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| 16 Mar | Sandi + Kevin + 1 baby + 2 baby!posted in: Families & Baby Photography | Mar 2007 |
Sandi and Kevin are having twins! It’s been a while since I had the privilege of photographing twins – and newborn twins are the best kind. I’ll look forward to sharing 2 sets of new fingers and toes in just a few weeks!
I recently went to their place to photograph a few maternity portraits. These were two of my favourites
Sandi & Kevin
Sandi looking absolutely amazing
| 26 Jul | Birth Photographyposted in: Families & Baby Photography | Jul 2006 |
My passion for photography comes from being given the opportunity to document some of the most important moments in the lives of my clients. I repeat over and over again to people who ask why I do it that I know what my parent’s wedding photos look like and I know what my grandparent’s do, too. I have glimpses of their childhoods through photos and I have record of mine. It’s powerful, powerful stuff.
While snapshots are important, I know that through my camera I can capture stunning artistic images that both capture the essence of the people I’m shooting and that will stand the test of time. Images that my clients proudly hang on their walls and display in their albums.
And, on that note, more often than not I am able to capture images and moments that otherwise would have never been captured.
A few weeks ago I posted the maternity pictures of Stacy who was due with her first baby last week. And, last Thursday, I had the honour of attending and documenting the home birth of her very beautiful baby girl.
These are images that would have never been captured if not for my presence. They are also images that will be cherished for the entire lives of this new family. They are true photojournalism at its finest, and I still cry everytime I see them.
With the blessing of the family I am sharing the slideshow for those of you who would like to see it. It’s been edited for modesty, but it’s still a birth and there are some very graphic frames so some may choose not to view it.
Click here to view the slideshow
| 19 Jun | Maternity Portraitsposted in: Families & Baby Photography | Jun 2006 |
In the next month or two we’ll be updating our website to reflect our new look and to showcase some of the other work that we love to do – lifestyle portraits.
I love to capture and preserve all of life’s fleeting moments – weddings and celebration of course, but also pregnancy, birth, and all the stages of both our children’s growth as well as our own.
Today I had the honour of photographing Stacy in the final weeks of pregnancy with her first baby. Absolutely stunning and with such a glow, I am looking forward to all of the photos we’ll be taking when baby arrives in the weeks ahead!
| 1 Mar | Think differently, See Differentlyposted in: Wedding Photography | Mar 2006 |
When you spend a week at a workshop and come home, you get asked constantly about how it went and what you learned.
When you attend a normal business type workshop, you come away with specific changes you will make or investigate for your business – new software, a better way to do something you’re already doing, a neat new marketing tip. You have tangibles.
The focus of FW4 was to get the participants to think differently… to see differently. I’m pretty sure they accomplished just that.
But, what specifically did I learn? What tangible things did I walk away with?
I can’t tell you. I just know… it was good. Really good.
Everything is so abstract… I walked away with a number of mantras and vague concepts, things I can’t articulate and that my right brain is still digesting, but stuff I know I’ll have running through my head from now on whenever I pick up my camera or edit a shoot. Shoot and move, shoot and move. Watch for secondary subject matter. Anticipate the moment, as in, REALLY anticipate it. When you think you’ve nailed it, work it some more. And more. And again. You might surprise yourself. No tilty, tilty; no funky, funky. When it’s a good time to get that SCREAMING TIGHT SHOT (and why I’d better ensure that shot is horizontal when I grab it). There’s so much more…
Part of our week had us out on assignment, assignments that revolved around anything but weddings. I spent time with a family of 4 – Alex, Rob, Max (5), and Nia (3). We shot during the day, painfully edited and critiqued the shoot at night, and did it again the next day. I’ve been home for 4 days and was only there for 5 and I’m still playing catch up on my sleep.
