I had the pleasure of photographing this lovely family a couple of weeks ago at John Lawson Park.  It was an extremely sunny and warm day for the beginning of October!   This little girl was too cute for words with all her different facial expressions

I had the pleasure of meeting Ben over drinks with my friends Maura and Dan, who also happen to be the founders of Strutta and Bootup Labs.   Ben had just moved to Vancouver from California as the new CEO of Strutta and we had talked about photography a bit, but since it’s wedding season for me, I kinda dropped the ball on setting up a photography session with him … until he reminded me at Launch Party …  We finally got together for this shoot at Dundarave Beach in West Vancouver where the weather was absolutely perfect and despite almost being hit by a train … I think Ben knocked this shoot out of the park!    Thanks Ben for being so easy to photograph and good luck at Strutta, it’s a great bunch!

love True Religion jeans …

And ya can’t photograph a Cali guy without ending at the beach during the sunset …

I have known Jon for the last couple of years and was so happy when I heard he was dating Juliana (who just happens to be the sister of a very good friend

It’s always fun photographing this family!  I was very happy when Julie called to set up another family shoot, and even more so when I heard her dad and Kaye from P.E.I.  would be in them as well.  I have known this family for many years and it is always great to see Mike when he is in town. 

Mike and Kaye are getting married this June in P.E.I.  You are both such a joy to be around!  We wish you many many years of happiness and love

 xox lots of love, Frannie

My mother loves to tell the story how I was missing for over an hour as a small child at my dad’s shop, and that they had to get the whole body shop looking for me.  I used to love climbing up into the back cabs of the transport trucks and explore…this particular time I ended up curling up and took a nap…oops.  I have fond memories of hanging out at Brockley Truck.   Now that my son is a bit older we decided it would be fun to take him to Neutzie’s (grandfather in Italian is Nonno…long story how it became Neutzie)…anyways…Max and my neice Angela had an absolute riot climbing into all the trucks and cars.  Here are a few photos of them exploring…

Then the sun peeked out and turned into a really nice day so we decided to take the kids to the beach to ride their new scooters.  It was nice to get out for a walk and some fresh air.

A few days ago I had the pleasure of photographing one of my favourite families down at Dundarave Beach in West Vancouver. It was hard to narrow it down to a few images to post…I was pretty happy with all of them, and especially this new antique finish…it ROCKS!

Thanks guys for coming out to play…Good luck picking one for your Christmas cards

All time favourite family image!!

On Saturday I had the pleasure of photographing one of my brides again! Menemsha & Mike got married in May and were totally into doing a Trash the Dress session! I couldn’t be happier with the results and couldn’t believe what a trouper Menemsha was…I only had one shot to get it right with her in the water because it was freezing cold and I don’t think she was very keen on getting hypothermia so that I could keep shooting…that and she was afraid of the sea lions that were nearby…but I do love the fact that you laughed the whole time!! You guys are awesome!