Category: Kids

Talk about a cutie!  This little guy has some serious style!  My gues is that it is because his mom has fabulous style – I love it! 

They live in an absolutely beautiful home and Ryder has 3 older brothers and a dog that he loves.

How fun it was to go and spend time with him and take pictures!  He did an awesome job (as did mom and dad!) - especially as he was working on a new tooth at the same time.

Here are a few of my favorites…..

Christine

What is better than hanging out with 26 preschool kids? 

Taking pictures of them, of course!

Now I am not a school photographer, but I did have the honor of spending the day with Sunny Smiles Preschool here in Fort McMurray and doing their school pictures for them.  I loved working with each of these little ones, photographing them and just getting to spend time with them!  Next time I am going to have to leave the camera behind and just hang out at the playground : ) 

They all did an amazing job and were so much fun to be with!  One of my favorite things from that day were all of their personalities!  How beautifully different and unique each of them were! I found myself wondering at different times what they might be when they “grow up”.

Here are just a few photographs from that fun day!

Desiring never to officially grow up,

Christine

Congratulations to the preschool graduating class of 2010!  I hope that you have a great summer and a fun year in Kindergarten!

 

Oh this family makes me smile!   They are most definitely one of my favorite Fort McMurray families and I love their joy for life and family.

When I heard about their story – of how they have gone through the process of adopting these two children – the world “Celebrate” kept coming to mind…and continues to when I think of them.  How much this family has to celebrate!  This couple has now been blessed with children, whom they love and adore and are able to have the family that they have desired – and these two beautiful children now have  the parents, family and security that they so desperately desired.  It’s a win-win situation! 

When we were designing their session and talking about things – I wanted to try and capture that essence of celebration….and so out came the balloons for some of their shots!  Seriously – what child (not to mention adult) does not like balloons :  )  

Here are just a few of my favorites…..and yes, I am slightly biased to this little cutie that I fell in love with that day.

Wishing your family nothing but the best – especially as you move east.  Know that you will be missed here - but also know that you are going to be so deeply celebrated and cherished there.

Christine

What a beautiful name this little one has!  

I loved working with her parents as we did their pregnancy pictures – and then finally meeting this little beauty just over a week ago!  She is absolutely precious! 

One of my favorite features about her is her hands….how she folded them together as she was just relaxing in the image below – and then how she softly held her dad’s shoulder.  She often just looked comfortable and oh so loved – which she most definitely is!

Congratulations on such a beautiful girl and your new family!

Christine

Birth is said to be a miracle – and life is said to be a gift.  Watching and holding a newborn – you know that those statements are true.

I am continuously amazed with how the  personality of a little one shines through…even at such an early age, giving others a glimpse potentially in the years to come and causing loved ones to dream a little of what their life may hold. 

Taking the wonder of all of that, multiplying it by two, and adding in two incredible (and proud) parents….and you have twin sisters, Payten and Emmerson and their wonderful family.  I loved witnessing how different they are from each other – yet also seeing them together and some of the tender moments that it seems that only twins can share.  These two are so precious and were amazing to work with – not to mention mom and dad who worked extra hard to cater to their needs and to help make these images what they are.  I definitely couldn’t have done it without them!

Payten, the eldest by 23 minutes, was so alert and patient yesterday as we shot. I absolutely love her eyes and her beautiful head of hair. Emmerson is the youngest, the smallest, yet holds a delicate beauty all of her own.  She is the more serious and analytical one of the two and often had a furrowed brow as it looks like she is trying to figure things out or size you up!  Both are so beautiful and yet so different – and for all of their own amazing reasons.

I can’t wait to see these two grow up and am looking forward to having another session with them when they are 3 months! 

Christine