Paola & Davor & Sophia | Toronto Trillium Park Family Photos

What a beautiful family to photograph!!! Seriously though, I’m like over the moon when I was hanging out with them!

Paola reached out to me earlier this year for a family session when lockdown gets lifted. As soon as we were in Stage 1, we were in communication to plan for their perfect family portraits! We’ve considered lavender fields, sunflower fields, neighbourhood park and we ended up at the Trillium Park with a great blend of the city skyline and greenery space. With COVID19 preventing many people from visiting friends and families across borders, Paola wanted a photo of her family and the city skyline to send as postcards to their families and friends around the world and we did just that! (But don’t let these photos fool you, Trillium Park is a very busy spot and it was never empty like what’s in the photos. Lol)

Sophia was shy at first but quickly warmed up with some of her favourite Disney songs! She started dancing, jumping and exploring the whole park. She loved her liberty to run around and less of smiling at my camera (I don’t blame her, I would too explore this new environment) but we’ve managed to play a game and have her smiling for me. I loved their family interaction; mom and dad would sing along with her and doing the actions. They definitely were a playful family and enjoyed every bit of their time together. Any day, I would document these candid moments again.

Thank you Paola, Davor and Sophia for a great evening that I got to spend with you and capture your family love!

Vicky & Michael | Ruby Manor Maternity Session

Vicky & Michael’s photos were one of the dreamiest maternity session we’ve had. It was exactly how Vicky envisioned it to be. The London Room at the Ruby Manor studio was perfect for this dreamy maternity session. And this room couldn’t be more suitable for having a baby girl!

One of my favourite prop that they’ve brought to this session was Vicky’s first dress that she wore when she was a newborn. It’s pretty amazing that Vicky’s parents intentionally saved this 26+ years ago for their daughter’s daughter to wear one day. It’s absolute nostalgic and memorable and of course serves as the best prop for a photoshoot. Scroll down to see both Vicky and Michael holding this dress and can’t wait to see baby E wear it!

Michael is my younger brother and Vicky being my beloved sister-in-law are going to be parents! I am going to be an AUNT! It is so surreal!!! Growing up, I’ve never pictured ourselves at this stage in life. At times, we still feel like kids joking around and poking fun at each other. Never imagined that’ll be a Gu-Ma (Chinese for older aunt) hahaha makes me sound so old! Nonetheless, I am so happy for them and excited to meet my niece!

Venetia & Sam & Jayden & Baby | Scarborough Bluffs Family Session

A summer evening well spent at the Scarborough Bluffs with this lovely family. It was a long time coming for our family session with them because COVID lockdowns and restrictions delayed us so so much! But we finally got to meet up with Venetia, Sam, Jayden and the newest addition family member!

As always, Scarborough Bluffs was crowded with many people who just wants to be out with friends, families and loved ones after so many months of lockdown. We picked a spot that was perfect for the stroller to park, the picnic blanket to be set out, and the family to be photographed. Can you tell at all that there were others at the beach with us? ;)

We were worried that Jayden would be tired and sleepy during our session, but he surprised us with all the energy in the world! He was so good and followed instructions very well. He jumped and ran a lot. We even got him to run and look back at the same time, he was good at multitasking! But I bet you his favourite was when he was on top of daddy’s shoulders - just look at all the laughs he had! Lol.

It was a lot of fun photographing these lovely smiles and their playful interactions as a family. Thank you Venetia, Sam, Jayden and baby for having us capture your family portraits and spending a beautiful evening with us!