Documentary Sessions
Let them play.
I'll do the rest.
Candid photography for kids in Vancouver. 45 or 90 minutes somewhere your child is comfortable. No posing.
This is probably a good fit if
You want them, not their best behaviour
Photos of your child being themselves, rather than photos of a child doing as they were told.
They are happiest unobserved
Some children light up for a camera. This session is built for the ones who go quiet.
You want to remember this age
The way they run, what they do with their hands, the face they make when they are concentrating.
The day itself
What a session looks like
Pick a place
An outdoor spot your child already knows. A regular park beats anywhere new.
They play
I stay back and read what your child is about to do, so I am in the right place when it happens. If they look at the camera, that is welcome. It just isn't asked for.
45 or 90 minutes
A child takes about 20 minutes to forget I am there. 90 leaves room for what comes after. Snack breaks are fine.
Delivery
Retouched images in 5 days, plus your raw files.
How this one works
Most children's photography asks for a moment of performance. Look here, hold still. Some kids love it. Others go stiff, and what you get back is a picture of a child being polite.
This works the other way round. We go somewhere your child already likes, they carry on with whatever they were doing, and I photograph it from a distance. Staying out of it is the part that takes practice, and it is meant to look like nothing happened.
What comes back looks like them at this age.
Gallery
Nobody was asked to pose
Click any photo to view it full size.
Who comes along
Your child is the subject. You are very welcome in the frame.
Most parents want to be in a few, and the photos are better when they are. Play with your kid rather than pose with them, and you will end up in the pictures without either of us arranging it.
Siblings are welcome and usually make it easier. One family per session.
Short session
One family
For under-threes, and for anyone who wants to try this first.
- 45 mins
- One outdoor location in Vancouver
- 8 retouched images
- 30 raw images
- Delivered in 5 days
Full session
One family
The one most families book. 20 minutes to settle, and the rest is the good part.
- 90 mins
- One outdoor location in Vancouver
- 20 retouched images
- Every raw image from the session
- Delivered in 5 days
Sessions run outdoors in Vancouver. Home sessions and locations outside the city carry a location fee, quoted up front.
Questions parents ask
Book a documentary session
Tell me your child's age and roughly when you would like to shoot. I'll get back to you within 24 hours.
English & 普通话 · Outdoors · Vancouver, BC