Sessions
Sessions with Rhonda are extremely laid back and comfortable. Plenty of time is allowed for your child to feel comfortable in their surroundings, comfortable with Rhonda and ready for action!
Newborn Sessions will generally last 1-2 hours depending on your child’s day and comfort. We book this amount of time for Newborn Sessions to allow for feedings, snuggles, changes and any other surprises that may arise.
Your Newborn Session will be very natural. We suggest very simple, natural clothing such as white onesies or sleepers, cloth diapers and the like. With newborns we don’t encourage outfits that are bright or busy. This is a precious time of life and we don’t want to clutter the photos with things that will be distracting from your little one so props are generally not used. The focus will be tiny toes, fingers, eyelashes, a curled up little body and so on.
It is recommended that Newborn Sessions be done in Rhonda’s home or your home.
The prime time for a baby session is when your little one can sit well on their own, but is not yet crawling.
This age is an especially precious time to capture. Babies are usually bright eyed and curious, drooly, chubby and just plain wonderful! For a baby session Rhonda suggests minimalistic clothing – jeans and a white t-shirt work well, a natural coloured onesie, a favorite simple dress for girls. There are no rules other than to not over-primp. We want to capture your child as naturally as possible. Fussing with too many clothes can hinder that.
It is recommended that Baby sessions be done in Rhonda’s home.
Children
This is the time to let your little one shine! If they have a favourite striped dress that they love to couple with polka dot rain boots and fairy wings – let’s do it!
So much of a child’s personality is shown through the clothes that they will choose in this stage of life. Let their clothing choices reflect part of who they are.
Children Sessions will be approximately one hour. For sibling groups it will be one – two hours leaving plenty of time for interaction with the children and for them to be comfortable in their surroundings.
Children Sessions can take place just about anywhere but a specific location, depending on the mood your looking for in your photos, is advised. This can be anything from urban downtown, playing at the park, trails through the woods, or your very own backyard.
Family Sessions
All Family Sessions will be done on location and not in house. Of course this means that your session will be weather dependent and (considering where we live!) may need to be rescheduled in the case of inclement weather. There is no fee for rescheduling due to weather.
Rhonda shoots Family Sessions in a lifestyle/journalistic fashion. There will be moments where she will guide you on where to stand/sit and where to look but others where she will simply tell you to play, talk, engage one another and meanwhile she’ll be capturing the intimate moments between the members of your family which simply can not be staged.
We encourage simple clothing choices for families without being overly matchy-matching. (for example, don’t make the “blue shirt rule” where you all have blue shirts on but their slightly different colours and nothing really works together!)
It’s better to think general concept when it comes to clothing choices. Everyone in a denim (be it jeans, a jean skirt, a jacket, etc) or blacks and greys, all work well. A basic theme is a good idea as long as it’s not overdone. If you have more questions about clothing choices Rhonda will be more than happy to help choose something suitable for your specific location.
Rhonda recommends this session take place in her home where the expectant mother can feel comfortable as well as private.
Bookings for Maternity Sessions are best left as long as possible. Any time in your last month is a good time to book a session. If your pregnancy is getting extremely hard or you are carrying twins we will book earlier while you are comfortable and able to enjoy your session.
Any clothing that shows off your belly is great. Dark colours are recommended for pants or skirts and lighter colours for tops.
Some ideas are:
- fitted jeans
- pants or skirts with elastic waist that you can wear below your belly
- tube tops
- a drapey white button up shirt left open
- scarves
- other items that will give your photos a personal touch (a favourite ring, bracelet, etc.)
A maternity session will be as intimate as you want your photos to be. We can do them fully covered and clothed, only your belly reavealed or nudes.