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Richmond Family Portraits – Chan Family

Laura — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 01:59:09 +0000

Having photographed the beautiful wedding of Tiffany and Gary, I was so excited when Tiffany contacted me to arrange a family portrait session with her parents and brother – and of course their furry companion, Lego the dog. The session was a gift for Tiffany’s mom, the perfect birthday present! On a gorgeous fall day, we headed out to Richmond City Hall to take advantage of the vibrant colours and interesting architecture. I really enjoyed my time with the Chan family and I look forward to photographing them again throughout their life stages!

Steveston Family Portraits – Dahlgren Family

Laura — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 01:50:14 +0000

The Dahlgren family had just added a beautiful little boy to their family, so it was time for a family portrait! I had a great time with everyone in Steveston, in particular near the new heritage area by Britannia Shipyards. There is so much colour and interesting textures to work with, making this area one of my favourite photo locations. Little baby Eric was a perfect gentleman for the whole session, never crying once and cracking plenty of smiles for the camera. I loved working with the Dahlgrens, and hope to photograph them again throughout their life stages!

Hambleton Family Portrait Session

Laura — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 04:25:36 +0000

I had the honour of photographing the Hambleton’s for the first time two years ago, when little Mackenzie was just 7 months old. Well, she’s a big girl now and I had a great time photographing her and mom and dad all over Steveston Village. Fortunately we had a gorgeous fall day, and as always the Hambleton’s were fabulously dressed for their session – add some smiles and voila! Family portrait magic! I love love LOVE repeat clients, as it is truly the greatest reward to have a client come back to you over and over again for their personal photographic art. I am so happy to photograph this beautiful family, and I look forward to creating more portraits of them for years to come!

Zimoch Sisters’ Vancouver Family Portraits

Laura — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 03:14:38 +0000

Laura and Jen wanted to give their parents and grandmas something unique and different for Christmas, and thought a sisters’ portrait session would be perfect! I met with them late in the fall up in Steveston, and we got a beautiful day which allowed me to take advantage of the warm winter sun. In fact, the great thing about shooting at this time of year is that you get a few extras hours of “magic” light, the time when the sun is low in sky and everything looks warm and golden – love that! I’ve known Laura for a long time, as she is one of my sister’s dearest friends. It was so fun to photograph her and sister Jen, as they have a bit of a cat-and-dog relationship but love each other very much nonetheless! I recently talked to Laura, and her parents and grandmas were thrilled with their portrait session gifts – thanks to Laura and Jen for giving me the opportunity to create those memorable and beautiful images!

Ella’s Vancouver Baby Portraits

Laura — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 04:14:10 +0000

I truly do love it when our wedding clients come back, maybe a year or two later, with new additions to their family! Alison and Rod were one of our most memorable weddings because of the beautiful snow that began to fall just as they exited the charming heritage church in which they got married, and because it was Christmas time and the golf club was all decorated, and because Alison and Rod are just such awesome people, and because… well, you get the idea! They now have little Ella, who is just precious and so photogenic with her big blue eyes and cute little blond curls. We headed out to Garden City Park for the fall colours and also discovered that a very fun playground had just finished construction – and happened to be very photographically inspiring! I had a great time seeing Alison and Rod again and meeting Ella – thanks to all of you for a great photo session!

The Lasko’s – Vancouver Family Portraits

Laura — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 02:55:11 +0000

Back in the fall I had the wonderful opportunity to do a session with the Lasko family. Tara Lasko is the very talented make-up artist who provides her talents at our Secret Session Marathons and many of the weddings we do as well – you can check out her work at www.paintbynumbr.ca. We wanted to do something a little different and fun for the Lasko session, so we thought we’d try a journalistic approach inside their home a la the Brangelina family shoot in HELLO magazine. Granted, the Lasko’s only have one child whereas Brad and Angelina have, what, at least a dozen now? But I think the results were fantastic nonetheless! We then left the home for a shoot down at the beach, where little Amara was fascinated by the water and leaves. The beautiful lighting and backgrounds made for some great images.