Happy Halloween, little frogs & princesses!

Me & my little surrogate niece Clare did it up in style today. Her mum Natasha made me a hood for my Little Red Riding Hood costume and couldn't resist making one for her little princess too, so I got to hang out with Clare today, and how could we resist snapping a few shots of this??

Thanks again so much, Natasha... and happy candy sorting, everyone!!





Um... if I look totally overjoyed here, it's because I am. I love Clare Bear.

Jingle What?

Jingle Bells, ladies & gentlemen! I know you don’t want to think about it yet, but before it’s too late, let’s talk about holiday deadlines!

I’ll be closing the studio from December 13th to January 2nd. The calendar on my website was recently updated with all available sessions before the holidays. If you’re expecting a newborn while I'm on holidays, please let me know. I will be photographing newborns while in the city.

Here are the Holiday deadlines:

All sessions with holiday gifting in mind must take place before November 15th
Holiday card orders placed before December 1st
Print & gallery-wrapped canvas orders placed before December 1st
Jewelry ordered before November 15th

I will be shooting after the November 15th deadline, but there will be no promises made for prints or gifts on time for the holidays.

Happy shopping, everybody! Better get on it before the malls get kooky!

Havin' a Hoot!

Oh my word, I had so much fun this morning with Phin! What a FLIRT, this one! His dads wanted him in here before he cut his first tooth, and we just about barely made it! Check him out... those little teefs are comin!

I must have sat here half an hour trying to narrow down what I wanted to show on here. Between that little faux-hawk and that grin, and those big shiny eyes, I had quite the time deciding what were my favorites! I'm quite fond of the squish-the-papa shots. I'm usually lucky to get a nice cuddly little hand on a parent's face but Phin had plenty of those in store for me today!

Have a look at these... a guaranteed grin, I tell ya.

Wee lil' Josh

I had a treat this saturday morning when I got to see how much Josh has grown! I met him for the first time when he was a wee lil' newborn, and even got to see him bust a few moves when he was in his mummy's belly!

Look at him now, he's coming along quite nicely if you ask me!




This time his fur-brother Jack was invited along for a few snaps. How cute are they??? Jack is adorable when he gives Josh kisses.

Unbearably Beautiful

I'm still smiling when I think about Tamara's kids. First of all, I have a new best friend named Sean.



He's adorable, he's clever, and very funny. I adore having conversations with toddlers, they are so expressive with their faces and bodies when they talk. I could have a wall with 36 different beautiful images of Sean when we talked about lunch. But here are my favorite four!






And then there was a little princess named Amelia. Brace yourselves, this one's got eyelashes that go until the end of time. I loved everything about her; those big wide eyes, that little button nose, that cute little rosebud mouth. What a DOLL!!

Over the Moon

This Thursday I met with two beautiful little spirits named Liam and Dylan. I met Liam for the first time two years ago when he was just a lil' baby cookie. He had the same big eyes as his new little brother, the same chubby cheeks, and the same awesome chub all over. Dylan was easy peasy throughout the shoot, whenever we put him down he was a perfect little subject. Liam was hilarious because my best shots of him came with the help of raisins & crackers, believe it or not!

BIGGER is B E T T E R

Well, it won't be easy to not make this sound like a sales pitch, but I had to share.

I was unwrapping orders for clients today and out came this enlargement of a really, really beautiful mom shot that I took of Suzanne and her little bee-bop and I have to tell you, when I pulled it out and took it in, I heaved a great sigh.



And that's when I realized that though it's very common for families to purchase large prints of their babies and children on their own, or of their families as a whole lot, it's not common for parents to indulge in a very large print of themselves alone with their child. And because it's not common, I didn't realize how much everyone is missing out! When I saw this print in a large format, the impact that the image had on me as a regular sized print was magnified as a beautiful enlargement.

So think about it. Have you got a nice blank wall that could use a little love? Celebrate your mamahood or daddyhood on that wall, it's doing no one favors by staying blank!

Just one Happy Jack!

I'd like to think that this is how Jack will react whenever he hears my name from now on:



Ha!! Ok, that's wishful thinking. But I think we can still all agree that me and Jack had a pretty good time this morning chatting and giggling and rolling and doing a little tummy-time'ing.

BIG smiles

Finlay was like a little bundle of giggles the minute she stepped in here!



This is the kind of shot I live for. My sessions usually all work the same way; I tell parents where to be, and then let them hang out there for a few minutes while I take random shots I'll probably never use, and then after about the tenth shot, mom or dad will stop thinking about how uncomfortable they are in front of the camera and do something really beautiful like catch the scent of their baby's head and breathe them in. It's poetry... I love it so much.










I don't know, what do you think of this? I suspect they may have practiced this little move all night before the shoot!

Natalie's Brood

Natalie's boys were a perfect mix of everything. First, can we talk about the eyes on Harrison? Good lord. So pretty!! I think he got them from his grandparent, just like me!



Then there was shy & grumpy Sam who liked to dance. How's that for a character? As you know... I love those shy cookies, they're just a perfect challenge, and always come with an opportunity to get one of those really great intense quiet shots. Like this one!



Check this out... I think this is when I cracked the code!



And then there was sweet & cooperative Evan, who may as well have been my little assistant.





He was actually really fun and energetic, but these two shots happen to be my favorite. I love catching kids lost in thought.

How about a shot to illustrate the chaos that ensues around everything during a shoot with more than two kids. Look at this...