This was my last session of the busy holiday season, and what a great way to end the year.  Winter is one of my favourite seasons, and I was so happy that there was snow on the ground for this session in Gander last weekend.  Photographing older children is also quite enjoyable for me.  Especially when they love the camera as much as Madison does. 

I have a lot of catching up to do with my blog posts, so I thought that I would post something older and something more recent until I get caught up. 

I first photographed this baby when he was still in his momma’s belly, and returned when he was around 2 weeks old.  He was so sweet and sleepy, and he seemed to be right at home in my beanbag.  I absolutely adore photographing newborns (I feel like I have said this before), this stage in their life is so short and they change so quickly, and I am happy to preserve this for new parents.  Meet baby Luke.  Love his squishy lips!

It is hard to believe that it is December already, and the snow if covered in a blanket of white 9at least for the time being).  Looking back on my fall sessions (which I have been meaning to post, and will!) I realized how quickly Autumn has come and almost gone.  It seemed like the weather was not a cooperative this year as in other years.  I didn’t even get my own children out in the leaves as I often do for some photos.  This day, however, was one of the exceptions to our unusually cold and wet fall.  This was a glorious fall day.  So gloious that even the mosquitos joined us for this photo session.  It will be months before we see these beautiful colours again, so here are a few to mark the passing of Autumn into Winter.

This family was a lot of fun to photograph, including their brand new puppy.  I love how he tagged along as the family wasled down these adandoned streets in gander.  And I love the two older boys reaction as the puppy tried to get a grip on their little brother.

My baby boy turned 2 today.  It is hard to believe how quickly 2 years can go by, and now my youngest is not so much a baby anymore.  He had a little party yesterday afternoon, with the neighbourhood children.  He loves Elmo, so I figured he would love an Elmo themed party.  I spent the last week, however, telling him about his party, and his response everytime i asked him what kind of party he was having:  “Dora!”  Even at the age of two he has a sense of humour. 

He was very excited to pick up his cake with me on Saturday morning (made by the very talented Kim Best in Botwood).  When we got home with it, there were still two hours until the party, and keeping him away from the cake was not easy.  At one point, while it was still in the box we caught him on the dining room table with his hand in the box (even though it was taped up) and one of the stars in his mouth.  He spent the next two hours asking if he could jsut eat Elmo’s nose, or perhaps his eye.   Of course that was the first thing he ate, after the pizza.   He was tried to trick me into playing hide and seek.  Knowing what he was up to I hid in the kitchen where I could still see him “counting”.  When he thought I was out of sight, he went immediately for the cake.   Once he knew I was watching him, he covered up his eyes and went back to counting.  All while yelling at me to go hide.  What a great day!

Adrienne and Josh were married on a beautiful Sunday in October.  Well there were a few showers here and there, but we were still able to to get outdoors for some great photos.  We were even basking in the glow of a rainbow for awhile.  The location for their ceremony and later that evening their dance was the Humber River House in Nicholsville, Newfoundland.  What a beautiful spot.  A great place to rent for the weekend, complete with hot tub and an indoor pool.  The huge living room window offered a gorgeous backdrop to this lovely ceremony.  I could even get a bird’s eye view from the balcony.  Here are a few for now.  I will have to return with more photos as I get them completed.

For those of you who are not too sure what my Christmas cards look like, here are a few samples of the flat, folded and tri-fold card look like.  I typically select a couple of designs that I think will suit the photo you have choosen, and you decide what suits your taste the best.  Please forgive the poor photography on these

This engagement session with Andrew and Jennifer was a ton of fun.  We experienced the typical Newfoundland “four seasons in one day” weather.  It was raining when we arrived at the golf course.  That passed over and there were moments of sunshine mixed with lots of good cloud cover.  Then when we went to our second location (down on High Street – Thanks guys I have been wanting to do that for a long time) we had to wait out more rain and even hailstones.  Yes hailstones.  When it was all over we finished our session with a few more laughs and horn honks from passerbys. 

I am looking forward to your wedding next summer!

I met these sweet little girls nearly two years ago when they were around two weeks old.  It was my first time photographing newborn twins and I was so excited!  We met for this session on a cold Sunday morning in St. John’s after postponing for weather the previous day.  Sunday was no warmer, but it was a little drier as we spent some time in Bowring Park.  Luckily, they didn’t seem to mind the cold too much and were eager to feed the ducks and explore the park. 

Woot!  I am finally posting a wedding from October and it is actually a sneak peek instead of what seems to be a series of posts that occur much longer than I would like after the full gallery is seen.  I still have a few of those mentioned above coming, but I wanted to post this sneak peek for Christine and Lee before it was no longer a sneak peek.

Christine and Lee were married on October 11th during a small intimate ceremony.  Immediate family members were witness to their secret nuptials while guests were invited to an engagement party to begin later that evening.  After enjoying a lovely supper with this couple and their family, I could hardly contain my excitement as we headed over to the location of their “engagement party”.  I could only imagine the looks on the faces of the guests as they realized their engaged friends were actually married.  As is customary in Newfoundland, most party guests arrive fashionably late and I did not see the reactions of all the guests, however the ones I did see were sure worth it.  What a great concept for a wedding!  Here are just a couple as I am still working away at these, while at the same time trying to get other sessions clued up in time for the holidays (as they are fast approaching).