It’s been a while since I got to hang out with Melanie and Darren, but I had the oppor­tunity to catch up with them recently for session three in Gabriel’s Year in the Life. He’s grown a lot since his baby photos, and already has favourite places and things.

My last entry was about how Been and Shawn didn’t want to share then name of their at-that-time unborn baby. Well, little Ianto (yan-toe) arrived right on schedule and shortly there­after I was on my way over to make some photos of his itty bitty self. Enjoy! And contrats guys!

Krista and Steve first came into my life in 2008 when they booked me to photo­graph their wedding. What struck me first was Krista’s quirky sense of humour and Steve’s impressive geek creds. After their engagement session I knew they were going to be a blast on their wedding day, and I wasn’t wrong!  Since then they’s kicked my ass at Settlers of Catan, and bumped into them at the first Ottawa ComicCon…my kind of people  Fast forward to today and we welcome their first child Wesley into their family with the first session in A Year in Wesley’s Life. I’m looking forward to getting to know you, Wes!

This one is for you Firefly fans out there!

Sasha is growing fast! For his second session together I joined him and his family at the Governor General’s estate on a warm summer afternoon.

About a week after Gabriel was born, I got the call and headed over to Melanie and Darren’s place for his first photo shoot.  He was in a great mood, and Amelie was bouncing off the walls so we had a fun time together. Here are a few from the session, starting with the chalk drawings I was greeted with

Next stop: session three. See you then guys

…Mike