That’s more like it Ronin! A snuggle from his big sister led to big baby giggles yesterday! More to come in the next few days as well as another image from this session on Monday morning over on the Photographer Network blog as my photo of the week.

This was my fifth session with the Ross Family. We went to Island View Beach last Sunday morning for their annual session. It was pretty freezing and little Ronin didn’t want to have anything to do with getting his photo taken! I made a trip to their home yesterday for a little visit with my camera and got a few of him giggling and smiling…things he does when he’s well napped and not out at the beach in December! Kamryn always manages to crack me up and yesterday she gave me a thumbs-up sticker that said ‘Good Job’. A nice little reward for my last portrait session of the year!

Jill, Kris and their baby Gretchen. My best friend, and my new little best friend. I stayed with them for almost a week in October and these images were taken over that time.

One image from the annual portrait session with the Ross Family at Island View Beach. More to come soon.

Today it was grey in Victoria, but I edited this set of images from Nova Scotia in August and it felt like summer all over again. This was my last visit with my best friend Jill before she gave birth to her awesome daughter Gretchen. I wanted to take some maternity photos for her, showing Jill as I know her. Jill is fun, she laughs, she loves her family and dogs, and she loves being at her cottage. This hot August day, we drove to the cottage to hang out with her family and swim. Jill didn’t know I was going to take her photo, I sort of sprung it upon her. She started killing herself laughing because she was in her bathing suit for the photos with her hair messy from the salt water, and just a few weeks away from having her baby. All I could think of was while we were university roommates at Mount Allison, how she said she loved the smell of sunshine on your skin after a day at the beach. To me, the images sum up Jill and Kris, and now they’re one person better with Gretchen. Love these guys.