She’s 3 and a half! ~ Ottawa Children’s Photographer

Seriously…who let this happen?!

I did this little session with my baby girl a couple of weeks back as I wanted to just get some fun Fall photos of her. My intention is to start building a big collection of photos of both of the kids to create a big collage of Gallery Wrapped Canvas’ for our living room wall. But, as I got busier, of course, editing and blogging my own pictures took the back burner! But today is the day my friends! This is the first of two personal blog posts I’m hoping to get up over the next little while. This past weekend I also did a session of both kids (some gifts for the the family!) so you’ll be seeing that one soon too! :-)

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Oh, and in case you are wondering, I SWEAR, I did NOT ask her to pose this way! LOL! I was in stitches when I saw her doing this. Completely her idea!!

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Time is running out to book those Fall family Photos!! Email info@daniellelynnphotography.com to book yours today!!



 

Luc, Maryse and Valerie! ~ Ottawa Family Photography

Okay, I have to admit, I’ve been BUSY!! Fall is usually the busiest time of year for a photographer and with this only being my second Fall season in business, I was kind of thrown for a loop. In a good way of course! :-) Anyway, I had hoped to get these up late last week or over the weekend but didn’t have a chance. So please forgive me Luc, Maryse and Valerie!!

These guys are awesome! Once again, another amazing family that I’ve had the pleasure of photographing TWICE (and hopefully more!). Last year we did our session at Petrie Island but this time we decided to do it at the Experimental Farm/Ornamental Gardens here in Ottawa and I’m really glad we did. Its the perfect time of year with the gorgeous fall leaves and quite a few flowers still in bloom!

Enjoy your sneak peek guys!! I had an extremely hard time narrowing it down so here are a few of my faves!! ;-)  It was a pleasure once again and I’m looking forward to working with you again next year!

LOL!!! I had to include this one above in the sneak peek! It was too funny not to!!



 

Marc-Andre, Mireille and Oceane ~ Ottawa Family Photographer

Another fabulous session with another gorgeous family!! And truly, THIS is a gorgeous family if I’ve ever seen one!

One of the first things that Mireille told me when we met for our session last weekend was that their daughter Océane had not slept that afternoon. Now typically, that makes for a cranky baby, so I was prepared, but little Océane was good as gold!! Full of smiles and SO easy to entertain. All it took was a little game of Peek-A-Boo to get the smiles out of her! Such a happy girl!

Thank you Marc-André, Mireille and Océane for the opportunity to photograph your gorgeous family! I hope to do it again! Enjoy your sneak peek!!



 

Beautiful Haylee! ~ Ottawa Child and Family Photographers

A daughter is one of the most beautiful gifts this world has to give. ~ Laurel Atherton

And what a beautiful little thing 9 month old Haylee is!! Oh my goodness, the chubby cheeks and that smiley little face! SO adorable! And the best part – it didn’t take much to get a smile out of her! Easy peasy! Well…except for the odd cry. But really, can you blame her? Its tough work being this cute. ;-)

Thank you guys for the pleasure it was to meet you and your beautiful little girl yesterday! Here are a couple of my favorites from your session. Enjoy your Sneak Peek!!

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Boys, boys, boys! ~ Ottawa Children’s Photographer

Don’t let these puppy dog eyes fool you!! He may be cute, but since he’s mine, I can tell you…the cuteness is the ONLY thing that saves his butt most days! :-)

I’ve been saying for several weeks that I’ve wanted to get out and take some photos of my son but with the busyness of Summer, its taken the back burner. Yesterday the weather was perfect though, so we finally went out and did a few…and I’m so glad we did! Everything turned out perfectly! The outfit I had chosen for him tied in with the location perfectly, and the location itself was the best possible place for his session to happen. He is a city boy through and through (much like ME! LOL) so we had to go somewhere urban. And I LOVE Graffiti so this was perfect!

Looking at these pictures while editing them I couldn’t believe how much this boy has changed in the one year we’ve been his parents. He’s almost unrecognizable! I’m not going to lie….adopting an older child has NOT been an easy road by any stretch of the imagination. Those who know me personally know that I have spent many sleepless nights wondering if this was how our life was meant to be and whether or not we’ve made a good decision for our family. Because as many people blindly believe – love makes everything easy and can ‘fix’ all problems in adoption. And I’ll tell you honestly, sometimes that’s not the case. We’ve had two EXTREMELY different experiences with our adoptions. Each have been a joy at times, and each have been hell at times (LOL!) but in the end this is what life has brought us. We may not have taken the ‘easy road’ when it came to adopting an older child, but in the end we know that the issues we have faced can only make us stronger parents, and a stronger family.

He’ll be starting Hip Hop dance classes in the Fall. I’m not sure the world is ready for this boy’s wild dance moves. LOL!

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