I had a Motherhood session that felt like I was being invited to see a special place.  These two had a secret language communicated through touches -both silly and loving, giggles and cuddles and phrases of words that had been communicated so many times before and now held special meaning.    Here are a few of my favourites from our time together.

If you live in the Barrie/Innisfil area and you would like a special portrait sessions devoted to motherhood, and your special and unique relationship with your child, I would love to do a session with you.  Click here and send me a note.

Warmly
​Rae

It's not an easy time in our lives but it is a Holy one.  That time for caregivers when the children are small, and impossible to contain, but we try.

This mama had an immense amount of work on her her hands just showing up for her photo session because.....

TWINS.  Watching this beautiful woman unload her kids for our session looked impossible, how do you keep the three year old safe while carrying TWO car seats from the car to inside, and wait, HOW do you carry two car seats at the same time with out just falling over.  She did it though.  Everyone came in safe, had full tummies and was clean and shiny.  Somehow she had managed herself to be glowing with smooth and lovely hair

If you are in the Innisfil or Barrie area and are trying to figure out what to ask for, or give, for Mothers Day, consider the gift of a Motherhood Photo session.

Gift certificates available.

Take Care
Rae

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I got it in my head that I needed a way to do portrait sessions indoors this winter.  So I set up a natural light studio space and invited a dear friend over to try the light on for size.  I really love the gentle way the light washed across their faces as it flowed in the big windows, and bounced off all the soft white walls. I hope I've done this just in time to encourage people to do a session as a gift to themselves this Mother's Day, or as a pick me up for the winter "blahs".  It's good to surround ourselves with images of the ones we love, and good for our little ones to have these pictures they can cherish into their old age.  One day we leave our babies one way or another, but we want them always to have a sense of the way we loved them. Maybe they will need a few photos stashed in a shoe box one day to pull out and hold in their hands, to see our passion for them, a reminder of their worth and value to us. Also, they are so cute aren't they, it feels good to capture all their details, at every stage.

If you're interested in booking a studio style session more information can be found here. 
I'd love to see you and the ones you hold dear.

Rae


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I got to complete my first proper family portrait session in the balmy June weather, and even though the sun stayed stubbornly tucked behind drab clouds, (so that dusk seemed to arrive a whole lot earlier than I had hoped) there was more than enough light emanating from this family; we charged ahead.  

but when your laughter enters
it rises to the sky seeking me
and it opens for me all
the doors of life.
-Pablo Neruda

I was so honoured to be able to try and capture a bit of what goes on in the sacred goings on of this family.  If you're in the Barrie or Innisfil Area and would like to schedule a family portrait session with me, send me note on my contact form. 
-Rae

Swing me, swing me, swing me round,
I don’t want my feet to touch the ground.
Swing me an hour, swing me some more, 
swing me until a quarter past four.
Swing me till summer, swing me through fall, 
I promise I’ll never get tired at all.

- Eve Merriam

 
"To feel the the love of people whom we love is the fire that feeds our life..."
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We are weaned from our timidity
In the flush of love's light
we dare be brave
And suddenly we see
that love costs all we are
and will ever be.
Yet it is only love
which sets us free
                                          -Maya Angelou
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