Party of Five

The Ferguson kids (not really kids anymore) are each really busy and to get them together for a portrait was begining to look impossible. So I thought I would shoot them individualy in my studio space using the same backdrop and try merging them together. I hoped it would end up looking like they were actually in the shoot together.







Can you tell who were added later? (It was the two youngest boys in the purple and black).

Wedding Day

J & L Wedding - Salt Spring Island, BC

My Baby Love

Nothing quite captures the attention of a couple in love, more than their first baby.

I love what a baby does to a couple in love. As their relationship and new parenting skills are tested their confidence grows - and over a short period of time they become a gentle force that's strength might surprise you.

I was really excited to shoot the Giles family's first family portrait. We started the shoot in their bedroom - where most young families spend a lot of their time in the first year of their babies life.

We took some shots on the front steps of their home in Chilliwack. We included their dog - who is still a big part of their lives.

I like the idea of using your home as a backdrop to a family photo. Especially if you have some great front steps to gather on. When you look back on the photos you will not only reflect on the people in the photo but also the family home. Which plays a big part in out lives and our memories.

We moved to the Herron Reserve which makes a lovely backdrop for a family photo. For the first little while we shot with a sleeping Kiara and surprisingly when she did wake up she wasnt too upset. Lucky us!

They are a truly beautiful family inside and out. Kiara is a lucky girl. Her parents clearly love her very much. I wish the best to them and hope to be a part of the next family portrait.

The Beauty of a Bump

I didn’t feel that my baby bumps were something that I needed to photograph during both my pregnancies. I merely wanted photographic evidence of the amazing width my middle was becoming. So I could say years later, “look how big I was!”

What I didn’t know at the time was that I would want to have captured something other than girth – the real beauty of it all.



When you are pregnant your body becomes temporarily someone else’s as well as your own. So much so, it becomes hard to recognize yourself in a mirror. And hard to see the beauty that pregnancy processes. The beauty of life that only a woman can hold - the most natural beauty enhancement around.





Ann was pregnant with her third child and I was hoping to document this personal and meaningful time for her in a way that she would cherish for many years to come.



I wanted to create something that she could look back at and see more than what she saw at the time when she was 9 months pregnant. I didn’t want her to only see the growth of her middle. I wanted her to see the amazing and unique beauty that only pregnant woman posses.







Thank you Ann for allowing me to be a part of you and your childs life together.