Author: Becky Gean

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the details in the cake.

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with the help of family and friends, the bride saw her vision through to the end.  and what a beautiful vision it was!  would you look at this colour coordination!  at the home of her in-laws, the stunning bride and groom were wed.  mother nature was kind and didn’t shed a tear all day.  by now most of you know my love of portrait photography – and sadly with that love, i often forget about all the little details that go into a wedding so i thought i’d share with you just that.  the bar (pictured above) was the cutest thing ever!  a stand alone little house if you will, where guests could walk up to the “drive-thru” window and request a drink from the bartender/family friend (pictured above) or walk inside the little building to the full bar – grab a drink, write marriage tips for the happy couple, warm up from the chilly evening air and grab sparklers for the evening.  seriously cozy and cute.

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we partied well into the evening, dancing and playing with sparklers.  the guest book was signed by candlelight, and at the end of the evening we all piled into a big yellow school bus to take us downtown to continue the festivities until our feet ached and we were all yawning from happy exhaustion.  it really was a perfect day surrounded with friends and family and copious amounts of laughter.  my heart felt very full.
congratulations katherine and andrew! xo

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the now project. week two. weeks behind.

hello again!  you may have noticed a few changes around here.  specifically a brand new logo!  what do you think?  the look of the blog will continue to be perfected as i decide the direction it will go in.  what would you like to see?  let me know!

below are a few images from week 2 of my participating in the now project.  i may have fallen behind in posting but not in capturing!

Becky Gean and littlesiddallstudios – March 4th, 2017

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the now project. in the sheets.

hey 2017!  nice to meet you!  i think you’re going to be pretty swell.  why?  because i’m vowing to pick up my camera more often and document the everyday along with some fellow photographers under what is being called, The Now Project.  the creator, Erin Lester, in an Instagram post referring to her children wrote, “i’m missing out on the simplicity of their growth.” those words got me thinking about whether the same thing would happen to me, or if it had already.
it’s so easy to pull out our phones to take videos and photos, but we often forget about the quality and the quantity at which we’re shooting.  i’m looking forward to challenging myself.  to show some restraint and to dare to be a little more creative.  this collection of photos will hopefully one day be cherished memories for my little Levi.

| in the sheets. | week 1. |

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Becky Gean and littlesiddallstudios – January 4th, 2017

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into the woods we went.

sitting on the couch with my feet on the coffee table i start typing these words.  a blog post that is far overdue.  hi.  hello!  how are you?  it’s been awhile.  where to even begin again.

i’m currently eating mint girl guide cookies.  the best kind if you ask me.  a friend recently told me about these samoas ones, they look mighty tasty but i guess they are region specific because i had never even heard of them. here’s a link to making homemade samoas that look far too tedious and i’d probably just end up throwing everything in a bowl, stirring and then eating it with a spoon. SO, if you know of anyone who is in the area that has a troop selling these samoas… let me know, i’d love to try them!

the mint cookies remind me of my younger days when i was apart of a troop and would have sold my own boxes of cookies to fund things like go camping.  winter camping was the coolest.  (see what i just did there. ha.)  i have this distinct memory of sitting in the snow all bundled up in my snowsuit and eating hot grilled cheese out of aluminum foil that had just come from the fire pit.

in the time that i’ve been silent on the blog, josh and i welcomed a baby boy into our family.  meet Levi.  he absolutely loves the outdoors.  we took him on his first camping trip this summer to Sandbanks Provincial Park.  have you been?  good grief is it ever gorgeous there!  i’ve long swooned over the thought of living somewhere in Prince Edward County and camping at Sandbanks for just 2 nights had me longing to just forget the city and stay.  those sandy beaches – glorious.  the hiking trails – scenic.

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camping this time around was different than any trip before.  this time, we were bringing a baby.  i was definitely nervous for the nights.  would he scream and wake up the entire campground?  probably.  and did he?  a little the first night.  second night barely a peep.  am i glad we did it?  you bet!  am i glad we had four extra hands to help?  COMPLETELY!!!  i’m sure we could have managed as a little family on our own, but boy was it ever helpful to have friends around to watch over the baby while you set up your tent or had your hands over the fire cooking while your significant other was fetching more wood or putting up a tarp.

such peace and calm was felt on this trip.  we can’t wait to do it again next year.  by then Levi will be walking though and it’ll be impossible to keep the sand away from his, well, everything!  any tips and tricks for babies at beaches i’m all ears!

happy weekend friends! September 30th, 2016.

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portraits of a daughter.

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this little one and i got along like two peas in a pod.  above are a few of the images i took.
i kept her entertained and happy to be in front of many cameras while my classmates took portraits of her and the rest of the family for the duration of class that night.
she truly melted my heart.
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i had the privilege of meeting and photographing different folks as i completed a “photography of people” course.  enjoy some of the images i took in that class, here on the blog.

Becky Gean and littlesiddallstudios – November 1st, 2015.

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high park cherry blossoms.

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come one, come all – to see the high park cherry blossoms!
it’s no joke.  EVERYONE comes to see them.  that’s what it feels like anyways.  almost like a rock concert, or july 1st fireworks, seeing the cherry blossoms is an event.  (if i can give you one suggestion, TAKE PUBLIC TRANSIT!  you’ll thank me later)

considering the blossoms are only in full bloom for a few short days, it makes sense why the hundreds of thousands of folks flock to high park to take a peek with their own eyes… er, ahem, i mean… cameras.
it’s nuts to see the amount of folks lens locked to their camera or mobile device.
for that reason, i didn’t take very many photos that day.  instead, i walked, talked, laughed and observed all that was around me.

and if you’re celebrating – happy mother’s day – wherever you are.  ^_^

Becky Gean and littlesiddallstudios – May 10th, 2015.