Ashley Mac Phee Photography, Montréal, QC

Ashley Mac Phee left her SMALL TOWN IN THE MARITIMES AT THE TENDER AGE OF 20, DRIVING SEVEN HOURS TO MONTREAL. LITTLE WONDER I WAS DRAWN TO SUCH A MAGNIFICENT CITY. IT WAS SO DIFFERENT FROM WHERE I STARTED. A BIG DREAMER..... I ALWAYS WANTED TO LIVE IN A BIG CITY. THERE WAS SO MUCH MAGIC. TO SEE THE LIGHTS, TO WANDER THE STREETS, SMELL THE SCENTS AND HEAR THE SOUNDS. I WAS LOST IN MY OWN FAIRYTALE. I FELT LIKE I BELONGED. LIKE I COULD BE ME. THE CITY EXPOSED WHAT WAS REALLY INSIDE OF ME... A BIG PERSONALITY THAT COULD DRAW PEOPLE IN AND HELP THEM TO FEEL LIKE THEY WERE AT HOME. NO MATTER WHERE HOME REALLY WAS. WHERE DOES THE CAMERA COME IN TO PLAY? MY WONDERFUL HUSBAND BOUGHT ME MY FIRST SLR CAMERA WITHIN A COUPLE YEARS OF MARRIAGE. I WAS TERRIFIED. HOW DO I WORK THAT THING? I KEPT IT IN THE CORNER FOR MORE THAN A YEAR. NOT SURE WHERE TO START OR HOW TO GET TO KNOW THIS NEW 'CREATURE' LIVING IN MY HOME, SLOWLY BUT SURELY I STARTED TO TINKER. WE BECAME FRIENDS... AND EVENTUALL