The most common question I get asked as a family photographer is “What should we wear for our photo shoot?”
Since I have Sunflower Mini Sessions coming up soon, let’s answer that question specifically for a session in a field of sunflowers. These tips can apply to any large field of flowers, or even just a field of green!
Want to know the BEST thing about being a photographer?
When past clients come back to you, year after year.
Especially those who you photographed VERY early in your career, and who still trust and love you even if those early images were not the best! Ha! Yes…I have some old embarrassing “work”, if you can call it that.
Huge Gratitude for Davis Farm in Caledon for allowing us to use their personal property for these images!
Check out the slideshow of these pretty girls, we played in the sunflowers until the sun went down! (turn on the volume)
The Shea Girls - Summer 2019 - Davis Farm, Caledon
I will admit it here - photographing toddlers can be HARD! But it is always worth the effort as they are always adorable, even if crying!
I will always tell you that the reason I shoot in a more documentary style, rather than posed with props or in a studio, is because this is real life. These are the moments you can look back on and laugh and smile and have all the flashbacks of this stage of life come flooding back. These are the images you will cherish forever because they make you FEEL.
I spent a morning at Mint Room Studios in Toronto with a whole bunch of Mamas and babes. It was such a lovely day, and I loved shooting in their new styled room, THe Nest. The room is greys and whites, and filled with adorable children’s props - which acted as both helpful and a distraction, as most props do with kids!
I had a blast this past fall at Rockwood Conservation Area, photographing a day full of new and past clients. Its always amazing when clients come back to see me year after year, and I cannot believe how big the gets have gotten!
I met up with these three little girls, sisters, at Colonel Sam Smith park in Toronto for a fun holiday session. Complete with a real tree that we lugged up onto the rocks overlooking Lake Ontario!
Eight months flew by! I absolutely love when parents choose my Grow With Me package because I get to see the kids grow up right before my camera! This is the second time Ashley and Michael have spent their baby's first year with me and its even more neat to see the similarities and differences in their two boys.
Here are some quick tips if you plan to do a session with coloured Holi Powder.
Tip #1 - Just Buy It! At first I was not able to find it in stores, only for a really high price on Amazon, so I googled and found a ton of recipes online for DIY Holi Powder. FIVE days later, I made about 6 bags of it and let me tell you, it was a P.I.T.A. Plus, I followed a recipe that used flour, and flour does not stick when its dry, so when we threw it, it did practically nothing. Good thing about 3 days before the shoot my friend messaged me and offered to give me a ton of bags of the real stuff. Buy the real stuff, it sticks to skin and is super vibrant and awesome!
I met this family about 2 years ago when Ashley was pregnant with baby Max. They purchased my Grow with Me Package (4 sessions over the baby's first year). I love when families go this route as we really get to know one another and at the end of the year, all the favourite images get put into a custom designed album for you to look back on forever.
Im just taking a moment to toot my own horn as I found out this emotional images of my best friend and her daughter, Emme, finished in the Top 100 image for the 2017 Shoot and Share Photo Contest! Out of over 9000 images in the "Emotion and Excitement" category! Yay!
This is one of my favourite images. We were playing on the beach and Emme had a little girl moment and needed her Mama to console her. Who knew me snapping the camera at that moment would become one of my favourite images ever.
And to all you Moms, I am you. I know you worry about losing "those last 10 lbs" or getting the perfect haircut, or waiting until you feel better about something else in your life, but let's be honest here - there will ALWAYS be something, some reason to say "maybe later" and put off booking those family photos.
O.M.G. this little gal is so precious! Her parents contacted me for some birthday photos mixed in with family photos and it turned out wonderfully! The weather was perfect, she was a little doll and the wardrobe colours just popped! Mom really wanted sun kissed photos and it was a little overcast so I did my best with processing to get the light and airy sun filled images that I love, and I think she was happy with the outcome ♥
Thank you for joining me on an evening birthday adventure! To many years of play and fun, Eesha!
♥ Bee xo
ahh...little Max! I can't believe he is ONE already! Max was one of my "Grow with Me" Plans meaning I have seen him grow since his Mama's maternity session, to his newborn session, and again at 8 months (my favourite age to photograph!!)
Our fourth session was the whole family again at Scotsdale Farm, where we first met for the maternity photos, a great way to close the circle! Although I hope its not the last time I get to hang with this amazing family!
Want to know the BEST thing about being a photographer?
When past clients come back to you, year after year.
Especially those who you photographed VERY early in your career, and who still trust and love you even if those early images were not the best! Ha! Yes…I have some old embarrassing “work”, if you can call it that.
I spent a morning at Mint Room Studios in Toronto with a whole bunch of Mamas and babes. It was such a lovely day, and I loved shooting in their new styled room, THe Nest. The room is greys and whites, and filled with adorable children’s props - which acted as both helpful and a distraction, as most props do with kids!
I had a blast this past fall at Rockwood Conservation Area, photographing a day full of new and past clients. Its always amazing when clients come back to see me year after year, and I cannot believe how big the gets have gotten!
I met up with these three little girls, sisters, at Colonel Sam Smith park in Toronto for a fun holiday session. Complete with a real tree that we lugged up onto the rocks overlooking Lake Ontario!
2017 was an amazing year full of families and friends and couples. I had the honour of photographing so many awesome people this year! Check out the year in review
I am so honoured to be chosen as 1 of 50 photographers across the land to select and photograph a child for the upcoming edition of Beauty Revived Magazine - 50 Beautiful Children. The magazine can be ordered here and there will also be a blog post coming in October that I will link!
I knew right away who I wanted to photograph and tell her story - Ruby.
I met this family about 2 years ago when Ashley was pregnant with baby Max. They purchased my Grow with Me Package (4 sessions over the baby's first year). I love when families go this route as we really get to know one another and at the end of the year, all the favourite images get put into a custom designed album for you to look back on forever.
We started out about 11 months ago with Cal's Mom's maternity photos. Then he was born and we had fun at his newborn photos, and now, in the blink of an eye, this little baby is ten months old. And not only that, he is walking. Like full on walking around!
Happy 3rd Birthday Jackson! We had a fun afternoon at Big Apple Farm on the border of Brampton and Georgetown, picking (and eating) apples, climbing trees, running around and having lots of fun!
Thanks for letting me hang with you on this big day buddy!
xo, Bobbi-Jo
When Nancy asked me to do a photo shoot with her Mom, her sister and their families I was thrilled! I have photographed Nancy and her family a couple times now and every time we have a blast. Its so nice seeing my clients each year and watching the kids grow up ♥
We frolicked in the woods near Nana's house, had fun, played, ran, told secrets, and all that fun stuff that comes with such a loving family and 4 beautiful cousins who do not get to see each other enough.
I hope you all enjoy these images as much as I enjoyed taking them
Love, Bee ♥
What to Wear for Your Sunflower Photos
The most common question I get asked as a family photographer is “What should we wear for our photo shoot?”
Since I have Sunflower Mini Sessions coming up soon, let’s answer that question specifically for a session in a field of sunflowers. These tips can apply to any large field of flowers, or even just a field of green!