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A small girl with a big heart! ~ Ottawa Child Photographer

By daniellelynnphotography | Published: March 22, 2011

A few weeks back through the amazingness of Twitter (yes, it really is amazing, someone please remind me to dedicate an entire post on Twitter some day) I heard about an 8 year old girl named Morgan. According to Morgan’s website, she was on a mission. A mission to cut off her hair and donate it for Cancer. That’s right guys. She’s 8 years old. Oh, and not only was SHE donating her hair for Cancer, so were 15+ girls that Morgan has organized via her hockey team as well as a few other girls from the Cornwall area! This was how they chose the name “Morgan’s Mile”. The ultimate goal of this mission? For these young girls is to donate a mile of hair for Cancer.

Do you have goosebumps yet?!

So I got in touch with Morgan and her Mom via Twitter (you can follow Morgan on Twitter here) and offered to follow their journey with my camera. I thought what an amazing gift this would be to Morgan for doing something this selfless, and what a wonderful opportunity to raise awareness for this cause, as well as for what Morgan is doing! I’m always looking for ways to give back within my community, especially when they are stories as awesome as this!

So I met with Morgan and her Mom this past Friday morning in Manotick. It was a cold, windy, dreary morning but we were determined to make the best of it! During our time together I noticed that Morgan is a sweet, very unassuming little girl. To meet her, you wouldn’t imaging she had big dreams of doing anything like this. I asked her whether or not she was scared to cut off all of her hair and she replied with a “YES!” but ultimately, I think Morgan really understands what this small amount of hair could mean to someone who may have lost all of theirs to something as scary as Cancer. A pretty brave kid if you ask me!!

These are a few ‘before’ pictures of Morgan with her long hair. In April I will also be following Morgan (and her 15+ friends) to have their hair cut off and will also do a few ‘after’ photos with her and (hopefully) the others as well so watch for that!!

If you would like to help Morgan reach her goal of raising $500 for the Canadian Cancer Society, please do so by clicking here. Her plan is to cut off at least 8 inches of hair, however if she reaches the $500 goal, she’ll go for a full 12 inches!!! It takes a lot of guts to cut off all of your hair guys!! Please consider helping her out with any amount that you can!! :)

 

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Posted in Children | Also tagged 2011, charity, child, Children, Danielle Bernier, Danielle Lynn Photography, girl, Ottawa Childrens Photography | 21 Comments

Thea and Max ~ Ottawa Children’s Photography

By daniellelynnphotography | Published: November 17, 2010

Have you ever seen such GORGEOUS children? Seriously. I know I do a lot of gushing over my clients. All of it well deserved because I kid you not, I do have the best! But seriously, I felt like I was shooting for a magazine! Not only were they super adorable but sweet children too. Great personalities with humor to match. I LOVE to have fun at my sessions – and I hope that shows in my work. :-)

Thea, Max and their parents are new to Ottawa, just recently having moved here form Sweden. I wish them all the best in their new life in Canada and I definitely hope that this isn’t the last time I have them in front of my camera! The entire family was an absolute joy!!!

Once again I seem to have developed a little issue with shooting SO many images that I love that I can’t possibly narrow them down for the blog any more than I already have. So its another BIG post. :-)

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Posted in Children | Also tagged child, Children, Danielle Lynn Photography, Family, Ottawa child Photographer, Ottawa child photography, Ottawa Children's Photographer, Ottawa family photographer, Ottawa kids photography, Ottawa Photographer | 15 Comments

Mine ~ Children’s Photographer in Ottawa

By daniellelynnphotography | Published: October 29, 2010

Just a warning – this is a HUGE blog post! Maybe my biggest EVER! I tried and I tried but when it came right down to it, I really could not eliminate any of these photos. I needed to share them all with you. They are my kids after all, so I’m a bit biased! LOL!!

My kids. You all have no idea how many jokes, silly faces and rude noises it took to get my kids to smile and cooperate for these pictures. I know you are thinking I’m exaggerating…but its true! I’m pretty sure the only more photographed kids are Angelina Jolie’s! LOL! And I get it…they aren’t fans of being my subjects all the time. But its SO important. We are missing so many bits and pieces of their lives before they became a part of our family that I truly feel its important that I capture these moments while I can.

I find these two WAY easier to photograph individually than together, but I felt that it was time that I a session of them together since its been a while. Fall is the perfect time! The colours of the leaves are gorgeous and of course, these are going to make the perfect gift for family for Christmas! The hard part for ME will now be to decide which ones to print on canvas for our living room wall…and how BIG!! :-)

I’m looking forward to doing more kids-only sessions in this fun, natural style including a few props and some interesting locations. Lots of ideas in store!! If you are interested in booking a session, now is the time!!

Okay, I’ll stop talking now….enjoy! :-)

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Posted in Children | Also tagged child, Children, Danielle Bernier, Danielle Lynn Photography, Ottawa child Photographer, Ottawa child photography, Ottawa Children's Photographer, Ottawa family photography, Ottawa kids photography, Ottawa Photographer, portraits | 15 Comments

Marc-Andre, Mireille and Oceane ~ Ottawa Family Photographer

By daniellelynnphotography | Published: September 22, 2010

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!!

Posted in Family | Also tagged 2010, child, Children, Ottawa child Photographer, Ottawa child photography, Ottawa Children's Photographer, Ottawa family photographer, Ottawa kids photography, Ottawa Photographer | 3 Comments

Chasing the Light ~ Ottawa Childrens Photography

By daniellelynnphotography | Published: July 12, 2010

A daughter is the happy memories of the past, the joyful moments of the present, and the hope and promise of the future.  ~Author Unknown

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Her raw beauty, her sweet innocence, her pure honesty, her amazing, strong personality, her ability to love wholeheartedly and without judgment. She has many qualities that I, myself, do not possess and I hope she never outgrows them. I admit, 3 has been a challenging age for us so far. She is very strong willed and determined these days. But I wouldn’t have it any other way. Having the privilege of loving this girl is not something I ever take for granted, no matter how challenging she is!

Last night I decided to grab the camera, my girl and one of my vintage chairs and chase around the light out in a field near our home here in Ottawa. We got EATEN ALIVE by horseflies but she was a great sport and I think all of the bug bites were worth it. ;-)


Posted in Children | Also tagged Children, Ottawa child Photographer, Ottawa child photography, Ottawa Children's Photographer, Ottawa family photography, Ottawa kids photography, Ottawa Photographer, Still Life | 11 Comments