Sometimes I get ideas and have lovely friends and family who just go with them! This lovely young lady won a trophy recently and when I saw a photo of her with her award I thought ‘ooooh the colours of her competition outfit would look amazing outside!’. Thankfully she’s my Session Coordinator‘s daughter so it wasn’t me approaching a random person asking to take photos out in the forest.

Spending time with her reminded me how much I LOVE photographing older kids. The majority of my clients are 6 and under. When they’re little they change so quickly and I think we’re more inclined to get photos for holidays and other special events because of so many ‘first’ milestones. Once they start school there are friends and hobbies and sports and finding time for even an annual photo shoot can be tricky.

In 2016 I want to find more ways to spend time with amazing kids like this one. To photograph them in their element and have the chance to capture their personalities, their spark, and of them doing what they love to do.

ottawa child photographer

ottawa child photographer

ottawa child photographer

ottawa child photographer

ottawa child photographer

ottawa child photographer

ottawa child photographer

ottawa child photographer