{Engagement} Tara & Dave

I meant to post this session quite a while ago...I say the twins snuck their way up the priority line. BUT I am very excited to share this post because it is another one near and dear to me; it is my (younger, and only) sister, Tara and her fiance, Dave.

Tara and Dave began dating...well, last summer, shall we say? I think I may have been privy to a little more information than my parents were, but only at first. It was very exciting and fun to hear Tara get excited about this guy from Alberta and to see how their relationship grew. I was going to comment on how quickly it seemed to grow, but then I think back on the fact that my husband and I met, dated and were married in 13 months and they are not that far off of that. So just like I knew my husband was the one for me almost right away, so it was for Tara and Dave!

We got to meet Dave in the Fall and through the winter as he flew out very regularly to see Tara. When he came out for Christmas, we were all waiting for a proposal...but he held off until he moved to BC in January. So he proposed while they were on a hike together, with a beautiful rainbow topaz, and a week later we went out to the Vedder River on a beautiful winter day (and quite warm!) to do their engagement pictures.

The wedding is coming up at the beginning of June and we're very excited! Our daughter is a flower girl and that is the extent of our 'official' involvement though the wedding prep will really start next month when Tara graduates from her RMT program (YAHOO!!!).

Tara and Dave, thanks for letting me do your engagement pictures...I had a blast with you two and am looking forward to celebrating your wedding soon!

{Newborn} Alex & Chloe

Oh my goodness. This is a very dear-to-my-heart session. These beautiful girls are my nieces, Alex and Chloe, who were born on February 15th at 11:08am and 11:30am, respectively. These fraternal twins were born naturally (as in, not a c-section) at 5lbs each. My husband and I were able to go in to meet them when they were two days old - it was the longest wait ever, but so worth it! And I've seen them every weekend since, which is not super typical as they live an hour away.

So a week after they were born, I went in to their little 1-bedroom sauna apartment to do newborn pictures; my first twin session ever. Space was tight, light was limited, and there were two babies to settle and keep happy. Chloe was a champ. I could do anything with her, move her, position her, and she would just keep sleeping and be super pliable. Alex, on the other hand, was far more sensitive to movement, temperature changes and positioning. So I definitely had my work cut out for me!

I allowed over 3 hours for the session and while Chris kind of laughed about it at first, by the end of it, he totally understood why it took so long. Since the girls were so little and new, they had a hard time regulating their temperature, especially Chloe, so even though the apartment temperature had me wearing shorts and a tank top (and still feeling super warm), we needed to take some time to make sure they were warm. That was also part of the reason we didn't take their diapers off until the very end.

Twin shoots are really not at all like a single newborn session. The focal points are different, the positioning is different, the whole thing is just different. But now I have a lifetime of developing my twin photography skills!

Chris & Shereen, we love you and your beautiful girls and look forward to helping you survive the first 6 months as much as we can, holidaying with you after 6 months, and supporting you as you raise these two beautiful gifts!

I'll identify the girls by name in each picture; first will be the top picture, then bottom left, then bottom right.

{Alex, Chloe; Alex; Chloe}


{Alex, Chloe; Alex; I can't identify them by hairline in this shot.}


{Alex, Chloe; Alex, Chloe; Chloe Alex}


{Chloe, Alex; Alex, Chloe; Chloe}


{Chloe; Alex; Alex, Chloe}


{Don't know; Chloe, Alex; Chloe}


{Chloe, Alex; Chris feeding Chloe; Chris with Chloe, Shereen with Alex}


{Chris & Chloe, Shereen & Alex; Chloe, Alex; Chris, Alex, Chloe}


{Don't know; Alex, Chloe; Chloe, Alex}


{Chloe; Alex}


{Alex}




{Alex, Chloe; Alex, Chloe}


{Alex on the bottom}


{Bottom: Alex, Chloe}


{Top: Chloe, Alex}


{Chloe}




{Alex, Chloe in both pictures}


{Time for you to start guessing who's who}


{Do you know?}






{Favorite of Chloe; this is amazing as a video!}