Emmy Lou Virginia Photography

vancouver newborn photographer / springtime baby

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I had the pleasure of photographing the maternity session for Phoenix & Dennis just a few days before this little girl was born, so it was such a joy to meet her.  She was tiny, and perfect, and completely adorable.  

And she slept for most of the session.  As other newborn photographers can attest, a newborn who sleeps for most of the session will receive our eternal love and goodwill.  Not gonna lie - I was just a little bit overwhelmed by the amount of goodness and cuteness I was able to witness during this session.  (Her parents are pretty awesome too!)

Phoenix & Dennis' home was a natural light photographer's dream, as well: huge floor-to-ceiling windows EVERYWHERE, and so much white.  I felt like I was outdoors!  When I speak to clients who want indoor newborn photography, I can never over-emphasize the importance of windows, and lots of them: they make everything better.  Like these photos.

Here they are!

 

surrey engagement photographer / love, wine & crayons

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Mira & Jason met me at Holland Park in Surrey, wearing beautiful clothes and big smiles and carrying two wine glasses.  (Good start to an engagement session, right?)

They got engaged one day last summer, after spending the afternoon downtown.  Jason told me he'd been carrying the ring around in his pocket all day, sweating and nervous and silent.  When he'd finally popped the question, he found out he had no reason to fear - she said yes!   

And here they are today.  I had so much fun with them, posing them and laughing and making them kiss (as a photographer, I have the power to make people kiss!) and sip wine (they love wine, so they brought along a bottle), and colour (yes - you read that right!  Mira & Jason drew their own Save-the-Date sign with wooden pencil crayons!).  

All in all - an evening well spent :) 

 

vancouver portrait photographer / clean like laundry and springtime

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Spring reminds me of clean laundry, breakfast, citrus fruits & flowers.  (In no particular order.)  These are all very clean, good-smelling, necessary, and beautiful things, just as Spring is clean and good-smelling and necessary and, of course, beautiful.

And Ellie reminds me of Spring!  She is such a sweet girl & she put up well with my crazyness.  I'm not entirely sure what her initial impression was of me, but considering that the first thing we did after meeting was to drag pieces of furniture and bags full of props into the middle of the forest, she can't have considered me especially sane.  

Add to that the fact that I had brought along a ziploc bag with pre-sliced lemons, a car full of magnolia blossoms, a pair of mismatched socks to hang on a clothesline, and had numerous flower petals in my hair with a manic expression on my face (I call it "inspiration"), and you will have the complete picture.  

Ellie was very sweet about all this, however.  She watched me run back and forth as I set up my little forest scene, pulling moss from the forest floor to nestle it with flowers, half-finishing every sentence to interrupt it with another, forgetting where I had put everything, and beginning long pauses with the word, "So...." - and she didn't say a word, but began to help.  

She even laughed at my jokes & created some pretty awesome ones of her own!  (The fake laugh was her particular specialty.  You should hear it sometime - it's truly remarkable.)   

And so our Springtime session came to be, and so Ellie held lemon slices to her eye, skipped down forest trails, pinned flowers on a clothesline, braided her hair, and navigated the treacherous expanses of the Stanley Park shrubbery.  All of this while wearing a dress, ladies and gentlemen.  

I present to you: Ellie...

& Spring!