Every year, I have the absolute privilege and pleasure of taking family photos at the beach for my dear friend and fellow photographer extraordinaire, Cynthia. Port Stanley is a meaningful spot for their family, and one of my favourite places to shoot—especially as the sun starts going down. These photos are from last year’s session, and I can’t wait to do it all again later this year!
It was so special to travel to Niagara-on-the-Lake for Baby E’s newborn lifestyle session. From engagement photos to wedding photos, and now to capturing the addition of their second child, I’ve loved documenting this beautiful family over the years.
I loved spending time with this fun-loving extended family for their woodsy session in the Westminster Ponds conservation area back in 2019. My favourite with these sessions is always documenting cousins playing and grandparents loving on their grandchildren. Lucky me, each of these individual families has since gone on to book family and newborn sessions, and I’ve had the joy of staying in touch and continuing to document their growing families.
Booking for this year’s Summer Woods Minis opens up to the advance notice list today, so I decided to reminisce about last year’s sessions! I am so excited to finally start shooting again soon. Here are a few favourites!
I loved photographing this beautiful family under the Magnolia tree with their newest addition. The session was equal parts running and playing with baby’s big sisters and cozy newborn snuggles among the blossoms. Here are some favourites!
I’m reminiscing about last year’s Port Stanley Beach Minis on this rainy Monday! Beach minis are perfect for capturing fun, playful, candid photos either as a family or a couple. There’s just something about the beach that invites you to splash in the waves, dig your toes in as you walk along the shoreline and cuddle up on washed up beach logs. This year’s beach minis will tentatively be held on June 12th, August 11th and September 11th. To get first dibs on booking, email sophie@rawfootagephotos.com, subject line “Advance Notice Minis”, to get on the advance notice email list! The booking email for the first round of beach minis in June goes out TONIGHT. Here are some favourites from last year!
I had such a fun time with this family for their backyard family session. Winter sessions, backyard sessions and older child family sessions can all present certain challenges (the cold, limited space/lighting/background options, less options in terms of cuddling, playing, picking little ones up, etc.), and this session checked all of those boxes. And yet, this family session was so full of joy, laughter, playfulness and genuine cuddles, making my job easy and so much fun. Here are some favourites!
I look forward to my yearly mini session fundraiser all year long, and these 2019 sessions did not disappoint! I spent the day at Studio Collective (who generously donated the use of their space) with beautiful families taking photos and raising money to support the Rohingya Crisis (100% of session fees donated). Here are a few favourites!
I’ve always been a huge fan of Winter sessions. The snow makes for such a gorgeous backdrop, not to mention a giant reflector. I’ve been lucky enough to work with this beautiful family several times now, and it’s always a blast. I love all the candid moments throughout this session, from snuggles to giggles to snowball fights. Here are some favourites!
When baby has older siblings, newborn lifestyle sessions are a wonderful opportunity to capture their personalities as well. While baby is being fed or changed, I can head into big brother or sister’s room and photograph them in their element, showing me their favourite toys, reading their favourite books. This sweet session provided many opportunities for J’s older sister to introduce me to her favourite things, and I loved documenting her as well as her new baby brother.
