Amanda and I had fun discussing all the location options we’d love to use for her engagement session,  Apart from having a beautiful landscape, to me, it’s so important to have my clients connect to their chosen spot.  Be it their first home, first date, somewhere there is an emotion connection to, including their family pets, or using meaning props.  That raises the stakes for me, and forces me to be more creative, as it’s not always tried and true location.  And if it is, then I want to look at it with a new set of eyes, so each session I photograph has a personal feel to it.  As soon as Amanda hinted that her backyard might be an option as they are in love with their home, I told her I was sold on the idea.  So we opted for their cozy, warm, beautiful backyard.  Yes you heard me, these photos below are all done in this amazing couples’ home. Not even having seen the space… if her heart was in, then so was I !!

Lucky for me… I got this magical land and magical light to work with (ya me !!!) and bonus… this magical couple.  See for yourselves

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Stay safe, happy, healthy and love xo

Kathy

Sharing a session from last year, as today is this beautiful mama’s birthday. Please help me wish Cynthia an amazing day, and an amazing pregnancy, as she is currently blessed and pregnant with Noah’s little brother. Enjoy these oldies, I definitely did !! Happy birthday Cynthia xo !!

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Let me introduce you to two of the cutest little models I had the pleasure to photograph.  Isabella and Rocco are too delicious for words, it was an amazing morning spent with them and their mama, the effortlessly beautiful Ashley.  I am so honoured I got to laugh and play with these munchkins, and photograph the beginning of a beautiful friendship, the bond between brother and sister… enjoy 😉

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Rocco the bodyguard

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Such a stud-muffin

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These eyes… are seriously out of this world

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Isabella was so good with me throughout the entire shoot, she took a tiny catnap, sweetest angelface

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This was the face I got, when I was caught taking pics of her sleeping – Priceless !!

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Had a little fun with these louboutinis, from www.petitespoupees.ca .  They are a perfect match for mama’s little me 😉

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Be safe, happy, healthy and loved

Kathy

 

Tara and Mark have a magnetic energy, and photographing them was effortless.  Usually for all my couples, the engagement session is their first real shoot together, so it’s normal to be nervous.  But they killed it right off the bat, lucky for me ;).  The laughing and the fun basically started right away, and I am so grateful.

I also love when couples bring their pets to our engagement shoots.  Being that it’s usually their first official family portrait, I love personalizing this with your furry family members.

We are photographing this couple’s wedding next weekend, wishing them a stress-free, last week single… see you next week 😉

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This is the laugh I got within 2 minutes… pretty sweet eh !!

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Mr. Protector, this is Axel, the alpha.

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Be safe, happy, healthy and loved

Kathy xo

Yolla and Shady  had the sweetest news to share with the world and wanted my help to share it!

They are expecting a baby!! By photographing their wedding a few years ago, I have been blessed over the years in getting to know this couple! So I jumped at the chance to work with them again and be a part of sharing this amazing news to family and friends (Oh and Facebook).  We had such a great time during the session, that we had to extend it a bit, as I had also fallen in love with the sunset, along with all their fun ideas to reveal the gender of their sweet baby. Enjoy the photos and their special blessing.  April can’t come soon enough, as I will also get some extra baby cuddles!!

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Yolla wanted a touch of graffiti in the photos; a sweet kind of graffiti.  I think we found the best little spot 😉

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Gorgeous mama-to-be against a blue sky… how appropriate 😉

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I can’t tell you how excited I was to have this gorgeous light follow us

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Gender reveals are always a fun idea, and they are especially sweet when the couple has fun with it.  We laughed … a LOT !!

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Can’t wait to meet baby Ayden xox

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Be safe, happy, healthy and loved

Kathy xo