Karyn and I went to Abbotsford for Christmas and we decided to take Highway 3 through southern BC instead of either going north to Highway 1 or south through the US.  The drive was long (12 hours door to door!) and frustrating because there were so many things to take pictures of where it was too unsafe to stop at because of the conditions!  Aside from that, it definitely gets on the top five list of best drives I’ve ever done.

These first two shots I made Karyn drop me off on a bridge just outside of Creston and drive off to a safer place to pull over.  When I was done I flagged her down.

Just outside of Osoyoos, BC Karyn saw this out her window.  We made it a priority to find a spot to pull over.

The drive back to Fernie was pretty much the same as the drive there; frustratingly beautiful.  This is Christina Lake with some beautiful afternoon light.

Ashly’s originally from Fernie, Kyle’s from Kelowna, and somehow they’ve managed to wind up in Grande Prairie.  They were back in Fernie visiting family over Christmas so we took the opportunity to head out with them for a few hours to do their engagement session.  What a change Fernie has had since the last time we were out shooting with Sheena & Kyle!  Ok, it was still pretty cold at -16ºC but there’s snow to the tune of 2 feet covering the ground now!  That didn’t seem to bother Ashly and Ryan too much and they weren’t even phased by the near-whiteouts we had in the middle of the shoot!

Ashly working the camera just a little…

Had a few people over for New Year’s Eve and decided to set-up Corner Gas. Here are a few of my favorite images from the session.

First up – Duane and his wife, Karyn.

You may recognize, Zoe and Quinn.

My brother Matt and I are doing the TransRockies Mountain Bike race next summer and figured that we needed a team photo.

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Thanks to everyone who took the time to vote for their favourite shot and leave comments.  We were overwhelmed by the response to the contest and were surprised by the competitiveness!  We heard about Facebook groups starting and mass emails from those involved in the contest trying to spread the word!  When the voting closed last night there were 775 cast!

As voted by you, the winning image from 2008 is…

Congratulations to Chelsea and David!