Ringing in the New Year with Miss Alice

Although I still have two more sessions before the end of 2011, I wanted to wish you all a very happy new year! So here is little Miss Alice to ring in the new year for me. Isn't she just too sweet?



Ummm Alice? Those are for ringing, not eating...

Family | For Toni

This is post is a little late thanks to the holiday season, but I wanted to post these photos from Toni's family session last week.




















And now, for my favourite from the entire shoot...

Rights to Photos

Hi everyone,

As some of you know, for a long time I believed that the clients should retain the rights to their photos at no cost to them. I have come to the conclusion though that this train of thinking does not protect the vast majority of my photos enough. As of Dec. 31, 2011 I will retain the rights to any photos taken during a session. Now I know your eyes are probably bugging right out of your head right now, but let me explain why.

Clients still retain the right to print their photos and use them for internet purposes. Those are yours and will always be yours.

I retain the rights so that I can legally go after someone who has stolen those photos and are claiming them as their own. I have come to find my photos on various other photographers' (I use the term loosely) sites and they were claiming them as their own. I have even seen the photos I have taken used by those people in contest. In order to be able to go after these people myself I have to retain the rights to the photos.

You can purchase the general rights to the photos if you want, but the rights you are given through our agreement are usually enough for the average person and average use.

I really do apologize if this causes trouble for you but as this little business of mine is growing there will have to be some changes.

Baby | Little Miss Alice

I've had this background set up for a good 3 weeks now in my home studio that I haven't had the chance to use. Three weeks may not seem like a long time to you, but at the rate this photo season has sped past me, trust me when I say it is a LONG time for me.

I've had a few sessions that were supposed to happen at my home studio reschedule last minute so I've being dying to use this set up. I really wanted to get some practice in with some new lighting (thanks to my super awesome photo buddies Edward + Lori Nikkel of Punky Monkey Photography) and Little Miss Alice (well, actually, her Mommy...) was kind enough to help me out!

Here are just a few photos from Alice's winter wonderland mini session. I'm sure I'll post more as I get to them - right now my goal is just to get everyone's discs in the mail before the holidays.












That's it!
....okay, I lied... One more!!

Baby | Madison's Adventure in Gingerbread Lane

This past weekend I had the pleasure of photographing two of my favourite families. One can be found below in my previous blog post, the other can be found here! On Sunday I met up with the Grants in Gingerbread Lane. Little Miss Madison is so absolutely adorable that my hearts melts a little every time I see her. She just keeps getting cuter and cuter! I've been lucky enough to be taking her photos for nearly a year now and she is always a highlight for me. Here are a few photos from her adventure in Gingerbread Lane...











Little Miss Madison!






Looking at the gingerbread tree...






Can you reach the Christmas Star?









Working on her letter(s) to Santa....






Getting help from Daddy...






And from Mommy....






Almost ready to put her letter in the mail box for Santa...






Okay! Here we goooooo!






Meeting Santa!

Aria's Christening

This past weekend I was invited to photograph one of my favourite families. (I have a lot of favourites but these folks have a special place in my heart. I've had the privilege of doing numerous shoots for them including a maternity session, a baby shoot, a birthday and even a Mother's Day session.) I felt both honoured and nervous when Jennifer asked me to photograph her daughter Aria's christening! I was nervous because I've never photographed a christening before. It was a wonderfully planned afternoon thanks to Aria's family and I felt so blessed to be able to photograph such an important milestone. Here are a few shots from the actual ceremony...