Wow….I dont know where to start! I had such a great time with this family yesterday. Typically shooting mid day is not the best recipe for great photos, however it seemed like that was the only time of day that would for work for us…so we went with it. The weather could not have behaved better – a great chinook arch giving us warm weather and a beautiful natural ’soft box’. Throw in an upbeat down-to-earth family and really CUTE kids….voila! LOVE it.
When I am discussing shoots with families I like to suggest bringing along something as a prop that might be special or an heirloom of some sort. Leigh thought of this fantastic willow chair that she made herself (!) and brought it, along with pillows from their worldly travels. It was brilliant – it was like it grew out of the earth to blend with our surroundings. Like I said, we couldn’t have asked for a better day :)
I love this family image. Im not sure how we got all four of them in that little chair…but we did it!
We finished up the ‘formal photos’ did a little costume change for some more casual fun shots.
Then mom pulled out the lollipops. We always leave the ‘green goopy face’ shots for the VERY end :)
I am so happy to post this lovely couples maternity images. I had the pleasure of meeting Robyn & Clint a few years ago when I photographed their family of three. We live and work in the same neighborhood, so its not surprising I tend to bump into Robyn about once a week at our local Starbucks while Im feeding my latte addiction :) I was more than happy to oblige their maternity requests this time around. Shooting their young son Mr. Z was alot easier this time around – a big difference between 2 yrs and 4 yrs. We got some super fun and adorable belly shots and I cant wait to share the full gallery with them!!
A couple weeks ago I had the honour of shooting the wedding of Sharon & William. It took place late one evening at the lovely historical “Lougheed House” in Downtown Calgary. I am happy to post a sneak peek of their glorious day…
I took a much needed break last weekend and headed out to the coast to see my dear friend Sandra and her family. We kept extremely busy! In between visiting, lunches, dinners, theatre and a Canucks game – we were able to get in some great family images. I hadnt seen these lovely munchkins for 18 months – when little Miss. O was just a newborn. What a complete sweetheart! I cant believe the difference in the fall colors from one province to the next. I must say I love the beautiful foliage out west :(
