Shawna and John visited Victoria with their four children, all six and under. I think they’re very patient and brave to travel with all those kids. We met up at Willows Beach in early August for a documentary family session. Chasing the kids around was a great workout for me and I loved watching the […]
Lifestyle Photojournalism Blog Posts
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 […]
Beach Documentary Family Photos
I was so excited that Rebecca and Graham wanted me to take some family photos for them last month. I photographed their wedding back in 2011. Check out a comparison photo of Rebecca’s family below. It’s always cool to see my clients start their own families, and this shoot had the added bonus of seeing […]
A Very Long (Distance) Engagement
Ok, not that long distance, but enough. Sophia and Deryck live in different countries, with her living in Washington State and him living here in Victoria. Over time, they’ve settled into their own Friday night ritual for when she comes to visit. He picks her up at the ferry, bringing some food for them to […]
Jennifer, Gord, & Jasper
Jennifer, Gord, and their six-month old son Jasper were in East Sooke a couple weeks ago visiting family. They had me along for a documentary family photography session at the beach at East Sooke Park and then some time at their family’s home nearby. I don’t typically do family portraits, so I was thrilled that […]
A Few More Weeks of Waiting
Back in September, I shot a documentary session with my friends Lauren and Andreas. These two were adapting to and preparing for some major changes at the time, having recently moved into their newly purchased first house and expecting their first child. Lauren ended up giving birth to a sweet baby girl, Leonie, a few […]
To Market, To Market
This summer, I got to do a few documentary couples shoots. The first one was an engagement session: The Weekend Morning Ritual. This time, it was with a couple, Claire and Daniel, who’s been together for three years and wanted to have a session to celebrate their relationship, even though they aren’t engaged. I think […]
The Weekend Morning Ritual
Lauren and Ben wanted to try something a little different for their engagement session on Friday. Most of this “portrait session” was spent photographing them without any intervention on my part, aside from a little bit of conversation that I can’t seem to stop myself from indulging in. They wanted to document their weekend ritual […]
