Roxanna J Photography

It has been almost one year since we moved in our new house but if you came into our living room today you wouldn’t guess it had been that long :S Decorating was definitely not a priority this past year. There here are virtually no new photos on the walls of my living room ( the story goes something like the mechanics car that never gets fixed…). The shelves are full of stacks of papers and books (not decorations). Last and most shocking Christmas nativity set is still up :O I warned you decorating had not been my priority! This week, I decided it is time to get a move on things and start decorating! The first thing I have on my list to do it finally hang up new photos. After a year, you might think my walls would be brimming with new photos of my boys, after all I am a photographer right? Here is a sneak peek at the images I am choosing to hang up first! 

Lincoln, my silly goose (or “Big Geese Guy” as he has dubbed himself)

Seth, my baby :)

The Boys

Now if only I could find the box for my nativity set!

What do you get when you mix a pink velour baby chair, a petti-skirt and a parasol? A Princess Session! Here is Baby Ella, all prepped and ready for her one year shoot :)

 This was a very special shoot because both of Ella’s Grandmas were there from out of the country!

Yesterday I met up with this family for a fun shoot at sunset. This was an extra special shoot because it was for my cousin’s family. Katrina and I are one of 20 plus cousins from my maternal side. We grew up with together through many summer picnics at the park, late night sleepovers and massive family Christmas gatherings. As I was editing the photos from this shoot, they reminded of a photo of Katrina and I from long ago. Here’s to the old family times and the new :)

Once upon a time, long ago…

And here are the photos from our shoot yesterday…

Today Jillian (+family) and I braved the heat and met for a quick photo session to celebrate Jillian’s second birthday. I was so glad we started early, by the time we were done I think everyone was ready for a dip in the pool. Thanks Cheryl and Carol for all the extra songs and dances for Jillian to get these fantastic photos!

 I took along an old camera a friend gave to me once and had let Jillian play photographer for a while. She sure is cute :)

 Jillian’s big sister Natalie had followed us so patiently during the session, we decided to give her a quick turn in the spotlight :)

Earlier this year I had the privilege of meeting Baby Quinn. This week I got to meet him again to take his 6 month photos. Here he is all grown up! 

(Take a look back to his newborn session and you will recognize this olympic bear :) Quinn sure has grown since that session!)

Ok Roberta, I promised you I would blog these asap, so here they are! It has been a whole week since our session by the barn. In between my kids caught a strange virus, and therefore postponed my work schedule for one week. My boys are waiting upstairs for me to put them to bed, so I better go! (I knew if I didn’t do this now it would be another wait before I posted them) Without further ado here is a sneak peak at your session!

Last week I met with long time friends and clients to capture a session with their extended family. We headed up to a private property in Ryder Lake for a fun photo shoot in the mountains. We played with the cows, relaxed in the sun and finished off our shoot with my favourite summer treat, homemade raul-kuchen and watermelon :)

 I had to add this series of 3 photos. While we were waiting for one last family member to arrive, Maelyn (one of the grandchildren) took an interest in the cows. All 20 something pounds of her walked right up to the cows and offered them some grass. It was hilarious to watch the cows jump back in fear and apprehension :P I just love it!

 Mmmmm!

This past weekend my husband and I packed up our car and our boys and headed off to Mcbride to visit our family. After an 8 hour car trip we were SO happy to see familiar landscape and familiar faces! Our boys did fantastically on the drive up, without a single temper tantrum or tear :) Mcbride holds a special place in my heart for many reasons.

One: It is the home of my only nephews and niece. Whom I love to bits.

Two: It is where I get to visit tons of Froese relatives and my in-laws.

Three: The landscape is stunning. Mcbride is a valley surrounded by snowy peaks, rich with farm land, alive with wild animals… If there was someway I could pack all my friends and family up with me and move, I think I would move to Mcbride.

There too much I love about Mcbride and its people to write it all in this post! 

So, while we were planning for our trip I received a phone call from Lisa Hulka. She is a resident of Mcbride and heard of me through her sister-in-law (who I got to know years ago when I lived in Vancouver). Lisa happened to be talking to my relatives and heard we were coming up for a trip. One thing lead to another and Lisa booked my first travelling family session in Mcbride! Lisa’s family was adorable and we had a fun time exploring the some of the best locations for photos around town.

 Part of the way through our session on the tracks a train came by. The family looked so perfect waiting there I just had to take a picture :)

 We stopped for a minute at their home and their middle child got out to get in a quick snuggle with his new pet.

 Hehe, this one I had to take for all you anxious moms out there. I know so many of you Ladies get worried about how your children will behave in front of the camera. I want to encourage you to relax a little. Kids have their moments but it is the magic in between the moments that I am trained to find. Kids will be kids :P (on a side note, this is probably the only moment during our session where the kids were anything but perfectly smiley and cute)

 Brothers

Here is the rest of our session from Baby Emmett and his sweetheart sister Joey.  

This week is a busy work week for me. Since I am not sure how much time I will have to blog I thought I would put a sneak peek from a newborn shoot I did this week. Baby Emmett came into this world at a surprising 9 lbs 12 oz! Here is a few quick photos from our session together. Check back tomorrow for the rest of my favourites!