~ Dana :)Cuddly or Goofy
Those are usually my favourite images from a session...so, from a recent session...some cuddly ones:
And, here are some goofy ones:
Happy Tuesday!!
~ Dana :)
Home Sweet Home
From the mom:
We chose to do these photos because we really feel like our kids are in the sweet spot of our family life. No more babies, but not independent enough to be off on their own. We enjoy our time together as a family. We love to travel as much as we can, and are at a point where things feel really good being us. It was important that these photos were done in our home and our yard, as this has been our family home and may not be for much longer. We are ready to embark on a new journey....to enter the next step of our children's life where they are going to become independent, find out more about themselves as a person, and as parents we hope to give them the best opportunities to grow into good people that will do good things for this world. But for this moment, they are still ours, safe, innocent, and able to enjoy the simple things....like a fire in the backyard, hanging out in the tree fort, and being loved by their siblings, mom and dad.
I like to play 'spot the cat' with these photos...so hard to narrow this session down. I think their gallery had well over 150 images...I stayed so long...had a glass of wine and walked away feeling like I had made new friends :) Love that...
~ Dana
Christmas Carols and Cookies
This was my fourth trip to visit this wonderful family. It was the mom's idea to do a Christmas-y session. We were laughing about how her neighbours probably think she is a bit crazy for having two(yes, two) Christmas trees already up and decorated. But, hey...she's all done now and she can just focus on having an amazing holiday season with the people she loves :) We listened to Christmas carols, played in the snow, cuddled with Papa while he read us 'The Night Before Christmas' and toasted with a bit of Champagne. It was a wonderful way to spend an afternoon...here is a wee sneaky peaky.
This last picture is of mom and her grandma. It has become one of my most(if not my most) liked photo on Facebook. Sometimes it is hard to convince our grandparents to get in the picture, but always so SO worth it...
After I posted that picture, the mom sent me a lovely email. I especially loved this piece of what she said:
I know that each of these 'memories' you take are creating a journal of my little girl's past. Does that make sense? I think I know the kind of young woman she is going to grow into - and I love that she will have a visual narrative to help make sense of where she came from.
How lucky am I to be a part of this family's narrative? Pretty gosh darn lucky.
~ Dana