Summer

As you may have noticed this summer my blogs have been far and few between. A hot summer meant lots of vacation time for me and my family...so I spent very little time on the computer. I did take a pile of photos this summer though, of families, babies and weddings...but instead of sharing those with you I decided to make this post a little more personal. These are a few of the moments I captured this summer with my family. I like to capture our life in photos...and they don't have to be stunning, posed or perfect images...they just have to capture a glimpse of a memories we have made as a family! Enjoy!

Making Tomato Sauce

Beach

Play

Mini Session Fun

Rogers Cup - Andy Murray (2010 Champ)

Behind the Scenes

Some of my favourite moments while shooting babies are the moments just before or after capturing the set up and posed shot. These are the moments when mom or dad step in and calm a crying baby or try and make a little one giggle. There are a lot more of those moments when shooting twins - twice as many tears and twice as many giggles. When the these darling twin girls came to me they were no exception, they were so much fun and you could tell mom and dad would do anything to make them smile...here are a couple of the behind the scenes moments....

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...