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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

Andrea + Patrick

Mike — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:41:10 +0000

Remember these guys? Baby number 2 is on the way now…

…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

Bee + Shawn: YitL Session 1

Mike — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 23:00:36 +0000

“I don’t want anything boring.”

I love it when I hear someone say that. This is what Bronwyn told me when she called me up asking about a maternity session. She and Shawn were married a few years ago and now that they are expecting, they decided to get some maternity photos done. “But nothing boring. I want them to be interesting.”

Excellent. Now as it happens there is a tree that I have had my eye on for a few years, and I decided this was the session to put it to use. It’s a huge tree that is still alive even though it has split down the middle, and I have been saving this for an outdoor maternity session. So off we went.

Once we were done in the tree, we took advantage of the field nearby…

Sometimes, in order for me to get across what I have in my head…

…I have to just get down and demonstrate (thanks for this Shawn!

Then it was time for one last image, and we were done. …Mike