Glowing

Is there anything more gorgeous than a bride on her wedding day? Natalie was stunning, but not only that she was calm, relaxed and just so happy and I think that shows in the pictures. Brad also looked great. He didn't seem quite as relaxed as Natalie, that is until he saw her walk down the aisle. It was at that moment Brad became completely calm. The way he looked at Natalie told me that he was head over heels in love with his beautiful bride! Here are a few portrait shots...enjoy!

Boy or Girl?

I always love shooting belly photos...especially when the mom-to-be has no idea whether the baby is a boy or a girl. The anticipation of meeting the new arrival is all consuming, but not knowing the gender of the baby always makes the anticipation even more palpable. Kayla is only a few weeks away from her due date. The baby's room is ready, everything is prepared...the last thing on the list was belly photos. Here are a few of my favourite shots..I just love the shape of a baby belly!

It's in the details

Having been a bride I know all about the planning that goes into a wedding. There are so many little things that make up this huge and important day. I love to capture all the special little details that a bride has worked so hard to plan. I want to capture the story of the day...right down to the smallest details.

Here are a few special details from Brad and Natalie's beautiful summer wedding. Look for future blog posts with portrait, ceremony and reception highlights!

Your camera takes really nice pictures...

This is a blog post that I LOVE...I think both amateur and professional photographers will take something away from this post...

http://www.erinfarrellphotography.com/theblog/?p=817

Here is a quick example of one of my personal photos...the colour photo is a snapshot using a Cannon 40D that has poor composition, lighting and overall aesthetics....the other is a shot that was set up using manual functions, where lighting and composition were considered and has some light editing...do you see the difference?

From Head to Toe

Wow, it's been a while since I blogged...food poisoning, major spring cleaning (a season late - I know) and photo editing has kept me away from the blog...but not today. I have to share these sweet shots of teeny tiny Parker...only six weeks old and I loved every little part of him. Baby fingers and toes...how can you NOT love it! Enjoy...

The Extended Family

To date my most challenging shoots have not been of crying infants or curious toddlers. In comparison to a large group of people an unwilling toddler is leaps and bounds easier to capture. However, when I photographed the Van't Spijker (16 people...one toddler included) I was shocked! They were such an easy group to work with. Everyone smiled, no one blinked and they took my light direction perfectly! As I sifted through photos I barely had to edit any out because this is one good looking family, everyone was camera ready and looked great in nearly EVERY shot. Thank you Van't Spijker family for letting me capture some great family memories!

So Cute!

When a baby is 5-7 months old and starting to sit up, smile and giggle is seems impossible to take a bad picture. When Cameron came to me he was doing all those things...and he did them like a pro! I love this little guy...and his mom (who was awesome too), as it turns out, married a fellow Banting alum and both my husband and I knew him....small world. Here is little Cameron looking totally adorable!