Check out those eyes!!!

These girls are just so lovely that I wanted to share them with you.  I love images when everyone isn't always wearing a toothy grin and often not even looking at the camera.  Seems many people I meet with will love an image but want everyone looking directly into the lens.  These girls are clearly looking directly into the camera but with two very different expressions and I love them both.

I also really like the image at the bottom where no one is looking at the camera.  It kind of reminds me of opening squares from the TV show, The Brady Bunch.  Everyone looking around checking out everyone else.

I so enjoyed working with Sandy and her family.  You may recognize her from her earlier headshots.  Sandy Hatzis is with RE/MAX Aboutowne Realty.  A very smart lady and fantastic Real Estate Agent.

Time to log off so that I can meet a new family in the morning.

Leah

Bella is 6 months old now.

I get so excited when I am going to see a baby on my first year program.  I can see the baby features from when they were newborn and how their eyes have gotten so big and round.  I can enjoy all of the stories of how they are growing and what they have been up to and it is all so exciting for me.  I am finished growing my own family but it feels like I still get to participate in the growth of my client's families.  I enjoy it too when they come back with a new sibling that is joining the family.  This little sweetheart is the first baby for this family, but a cousin to two other clients all who had their babies within a couple of months of each other.  The grandparents are so proud.

This little doll is 6 months old and it was so delightful to see this family again.

Thanks for checking in.

Leah

I love a big canvas!

I just picked this up today.  I want it for myself!!  This is a 30x43 canvas.

Okay, I have clearly not put this photo through photoshop but sometimes you just have to take the shot!

I can't wait to give this to the family.

I just can't get enough of this bundle of pure Joy.

Little Mr. R is such a delight.  One the happiest babies I have had the wonderful fortune to photograph.  A little over a year now, he has grown so much since I first met him when he was only about 5 months old.   He smiles constantly.

Fall 2010

It has been a busy season with some fantastic weather.  I have really enjoyed getting out of the studio for a while to capture the great outdoors.  I loved these images and I just had so much fun with these families that I wish the season was longer.  Maybe I will have to do some snow scapes this year and find some families that love the winter season!

Here are a handful of images from this season.  

3 Beautiful Girls

Brad is one lucky man.  A beautiful wife and 3 gorgeous daughters.  I have had the honour of photographing this family since the youngest was just an infant.   I love capturing them!  We headed out to my favourite outdoor location because it has so much to offer and we had a sunset session.  The light at this time of the evening is just fantastic!

Night Scenes

Tonight I wanted to play with a new softbox I purchased this week and I really love it.  If you are interested in an evening light session, these are the types of images that I will be trying to capture for you.

This type of session is suited to families with children over the age of 5 or 6 as it is later in the evening and younger children usually don't last very long.  Also, we have to work rather quickly because the light is fading rapidly and the older children are better able to hold a pose so that we can capture everything quickly.

We shot these images between 7:15pm and 8:15pm tonight.

If you think you might like to have an evening session, give me a call or send me an email.

Leah
416-574-8991
info@forevermoments.ca

Fall Family Portraits - Special

Yesterday evening I sent out an email to my clients letting them know about a Fall Portrait Special I am offering in October.  Actually, after years of procrastinating about putting some type of newsletter together, it was my first "mailing".  I am one of those people who don't like too much email where I am one of many in the To: box.  That is always in the back of my mind so my thought was to put something together only when necessary so that I don't bother people with things they didn't ask for.   I decided that this year I wanted to be more organized about capturing family portraits in the park with the beautiful fall colours as the backdrop and to do that, I had to get on top of things now.  I put together a simple sheet to show what colours I have captured on various dates and jumped right over my procrastination block (okay, after week of thinking about it), and hit send.  Well, I was a bit surprized at how quickly people started emailing me with date requests.  This is exciting and now I just pray for nice weather which is the only real down side to planning portraits outside.

October is already a busy month for Birthday's in our family, plus this year I have the honour of photographing the students of Milton Community Nursery School.  My kids both went there and it was such a wonderful place with the best teachers around that I just didn't want to let go of my connection there.  I was so excited when I was chosen to photograph the students this year.  If you have been looking for a Nursery School or will be, you must check them out at www.miltoncommunitynurseryschool.ca.  So I need to be very organized about how I schedule sessions this fall but this is something I really wanted to do and I am pleased that I just did it.

If you are interested in a Fall Portrait for a beautiful piece of art for your home that is of the people you love, contact me to grab a time on one of the 3 dates I have available. 

Park sessions will be offered on Saturday October 9th, Saturday October 16th and Sunday October 24th.  There are 6 sessions each day.  A small deposit of $25 is requested to hold your date and time.  This amount will be applied to the session fee of $149 and you will also receive a $25 print credit to use when you place your print order after the session images have been presented to you.

Well, I plan on enjoying what is left of the summer break and then my life will be come more organized once the kids are in school.  I may have one more trip to Wonderland left in me!

Leah

Can you believe it?

Mrs. L is having her 3rd baby!  Yes, her 3rd and she looks fantastic.  She only has 3 weeks to go until she meets this little one.  She came to the session with a few ideas and cute clothing options that were fantastic.  I just loved shooting her and the camera just loves her!

I was so excited to see little Miss. M and when I opened the door I had to stop and stare for a moment.  Now 3 years old, I could still see that beautiful baby face that I photographed when she was nearly 6 months.  She was coming to introduce me to her new little brother who reminded me of her a lot.  Here is what she looked like when I first met her.

 

Such a little doll.  I love the left hand slightly reaching out like a real fairly princess.

Now she has this beautiful baby brother and she is a very sweet older sister.

 

Such a little doll.  I love the left hand slightly reaching out like a real fairly princess.

And look at this little ball of joy!  It was so great to see everyone and catch up on how everyone is doing.

When I was going through the images I realized that Little M had been in this tutu before!  I didn't even realize when we put her in it for fun.