Road Trip

As you know I jetted off to Edmonton a couple of weeks ago and I am just now ready to share some of my images. I am going start with C and E, these little girls kept me running. They are cousins and I can already see that they will grow up with each other sharing the same kind of bond their mommies have.

Why newborn photos?

Our daughter is in grade one and today for a project she had to take a picture of her a baby. As I waded through the pictures, looking at the possibilities I came across the token proud new mom and dad shots, the baby in the tub shots, the baby bundled in blankets leaning in the corner of the couch shots....I think you all know what I am talking about :)
What I found myself longing to see were her little fingers, the way she fit in one of her daddy's arms, the details of her face and the newborn smiles. What I desperately wanted to see were pictures of her and I together. These are the photographs I don't have and the ones that I am determined to create when I photograph newborns.

Thank you to this new little family for welcoming me into their midst, and sharing their beautiful baby girl with me.

Seeing double....

This was a maternity session, but my camera kept wanting to follow these little beauties around! They are so excited for their sibling to arrive, it is so obvious how much in love they are with her already!

Eenie Meenie Miny Mo...

believe me...it took me about 13 tries to figure out how to spell that title and I am certain it is still wrong :)
But - the point being... I have more than a dozen sessions from the last month or two that have not made it to the blog. I am so far behind in sharing that I am staring at proofs and can't even decide what to share! Not a bad problem, as I have been blessed with a full calendar, but my friends and clients are starting to give me grief wondering where their sneak peeks are! The question becomes "who to share?!!"
So here goes nothin' This fantastic family was a joy to work with and turns out dad and I grew up practically neighbors in the middle of north western Ontario. Small world.

The Countdown....

3 more days till my annual spring trip to Alberta! Prior to moving here in 2005, we lived in a bedroom community outside of Edmonton. I travel back there 2 - 3 times a year for sessions, and if I am to be honest...and for shopping :) My schedule is full and what excites me the most about this trip is that almost all of the families I am working with have little ones under one. This might not excite everybody, but there is a magic age for babies somewhere between sitting and walking where they are fun to play with AND they can't run away from me! I am also looking forward to revisiting the sweetest little twins that I was privileged to shoot as newborns on my last trip.
While the weekend is usually a whirlwind (fitting a months worth of sessions into 3 days) I always manage to find time to visit some of my girlfriends and catch up on the life we left behind.