{vancouver photographer}mini family session at a bakery

These are things I love: coffee, pastries, warm indoor light, pretty outfits, and photographing families. (In no particular order.) So having the opportunity to do a rainy day family session at Pure Bread downtown was kind of amazing, since it combined all of these spectacular things, and also meant I didn't need to be outside in the pouring rain.

I've photographed Amy & her family many times, and each time I'm amazed by the lovely outfits she coordinates. SO MUCH FUN to photograph! Plus, they are the sweetest, most considerate clients.

On another note, this was my very last winter mini session, but I will be offering mini sessions again in the spring, starting in March! Please contact me for pricing details if you're interested in booking a mini session :)

we'll live on coffee and flowers

In October, some friends and I had a little unofficial photographer's retreat. As in, we left our husbands behind and took our kids along and all ended up in a rambling old Airbnb home overlooking Shawnigan Lake in Victoria. It was full of furniture that looked like it belonged elsewhere but had somehow ended up here, and creaky hardwood floors, and little handwritten notes from the owner on everything, nicely requesting that we touch nothing at all. (We're still not quite sure why we couldn't hang our coats on what was clearly a coat-rack.) But huge windows overlooked the lake and the fog, and occasional pieces of sunshine found their way inside, and we had fun. For a few days, we barely slept (because the kids were up most of the night), drank copious amounts of coffee, and took SO MANY PHOTOS.

P.S. You can find Jamie's work here, and Katrina's work here. Such lovely talented photographers :)

& this was 2015

It's the time of year again when I spend hours and hours culling images from the past 12 months, and then culling through the culled images, and then closing my eyes and deleting images at random, and still...still, I have too many photos to share with you. Forgive me if loading this blog post crashed your computer; it will likely never be the same, and for that I apologize.

But I won't apologize for all the pretty light and all the amazing clients I've been blessed with. In this past year, I've learned that trying to edit with a busy toddler running around the apartment is kind of insane, and that blogging sessions is impossible. I've discovered a little bit more about the kinds of clients I love to photograph (many of which you'll see below), and also that becoming friends with your clients is basically the best kind of everything. I've pushed myself to occasionally photograph what I wouldn't normally. And also, I've found that taking on a couple projects for free, simply for the sake of passion, is actually incredibly inspiring, and that these shoots often become my favourites. So please, if you have a spectacular shoot idea or project, send me a message.

And now for the computer-crashing recap of 2015. ARE YOU READY??

{jericho beach family photographer} - flower crowns & blackberry stains

Katrina is a lovely photographer friend, and this is her sweet family.  It seems a little ridiculous that one family could be THIS ADORABLE, right?!  That's what I think too.  

As probably happens to many photographers, we both realized we hadn't done family photos in a while.  So we had the crazy idea to do our two family sessions...at once.  We arrived at Jericho Beach at sunset, with families and cameras in tow, and took turns snapping photos.  Thanks to our cooperative husbands (and less cooperative children), it was actually a lot of fun.  (For us.  Maybe not for our husbands.  Sorry, darling.)  

This is what happens when I get to photograph stylish, happy, carefree clients in beautiful light.  Katrina had on the same dress she wore for her engagement photos (I know - after two kids!) and Katrina's mom made the flower crowns for herself and Aletheia. They weren't overdressed or stressed, they didn't mind that the kids smeared blackberry over their faces, and they didn't feel that they had to smile at the camera for every photo.  They tickled and laughed and loved on each other, they interacted with their environment, and I was able to capture their real moments - which is always a gift for the photographer, as well as for the family.  

 So much loveliness.

{vancouver wedding photographer} - Mt. Lehman Farm Wedding

Although I'm not a wedding photographer, I made an exception for Nikki & Brian & their sweet little Hudson.  Don't they make an adorable little family?  

Here are some little pieces of their Saturday farm wedding!