Joanna and Her Harp, with attitude

  She picked her outfit well.  It was the most beautiful of dresses and the most perfect of colors.  The teal complimented her eyes with exquisite precision and somehow made her already beautiful hair even more delightful.  It seemed fitting, really: beautiful sunshine, beautiful dress, beautiful girl. But she was standing in the middle of…

When you’re choosing a location for your family photos in the Lower Mainland, your options are (almost) limitless! There are a lot of factors that go into choosing a location. You want your photos to be perfect – a reflection of who you are, and a great experience to shoot!  Ultimately, when trying to decide…

“Life is under no obligation to give us what we expect.”  Margaret Mitchell said it so much better than I ever could, and isn’t it true? On the morning of the long-anticipated fall family photo session, one child evidenced every ounce of stubbornness in those little bones while the other child grinned like nobody’s business….

The rain, the threatening thunderstorms, and the humidity tried to put a damper on our day – literally and figuratively – but it couldn’t. Oh…no….never.  Not when its time to celebrate such a beautiful, pivotal, exciting season. And especially not when Todd and Marcela are counting down the days until they can meet their Jacob….

In the season of pumpkin pies and pumpkin cookies and pumpkin spice lattes (all of which I may or may not have devoured in the past day or two), it seems more-than-fitting to celebrate the coming of a new lil’ pum’kin with autumn colors, a very round pumpkin, and the very beautiful Derby Reach! Spending…

Devin and Callie’s family photos are proof that it is possible to have (successful and frameable) family  photos in twenty minutes and have fun in the process.  Necessity is the mother of invention, you see.  Between my unfortunately tight schedule in Jerusalem, Devin’s work responsibilities, and two adorably cooperative but increasingly hungry and tired children, the clock started ticking…