After the Toronto rain | Toronto family photoshoot

Oh, Toronto weather. We went back-and-forth in the couple of weeks leading up to this shoot trying to determine if we should go ahead or postpone due to the rain. It can be so unpredictable, the weather in our city. Thankfully, we decided to go ahead and we were gifted a beautiful, misty, puddly morning […]
Photography Tips |Before and After | Birthday Cake Smashes

I like to keep birthday cake smash sessions simple, clean, and bright. An all-white backdrop, a pretty cake, and a cute baby (or babies) are all that’s needed to make portraits of such an important milestone in a baby (and family’s) life. Pure, simple, and minimal trends. This is typically how a birthday cake smash […]
Four kids with summer birthdays | All white studio birthday photoshoot in Toronto

This mama loves to document important milestones in her family like her babies’ birthdays. The thing with her four babies, though, is that they all have summer birthdays close together so this year we decided to do one photoshoot at my Toronto studio. To keep it simple and timeless, we went with an all white […]
Celebrating a little sister’s birthday | Outdoor cake smash Toronto

It was one of the hottest days of the year in Toronto, but we kept the date for this outdoor cake smash session because it was this little lady’s actual birthday date! To help make the temperatures a bit more comfortable (I think it was over 40 degrees Celsius with humidity by the afternoon), we […]
Photography Tips | Before and After | Where to place the flash when the room is dark

Figuring out where to place the flash is important to ensure the resulting light is flattering looks natural. The amount of light coming through the small window of this bedroom was miniscule. The window faced the neighbour’s exterior wall and it was a dark rainy day. The options were to either use the existing lamp […]
Toronto lifestyle newborn session at home | Toddlers always steal the show

Toddlers always steal the show during family sessions, and I don’t mind one bit!