On the move, again.

We are currently gearing up to move, again.

I feel like all we ever do is move.

We're moving from this little baby. Our first home as a married couple. We've grown attached to the comforts of its space.

If it were up to me and I would either A: have an endless flow of cash to pay the ridiculous $1,000/mo. on someone elses mortgage or B: buy it, if I could afford to. Then we'd be in a whole different situation.

When we moved in we knew that our landlords were eventually going to sell it as they had to move to St. Catherines for their jobs and the upkeep and mortgage payments on two houses were becoming too much even with tenants, we just didn't anticipate it being so soon. When we found out that we would eventually have to move, pending it's sale, we began looking into purchasing a house of our own. A daunting task that I don't wish upon anyone sane.

When you hear someone describe it as a "roller coaster of emotions" it's just that, times twenty.I can say that we weren't prepared for all that we were about to be faced with and that we didn't handle the outcome very well.We didn't get the house we wanted, or the mortgage to pay for it. There were a lot of obstacles we faced in the Real Estate world and quite frankly we weren't ready for it just yet.

Having to move from where we are now is both frustrating and a blessing in disguise. We can now begin to realistically pay off our student loans and save for a future house.We'll be moving in just under a month, which is sending me into panic mode.

Hopefully this is the last time we have to move before buying a house, I don't know if I have another unnecessary move in me.

ox. e!

A resurrection of sorts.

A little bit of a blog resurrection happening here.

There is so much happening in our lives at this moment and it seems like this is the best way to share everything new, exciting and stressful.

The recent months and the ongoing stress that has come along with them has fed my anxiety to at times immeasurable levels and for that mostly everyone has been sort of out of the loop.

Hopefully I can keep this and everyone updated.

Stay tuned.

ox. e!

A follow up:

Following up to my previous post I have found out some more rather exciting news!
My photo wasn't just printed in the provincial report it was featured in the National report which I've just found out has won an award for the 2009 National Unisource Annual and Corporate Report annual report category.Here's an excerpt from the story that made me cry a little, aw! haha.

"the photography itself played a large part in the report’s success. “The photos are what engaged the viewer,” she said. “Cancer is a difficult subject for people to talk about but literally from one photo to the next, it draws the viewer in. The photography was a huge component.”

Paul Haslip of HM&E Design Communications was the art director and one of the designers for the project. “When I was told that I could use the PhotoSensitive photos for the report, I was thrilled,” said Haslip. “I had seen the show at City Hall in Toronto, I love black and white photography, so when the client told me that they were thinking of using the PhotoSensitive images, I said, ‘This is perfect for you guys.’ I saw it as a no-brainer.”

Apart from ensuring a balance of ages, gender and ethnicity, Haslip’s main problem in choosing the 19 photos to appear in the report was to whittle them down from around 500 potential images – but it was a problem that he was more than happy to have to deal with."

Chosen from 500 photos! 500!

To read the full story check it out here - http://www.photosensitive.com/newsletter/Awards_story.php

It's amazing to me that this image is so powerful to a lot of people, so much to be chosen out of hundreds of amazing photos and to think we shot it in Jay's little living room at midnight using a stand up lamp, glad I had such a good subject for it. Jay rocks.

I'll go back to making Duck Soup and trying not to be too excited over here!

ox! e