Daniel was visiting his family from Ireland and had me take some photos of their gathering at his mother’s beautiful oceanfront house. Unfortunately, the light was much prettier in the garden than by the ocean. But fortunately, the garden was gorgeous too. They had a bouncy castle and a bunch of other activities to keep […]
In-Home Family Photography Posts 1
In-home family photography sessions are a great way to document your family’s life as it is at the moment.
Baking and Jumping with the Nylands
Wrapping up my series of family documentary sessions with fellow photographers is an evening shoot with food photographer Elizabeth Nyland‘s family. Of course, they did some baking, since Elizabeth is an awesome chef (and cookbook author). The kids were pretty into it too. Then they played a couple of rounds of Sushi Go and heading […]
The Hindleys – In Home Family Photography
I photographed another fellow photographer’s family this spring, the lovely Jenny Hindley. It was really fun getting to know her better and meet her husband and two kids. This family is pretty busy usually, so this was a rare afternoon at home, but it was an accurate snapshot of the love they all have for […]
In Home Documentary Family Session with the Morrisons
Back in spring, I enjoyed spending a couple of hours with fellow photographer Maryam‘s family in their home. She takes a lot of photos of her adorable boys, and of course her husband, but it’s nice to be able to give them some photos with all four of them (and their dog too). I took […]
At Home with The Kirbys
A few weeks ago, I spent a couple of hours at home with Sherrice, Jason, and their daughter Siome, and of course Eli the dog. I’d previously met Sherrice while she was shooting a video for her business and I took some behind the scenes photos. It was fun to see her and Eli again […]
Documentary Family Gathering
Lynda contacted me because her family was going to be in town to visit her parents, who live on the beach in Oak Bay. I didn’t really know much about it until I showed up, but it turns out that her parents were celebrating their 50th anniversary. I love how grandparents’ anniversaries tend to turn […]
Penguins, Superheroes, and Rozzy
Lyndsey and Brennan hired me way back in 2009 for the second wedding I ever photographed. We’ve kept in touch over the years and I was so excited to take some documentary family photos for them and their three-year old Roz. They live in a great old house packed with awesome games (board and video), […]
Decorating the Christmas Tree
I realize this post is massively late for Christmas, but I’m going to share it anyway because I love it. I kind of want to go back and hang out with these guys again, after editing the photos. Julie is a hobby photographer herself, so it was nice for her to be in some photos […]
Pancakes with Baby Kohl
I visited Robin, Kylan, and their baby daughter Kohl one Sunday morning to take some photos of their typical weekend morning. They wanted to document their lives with their new baby and new home, so this sort of candid session was perfect for them. Making pancakes on weekend mornings is a tradition for them, hopefully […]
In the Garden
Last spring, I had the idea to do some photographs of marriage, rather than just weddings. I wanted to spend some time photographing married or committed couples going about their normal lives, particularly doing things that make them feel most at home or happy in their relationship. I thought it would be great to show […]
