London Ontario Family Photographer | 2020 Beach Minis

I’m reminiscing about last year’s Port Stanley Beach Minis on this rainy Monday! Beach minis are perfect for capturing fun, playful, candid photos either as a family or a couple. There’s just something about the beach that invites you to splash in the waves, dig your toes in as you walk along the shoreline and cuddle up on washed up beach logs. This year’s beach minis will tentatively be held on June 12th, August 11th and September 11th. To get first dibs on booking, email sophie@rawfootagephotos.com, subject line “Advance Notice Minis”, to get on the advance notice email list! The booking email for the first round of beach minis in June goes out TONIGHT. Here are some favourites from last year!

London Ontario Maternity Photographer | In Home Lifestyle & Forest Maternity Session

I absolutely loved Jacky & Brad’s maternity session. I really enjoy splitting a session between in-home and outdoor. For this shoot, we got to cozy up for some lifestyle shots indoors before heading out for some woodsy outdoor photos (featuring Jacky’s stunning yellow dress). Here are some favourites!

London Ontario Maternity Photographer | Woodsy Winter Maternity Session

I absolutely loved meeting this beautiful family on this sunny, snowy evening for their maternity/family session. Spoiler alert: the baby boys this gorgeous mama was carrying in these photos are cute as can be, and lucky me - I’ve had the pleasure of photographing them twice since!

London Ontario Maternity Photographer | Woodsy Fall Maternity Session

This was my first session with Melissa and Michael, shooting on their beautiful property. After their maternity session, we went on to photograph a hospital newborn mini, an in-home newborn lifestyle session, and multiple family minis. It’s so wonderful to get to work with clients over the years and document those special life milestones. Here are some favourites from their woodsy Fall maternity session.

London Ontario Photographer | 2019 Spring Blossom Minis

Ahhh, Spring Blossoms. The thing we photographers look forward to and dread, fawn over and despise. We love them, they are gorgeous and make for the dreamiest backdrop. They are also fickle, unpredictable, fragile and in high demand (picture 5 photographers huddling around the same Magnolia tree). But at the end of the day, we just can’t get enough of these beautiful blooms.

Today I’m looking back on last year’s Spring Minis, which coincided with the Magnolia blooms. (They don’t always, sometimes our date coincides with crabapple blossoms or redbuds - also gorgeous!)

I’ll be emailing everyone on my Mini Session Advance Notice List this afternoon (to get on the list, email sophie@rawfootagephotos.com, subject line: Mini Session Advance Notice) with info on the upcoming 2020 Spring Minis. Once the advance notice list gets first dibs, any remaining spots will be released over on the booking page until they are sold out.

It might be -15 degrees and snowy outside today, but Spring is right around the corner, pals! :)

London Ontario Maternity Photography | In-Home Lifestyle Maternity Session

In-home maternity sessions are so special. The coziness and quiet intimacy of these sessions just can’t be beat. It was a gloomy day, but we found beautiful little pockets of light all around their charming home to shoot in. Here are a few favourites!

London Ontario Family Photographer | Golden Hour Maternity Session

I loved reminiscing about this woodsy maternity session. The sun was shining for us on this gorgeous Fall day as we documented this special time before this sweet family welcomed a new member. Have you ever seen a more excited and proud big-sister-to-be? Here are some highlights from our shoot!

London Ontario Family Photographer | Spring Blossom Mini Sessions

Booking for this year’s Spring Minis opened up this week and they are just about sold out! We can never predict what specific blossoms will be in bloom at any specific time, so it makes each year a little bit different. I always like to reminisce about the previous year’s minis on the blog during booking week, so here are some favourites from my 2018 blossom mini sessions.

London Ontario Maternity Photographer | Leah's Magnolia Blossom Maternity Session

My friend Leah is one of those people who, if you can believe it, is even more beautiful on the inside than on the outside. Here are a few favourites from her Magnolia Tree maternity session back in Spring 2017 (yes, that’s where I’m up to in my blogging. Oops!). Scroll to the bottom to see what we did when it got dark!