I’ve been taking family pictures for this family since their older daughter was a newborn. It’s so fun to watch the family grow and watch the little girls grow up. This session was a breeze, the baby was amazingly perfect, from her curls to her toes. Mom brought her in at the perfect time, she has got the sitting thing down to perfection and had lots of smiles for us! This was one session that makes chilrens photography easy. Here is a peek for you…

and of course her big sister, almost everytime I see her she has the cutest little curly pigtails, they always make me smile.

I braved the weather yesterday and took a trip out to Chestermere to do some baby pictures of little Isabella. She was 4 weeks old, so not quite a newborn but she still curled up just perfectly and let us move her around. Karina and James were wonderful with her and very patient while we waited for her to fall asleep and the patience definately paid off. Their home was great for natural light portraits with big windows that provided perfect light, especially with all of the snow reflecting the sun. Here is a sneak peek for you two until I can show you the rest…

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We awoke this morning in Calgary to beautiful hoarfrost covering every surface in sight. It made for a happy morning while everyone got ready for school, I grabbed my camera as we were heading out the door hoping to capture some pictures that could possibly show the beauty that surrounded us.

Hoarfrost graces us with it’s presence just a few times a year, which somehow makes it even more special. A definition of hoarfrost for those that may not know…

Radiation frost (also called hoar frost or hoarfrost) refers to the white ice crystals, loosely deposited on the ground or exposed objects, that form on cold clear nights when radiation losses into the open skies cause objects to become colder than the surrounding air.

As we were pulled out of the driveway, the sun came up and put added a sparkle to each tiny ice crystal. We dropped the big boys at school and Kiana, Adam and I headed down to Fish Creek park. Kiana got out of the van and we explored for a moment, closely checking it all out and watching as the wind blew just a little bit and made some of the crystals fly into the air. It honestly looked like magic.

I happily snapped away to my hearts content, not knowing if I could capture the beauty, I think I caught some but until you have seen this for yourself, you have no idea just how beautiful it is. The pictures don’t catch the sparkles like in real life. After we were done, Kiana convinced me to stop at McDonalds for some pancakes with that delicious syrup that I don’t think you can even get anywhere else. Yum. The kids ate and I drove on to Spruce Meadows and got some more shots. Only after I was frozen to the bone, and the McDonalds was all eaten up, did we head home.

If you are a photographer, you’ll know what I mean when I say that taking pictures like this creates a kind of euphoria. I didn’t want to stop shooting, if I was alone I’m sure I would have seen a million other ways to take more pictures. You don’t stop looking, watching for that perfect shot, the perfect light, the ideal tree branch or frost covered surface. There’s nothing like that feeling, it keeps you excited and happy all day. I love my job.

Here is just a small smattering of the images that I got this morning, enjoy!

and one more just because I thought it was funny.

I kid you not, this little guy slept for almost 3 hours while we took picture after picture of him and his family. He was the sweetest little guy. Even after he woke up, he was happy and took in all of the activity with barely a fuss. These are some of my most favorite newborn portraits to date. I also photographed his birth which is shown on the blog as well, and he was just as sweet when he was just a few minutes old. Thank you M and S for having me to your home to capture some precious moments with your little guy.

Let us not forget his big sister and brother who were just wonderful and co-operative until the end of the third hour, I HAD to get some fun pictures of them because they were so good for us.