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I have a friend, her name is Alicia.  She has a beautiful family and is expecting again (another girl!!).  She wanted to have some photos done this time around, since she hadn’t had the chance last time in her pregnancy with Ellie.  Sooooo, of course I was up for a lovely shoot.  We definitely caught some amazing glowing moments of Alicia… as well as some beautiful family shots!  And obviously we had to give little Miss Ellie her time to shine too!  She’s such a sweetie with a personality as big as the sun!

Thanks Alicia & Dylan for trusting me with some important family memories!

They were so brave for bracing the COLD!

Ellie didn’t mind the weather so much, she was having a blast!

Alicia and her gorgeous preggo self!

LOVE this series of shots!

Enough of Mom… now it’s Ellie’s turn  She’s a princess with her “real princess crown”

Look at these three… can’t wait to meet the fourth!

Ellie made us laugh with her lovely dance moves!

My favourite of the day.  Hands down.
After some hot chocolate, we headed to the studio for a few more shots.  Thanks to Ellie for helping me test my lights

beautiful moment

Loveliness.

Many blessings in the final stretch of this pregnancy!!  Can’t wait to meet Aralyn xox

Just a few days ago, Justin & I were living ‘la vida loca’ (well it was more like ‘la vida relajada’) on the beaches of Cayo Guillermo in Cuba.  I don’t think I’ve ever taken a trip where I just sat around and did NOTHING!

We had a super fun time with our friends Chris & Christine… since we’re both expecting babies in the next 5 months (and our lives to change drastically), we figured that we would have one last “baby-less” trip  But I guess I’ll stop rubbing that in!

On another note, if you’re in the Kitchener-Waterloo area and you’re an engaged couple looking for a wedding planner, you’ve probably heard of Christine Martin from Pure Potential Weddings.  If you haven’t heard of her you may want to head to her website.  She’s usually the one behind the scenes making everything run smoothly for you… But this time around, it was her time to be in front of the camera.

One late afternoon, just before the sun went down, we headed down to the windy beach and took some beautiful maternity shots of her and hubby.  I hope you enjoy them because these two look super fab!!!

There are so many from this series.  I couldn’t narrow it down!!

On our way to the beach, I found this row of small houses.  And it so happened to be an awesome location!

LOVE it!

so fun!

As we headed towards the beach, the wind got FIERCE… so we used it to create some fun shots!

I over exposed this shot and they both really loved it!

Chris really enjoyed fishing off of this pier!

After our ‘a la carte’ dinner, we took a few more night shots to end the session!

If you’re looking to have some casual maternity shots done similar to these, send me an email!

HOLY!  I haven’t blogged in like 2 weeks.  SORRY loyal and lovely blog readers. I definitely had “THE SAD” during those rainy weeks.  I truly wanted to do nothing… (and I kinda did since all my shoots were being cancelled because of the poor weather).  NO sun = depressed Mel.  I love SUN!!!  Thankfully it came out for Catherine & Bart’s session on Wednesday.

Catherine & I go way back… to when she first booked me to do a Christmas family session at her parents house (2 years in a row).  Then I recently photographed her best friends wedding (Melissa & Adam).  She was eager to get her own session in and booked it with us early this summer for September.  She was hoping to potentially hit the water in her wedding dress.  BUT, when the rain started and then the cold…  We scratched that.  Finally, almost a month later, everything fell into place – weather, time, location.  But NO dress this time (just a little too cold).  Maybe next summer?

These two are so fun and great for each other.  I think you’ll agree when you see these photos.  Enjoy!  (ps. Justin’s working on their short film, but I really couldn’t wait to post the photos)!

This not Catherine nor Bart, but their dog Chewy

I’m so loving the next few photos

MY favourite of the bunch… Justin’s shot!!

The neighbour across the street thought we were breaking in to this building!  Ha!

Thanks you two for your patience with the weather… I think it was well worth the wait.  You guys look HOT

Just about a month ago, Heather was surprised by her two lovely friends with a photo shoot.   She loved her experience so much (which makes me VERY happy) that she decided to do the same for her mom!  Earlier on that day, during her birthday lunch, she had been talking about to taking some “family photos” because it had been awhile!  Well her wish came true…and she was ecstatic as you can see below

Here are a few photos from her surprise family shoot!

Love that smile

Balloons are really popular this season!

They even brought badminton rackets because they LOVE to play.  And YES she even played in her dress!

If you’re interested in SURPRISING someone with a photo shoot… send me an email

14 kids + 11 adults + balloons + bubbles + park + playground = fun family photos!

I knew this was going to be a unique family shoot when Natalie (Donna’s daughter) first contacted me.  She went on to tell me that since her aunt passed away, Donna (her mom) has taken over the role as everyone’s mother.  So I was pre-warned of the amount of people involved and I was so looking forward to meeting this beautiful family.  On top of that, Natalie informed me she was bringing bubbles and RED balloons for the kids… I KNEW we would get some great photos with those fun props!

Let me tell you, children photography is no easy feat.  It takes an incredible amount of patience and a fun personality to be able to have fun with them while shooting… because it really is all about going at their pace!

I hope you enjoy this short lifestyle film and these fun-filled, colourful photos!

I love this shot!! Here’s Donna giving the kids a little bit of an incentive to behave for the next 3 hours!!

Donna’s smile says it all… “I’m so rich”

I think that’s everyone

Oooooh so cute.  This little guy wanted to “see” the back of my camera!!

You’re NEVER too old.

bubbles = joy

I pretty much fell to the ground laughing when I took this photo…

As he was karate kicking the bubbles he was singing “everybody was kung-fu fighting”

One VERY popular mom

Precious

the oldest of the kids… and a really big help!

Justin’s shot!

I was wondering why this little one kept on leaning over… but then her mom told me she was actually copying me and my angles!

this is what your kids do when you’re not looking!

cousins

Isn’t she lovely with her beautiful smile