What to wear to your family photo session {Victoria BC photographer}

I always get asked by clients what they should wear to their family photo session, and how they should coordinate their outfits. 

Here is an example to give you an idea how everyone's clothes can be coordinated, without being too matchy-matchy.

Snuggled up with a good book {Victoria BC photographer}

This is how I found my kids when I woke up one rainy morning -- in a nest of pillows on the couch. My 7 year old is into the "Rainbow Fairies" books, and my youngest looooooves being read to. 

It made me feel all warm and fuzzy inside when I saw the two of them like this! So, of course I had to grab my camera and snap a few shots. :)

Hanging out with Santa, 2011 {Victoria BC photographer}

We had the pleasure of photographing the little ones with Santa for the second year in a row at Mothering Touch again this year. Even though last year's Santa photos were a big hit, we still had a much bigger turnout than we were expecting! As a result, I only had 1 or 2 minutes per child, so we had to work faster than ever! But we still managed to get lots of adorable photos, don't you think? ;) 

I am so grateful and humbled that so many of you decided to participate. We collected over $1100 for Baby Eleonor! (She is the little girl in a purple dress in the first photo. She is fighting a very rare form of cancer.) My heart breaks for her and her family, and I am so thankful that I was in a position to help her family raise some money for her.

Here are some of the photos!
(Hope you like the captions my husband insisted on adding :)) 

So let me get this straight... Candy AND every toy imaginable if I come work for you?

Hey sis... I don't know if I can hold it!!...

Outfit too much, huh?... Well, this little baby just landed me an Elmo AND the Fisher-Price! So Nah!

He REALLY likes me!

So, Uhh... I'm thinking a nose trimmer...err... sorry, got distracted... Where was I?

So, uh... can you throw in a few of those candy canes I see over there?

Hey, Ma!... You gotta check this thing out, it's so life-like! Whoa... it's attached!

Gee, this is WAY more comfortable than Daddy's Lazy-Boy. Mommy was right, he SOO should've gone for the heated seats...

Mommy?.. Why are you walking away?

I'm ready for my close-up, Dah-ling!

Why couldn't we have just emailed him our list - like NORMAL people?

Little Santa-in-Training: "Wake me up when the presents get here... (ZZZzzzzzz....)"

So Porsche AND Jaguar... You rock!

Seriously, Mom... is this guy for real?

Talked to the "Big Guy"... Okay, that's it... Now, only 30 days, 8 hours, 34 minutes...

He said I couldn't get the Pony!..

Family photo session on a crisp fall day {Victoria BC photographer}

You probably couldn't tell from these pictures, but it was a very cold Fall day on the day of this session! In fact, this was the day after it snowed in parts of Victoria, and snow was still covering the ground in places. (Victorians know how rare that is!)

Thankfully, with this family of troopers, we braved right through and had a great time despite the chilly day!