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Heather + Louis’ Year in the Life Session Two

Mike — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 20:35:32 +0000

For the second session, I met up with Heather and Louis at the (thankfully!) air-conditioned home…my car’s thermometer read 40º so I was very happy for that!

…Mike

Bee + Shawn’s Year in the Life Session Five

Mike — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 22:25:08 +0000

For this, the fifth and last session in Huxley’s Year in the Life, we returned to the beginning: the same tree where their maternity session was photographed, a year ago almost to the day. It’s So neat to look back over the the images taken over the course of a year…I can’t wait to design their album!

…Mike

Erika + Michael’s Maternity Session

Mike — Sun, 02 May 2010 19:57:01 +0000

Erika and Michael will be familiar to you if you have poked around here before, and I was very happy to hear that these two wonderful people were expecting their second child. Their previous maternity session was done in and around their home, so we put a more urban flair to their maternity session this time around. Between Majors Hill Park and the National Art Gallery, we had a blast and created some great imagery too. She was just about ready to pop, so it won’t be much longer now!

…Mike

Bee + Shawn’s Year in the Life Session Four

Mike — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 16:25:37 +0000

Bee and Shawn decided to add a fifth session to their Year in the Life program, so we headed outside to enjoy a sunny winter day. He seemed to enjoy it despite the fact that the little bean was wrapped up almost as tight as the little brother in A Christmas Story.

Monica + Dave: YitL Session 4

Mike — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 22:42:15 +0000

For Monica and Dave’s fourth Year in the Life session, they and the rest of their extended family went to Stanley’s Maple Lane Farm for an old fashioned horse-drawn sleigh ride. The weather was perfect: sunny, and right after the freezing rain, so all the bare trees were lit up with a coat of ice.

We hung around in the barn for a bit, and then we were off on the sleigh ride!

About halfway through the ride, all the kids were let off to romp around in the snow:

The freezing rain had created a layer of ice over the snow, and the big thing was to smash it over your head.

A great time was had by all.

Highly recommended if you have kids of that age.

…Mike

Monica + Dave: YitL Session 3

Mike — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 20:41:08 +0000

Monica and Dave went for a walk at the Arbouretum with Samantha.

…Mike

Bee + Shawn: YitL 3

Mike — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 20:51:30 +0000

Session three of Huxley’s Year in the Life went swimmingly Can you guess which picture was the last one I took?

…Mike

Bee + Shawn: YitL 2

Mike — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 23:22:38 +0000

Looks like we got Bee and Shawn’s maternity session done just in the nick of time, because not a week later little Huxley was born, almost 5 weeks early. I look forward to getting to know this little guy over the next year

…Mike

Monica + Dave: YitL Session 2

Mike — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 15:02:48 +0000

Monica had her baby almost a week ago, and I was happy to spend time with little Samantha and her new family.

…Mike

A Year in the Life

Mike — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:49:55 +0000

The Year in the Life collection includes four portrait sessions scheduled at any point during the span of a year. Most often, these sessions are spread out during the first year of your baby’s life, sometimes with an optional fifth session for a maternity shoot.

Each session is about an hour long, and takes place at the location of your choice. Taken individually, each session generates about 30 to 40 images. But taken together, these four sessions create a visual history of your family as you grow together during the course of a year.

The end product is most often a custom-designed coffee-table style book including images from all of the portrait sessions. This hardcover book is printed on fine art matte finish paper, and features a design customized to your particular images. Of course, an album is just one of the options available to you, and you are welcome to select individual images for wall prints and gifts for your family.

If this sounds like fun to you, give me a call and we can discuss how it can best suit your family.

Some past Year in the Life sessions are archived through this blog. Here are a few:

A Year in Griffin’s Life: One Two Three Four

A Year in Christian’s Life: One Two Three Four

…Mike