August - What to Wear guide for Family Sessions

Here's this month's style guide.  Don't you just love that dress for Mom?

July - What to wear guide for family sessions

Wondering what to wear to a photo session?

Here's a great example of some cute family outfits...all available at Old Navy

Instagram/ Ottawa Family Photographer

Do you have a favourite phone app?  Mine is Instagram! I love that you can easily take photos of every day life...my phone doesn't take the greatest quality photos but I usually always have it with me and can document certain moments that I would have otherwise missed!  If you don't have it, check it out...it's addictive!  :)

Here are a few pics i've taken using instagram in the past month:

My Favourites of 2012 / Ottawa Family Photographer

I love going through all the photos of the previous year and reliving all the fantastic sessions with my clients.  I feel very blessed to meet so many wonderful people that allow me to capture a special moment in time for them.

Here are a few of my favourite photos from the past year!

I'm looking forward to all the amazing people i'm going to meet this year!

Michelle

Family of 5 - Kanata Family Photographer

After rescheduling twice due to the rain, I was finally able to meet up with this wonderful family.  I met Mom back when we used to work together as teenagers (I won't say where :)) so it was great to meet her beautiful family!

It was really cold outside so there was a lot of cuddling going on!

They even brought their adorable 10 month old dog Racy along

Every year they give the Grandparents a photo of all their Grandchildren so the two cousins stopped by for a couple of photos.

The kids were so well behaved that it was easy to get a shot of all of them and even little Racy!

Beautiful Mother and her Grown Children - Ottawa Family Photography

I met up with this fun family at Andrew Haydon Park.   I thought it was so sweet that daughter and son bought their mother a session...what a fantastic gift and keepsake!

Isn't this the cutest?!  I hope my son still cuddles me like this when he's an adult!

I love this photo - beautiful girl and beautiful background!

It was a dreary day but we managed to get the photo shoot in before it started to rain.

 I loved how well these two got along (can't say the same thing about my own kids...maybe they won't fight so much when they're older :))

Multi-Generation Family

I love watching families grow.  The first time I took pictures of this family, their son was just a baby.  They then had me back to to newborn photos of their daughter and now this time they brought along great grandma.  It was so much fun to do family photos with different generations and I believe that we got some great shots that they will cherish for a long time!

It was a cold, wet day but the kids did really well (with the help of a candy bribe :))

One of my Favourite Families

It's been a couple of years since I did some photos for them but I was finally able to get my brother's family in front of my camera again.  We were short on time but we managed to get quite a few shots that I love!

These two love each other so much!

Fun Family of Five - Ottawa Family Photographer

I had a great time with this playful family...we were a little worried about the rain but it stopped just in time for our photo shoot.  We decided to take pictures at Vincent Massey park and it turned out to be a beautiful location!

Here are a few photos of the laughing that was going on!

 I loved seeing the different personalities in these adorable 5 year old twins...

and they're equally adorable little sister

Mom and Dad were able to stop and get a little cuddle time in!

Family of 4 / Kanata Family Photographer

I love taking Family pictures at this time of the year with all the beautiful Fall colours...especially when you get such a wonderful family like this!

The kids were so much fun and were in a great mood even though there were quite a few bugs flying around them

isn't this sweet?!  I love getting pictures of just Mom and Dad.    Most of the time parents tell me that they haven't had a picture together in ages or since their Wedding Day.

It makes me really happy when people bring their dogs along!  Isn't Jessie adorable?

Family of 3 - Rockcliffe Family Photographer

I had the honour of taking pictures of this beautiful family to celebrate their little girls' 1st Birthday

Isn't she the cutest?!  I just love her gorgeous blue eyes!

we started off taking some pictures at their home then headed over to the Rockcliffe Rockeries

Such a sweet and happy little girl!

 she's just starting to walk and was proud to show off her moves with some help from Mom and Dad

Family of Four - Ottawa Family Photographer

I had a wonderful time with this family exploring the Ornamental Gardens of the Experimental Farm.  Such a beautiful location and a fun family...the perfect way to spend a Sunday morning!

52 Week Challenge - Week 25 and a Little Sneak Peek

This week's theme was "swing".  Yesterday I was fortunate enough to spend a beautiful sunny morning with a really fun family and managed to get a little swinging action.  We had a blast walking around the gardens at the Experimental Farm.

If you would like to play along, next week's theme is "Red & White"

Adorable Family - Westboro Family Photographer

I had so much fun with this amazing family!   It ended up being a rainy morning but the rain just happened to stop for a bit so we could head into their backyard for some photos.

 aren't these girls the cutest?!

such a beautiful family on the inside and out!