I love the unique blend that maternity sessions with young families offer: joyful anticipation for the next child who will soon join them and the tender gaze on your baby who, before too long, will no longer be your baby, but will suddenly look so much older when the new sibling joins. It's a beautiful, sweet time, and I was honored to capture it for this family at Chilliwack's Island 22 Regional Park. Here are some highlights.

Last year, I had the opportunity to attend a content day hosted by local photographer Catherine Alycsa of Catherine Alycsa Photography. I loved the idea she proposed in this gathering, “Sessions at Home”: that special, unique family photos can happen right in your yard.

During these slow winter months, I find myself taking time to catch up on the back-end of my business, such as website updating and blogging. And, given that this little one is now a year old (really, how does time go by so quickly?!), I figured it’s as good a time as any to feature this Langley in-home newborn family session that I loved so much.

It’s no secret that I love big families, both in the wide spread of children from young adults to toddlers, and to a gaggle of young children and babies. It’s chaos, it’s joy, it’s authenticity at its finest.

Fall is in the air, so I thought it would be a good time to catch up on blogging some beautiful sessions from year to get ready for my absolute favorite season. Whether you have a beautiful golden hour, or a cloudy evening like this session, fall photos always turn out so magical.

Golden hours are always gorgeous, but I’ll never say no to a moody and cloudy evening in the mountains here in the Pacific Northwest.