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Boundary Bay Family Photos

Family Photos in Boundary Bay

Contest Winners!

So in January I ran a contest on Facebook to win a free family photo session with me……there were over 2000 entries and at the end of it all, this lovely Momma was the winner.  I have to say that when I arrived in Boundary Bay to meet them I was feeling like I was the contest winner.  It is so stunning there, the beach goes on forever with backdrops of Mt Baker and local mountains, and there are fields and trails with wild flowers, tall grass and hoppy bunnies.  Can you say photographer’s dream?!  The sun was setting into amazing light and I thought it could not get any better….until I met the Wagner family.  Seriously good looking family with tons of personality….I had to pinch myself 🙂  “These photos were going to be beautiful” was my thought….and of course I was right 😉  I had such a great time wondering around taking photos of these guys.  Noah, who I swear is a genius, was keen to doing most anything I asked, and his little sis Michaela was just as happy to follow his lead.  They were happy, smily, charming little creatures who made the shoot such a joy.  I usually find something I adore about every kid I shoot…..I am looking for their specialness so I can capture it, but these two were just so awesome…I would be happy to shoot them everyday 🙂  I know I am harping on about the kids, you might wonder about the parents…haha – well they were great too.  Super chill and dressed perfectly for their session….amazing.  Like I said, I felt like I was the contest winner getting to shoot this special family.  I really love sessions like this, perfect time of day, fun easy going family and a beautiful location.  Perfect!  Family photos are such a treasure and kinda fun to capture 😉  what are you waiting for?

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Ambleside Beach Family Session

A lovely family session at Ambleside Beach

I was so happy when Carly (momma) agreed to have her latest family session down at Ambleside Beach in West Vancouver.  It is one of my favourite places to shoot family portraits, there is just so much to offer in the beauty of backgrounds.  We met bright and early and were able to get the beach mostly to ourselves; perfect for two little munchkins wanting to run and around and have some fun 🙂  I always want to the kids to be having fun when I am photographing them, if they’re not, it sure shows in the final images and during the session too.  I want to see their personalities and their quirks.  If they can run and play and be themselves then, I can capture who they are.  That special moment of being 2 or 4, 13 etc…..how they are in that moment in their lives.  It is so wonderful to look through images and see the little mischivious  glint in their eyes, a shy smile or a big belly laugh, it reminds you of things you might otherwise forget or let grow dim crowded by other memories.  Ed Sheeran has a great line in his song “Photograph”,  saying, “we keep this love in a photograph, we make these memories for ourselves……where time is forever still”.  I love that; not just as a photographer, but as a Mom, a sister, a daughter and a friend.  We capture these moments in images that we love at the time, and they can take our breathe away, but ten, twenty, thirty years down the road they will mean even more.  We will look back at them at laugh and cry and be reminded of who we were and who our family was at that point in time, we will cherish them and over all objects that own, these will be the most precious.   William and Abby will be able to look at these pictures and remember how they played at Ambleside Beach, how they laughed so hard at their parents playing and making animal noises; they will look at these images and remember the smell of the beach and the feeling of sand in  their toes, they will really remember how much they loved each other and how protective Will was of little Abby.  It will be a little bit of magic for them as they grow older to reconnect with this special time of being a kid and living each moment as they happen.  Everyone needs to capture their families, their kids, their love.  Don’t wait, life is so short and precious.

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the images.

Sarah

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North Vancouver Photos

photocrati galleryDeep Cove is the perfect spot for photos

Hey!  Thanks for stopping by 🙂  Today on the blog is a family that I have been shooting for many years now.  We started a tradition of shooting in Deep Cove every year and this year was no different. It is really cool that we can compare how the family changes from year to year in the same spot.  I bet you could even spot changes to Deep Cove from year to year in the pictures.  I love that in North Vancouver, there is a spot like this.  Deep Cove offers amazing views of the ocean, the mountains, the forest, the beach and even a little playground.  Families can wonder around and hang together as I capture the specialness that is them.  This was a special shoot for the Molina family as they are expecting their 2nd baby!  I just know big brother David is going to be the best at his new role – look at how sweet he is with the baby belly.  I would place bets that his future little sister will have him wrapped around her little finger and he will be pleased as punch about it.   David is truly the sweetest little man and so interested in everything.  He could have looked for crabs and salmon berries all day long, I’m sure.  I am so lucky to have this cool job taking photos on the North Shore and I thank you all for that.  Serious gratitude.

 

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North Vancouver Family Photographer

photocrati galleryNorth Vancouver Baby Photographer

Nathan is the cutest 5 month old – I just wanted to squeeze his gorgeous chubby cheeks.  I just love capturing the sweet smiles and expressions at this fun age and Nathan did not disappoint.  He really was the most chill baby, happy to look at me or Mom and just stay where we put him (of course in the beautiful light in the kitchen;)).  I photographed him in a few different spots in his house, anywhere from the living room to the kitchen floor, but my favourite was in his crib.  He was so excited to be in there that he was bouncing around or looking totally startled.  It gave me  a good laugh and one of my favourite images.  We finished the mini session outside in his yard and he held up like a champ for a few more images.  The cool guy was exhausted from being a model and let me know by totally ignoring me. haha!  No fuss, no tears, just the blank stare of an expert communicator 🙂

Thanks for having me and making my photography job so awesome!