Victoria Wedding Photographer - Kathy Paton » event photography

beautiful ballerina | victoria portrait photographer

kp — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 18:00:57 +0000

one of the things that i enjoy so much as a photographer is photographing the dancers every year at my daughters dance school. i capture casual portraits of the dancers throughout the year and produce a slideshow that is played after the intermission during their end of year performance. it’s become a favorite highlight of the show!

every year, i always have a favorite portrait (or two or three or twelve!). this is my favorite from this year.

last week, the dancer in the middle came to my studio and we captured some amazing portraits of her. she’s a beautiful ballerina!

you can view the slideshow on my facebook page. this years performance was Around the World, so we started with Canada.

brentwood dancers

kp — Mon, 17 May 2010 18:18:08 +0000

last week was a total whirlwind for me. i spent the better part of the last eight days shooting sports teams and performers. not my usual type of work but it was lots of fun! i have lots to blog about so stay tuned. be sure to subscribe to this blog by clicking on the link above – that way you’re sure to never miss a new post!

one of the groups i photographed were the performers at brentwood college school. they were getting ready for their annual dance performance which took place last weekend. congratulations to all the brentwood performers for receiving several prestigious awards this year.

boudoir event :: valentines special

kp — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 17:25:56 +0000

ever wanted to do something nice for yourself? do you like spending the day getting pampered, feeling good about yourself and just having fun?
or maybe you’re still thinking about what to get your sweetheart for valentine’s day?

i’m so thrilled to announce my very first boudoir event!

saturday, february 6, 2010

ready to hear about the getting pampered, feeling good and having fun part?

you get your hair and make up done by professionals
a 45 minute private photo session (with up to 3 looks)
a private online proofing gallery
your 3 favorite images on disc

in the future, i will be charging $249 for these boudoir event sessions.
but since this is the very first one for kp photography and it’s a valentines special, you get all of this for only

$179

by appointment only (with limited session availability)
i expect these sessions to fill up quickly so book now to avoid disappointment

phone or e-mail to hear all the booking details

ooh la la boudoir!

just married : vancouver wedding

kp — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:45 +0000

i can’t believe i forgot to blog about this wedding! geesh…..

back in september, i took the ferry to vancouver for the day to second shoot a wedding with my good friend and totally awesome photographer shannon stevenson from lucy lime studios. it was a beautiful day with an amazing couple. these are a few of my images from the day.

cobble hill fall fair

kp — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 02:30:09 +0000

i can remember when i was a kid, how i used to love the first week of back to school because it always meant that the fall hants county exhibition was just around the corner. and it also meant that i was going to be entering all my 4-h projects from the year into the exhibition to compete with all the other kids entering similar projects. and i always secretly hoped that i would get a first place ribbon on my entries but a second or third place was cool too. just not as cool as the first place one. it also meant that i was “legally” allowed to skip out on school the first day of the exhibition because of my 4-h commitment. THAT was the coolest and best part. that along with the cotton candy, the midway and all the other fun stuff that a fall country fair holds.

this year, my kids were excited for the cobble hill fair. while they aren’t enrolled in 4-h, they are still able to enter projects into any categories that they wish to. emily was very excited and committed, entering 3 items (cookies, a beaded necklace and a scarf – all hand made by her) and the bike parade. tyler was only interested in the bike parade. as we headed off saturday morning, i was flooded with memories of my fall fair days as a kid. so much fun! such great memories!

here are some of our memories from the 100th cobble hill fair.

(images from left to right) ROW 1: tyler and his canadian bike; canadian flag on ty’s bike; emily’s bcspca bike; bicycle tire; ROW 2: bag pipers leading bike parade; opening speeches; patiently waiting for speeches to end; flower exhibit; ROW 3: amazing food art – cucumber shark; vegetable exhibit; incredible edible art; best in class ribbon; ROW4 : way-finding signage; beautiful dahlias; emily’s cookies with the first place ribbon; apple exhibit.

NOTE: emily’s beaded necklace placed third and her scarf received an honourable mention. both kids received ribbons for their bicycle decor.

i’ve been keeping a secret

kp — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 01:50:35 +0000

for the past 5 weeks or so i’ve been keeping a secret. a secret that i couldn’t even share with one of my bestest friends. you see, she had a very special birthday coming up and i was part of the “comittee” that was planning a surprise party for her. it was so hard to keep it from her but in the end, we managed to do it.

we celebrated her birthday this past weekend. and i have to say that all that planning paid off! we had the best tail-gate-hoe-down EVER!! lots of food, an awesome birthday cupcake cake, a group gift, a memorable slideshow, heartfelt speeches, and life-size stand-ups of the birthday girl herself. there was even a band that had us all up dancing in the dirt until almost midnight – that’s when the band shut it down so we wouldn’t upset any neighbours.

good times!

happy birthday aj! we got you good!!