It's hard to say where a year goes, but 365 days ago I was doing this little man's newborn photos. Now here we are a full year later and he's a year old. So we did some neat photos with his chainsaw and his hockey sticks and of course a few with a chocolate cake. His favorite!!!
Tuesday, January 20, 2015
One year old photo shoot
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Big sister and baby brother
This past weekend I had the cutest little man come and visit my studio with his big sister. Now sometimes the sibling shots can be complicated. Not because the newborn is docile and sleeping... sometimes its more complicated to get the two new siblings to work together and create the lovely beautiful harmony that we know siblings always enjoy through their childhood. Cough... cough.... right? Check out these two lovelies... harmonious siblings no problem here!
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Sunday, November 30, 2014
New baby Maddox
On a not very cold but very snowy morning I had the pleasure of welcoming baby Maddox and his family into the studio. Blessing his family at 9 lbs and 10 oz he was such a very relaxed and happy little man. He didn't sleep for any of his session which under a week in age is unusual but he was very happy to hang out and have his picture taken none the less.
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Christmas 2014 Mini Sessions in studio
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Patiently waiting
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Wednesday, October 22, 2014
Some spooktacular children - Halloween 2014
I love Halloween as much as the next kid. Oh, wait I'm no longer a kid...
I guess that's why we enjoy our dress up photos so much! Here's some of the spooks that have come to visit this season!
Yeah for Halloween!
Now where's my candy?!
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Maternity photo options
Happy October all....
I've been meaning to share some of my latest Halloween work, I'll do that next, promise... my blog post for today is to help an expecting Momma out with some maternity photo options... should we do them inside / outside ? Posed photos / or casual crazy?? The best way for me to describe the options is to show examples. So here we go... (just click on the photos for larger images)
This cute belly photo was another one that I quickly grabbed as an example of in the studio.
Or here we have the lovely Japanese Gardens down at Okangan Lake...
I thought this families photos (especially with three boys) always have that un-posed, fun family feel. These rocks are also found at the edge of Okanagan Beach.
And of course when we have rascally small people in the studio sometimes things end up like this. I do think this ended up being one of Mom's favorite poses though.
So there, maternity and family photos, I think that its a personal preference and in my books if you're capturing these family milestones, however you choose will be right for you!
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Saturday, March 08, 2014
Low key photography for children
In photography we often talk about whether or not a set up is in "high key" or white colors or "low key" in dark colors. The traditional go to set up for children in my experience would be the brighter lighter colors. There's a number of reasons for that some technical and some just preference. Today I thought I would challenge the norm and do some child photos in a low key set up. I don't mind this at all. I think that it accentuates the child and brings more drama to the photo that a bright well lit scene. What do you think?
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Arm knit scarf ~ fashion forward photography.
The other evening I was invited over with a neat bunch of ladies to try out arm knitting. I had never heard of it before, but seeing as how attention to detail is something I need improvement with I accepted the offer to learn to arm knit. Well what a fun evening. At the end of about an hour I had this fabulous chunky knit scarf to show for my time.
And as you know any new fashion accessory is a good excuse for a photo shoot in my books!
Until next time...
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Saturday, February 01, 2014
Tinker Bell Half Marathon 2014!!!
This is a bit of a departure from my usual blog post but I feel like I just have to share. I am Run Disney's newest fan! This past week I just returned from an amazing adventure with my family from Disneyland in California. My sister in law and I had hatched a plan to make the Tinker Bell Half Marathon a reality and built a family vacation around it. I knew it would be an awesome family vacation but I had no idea how much I was going to enjoy this run. Disney runs are nothing like anything I have ever experienced before. It was such an atmosphere of friendship and support! Let me share with you my run. First we got up at 3:45 in the morning to dress, feed and prepare ourselves. Seems crazy right? But I woke up ten minutes before my alarm ~ ready to get up! When you have something so fun to do, how can you sleep? Here I am at 4:30 as we prepared to head out to our corals.
This run had sold out as it usually does and there were 13,000 registered runners! The first few kms we worked our way around Disney Drive and over to the main gates of the park. We spent about 8 kms running through the parks and we stopped for many character photos. Here are a few of my faves.
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