London Ontario Family Photographer | Flower Farm Mini Sessions

Booking for this year’s Flower Farm Minis is opening up to the advance notice list in a couple of days, which means it’s time to reminisce about last year’s sessions!

I’d been wanting to shoot on a flower farm for awhile, and last year I was finally able to make it happen on Harris Flower Farm’s beautiful property. There’s nothing quite as vibrant and whimsical as a field of flowers, and I am so excited to be shooting here again soon.

Here are some favourites from last year’s sessions!

(To be added to the mini session advance notice email list, email sophie@rawfootagephotos.com, subject line “advance notice minis”.)

London Ontario Wedding Photographer | Sarah & Jacob's Storybook Gardens Engagement Session

When Sarah and Jacob requested Storybook Gardens for their engagement session, I was intrigued. I’d been there with my kiddos, but never to shoot. The park had special significance to Sarah and Jacob, and I was excited to see it empty (because it’s usually an anxiety-inducing mix of stressed out parents and hundreds of kids on a collective sugar high, haha). We had a blast exploring, and I loved how playful and fun this session ended up being. Here are some favourites!

London Ontario Wedding Photographer | Sarah & Justin's Downtown London Engagement Session

Sarah and Justin are just about the cutest couple you will ever meet. The way they look at each other, laugh together and even walk together (Justin has been known to bring Sarah’s hand up to kiss it while they are walking hand-in-hand) made my heart melt and my job so easy. I loved hanging out with them in downtown London for their golden-hour engagement session. Here are some favourites!

London Ontario Wedding Photographer | Karlie & Zak's Campus & Woods Engagement Session

Karlie and Zak’s engagement session fell on the most beautiful, sunny evening. The sun showed up for us big time, and we had so much fun exploring the Western University campus before heading to Gibbons Park for an outfit change and more photos in the trails and wildflower fields. I absolutely loved working with this couple, everything from their golden hour engagement session to their gorgeous Paris, Ontario wedding (which will be featured in the upcoming Hitched Magazine Summer 2019 issue, yay!) was perfection. Here are some favourites!

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 Wedding Photographer | Bri and Mike's Medway Creek Engagement Session

I am so happy to be revisiting Bri and Mike’s Medway Creek engagement session. I loved working with this amazing couple for their engagement and wedding photos. They are such a sweet pair, always smiling and so affectionate, which makes my job so easy. They actually just welcomed a sweet baby boy, so I’m also using this post to send a BIG CONGRATULATIONS to both of them on this new adventure. Here are some favourites from their engagement session (which was also featured in my promo video!).

London Ontario Couple Photography | Emily & John's Anniversary Session

Just over a year after their gorgeous FireRock Wedding, I had the pleasure of photographing Emily and John again (you can see a few clips in my promo video!) for a fun anniversary session. It’s always a blast to hang out with them, and this was no exception. Emily is a talented photographer/videographer, you can check out her work here!

Best of 2018 Newborn Lifestyle Sessions | London Ontario Photographer

I’m continuing my 2018 reminiscing this week with my favourite images from newborn lifestyle sessions - both in-home and in-hospital. I love capturing fresh babies in this simple, unobtrusive, organic way - in their element, surrounded by family, no frills. You’ll see lots of sibling interactions featured here as well, sometimes without the new baby present. I chose to include these images, as they are such a big component of newborn lifestyle sessions involving older siblings. Often while baby is being fed or soothed by one parent, the other parent is hanging with big brothers and/or sisters, and those candid interactions are just as precious. In these instances, I find myself travelling between rooms, capturing the quiet soothing in one and the enthusiastic play in the other. Here are my 2018 favourites.