ok – just one pic to share from monday: the dad in this photo was given an awesome birthday present by his lovely wife – a stunt flight in a little 2-seater racing plane! the weather was ABSOLUTELY perfect too 🙂 more later…

after postponements for bad weather and bad colds, we finally got together yesterday at the park for the quinlan family’s very first photo shoot. young caleb wasn’t feeling too cooperative, and greeted every suggestion with “nooo, don’t want to” so i knew i’d really have to get him on-side if i was going to get any usable shots of him.

fortunately, he is also very smart – which made it easy to interest him in his surroundings. and, he is the ONLY 3-year-old i have photographed who has ever asked what KIND of tree he was climbing on…

more photos soon!

back in june i metup with the Quinlans at One Tree Hill domain – who says you can’t have a family session on a wintery day?

their wee boy was a smart kid, and he had decided prior to arriving that he wasn’t going to co-operate. everything he was asked to do, he simply said “no” and turned away. so, i decided to get to know him a little better. turned out we both have an interest in nature; and within a few minutes we were discussing the types of trees that were good for climbing… and then we were friends. 🙂 by the end of the session, he was posing on various things and asking me to photograph him!

2 photos previously shared as sneak peeks…

and some more faves…

i like the peaceful mood of this one

running to dad