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About Marlene Fast

I photograph children, families, high school grads, fine art, pictorial, scenics.

I love photography; working (playing) in Photoshop; the rain; my clients; winter (if it would last only 2 months); spending time with my friends and family; learning about the latest in photography trends and styles; Tim Hortons coffee (large, black, please); my cat; Christmas; people; travel; Africa; elephants; Disney World; making people laugh; spring; flower gardens; listening to the amazing music of Matt Anderson.

Tag Archives: newborn

another baby!

Recently I photographed Nichole and Don for their maternity session.  And I was thrilled when their little baby girl arrived and I could photograph her at just 6 days old!  Welcome sweet Bailey - you’re so beautiful!

Thank you Nichole and Don and Bailey!  I can’t wait to see her grow up!

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February 12, 2010 - 11:11 am Inge - So sweet! And what lovely blue eyes!

13 days overdue and she’s here!

On January 23, 5 lb. 10 oz. Brooke Faye arrived.  Her parents were waiting and waiting….. but Brooke decided to make her entrance on her terms!   What a gorgeous little girl!   Look at those lips.  She’ll definitely be a heart-breaker one day!
Thanks Jared and Sandi - for bringing little Brooke in when she was just...

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February 2, 2010 - 10:10 am Inge - Gorgeous photos of a gorgeous young lady! How cute can you get? :-)

February 3, 2010 - 9:56 pm Auntie Bev :-) - Wow! Marlene, gorgeous pictures of the Peters family as always! I'm somewhat partial to my grandnieces and nephews from Sylvia's family. thanks for posting these shots, as I won't see Brooke until the spring. (Sylv tipped me off about your blog.) Bev Reimer

February 25, 2010 - 8:16 pm Sandi - Hey Marlene, Thanks again so much for taking Brookes pictures...as always you did an amazing job and just made her even cuter!! We couldnt be happier!! Sandi

Little Scarlette Olivia

I was excited to photograph little baby Scarlette as her mom was open to trying different backgrounds.  She was a perfect little baby and put up with me placing her in different areas in the studio.  My front entrance in my private residence has brightly painted Neon Red walls and I knew I wanted to...

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October 10, 2009 - 7:44 am Inge - These are stunning Marlene! I particularly like the image with the red wall and the last 3! Fabulous job!

sweet, sleeping Caleb

On Saturday I had the privilege of photographing little 2½ week old Caleb.  His mom warned me that he likes to sleep… and sleep he did!   He had beautiful dark hair and so easy to photograph - no fussing at all.  I love photographing little ones and seeing all their wee little personalities come through...

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baby Madison

I’m a bit behind in this post - Terry and Kari came in on March 19th with little Madison.  I’m sure she has already changed a lot - little babies do! 
Terry and Kari came in at the end of December for their maternity session.  I love photographing both the maternity and then newborn...

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