Families

This sweet little session was baby Cameron’s first ever photo shoot! In the chaos of the newborn stage photos fell to the wayside, so it was high time for the trio to commit this first chapter of family life to film.

Watching babies respond to their parents is so interesting. His little face is so expressive, eyebrows going a mile a minute trying to take things in and figure it out. But after a few shutter clicks everybody exhales and relaxes a little, and the wee babe can focus on mom and dad, who are so clearly smitten with him, and a circle of family love and connection emerges.

A little afternoon sunlight, a little grain, and those bright baby blues, and I’d say Cameron’s first official photos were a great success.

Please forgive the slight overload of photos here, I’m just so thrilled with this shoot! These adorable, wonderful folks are my extended family, and this in-home family session was my Christmas present to them. I joined them for a classic Mennonite lunch of farmer sausage (insert usual joke about pacifists who eat farmers) and cottage cheese perogies, then we made a gingerbread house, cuddled the cat and headed out into the mountain air.

This is also my first time pushing film (shooting it at an iso higher than the film is actually rated, and adding a stop of exposure in development) and I must say I am smitten with the effect. Clean, bright colours, beautiful contrast, lots of detail—can’t get enough.

My partner’s birthday was a few weeks ago, and to celebrate we had a wee backyard barbecue with friends and neighbours. I brought out my Yashica T2 loaded with Portra 800 to catch a few sweet summer moments.

My family has a spot on Green Lake, outside 70 Mile House, and I got to spend the weekend there recently hanging out with my aunts and uncles and cousins and even grandparents! The lake is so gorgeous, crystal clear forever and the perfect temperature. And the family were all good sports when I kept whipping out my Yashica T2, loaded up with Ektar 100.