29. January 2010 by admin.

I LOVE CANADA!!!!!!

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27. January 2010 by admin.

I was sent this interesting diddy by my sister… thanks Jennifer!!!!
The opinions in this tag are not meant to insult…. it is just for the show of balance.

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God was missing for six days.  Eventually, Michael, the archangel, found Him resting on the seventh day..
He inquired, “Where have you been?”
God smiled deeply and proudly pointed downwards through the clouds, “Look, Michael.  Look what I’ve made.”

Archangel Michael looked puzzled, and said, “What is it?”
“It’s a planet,” replied God, and I’ve put life on it.. I’m going to call it Earth.  It’s going to be a place to test Balance.”
“Balance?” inquired Michael, “I’m still confused.”
God explained, pointing to different parts of earth.  “For example, northern Europe will be a place of great opportunity and wealth, while southern Europe is going to be poor.  Over here I’ve placed a continent of white people, and over there is a continent of black people.  Balance in all things.”
God continued pointing to different countries. “This one will be extremely hot, while this one will be very cold and covered in ice.”

The Archangel , impressed by God’s work, then pointed to a land area and said,  “What’s that one?”
“That’s the Province of Ontario , the most glorious place on earth.  There are beautiful mountains, rivers and streams, lakes, forests, hills, and beaches. The people from the Ontario are going to be handsome, modest, intelligent, and humorous, and they are going to travel the world.  They will be extremely sociable, hardworking, high achieving, carriers of peace, and producers of good things.”
Michael gasped in wonder and admiration, but then asked, “But what about balance, God?   You said there would be balance..”

God smiled, “There’s Toronto !  Wait till you see the hockey team I put there.”

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And now….. here’s a true work of art that most of us can agree on!!!!

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13. January 2010 by admin.

I get asked quite regularly what does your proofing mean.  In my packages people get whats called 1st edition edits & then after they pick a few of their favorites we go to the art edition edit stage.  I thought I’d give everyone a pictorial representation of what this means.  I was at a bridal show this weekend and found that having a printed page with these levels of editing made it really easy for clients to see what I was talking about.

So here are a few samples:
Camera Raw - is well what comes off the camera
1st Edition Edits - have been colour corrected and adjusted to make the photo look the way I see it in my head
Art Edition Edits - have that fashion retouching edge to them.  Skin smoothing, eye brightening, basically a more detailed edit of your image
Master Art Edition Edits - are what I like to do to make the photo more than just a portrait, it really does turn things into a work of art.  This edit is usually done based on what I see the photo to be in its finished stage  The master edits tend to be what most will print on canvas or aluminum for final art piece.

OK, enough talking here are what they would look like:

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12. January 2010 by admin.

Can you believe this!!!

If you would like to ready the full article as written by the DIVA herself please see:

B&NB: PHOTOGRAPHERS EXTRAORDINAIRE   By Mandy Richardson
Allow me to introduce you to two brilliant, local photographers whom I have grown to adore as friends and include in my close circle of fellow creative geniuses. His name is Bassem Wahba and he is my idol. Her name is Nancy Barbosa and she is my inspiration.”     Read more here: http://www.echoweekly.com/viewstory.php?storyid=8225

Words cannot express how completely honored I am to be included with these amazingly talented artists.  You two ROCK!!!!!!  xoxo
For those of you who have not had a chance to see Bassem in action… you can check out his site at-   http://www.bassem.ca   -  buckle in  he is amazing!!!!!!

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11. January 2010 by admin.

SO… I was in Ochos Rios Jamaica just this past November/December for Dee & Gus’s wedding. On my way to the Rui Ochos Rios resort I met a wonderful couple on the bus ride to the hotel… Jerry & Danielle and their three kids.
Jerry and his exuberance and out going nature sat across from me on the bus and we started chatting. Turns out Jerry and Danielle were there for their wedding too!!!
Danielle and Jerry’s wedding was the same day as Dee & Gus… so we booked an Immortalize Your Dress session instead.

One day, Danielle tells me that they had befriended yet another couple at the resort who were also getting married!!!!  Who are also in need of a photographer and she hooked me up…  Thanks guys!!Frankly, something were just meant to be!!!!!  Congrats everyone I think it was fate that we all got together on that warm little corner of the world *wink*
  

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6. January 2010 by admin.

Monica and Adam got engaged!!!!!  Im so happy for you to!

I got to meet Monica ( sister of the Groom, from my Destination Wedding in Jamaica this past Nov, Gus ) and her sweetie, Adam ( who was a groomsman in the wedding as well), these two were so much fun to work with and.. I did some photos of these carefree couple on the beach in Ochos Rios Jamaica.

I’m happy to have been able to give you guys such beautiful images from that session!

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4. January 2010 by admin.

So this weekend we started cleaning out the storage room and come to realize that I have been doing this wonderful job for a very, very, very long time.
In the spirit of starting a fresh new year, and more so a fresh new decade I have a call out there to anyone and everyone who’s has been a client of mine in the past.

For 2010 I am starting the storage area a new and am going to clean out all the old negatives and cds that I have been holding on to for some as much as 13 years.
AS nbphotos I guarantee to  hold on to negatives whether digital or film for two years, most of them are sitting in a wall of bankers boxes in my storage room.

If you are interested in purchasing your negatives/files i’m going to sell them for 
$210 weddings or $50 for any other shoots
Please email me if you are interested.  I will be honoring this offer until March 31, 2010.

After March 2010, unless your wedding has been in the last two years… I cannot guarantee your negatives will be here.
Spread the word to those who you know were past nbphotos clients. nancy@nbphotos.ca or 519.496.2625

Also should anyone be looking… I have an OVERSTOCK, of albums, specialty scrap paper, mattes, frames, photography cases and equipment.  Let me know what you are looking for???
Thank you everybody…. I really do want to start with a super fresh slate and if I can help you out there while doing it… then bonus!

OK enough talk here are today’s Fashion inspired photos…

Make up done by www.CrystalizedArtistry.com  - Except middle photo Make up for that photo done by Gabriela Soares

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31. December 2009 by admin.

What a magical end to a challenging year!!!!  2009 has been a year of such movement and growth for so many people that I know.  I knew that it was going to be a year of “Getting it Done” but I didn’t realize that it such actions would spill over into 2010… a new decade.  A new beginning for everybody.

I tend to live my life in an All or Nothing kind of fashion. My stubbornness and tenacity has blessed me and cursed me at the same time.  There is one thing though that I have been gifted with through this all.  I have GROWN and really isn’t that what this is all about?  Growing as a person, learning from your mistakes, being able to take stock of your life around you and know that you have the power to keep the things you want, and purge yourself of the things or people that you don’t want around you.  That we don’t have to tolerate negativity in our lives and from people around us.  We can strive to be understanding, loving and secure in who, and what, we are.   we can make this world a better place simply by changing the way we look at it.  Life is beautiful… it doesn’t have to be hard!

We welcome in 2010 on the eve of a Blue Moon, what does that mean????  Well, for all of you who have ever used that expression…”Once in a Blue Moon”, it’s finally here!
So I challenge all of you, go out and do that one thing that you have always wanted to do this year.  Don’t put it off any longer!  Go and be free, be yourself, be the you that you have always wanted to be.
It will be magical…. It will be liberating…. You will be celebrating the most beautiful thing of all… YOU!!!!

May this new decade bring you all peace, love and clarity for your future, and the world.
May we all learn to celebrate our differences.
May we learn to be positive and proactive in creating a better future for all.

Happy New Year Everybody!!!!!

Celebrate the Year of YOU!!!!
Book a session with me this year and get $100
Thought about a Single portraits, FabFem® ( glamour/boudoir/art ), Couples, Engagement, Immortalize Your Dress, Maternity, Babies whatever your needs!!!

Getting Married????  Come see me Bingeman’s - Wedding Dreams Bridal Show January 9 & 10, 2010  & The Bridal Boutique Show Feb 3rd & 4th, 2010
We will Also be at the TOTAL WOMEN’S SHOW Feb 13th & 14th, 2010

Go to website now!

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24. December 2009 by admin.

When Dina approached me to shoot her wedding I was honored to say the least.  I have know Dee since she was a child ( which first made me feel really old…lol), but then to know that she loved my style and trusted me to shoot her wedding made me feel very special.

Imagine my surprise when she called me a few weeks later and told me that they had decided to cancel the big local wedding for a smaller destination wedding, I thought we were going to cancel the contract.  Then she dropped it on me…. ” I NEED you there to shoot my wedding!!! I want you and your vision to capture the most important day in my life!  Will you do it Nancy????”

Will I!!!!

I was so excited to be shooting in sunny irie Jamaica.  I had never been there before and was anticipating the amazing shots that you can only get in a destination country.  I had been to quite a few other sunny locations for personal and work related but to be in Jamaica…. every ting was ar’rite mon!

All of their guest were a riot and the resort - Rui Ochos Rios was breathtaking!!!

We had shot the wedding and the Immortalize Your Dress session for Dee and Gus ( A usual in any of our Destination packages).

But the Immortalize Your Dress Session required us to be up a 6 am…. YIKES!!!!
We did get beaches that were void of people, and the sunrise made for the most beautiful light…. So it was a winning decision in my book!
Well enough of me telling you about it here are a few photos for you to see for yourself.

For anyone who is interested…. Do your research with your destination wedding in regards to your photographer and what you can do. I have been previve to some horror stories with destination weddings and resort photographers.  Please for all of you who are condsidering this type of wedding…. ask the resort planner what you get and what it costs?  Plus don’t forget to ask to see the photographers work?  It will be the best if you know exactly what you are expecting when you get there.  The less surprizes thebetter :).

As for these two…. You guys are wonderful.  Thank you for being troopers and getting up to do those IYD shots…. sooooo worth it!!

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21. December 2009 by admin.

I hope everyone had a fantastic weekend?

It was a busy this weekend. Finishing up the last of the shopping and wrapping.  Was going through some old photos for a gift to my father-in-law and though it has been way too long that these images have been in storage.  I thought I would share a few with you all.

It was from our trip to Italy in 2006.  We (my Hubby & me) we were lucky to spend one amazing week in Sicily with his family, all 700 of them…lol, no but really it felt like it.   It was so beautiful so rustic and not over run with the tourist trade.  In the little town of Castrofillippo, Sicily -  there are about 3000 or so residence and everybody knows each other.  Well to be honest they might all be related somewhere down the line.  No one spoke english, except for a handful.  It was bliss to be around houses and buildings that have been there for over 500 years, and still lived in!!!!!

BTW, should you fall in love with any of these images prints are available.

So here are a few from “La bela Sicilia”

From Sicily we travel through Italy… Rome, Florence, Verona & Venice which by far was my favourite.  There is something about being in a place that is that rich in history & has a limited time left.  I always knew that in Venice there were no streets, that the people there travel through their city by water, but when you get there it actually hits you… there are NO streets… none!  You walk every where with steps and pathways that wind through the city like a maze.  There are some areas where the buildings are so close together that two people cannot walk side by side.  It was my favorite!!!!!  I only wish it had not been raining the way it was and was as cold.  I wasn’t expecting that!  I ended up making the images from the drab day that it was, to reflect how I saw the city… vibrant and eclectic!

Here are a few of my shots from the tour.  Please click on them if you wish to see them bigger

I figure it might be best to stop uploading this may shots, I did shoot close to 2700 images and well it is always fun for me to go through them and relive that wonderful trip.
It was such a great experience.  I very much look forward to returning some day very soon.  I most definitely recommend it to anyone who like history & crowds… lol

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