas. I can't believe how fast time flies when you are older. As a kid it would take AGES for Christmas to come around again.

Red & Gold

2009-12-13T21:51:00.001-04:00

We had a birthday dinner for my lovely sister-in-law this weekend. I had to snap some shots of my mother-in-law's beautiful tree!

More Christmas Cheer

2009-12-06T20:20:00.000-04:00

My "kids" christmas pictures

2009-12-04T06:39:00.000-04:00

It's all about luck when you're trying to get a good shot of a finicky cat! Mr. Derek (the black one) is good at staying still. Miss Chloe (Grey) was a bit of a challenge. Luckily Derek made a little meow in the bedroom and got Chloe's attention, which resulted in this cute "pose".

Sweet Love..

2009-11-30T20:04:00.000-04:00

27 days...

2009-11-28T23:03:00.000-04:00

With only 27 days until Christmas, today I dug out some of our holiday decor. Hard to believe it is coming so fast, yet again! When will I ever learn to start shopping earlier?

One Crow..

2009-11-22T20:29:00.003-04:00

Seeing one crow isn't supposed to be good. Something about how they mate for life, so should have a pair! I'm choosing to believe his mate is just being elusive.

Fall Family Portrait

2009-10-24T21:05:00.006-03:00

Fall Goodness

2009-10-14T20:12:00.004-03:00

And my fur babies:

Itsy bitsy

2009-10-08T11:30:00.000-03:00

Violets are blue, Roses are... multi-coloured!

2009-09-18T19:57:00.004-03:00

I came across some roses for a dollar, and couldn't pass them up. Or I should say my husband was sweet enough to buy the roses I couldn't pass up!

August Mish Mash

2009-08-28T21:39:00.006-03:00

Meet Derek

2009-07-27T23:52:00.002-03:00

The newest addition to our family, Derek... his sisters were Meredith and Addison. Definitely Grey's Anatomy fans at the shelter!

Baby M

2009-07-13T10:39:00.004-03:00

(I'm only posting two for now, because blogger is being so slow, I don't have the patience.)

Little M was a treat to photograph. She was so well behaved!

Some vacation shots..

2009-07-10T23:06:00.004-03:00

The next challenge: Postcard

2009-06-14T22:16:00.004-03:00

With the next challenge being "Picture Postcard", I set out today to find stuff that was postcard worthy. I came up with two shots, and am not sure which one I'll enter:

Grasshopper Pie!

2009-06-12T12:25:00.001-03:00

June Fun

2009-06-07T23:52:00.002-03:00

Updated

2009-05-26T20:18:00.008-03:00

Here are some of my recent photos... I know I have been a little slack with updating my blog;

Misguided

2009-05-01T20:03:00.002-03:00

Brian and I aren't the greatest of role models. We probably act more like children than the role models. We took our nephew Ty to the park last weekend. Instead of reprimanding him for throwing rocks... Brian joined in. Tisk tisk. Here's a shot of Ty in action.

Challenge: Tattered

2009-03-24T22:38:00.002-03:00

Since it's SNOWING and windy outside, I had to find inspiration for the weekly contest in my apartment... here it was I came up with:

Happy 6th!

2009-03-06T23:24:00.004-04:00

My beautiful niece had her 6th Birthday. It's hard to believe I've known her for 5 years now. (She is my hubbies sisters daughter)

Here are some pics from the family party we had for her:

And my godson/nephew Ty: How cute is he?!

As I'm talking with my sister-in-law I hear "SonJa, SonJa.. take a pictcha of me cake" says 2 1/2 year old Ty, haha...

Breakfast of Champions

2009-02-03T20:41:00.000-04:00

Skating time of year...

2009-01-25T21:53:00.004-04:00

Chocolate by candlelight

2009-01-20T22:13:00.002-04:00

A couple snapshots, the first is for my 'bokeh' entry. I'm a bokeh lover!

Bye Bye Christmas

2009-01-02T11:00:00.004-04:00

The tree is down, the decorations are packed away, another Christmas is here and gone! Where does the time go?? While we wait another 300+ days for next Christmas, I want to post two more holiday shots...

A cute shot of my nephew/godson on Christmas Eve:

And a shot of the ornaments taken off the tree:

Slacker!

2008-12-19T22:11:00.011-04:00

I can't believe it's almost a month since my last post. What a slacker I am! I guess it's just that time of year where there is no time for anything. I still haven't made time to make my peanut butter balls!!

Here are a few pictures I've snapped in the last month...

Album Contest

2008-11-20T20:12:00.002-04:00

This week's challenge was "Album Covers" .. this was my entry:

Roses, Kitties, and a newborn Pup

2008-11-05T22:45:00.006-04:00

So I had some beautiful orange roses that I thought I should take some pictures of, and then Miss Chloe had to come investigate what was going on...

And I had to share this picture of my newly born niece. My brother and his girlfriend will be taking this little pup home very close to Christmas! She is only 1week old.

Cupcakes!

2008-11-01T00:10:00.007-03:00

There once were some normal cupcakes...

Who morphed into some pyscho blood hungry spider cupcakes on Halloween. RUNNNN! Okay maybe I shouldn't have watched 'The Mist' before going to bed.. now I'm definitely going to be dreaming of killer spiders. Happy Halloween everyone!

Spooky Cookys

2008-10-29T13:16:00.005-03:00

No I don't really think cookies is spelled like that :)

I had my niece over the other day to decorate some Halloween cookies. I think we did a pretty good job. I think more of the icing was squeezed into her mouth than onto the cookies, but it worked because she just went back home to mama (all hyped up!).

Sexy Kravitz

2008-10-21T20:56:00.008-03:00

We went to Lenny Kravitz's concert at the Metro Center on Sunday. It was AMAZING. He is such a great performer, it was a true rock concert.

Of course I choose to go pee and am mid stream when I hear "do do do do do do DO".. the intro to American Woman. So I try to pee as fast as I can, wash my hands as fast as I can, and RUN down the auditorium stairs to get back to my seat. Luckily I didn't miss too much and I got some video of it. Also I have a video of a little speech he gave about America and the War. He started it off by asking us what we thought about the states, and then said "Obama?" and we all cheered. Of course this site takes FOREVER to load videos for me, so I'm just posting the pictures. I'm tired of waiting for the video to load.

Clear piano!

And not the best picture, but it's to show how he ran around the whole arena through the crowd, it got people pretty pumped!

Chickadee, dee, dee!

2008-10-11T23:36:00.006-03:00

So that is how you call a Chickadee. "Here Chickadee,dee, dee!!", and sure enough they will come.... I went for a walk today to Shubie Park. It was so gorgeous out, and I was lucky to have most of the day off. Here are a few things I saw:

I thought this one turned out neat..

A pissed off Squirrel.. it would not stop squeaking at me.

A friendly cheek stuffing Chipmunk :)

Autumn Finds

2008-10-06T08:38:00.003-03:00

Oh Elton John!

2008-09-28T11:22:00.012-03:00

"If I was a sculptor, but then again, No. Or a man, who made potions in a travelling showwww".

Brian and I went to see Elton John on Friday night. How fitting was it that he opened the show with our song, the one that has always been our song, and was our first dance at the wedding, "Your Song". I was so excited! Here are some pictures, and a video of "Crocodile Rock", because I love when the crowd gets into it.

Adventures of Light Grafitti

2008-09-23T23:05:00.008-03:00

I don't recommend using sparklers indoors. I now have a couple of burn holes to show for it!

Mish-Mash

2008-09-12T10:10:00.005-03:00

Just some random pictures I took in the last couple of days..

Soak it up

2008-09-06T00:18:00.003-03:00

I had yesterday off, and it wasn't raining! I spent a good amount of time just standing on a little hill overlooking a marshy area, with the sun beating on my face. I tried to enjoy it because this summer hasn't felt like much of a summer weather wise!

Mrs.

2008-09-03T21:26:00.008-03:00

I'm finally a married woman! It still feels surreal, especially when my sister in law said something along the lines of "Listen to your wife". I was like "oh my gosh, I am a wife!".

Here is my favorite wedding picture so far, my favorite pictures I took on the honeymoon, and a picture I took with my new Rebel XSI. I still need some pointers on it though.

My photographer Tarrah Mills sent me a few previews of our pro photos. This one was my favorite of the 6.

My favorite honeymoon shots:

My favorite shot with the Rebel so far: my nephews 2nd birthday

2 Days

2008-08-20T22:02:00.001-03:00

Make us Strippers!

2008-08-18T11:29:00.002-03:00

I had my bachelorette party last night, and had a lady come to the house and teach us Pole dancing it was so much fun. I had the perfect night!

Backstreet's Back...

2008-08-03T22:44:00.007-03:00

Alright!! So we went to The Backstreet Boys concert last night, needless to say it brought back many memories. They were as hot as ever, and danced and sounded great. I was impressed.. considering they aren't really boys anymore, haha. Here are a few pictures I managed to take that are pretty decent: And not the best picture, but it looks like Brian's waving to me :) Aww.

A video I took... ( I have 2 other one's but I'm too lazy to wait for them all to load).

Ohhh Pink!

2008-07-24T23:44:00.002-03:00

Who doesn't love a pink flower? These were on sale for 3.99 for a whole bunch, so I HAD to have them...

Cottage Findings

2008-07-21T22:31:00.009-03:00

Today is my brother's birthday. (Happy Birthday Matty Patt) And we went to his cottage yesterday to celebrate it. It was cloudy, then sunny, then pouring. Typical Nova Scotia weather. Here are a few shots I took:

(And there is a video of Matt doing a faceplant in the mud after flying off and breaking the slip and slide!.. I'll have to upload that eventually!)

Furry Creatures

2008-07-13T20:32:00.001-03:00

Brian and I were walking back from the mall and there were all kinds of butterflies. I tried and tried to get a good picture of one, while Brian stood patiently holding all of our purchases (heavy beer included!), and my camera would not friggen cooperate. In the end this is what I came up with...

Untitled

2008-07-12T23:26:00.003-03:00

My two favorite shots from today...

Happy Birthday Mom!

2008-07-11T22:29:00.005-03:00

It's my mom's 48th birthday, and we surprised her with flowers, and dinner out, followed by cake :)

Happy Birthday Mama!

Epitomy of Summer

2008-07-08T21:58:00.002-03:00

So it has been beyond hot these past couple of days. Tonight after work I went for a swim in the lake, and came home to eat the perfect summer food.. watermelon!!

Pyramid

2008-07-02T22:18:00.002-03:00

So I've been MIA the past little while because I've been moving! But here is one of how I spent my Canada Day... some one came with the idea to go out front and do pyramids and cart wheels etc. This is the result..

Hope you all had a great Canada Day!

Flora & Fauna

2008-06-24T22:30:00.002-03:00

and a familiar face on my walk home.. on her favorite tree branch!

Lightning!

2008-06-22T16:00:00.000-03:00

Okay so here is my first lightning shot... I'm glad I finally was able to snap ONE at least! It isn't the most crisp shot because I was taking it with the 'action' option, and no tripod, but it will do!

And about a 1/2 hour later, the grey sky parted for the sun...

Wrapped

2008-06-20T22:59:00.001-03:00

Weekend Mish-Mash

2008-06-16T21:35:00.009-03:00

So here is a collection of pictures from this weekend. It was a busy and expensive one, but fun. I went out for drinks and dinners, the casino, and a bbq at Brian's.

Ty was having an emotional day...

There has been some crazy forest fires this past weekend, thousands of people were evacuated, here is the smoke making it's way out to sea.

And for fun, a picture of Brian and I, that his sister Tracy took for us..

Fern-ilicious!

2008-06-12T22:59:00.005-03:00

This makes me want to be on a beach with a Daiquiri in hand, and sand between my toes...

Lovely Ladybug

2008-06-11T19:19:00.002-03:00

So on my walk home I saw this ladybug.. so I ran home grabbed my camera and ran back out. Luckily she didn't get far, and I was able to find her again! I love how there is little drops of rain on her back.

I've been M.I.A...

2008-06-10T22:24:00.003-03:00

So I've been M.I.A for the past week, it just seems like there isn't enough time in the day. Between work and the wedding I've been pretty busy! So unfortunately I don't have a new picture to post, but I do have the wedding website that has been taking up so much of my time. There are some cute baby pictures of Brian and I, and others. What do you think?

http://brianandsondra.weddingannouncer.com

Delicate

2008-06-04T22:49:00.001-03:00

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And for fun, my new shoes!

Past & Present

2008-06-03T23:28:00.003-03:00

So this week's contest was "Past & Present". I finally came up with an idea! I've been going through boxes before our move in a month, and came across a tin filled with notes that we used to pass in school. There were oodles from my best friend Danielle... so what better than a 10 year old note, and a present email?

Mama Squirrel

2008-06-02T22:42:00.004-03:00

This squirrel was perched on a branch this morning. She seemed very calm. I'm pretty sure she has some babies somewhere because of her nipples!

Invites..

2008-05-31T20:25:00.005-03:00

So here are a couple shots of my invitations.. they took oodles of time to make, but I'm proud of them!

As the sun set..

2008-05-29T19:22:00.004-03:00

My mom and I went dress shopping, for her Mother-of-the-bride dress, and we found one! I took these on our walk home...

Bubbly!

2008-05-27T21:13:00.002-03:00

You're never too old for bubbles!!

The 4-Legged Nephew

2008-05-24T21:14:00.003-03:00

So yesterday, it was exactly 3 months until the Wedding. How scary! Instead of working on the invitations that should have already been addressed and mailed, we went to my brothers for some Rockband and Wii Fit. I snapped a couple shots of Frankie...

C.U.T.E

2008-05-19T23:31:00.004-03:00

How cute are my niece and nephew??

Roses are Red... or wait.. blue?

2008-05-18T18:55:00.005-03:00

I'll settle for Blue

2008-05-16T19:13:00.001-03:00

So I wasn't able to find that elusive Cardinal, but I did find a Blue Jay. And I think he/she's stunning. The feathers on the back remind me of stained glass.

McMacro Flowers

2008-05-15T00:19:00.004-03:00

So instead of pictures of the elusive Cardinal that has been taunting me whenever I DON'T have my camera, I have some pictures of my birthday bouquet that is kind of dying..

Bye Bye Birdie

2008-05-07T22:09:00.008-03:00

And a little photo journalism.. I was so excited to see that there were a bunch of little sail boats in the pond, but by the time we got around it they had already taken them out! :(

The Big 2-4

2008-05-06T23:47:00.009-03:00

Here are some shots from my birthday, they were after the fact pictures, I didn't get any live candle action shots, or anything like that! lol, but they'll do??

Birthday flowers from Brian!

Wall art for our future new apartment from Rowan and Ty!

Yuuuummmm, DQ Icecream cake, my fav...

I've got some shopping and spa'ing to do!

Wine glasses from Mama, how cute?!

How did Brian know to get me AE jeans? Oh right, I told him.

Gerber Daisies from my lovely girls at work...

The card from my niece and nephew, priceless.

Beautiful Day for Smelling Flowers

2008-05-04T19:03:00.005-03:00

Dewy goodness

2008-05-02T19:41:00.003-03:00

Bake me a cake..

2008-04-30T22:40:00.004-03:00

For my FBIL..

More Chlo-ster.

2008-04-25T19:39:00.003-03:00

Enjoying the sun, and the view off the balcony.

Challenge: Self Portrait

2008-04-22T23:19:00.004-03:00

Spring Beauty

2008-04-21T22:52:00.004-03:00

Okay so here is another sunset, but honestly I couldn't NOT post it. It looked like a painting in the sky!!

And some pussy willows!! Love 'em.

Lots of Sky

2008-04-17T20:42:00.007-03:00

It was a beautiful day! I didn't notice the crow perched on the top of the tree when I was taking this. Can you spot him?

Circle Contest

2008-04-14T22:11:00.002-03:00

Finicky Kitty

2008-04-13T20:49:00.002-03:00

A dish of water on the floor isn't enough for Miss Chloe Belle..

Cheers to You!

2008-04-12T19:45:00.005-03:00

Mmmm Daiquiri's!

My Banana one was delish!

Mmmm Daiquiri's!

Squirrely Business

2008-04-11T21:14:00.003-03:00

The Wb girls will know a lot about Squirrels! I encountered one on the way to work this morning...

Daffodil Donations

2008-04-06T20:29:00.004-03:00

Here are my beautiful daffodils I bought from the ladies who sell them for cancer research...

In Need of Repair

2008-04-04T22:11:00.004-03:00

So as Tracy, Lori, and I waited for CAA because the car battery was dead... I found interesting things to take pictures of:

Operation: Metal

2008-04-02T23:37:00.003-03:00

So I of course missed the 'Metal' competition this week, because I thought I still had till tonight to post, but duh! It's Wednesday, not Tuesday.. so one of these would have been my submission:

Double Feature Sunday

2008-03-30T22:28:00.005-03:00

Brian and I were going to a movie today and he struck a deal.. I got to pick the movie, if I agreed to go back to theatre tonight to see U2 in 3D. So that's what we did! We went to see my choice of "Stop Loss" (some serious eye candy in that one girls!), and then went back to the theatre an hour & 1/2 later for the U2 Imax show. I got so into the U2 concert, I wish I could have got up and danced.

Check out the 3D glasses.. I thought they would be those paper ones with the one blue eye, one red!

Sparkly Sunshine!!

2008-03-29T22:08:00.000-03:00

We had a beautiful snowfall yesterday and today the snow began to melt off of the branches. These pictures really don't do it justice. It was so sparkly!!

Where are you Spring?

2008-03-28T18:59:00.002-03:00

A lake that is 1/2 frozen.. that is not spring..

Happy Easter!

2008-03-23T15:33:00.002-03:00

So this Easter was fun. I had two Easter egg hunts in one, and needless to say I am going to be getting F.A.T, and not with a P.H!

Patterns Challenge

2008-03-18T22:26:00.003-03:00

Contest this week is Patterns. It was so hard to decide which one to enter. It's always a toss up for me. But I went with this one for my entry...

An bhfuil tú dálta fós?

2008-03-17T21:30:00.007-03:00

An bhfuil tú dálta fós? When translated means... Are you Drunk Yet?

Went to dinner, had a Bailey's Mintini.. and I was feeling a little happy afterwards! Here are some shots from dinner:

My goofy fiance, and the hat he got with his Guinness :)

Just wanted to wish you all a Happy St. Patrick's Day!!

It's a Girl!

2008-03-16T22:22:00.001-03:00

Today I went to my boss Sheena's baby shower. She's due at the end of April and is having a girl! Here is the cake we bought her...

Spring has not Sprung.

2008-03-15T19:58:00.004-03:00

So only a few days ago I figured that we were in the clear and were in for nice warm springy weather. Well I was wrong. We got some more snow! I guess I spoke too soon.

Assignment: Yellow

2008-03-11T21:44:00.004-03:00

And a cute one of Ms. Belle: