Snow Day Discount!

We won’t get the day off from school or work, but we’re still having our first significant snowfall of the season and that’s reason to celebrate!

Book your family photo session by midnight on Thursday, November 26, 2015 for use by December 31, 2015 and you will receive a 15% discount, that’s $27!

Who am I kidding?  $27 isn’t a neat number - let’s make it $30 and we’ll all be able to sleep at night.

That’s right, instead of $180, you’ll pay only $150 for memories that will last a lifetime.  You can book an outdoor session, or I can haul my gear to your place and turn your space into a mini studio!

Not fond of your own family?  I get it.  It happens.  Why not surprise a family you DO like with a gift certificate; the discount applies to those too!  The December 31st deadline for use doesn’t apply though, because that would be pretty crummy of me, lol.

There are no time limits on family photo sessions.  If it takes us 30 minutes to capture some great memories, super (and surprising, you must have exceptionally well-behaved family, perhaps they can teach mine!), if it takes us an hour and a half, that’s super too!

There are no shot limits either.  This isn’t Walmart, people.  You don’t have to choose the first shot that looks half decent and then pay a 100 MEEELLION DOLLARS to get the photos you actually kind of like where no one is blinking or picking their nose.

Your disc is going to have at least 40 shots on it, I promise.  And they’re going to be pretty.  I promise that too.  If you don’t think they’re pretty, we’re going to do it all again until you do think they’re pretty.


So now you’re asking, “HOW DO I GET IN ON THIS FABULOUS DEAL, Deanna?”.

I’LL TELL YOU, MOST BELOVED CLIENT!

You email me at info at zaniacphoto dot com (but you format it properly because you’re not a filthy bot seeking to spam me into oblivion) and you say, “Deanna!  I need to get in on this Snow Day Discount thing!  Hook me up!”.

That’s it.  Pretty simple, right?

Let’s get it done, beloved client.  I look forward to working with you!

Winnipeg Aurora Borealis

The evening of June 22nd/morning of June 23rd saw the perfect conditions for a spectacular show of Aurora Borealis, so of course my son and I packed up the camera gear and headed out to one of our favourite spots.  We weren’t disappointed either.  As we drove down a long gravel road, we were greeted by an eerie fog hovering over the fields on either side of us.  I tried to get some photos, but the light was fading fast and I wanted to reach our destination before full dark set in.

We arrived and set up and I was delighted to see that even though the sky wasn’t completely dark, the aurora was already visible!

What a spectacular show.  The colour wasn’t great to the naked eye on this night, but the display was still stunning.  Even my jaded teenager was in awe and momentarily forgot the Rules of Being a Jaded Teenager and admitted that he was really glad he came out!
WHOA.  I know.  Don’t tell his friends though - have to protect the street cred’, you know.

It was truly amazing.  They were everywhere.  The entire sky was alive!

More photos after the jump - it’s worth it, trust me.

Winnipeg Engagement Photos 2015

Back in September, I promised that you’d see this family again - and here’s the beautiful Julie and her (then) fiancé.   These two are so much fun and we had a great time shooting these photos.  We encountered some suspicious deer and some surprisingly spongy ground, but we came away with all of our shoes and some great photos!

Stay tuned for the rest of the family and the big event!

Winnipeg Family Photos April 2015

I had a chance to spend some time with this great family in the Spring.  They hadn’t all been together in the same place for years, so it was really nice to be able to preserve some memories for them.  Really funny, friendly people!

HILARIOUS!

More Space Weather

More photos of the Aurora, the first ones taken in February of this year.

And from April.

Da Bears

I love the Zoo, but I generally confine my visits to cooler months because otherwise there are too many bugs - and I don’t do bugs.  Especially flying, stinging bugs.

Seeing as how it’s now late August and this is a particularly bad year for flying, stinging bugs - now seems like the perfect time to post some photos from December!

These bears must have taken a page from the etiquette book my siblings and I subscribed to as children…

I DIDN’T TOUCH HER, I SWEAR!  I WAS JUST HELPING HER UP!

MUUUUUUUUUUUM, HE’S TRYING TO KILL ME!!!!!

Oh… you and your siblings didn’t behave that way?  Well… moving along…

Muuuuuummmmm, she’s pretending to be dead again…

Ok, that’s all, I swear.  

Ooooh Baby - photos that is

I haven’t had a chance to do a newborn session in ages, so I was soooo excited when my Facebook messenger popped up with the news that K’s newest addition was ready to be introduced to her adoring public!

This family already has two adorable and sweet boys, and I just know they’re going to love having a little sister.

Seriously, look at this gorgeous family!

It was an eventful shoot, with my flash sync cable quitting suddenly, me breaking one of my studio lights and the shooting overlapping nap time, but everyone handled it like champs and we got some beautiful shots!

Thanks again for inviting us into your family for a short time!