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Had a little bit of died and gone to heaven with this shoot.

Beau and Jackie (previous post) have been friends since their children were small and she arranged both sessions for us.

I love the colours in this shot.


This is Beau - gorgeous.

And her beautiful kids.

Logan was SOOOO not interested in having his picture taken, but he was still a good sport. I promised him a cool one for all his co-operation. Thank you Logan!


One for his mom. His cheeky smile is awesome.


Then there was Erin. Did I think her orange boots would be good in a shoot? Would a hay bale be a good backdrop? 1. Well, only if I don't steal them before I get around to photographing you! and, 2. Big empty fields with perfect blue skies are only my favourite backdrop next to graffitti walls.


Erin is stunning. Here she's sharing a joke with her dad.

How sassy-cool is she!?

Ty's the big brother - I love these pictures too.

The willow tree made a great background. In black and white, it looks mysterious.

Love this. Beau said the way they are standing is a good representation of their personalities.

It was so windy and cold the day of our shoot - I love how Erin's hair glowed in the sunlight and the horizontal lines it creates in the frame,

A lovely photo of Beau and Lloyd.

And finally, one of my all-time favourite family pictures.

Thank you so much for having me come out and for sharing your home for Jackie's family photos. And another thank you to Beth for introducing us all.

Rock and Roll Baby!

I had a photoshoot in the country last week, with two great families.

This is Emi, David, Jackie, Nic and Ben. And their dog.


The girls - love this picture! Emi is still at the "handing out free hugs" stage.


I love Emi's expression in this one. I only realised what she was doing after I took the shot. Perfect!

Jackie has the best smile.

Jackie and David look so great together.

This was my first time photographing teenagers, and I wasn't sure what to expect. Ben, Nic and Emi (almost a teenager) were great though. I'd suggested bringing along props to showcase something they loved to do.

This shot turned out great!

And only my second time photographing twins. Cool! (Strange how that works, no twins in 3 years, then two sets in one week).

I don't want to use names here, because I don't want to mix these guys up - that must be irritating!

However, both awesome guys.

I asked what kind of music they like, and guess what?! Their favourite band is one of my favourites too. We had a bonding minute. Cool!

I am so digging Emi's freckles in this picture!

LOVE this picture!

It was wonderful to meet you all.

Thank you to Beth for the referral, and to Beau for sharing her house.

The Zebra and the Butterfly

We went to the Kaleido Festival this weekend. If you're the least bit interested in art - of any kind - dance, participatory theatre, hoola hooping - mark in on your calenders for the last weekend in September next year.

These are the two acts I wanted to see.

Adrien La Chance

I'm not sure what this act was called (I can find out if you want to know though - it was very cool - and how I got my kids out of the house - "lets go see the Spiderman people.")

And, my boys. Isaac sat quietly through his, while Gabriel bossed the face painter around the whole time. We had a little chat about allowing people to do their jobs.

Baby inside

There's a baby in here - in case you couldn't guess. Erin and her family came over to have some maternity pictures done.
I know this one is all of centre (I cropped it that way on purpose). I love the sense of anticipation.

A lovely picture of Erin and one of her first babies.

A family picture.

Mama and her boys. This looks so much like my family picture from last year. Wiggly little boys.

The three babies.

And, we promised the boys they could make faces. I'm always happy to oblige in that department! How cute are they? They're really exited about the baby coming and will make great big brothers.

A big thank you to Cherie for the referral - Erin is Cherie's cousin.

Erin and Jeremy, thank you for the wonderful session, and I look forward to meeting your new baby!

My dear friends

A year and a half ago, I photographed Avelina. Not only do I have the greatest job, working at something I love doing, but through my job, I've met the most wonderful people. Trish, Avelina's mom has become one of my best friends. Our children hang out regularly, love each other like siblings (that includes love and a few fights) and Isadora calls me Mama Rebecca. (Actually, let me amend that. She says Rebecca like a proper English girl. There's an R on the end too - Rebeccer).

My job rocks - as do my friends.

Rich's parents have been visiting from England, and Trish and Richard asked me to come and take some photos of their family.

Here are Percy, Jenny, Richard, Avelina and Isadora.

Isadora getting ready for their pictures.

A couple of the family.

Trish and Richard are some of the best parents I know.

Dear, sweet Avi.

Isadora and Daddy.

Jenny looking on while Rich and Isadora play.

Avi peeking from behind Trish's legs.

Hanging out with Grandma and Grandpa.

Discovering a bird's nest in the park.

I love this family portrait.

And, a little fierceness from Isadora about the sale of Epcor.

Love you guys!