2009 has been fabulous and throughout my travels, I’ve met many wonderful, interesting, and inspiring characters. On the last day of this year, I’d like to express a giant, hearty thank-you to my clients for trusting me. Big thanks to my family and friends at home in Cape Breton (and beyond), and here in Victoria for your constant support and encouragement. Plus, an extra-special thanks to my Jamie for his love and patience…and his ability to turn location-scouting with me into an adventure. Gold stars are also awarded to my mother and Judy Kit for the most comments on the blog for 2009! Thank you!!

I have a lot of exciting projects and trips lined up for 2010, so stay tuned to my adventures here and each Monday on the Photographer Network blog!

I’ve put together a slideshow of some of my favourite images from the year, to the music of one of my favourite bands, Flook.

Wishing you all the very best for 2010!
Ryan

My Da is in the process of building himself a house. He’s an amazing carpenter and has finally, sort-of, settled on a design for his home…or ‘shanty’ as we like to call it. He’s building it all by himself in between building homes for other people. His backyard is the Atlantic, and he’ll be able to blast his Celtic music as loud as he likes and the roar of the ocean will cover it up! While he was working on the house, I would take walks up the hill to see the progress and hear a few stories here and there.

One last post from all the photos I took of my sister Shannon during my trip home. She was a good sport and a willing subject and was pretty much game for anything I suggested…even if it did involve getting absolutely soaked in the Atlantic mid-session.

Last week I went to Kelowna with my friend Doug and his wife Jenny (one of the Verbena Floral Design girls). Doug’s mother Una was celebrating her 80th birthday and I was asked to play my pipes for her as a surprise. The following day before heading back to Victoria, I took some photos of Doug with his mom on the dock behind her home. Doug was wearing his trademark Cowichan Bay sweater, and Una was wearing her new Cowichan Bay sweater….a birthday present from Doug and Jenny.

I’ve known Sahar for quite some time now. Her mom has been wanting to have a family portrait taken…their first in 27 years! Needless to say, we made it happen!

I’ve just arrived home from my last wedding of 2009! I wanted to post a little sneak peek for Chantal and Nouri and thank them for tolerating the freezing gale force winds during our morning session! Enjoy your honeymoon!!!

I had a session last weekend with Robbyn, Jeff, and their kids Maia and Rowan. I took their family photo a few years ago and like most of my repeat client sessions recently, it was neat to see how much the kids have changed. The first photo of Rowan was also my Photo of the Week on the Photographer Network this week.