old government house family portrait session: dan + beth + ewan

last month i placed my first ad on kijiji in an effort to get my name and photographs "out there." i had some serious inquiries, one of which led to last week's family photo session with dan, beth and their little guy ewan. i met up with dan, beth and ewan at the old government house in fredericton last sunday... a beautiful sunny fall day that was PERFECT for photographing.

oh. my. goodness... smiles abound in the photos that came out of this session. the wide, take-up-one's-whole-face, gonna-cause-laugh-lines-and-wrinkles kind of smiles! these are the best kind of smiles because they only come out when one is laughing or really really happy. the kind of smiles that hurt when you try to suppress them. you see this kind of smile on beth when she plays patty-cake with ewan; you see this smile on dan's face when he has ewan giggling while perched on his shoulders; and you see it in ewan's face when he gets tickles form his dad, or smooshy kisses from his mom...

ewan was such a good sport, even when he was "forced" to wear a little newsboy cap. i love the smile that gobbles up his face when his mom and dad play peek-a-boo with him (apparently this his current fascination), and proud look that his face emits when he practices his newly acquired skill: walking! or the concentrated look as he examines his toy, which he swiped from his grandma's house one time (a toy his daddy played with when himself was a little boy).

here are a few photos from our photo session. i hope the genuine joy captured in these photos bring you some joy today!

to view more photos from my photo session with ewan and his parents please visit my facebook fan page.