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

Every year I donate a portrait/family session to help raise money for some of the local schools in West or North Vancouver.  This beautiful family won the auction for one of those fund raisers … I was so excited to photograph this family at their favorite spot…Radcliff beach.  It was so private and the kids were amazing little troopers and stuck it out for some photos when all they wanted to do was go swimming

This little girl wanted to go swimming so badly …

this one seriously cracks me up!!

and finally what they both have been waiting for so patiently

Every year, my friend asks if I would donate a portrait package for an auction to help raise money for her son’s school in West Vancouver… this lovely family was the winner of that auction.  It was a real hoot photographing this family … the little girl kept posing like a model, loving every minute … the little guy on the other hand, was not in the mood to have his photo taken and tried really hard not to smile for me

 Thank you all for coming out on this extremely bright and windy day.

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 cousin and his wife had their baby while I was in Ontario visiting.  So I had the pleasure of photographing my first newborn!!  Woot Woot…thanks for being 2 weeks early 

Baby Joey was only 5 days old when I took these photos.  Aren’t newborns supposed to sleep all the time?!  Not this little guy…he totally wanted to work the camera instead of napping.  Welcome to the family little one.

Joe & Tracey…welcome to the wonderful world of Parenthood!

Polkaroo … that is how Melanie (a registered veterinary technician) thought of Chris.  At the time he was the mysterious ‘cute paramedic guy’ that worked at the same Fort Erie Race Track.  Every time a mutual friend tried to introduce them, Chris had either just left or wasn’t working that shift, etc. etc.  there was always something that prevented them from meeting…Polkaroo…

Until one day…months later…Melanie went to a local pizza place for a birthday party and Chris happened to be there watching the World Juniors Hockey game.  They were a match!  I couldn’t be  happier for them!   Chris is now a firefighter for the Niagara Falls Fire Deptartment and Melanie is currently a stay-at-home mom with their beautiful boy Edan!

I was able to photograph their engagement session in Ancaster and spend some quality time with both of them before I flew back to Vancouver.  We went to the Hermitage Ruins  which some believe to be a ’haunted house’.  There are only a few walls left standing that were once part of a mansion from the 1830′s… they have guided ghost walks where you can explore the dark alley’s and remaining buildings where they believe ghosts still visit.  If that is too freaky then the hiking and trails on this property are pretty amazing as well.  I had a hard time keeping Chris’s attention, he was a true boy at heart and wanted to go out exploring instead of getting his photos taken.

It is always so amazing seeing you guys!  I am bummed that I will be missing your wedding in August!! 

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.

Here are just a few photos of our trip to Ridgeway, Ontario… I promise to do a better job in the last week that I am here … lol!  Stay tuned for an exciting contest that I am about to launch in the next few days …

This is our friend’s gorgeous 10 month old baby…Edan.  Look at these eyes…my goodness!

My husband Mike and his friend Chris grew up together in Brockville, Ontario.  I have been married to Mike for 10 years and have noticed that these two men cannot be together without talking about fishing…going fishing…talking about past fishing experiences…planning fishing trips…eatting fish…etc.  :).  So, it was not a surprise when they suggested we go fishing at Sherkston Shores…my son was extremely excited! 

Looks like it’s going to be chicken for dinner

It was a great day getting caught up with a dear dear friend, and especially lovely to finally meet Melanie who Chris will marry in August.   It felt like we have known each other for years!  I love it when that happens

here’s the photo of Edan in black and white too…I couldn’t decide which one I liked better…

It turned out to be a glorious day yesterday afternoon! As I was driving to John Lawson Park in West Vancouver, I couldn’t help but giggle. After having a bought of rain and fog the last few days I was nervous we would have to cancel again…but thankfully the weather turned around!  Thanks everyone for a great photoshoot! You guys are a blast!

A gorgeous sunset to end a beautiful afternoon!!

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!!