An autumn (or winter) Stroll - Edmonton Couples Photographer

Mid October usually brings crisp autumn air, beautiful fall colours, leaves slowly falling from the trees, and pumpkin spice lattes - just what Lori and Adam had in mind for their couples session.  Instead, we were greeted with a decently sized mid-October snow fall.  We decided to roll with it and take a walk through the freshly snow-covered ravine paths. 

They brought along pup Kaya and she loved exploring.

One thing I love about this trail is that a lot of the regular walkers leave seed out for the birds. During our session this chickadee just flew down right in front of my camera to grab some that was left on the log. What a treat!

Lake Adventures - Part 2 - Edmonton Family Photographer

I'm a little bit behind with this entry.  This summer has completely gotten away on me.  We've been taking advantage of the long days and getting out as much as possible. 

I still wanted to share a little video I made back in May of our adventure out to the lake. We packed the kids up after bedtime and took advantage of the beautiful light that night. Sometimes it's worth it to mess up the schedule a bit.

I've become really interested in shooting video and am hoping to start offering video session options in the near future. I will have more details about that up in the next few weeks.

Hope you enjoy!

Lake Adventures - Edmonton Family Lifestyle Photographer

A few weeks ago we were bogged down by the every day. Stressed, tired, and in need of some good ol' fresh air. We decided to take the kiddos out after their bedtime for some lake adventures and we discovered it was exactly what we all needed. I think it's so important to allow ourselves time to refresh, even if it means breaking the "rules" every now and again. 

We headed west to a spot I'd been wanting to check out for a while, and it was beautiful. We couldn't have asked for a better night. The kids had a blast running around, collecting rocks, watching snakes, hearing their echos bounce across the lake. We saw beavers, muskrats, snakes, squirrels, geese, loons, and even a mouse.

Here is a selection of my favourites from that night. I also created a video of our adventures and I will be sharing the full version later this week.  I hope you enjoy.
 

É is Six Months Old - Edmonton Family Lifestyle Photographer

I've been photographing this lovely couple since their engagement. Last year they welcomed their adorable daughter into the world and I feel incredibly lucky they asked me to be their photographer once again for her six month session.

Six months is one of my favourite ages to photograph. I love how curious babies are at that age. How they are figuring out the world around them and wanting to explore. Learning to sit up, crawl, babble more sounds.

Miss É was certainly curious with what my camera was doing during our session.  She was a trooper and such a happy baby.  Here's a selection from that evening.

Blossoms Amongst the Green - Edmonton Family Lifestyle Photographer

Of course I couldn't resist taking my own kids out during blossom week.  I'm not going to lie, prior to this year's "Blossom Watch 2016" I didn't always jump at the opportunity to photograph these pretty pink flowers. I'm not sure why, because I had a lot of fun with them this year. I also fell in love with the amazing white blossoms in some of the photos below. We even decided to bring our pups along for the adventure.