Design Lighting supplies beautiful lighting and has a show room in Langley that Jason went did photography at. They focus not only on offering exceptional lighting but also exceptional service.

Design Lighting has a new website designed and implemented by the creative and talented team at Domain7 which our photography was used on. Here’s a shot of the website, as well as a few sample images from the photography session …

We may be just a teeny bit biased, but we think that the model for Bugalug’s Cinch belt image was extra cute. She is our daughter, Lexi, who loves to pose for the camera when it suits her mood. We were excited when E-Shaw’s featured Bugalug and used the photograph.

Sundi, the creator of the Bugalug Cinch belt, sent us a sample a while ago that Lexi absolutely loves. This is high praise from a three year old who has a very distinct and eclectic personal style when it comes to her clothing! I love the belts too because they are functional and fashionable. They are reversible and have a simple snap closure that make the belts easy to put on and take off.

Bugalug also carries a line of vibrant array of fanciful barrettes, headbands and ponytail loops. You can view and order their products online at www.bugalugbaby.com.

Jenn has a beautiful Paphiopedilum orchid that blooms once a year and our mutual friend Julie, delivered the flower to our studio so we could photograph it. It was the day before our move so we made the set with the back of a framed print and the reflector out of a white side table. It was a welcome breath of beauty and break from packing. Here’s a photograph of it ….

Kelsey of KV BIJOU has become a friend after we connected a year ago through Facebook. She designs jewellery and recently was invited to be part of the guest lounge at the Sundance Film Festival. There was a great article on her in The Vancouver Sun yesterday. Here is half of the necklaces she’ll be taking with her when she goes this weekend.

We designed and printed a banner for her booth. Here it is on our office floor. (Jason originally was laying the other direction but it looked a little creepy with the model next to him so that’s why he’s upside down.)

The KV Bijou website has a great variety of necklaces, earings and bracelets for sale. The jewellery that she’s designed for the stars of Sundance will also be available on her website in February. Here’s a sneak peek at one of the designs she made for Sundance.

It’s been a whirlwind year for Kelsey Vanderhorst the designer behind KV Bijou jewellery. It’s been less than a year since she quit her job in order to keep up with her rapidly growing jewellery business. She has many celebrity fans including model Bar Refaeli, Jillian Harris of the Bachelorette, model Sessilee Lopez and Dawn Chumbai of Breakfast Television to name a few.

She was part of the recent 2009 CCMA (Canadian Country Music Association) Gift Lounge and is going to be the exclusive jeweller at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival Gift Lounge in a few weeks. We are excited for her and updated the product photography for her website recently. (I’ve been on her website so much I can sing along with all the songs.) Here are a few favorites …

Gary + Penny of GP Recovery Services in the Cariboo region of BC have a business that inspects, researches and recovers underwater items. From finding lost wallets and dam inspections, to body recovery and underwater environmental filming, they do it all!

While we were staying at my parents’ cabin at Green Lake, they pulled up a tractor that had been on the bottom of a Loon Lake for 5 years. They also showed us some amazing footage they’ve recorded of the freshwater microbialites in Pavilion Lake where NASA and UBC are now doing extensive research on them.

They needed some higher resolution photographs of their new ROV so Jason set up a makeshift studio from a piece of plywood, an old bedspread and a patio umbrella while we were on vacation. Here are a few of the pictures he took:

We met Susan Carraretto of Pedal Cars and Retro at a Meet and Tweet in Surrey. She is full of energy and ideas! We were excited when she contacted us to take pictures of a pink, jalopy pedal car. Her daughter was a little star model and enjoyed riding the car. Lexi also came along to model but she decided to only give her serious scowl and then refused to share the car. *sigh*

Susan, along with her twin sister Janice, run a serious of blogs with great information and contests on them. The main one is 5 Minutes for Mom and has links to their other sites on it. They’re running a contest right now where you can win a Balance Bike for your toddler so be sure to check it out and enter.

Here are a few pictures from the pink jalopy session:

Rollingdale Winery in Kelowna recently sent some more wine for us to photograph. Photographing reflective, round objects without including ourselves or other objects in the reflection is always a challenge. It makes us think back to the sort of assignments we’d get in photography school.

Jacqueline and Don of Homeworks Etc. create fun furniture and accessories for kids and families. We photographed everything from pictures frames to foot stools to growth charts at a recent session at Off to Bed in Fort Langley.

They have great collections to go with a wide variety of room themes. A few for boys are: sports, transportation and emergency heroes. A few of the girls collections were: princess, musical and daisies. Here are a few of the photographs we did for them …

You buy the blank star wands and decorate it as a craft.

Photo of Off to Bed’s new location in Fort Langley on Glover Road. They have everything you need to make bed and bath time an enjoyable time with your child.

Stonz Wear recently sent us a huge box of booties, hatz and mittenz to photograph for their new line which will be available late in summer. All the products are perfect for families who enjoy spending time in the outdoors together. The booties slip on over bare feet, socks, sleepers, slippers, a snuggly or even shoes to keep little feet warm and dry. The hatz and mittenz are new additions to the line and again are cute and functional.

Stonz Wear has joined with Mally Bibs to offer a free bib and set of booties in honour of Canada Day and the 4th of July. To enter, just leave a comment about how you’re celebrating on the Stonz Wear Facebook page or the Mally Bibs Facebook page. The contest is open until June 22nd.

Here are a few of the product photographs we did …