http://www.michaelwachniak.com/blog Michael Wachniak Photographer Blog Sat, 24 Jul 2010 19:22:55 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en So... regarding my Eggplant Parmesan video prior to this post... does the recipe help induce labor? Let's just say twelve hours later we were holding the most precious thing in the world: Olivor Michael Wachniak. Weighting in at an astonishing 9.5lbs, this little man stole our hearts before he even ... http://www.michaelwachniak.com/blog/random-photo-post/baby-olivor-michael/ So we are now officially 5 days passed our baby's due date. This apparantly a very normal thing for first time mommies and daddies, but Grit and I have been looking around for ways to help the baby along. Grit heard about a restaurant in the states that was famous ... http://www.michaelwachniak.com/blog/friends-and-family/waiting-for-baby-boy-the-eggplant-parmesan-video/ Meet Carrie & Oreste. Grit and I have known Carrie for a few years now; we all met while working abroad on cruise ships! Ah yes, those were the days! :) Carrie happens to be an 'ah-mazing' photographer and has always been someone I have looked up to, so when ... http://www.michaelwachniak.com/blog/e-sessions/carrie-oreste-vancouver-engagement-session/ ...any day now. :) http://www.michaelwachniak.com/blog/personal/happy-canada-day/ Its my Birthday today!!! (well, for the next 10 minutes anyways!) The big 3-1! Holy Moly, when did that happen?! ....well, this morning at 12:00am I guess? (After a hard day's work that was my humble attempt to be funny). Today went by in an absolute blur, I shot an ... http://www.michaelwachniak.com/blog/friends-and-family/happy-birthday-to-meeeeeee/ When Joanna emailed me saying she had access to a hazlenut orchard and wanted to use it as a backdrop for their engagement session, I was STOKED for two reasons: 1) Hazlenuts, hello?! LOVE EM. and 2) I haven't seen it done before! Well at the very least, *I* have ... http://www.michaelwachniak.com/blog/slideshow/joanna-jamie-hazelnut-orchard-enagagment-session/ On the ferry ride over I remember thinking to myself "Jeez, I come up to Rockwater so often, we may as well MOVE there!"...and seriously, if it wasn't for my insane love for the White Rock area where I live, I would definitely consider it. Every time I blog about ... http://www.michaelwachniak.com/blog/slideshow/carla-kevin-rockwater-wedding/ Last week I had the pleasure of spending a little while with the very sweet Baby Liyana. She is just a month old and the amount of facial expressions she has is simply adorable. I just love the little bow! :) Happy Monday everyone! http://www.michaelwachniak.com/blog/portraits/portraits-of-beautiful-baby-liyana/ So I have been running around all day today getting ready for Mexico tomorrow (will be back in the office Wednesday May 19th)... it always seems that no matter how prepared I am for travelling, I always end up feeling rushed! (I was sitting down eating supper tonight, and felt ... http://www.michaelwachniak.com/blog/friends-and-family/knitty-grit-y/ On Thursday of last week I met up with Shana for a portrait session in Pitt Meadows. She was looking for newer, fresher headshots for use on her website http://www.shanaleegibson.com (she is an amazing intuitive!) and for media packages etc. Shana has a killer smile and is such an amazing ... http://www.michaelwachniak.com/blog/portraits/portraits-in-pitt-meadows-shana/