Happy new year!  Hope you had a great holiday season!  It’s back to work around here and time to get caught up with all the shoots.  To kick off 2011, here are some pics from a recent session with Klaus & Christine’s family.  Like they did last winter, they all came down to the studio for a shoot and this time brought along Christine’s niece from Germany to boot.  I’m not sure what was more impressive – little Elena’s growth in size or little Martha’s growth in her already advanced vocabulary.  All in all a fun little session – how can you not have fun with an orange balloon!

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Here is the culmination of the portrait series I shot of Crystal, documenting the pregnancy and birth of her new son Andrew.  Crystal and her family were amazingly patient with all the shoots through the months and were just great to work with.  It turned into a real labour of love for both of us, and I think the end-product – an album that captures the story of little Andrew’s arrival into the world – turned out wonderfully.

Ben and Deb’s family has been all about boys.  That is, until now – with little Jada joining the clan.  It was great to see how easily she meshed with her adoptive family despite not having a full handle on the English language just yet.  It’ll be interesting to see how a baby sister influences the pack of boys.  For the moment, anyways, Adam, Noah, and Justin were carrying on as usual.

A few pics from the shoot, during which I decided to play around with the background colour:

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The last time Erin and Tyler came into the studio, Kate was just a little baby in her daddy’s big hands.  This time around, she was a little girl with a mind and vocabulary all her own, and it was her new sister Grace that was in the crook of her parents’ arms.  I just loved some of the expressions of the girls during this shoot, particularly Kate, who after a few treats, had no problems whatsoever making great faces for the camera.  The matching bumblebee outfits with little stingers were also too cute.  Some faves from the session:

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Catching up on the portrait sessions, here is part 3 of the series I shot for Crystal and Shane.  The previous session documented Crystal at full term, shortly after which she and Shane welcomed little Andrew into their family.  Accompanied by his parents and older sister Allyson, Andrew came into the studio just a few days into the world.  I’ll soon be posting the culmination of all these shoots: a series that shows the full progress of Crystal from pregnancy to birth.  I’m really looking forward to seeing how it turns out.  In the meantime, here are some select faves from the latest shoot.

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