Toronto Family Photojournalism

As a photographer and storyteller, capturing weddings has always been my first love. I got my start photographing families in a more traditional portrait style but quickly got bored as I moved into the wedding world. I love the pace of a wedding day, I love capturing emotions both big and small, and I love not knowing what will happen. These are aspects that I would miss so much when I took on family sessions. So I quit. I couldn’t make my heart excited to photograph family portraits, as beautiful as they may be! Now please don’t get me wrong and think I’m saying I don’t love a gorgeous family photo – that’s definitely not the case. I think they’re amazing and I have huge respect for photographers that can capture them with so much love & patience. But I was really struggling so I put my energy into other things.
Then my kids started getting a bit older, my patience for children in general grew, and my understanding of what family photos mean to parents shifted. While I still don’t get super pumped for posed portraits, I’ve loved digging into family photojournalism as a genre. So much. Whether it be gently directed lifestyle images or full-on documentary candids, I do really love telling a story of a family’s life together.

Ok that was a little wordy but if you’re still with me, I’d love to introduce you to this sweet family! I’m long overdue in sharing this session (I’ve been wrapped up in wedding world for the past several months) but I’m so in love with these four. I tried to photograph their time at home with their new baby girl the way I’d want to remember myself with my kids when they were so small. Some of these images are lightly guided but for the most part they’re pretty candid. My favourite moments are the ones I never could have planned and I hope they brought joy to this Mum & Dad. I hope they bring a little smile to you too!

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