I also have sessions available for May 11th and 12th and June 15th and 16th.

Have a great weekend!!

The new blog is located at http://jodyboryski.tumblr.com. I am not committing to a daily blog but do hope to have it updated a few times a week. I will not be adding a lot of text to it as I am hoping that it speaks for itself and the images will tell the story for us for years to come.

The first thing that I purchased (with free shipping and duty free – woohoo!) was a camera purse. I wanted to make sure that I had my camera with me as much as possible. A few pictures have been taken on my iphone but the majority will be with my DSLR. There will be minimal editing (as that is typically where I get stuck in the process of getting pictures of my children) – I take lots but don’t find the time to go through them. These will be mostly right out of the camera.

I purposely did not come back in January (other than to get the dog who was not allowed to fly over Christmas) or begin my U.S. business so that I could focus on helping my children get settled in a new country, new school and new family logistics. It was a chaotic month but we are getting settled and in a routine now. As we get settled we can now begin to enjoy the benefits of small town Southern California – definitely a different pace for this family:). We are in Redlands, Ca – with a population of about 70,000 and orange groves and desert hills everywhere you look:) We are renting a house at the edge of town – the other side of the street is desert hills. This brings some creepy critters – last week was a dead tarantula… and snake season begins in May…should be fun for my son:) With the summer temperatures being 40+ degrees, we were very interested in a rental with a pool. I was super excited when we found one (as I grew up swimming and teaching it). However, I have since found out out how cold the pool is right now and how expensive it is to heat. I have now solved this issue by purchasing a triathlon wetsuit – I am getting in that water! I am certain that the neighbours will soon be calling me the “Crazy Canadian”:) I am hoping to do a triathlon but have not got into road biking yet…going to conquer running these hills and getting back in the water first:)

California is definitely appealing to my love of fresh, healthy and locally grown produce. I do have to say that I was somewhat surprised to find that a few things that I have taken for granted at home are a little more of a challenge to find here (i.e. I have gotten a few looks when asking about spelt flour). I have now found my favourite things though, just not all in one location. We have amazing resources in Calgary for healthy eating.

I am back in Calgary this week completely booked and SOOOO excited to get back to my business. More this week from the end of 2011!

All has gone well though and we have made it through the transition relatively unscathed.

What does this mean for Tot Shots?  I am maintaining my studio space and will be traveling back monthly to shoot and service my clients.  Jess will also still be available to shoot (I will be blogging some of her fall work shortly).  I also hired a studio manager in September to help me run the studio during one of the busiest times.  Cristina has been an amazing asset to the studio and will be staying on to maintain client care.  Although I can do a lot from my office in California, i have always run my business being in front of the client and like to have a friendly face there for you if you need it.

I currently have my first three trips booked for:

- February 2-5

- March 7-12

-April 19-22

The February trip only has one time remaining and March and April have a couple.  Please contact me for times.

In addition, I am legally entitled to work in the US and will be available for sessions in southern California.  So if you are down here and would like to capture some relaxing vacation time, please let me know:)

Thank you for your continue patronage.  I look forward to working with your families in 2012.  Now that things are settling I will be going back and sharing more work from the fall.  Here is just one of a little guy that made the trip from Edmonton to see me before I left:)

I shot this little one’s sister at about the same age so mom wanted to make sure she got similar treatment with her own session.  It is so nice to work with this age (just over 6 months) and it is extra special to just get to work with just them and get all of the details of this age.  I had to focus on her expressions as she had some great ones.  She is such a happy baby.