Meet Jon and Grace. He’s a wonderful co-worker of mine and she’s his beautiful wife. This year will be remarkable one for these two, as just a few months ago Grace graduated from McGill’s faculty of medicine, and this week they will welcome a little baby girl in their home. I was glad when they invited me to photograph them a few days before their names would permanently change to Mommy and Daddy.

Photographing people inside their home can be a bit of a challenge, as I’m constantly trying to visualize and balance my composition with the foreground, middle ground and background, while at the same time being conscious of time. But it’s a challenge that I welcome with open arms because it’ll hopefully make me a better wedding and portrait photographer.

Something funny that occurred at the end of the shoot, was that I asked them whether they were willing to being photographed outside…when it was a chilling –25 degrees Celsius.  They both accepted, however they didn’t want to have their coats in the frame!. As I was juggling the concept in my head (cold, winter, no coats, hhmmm…), I accepted. Hey, anything to make a good photograph for my clients! Compared to them, I was pretty much a wuss of a photographer outside with my big coat, warm tuque and fat gloves.

It was a great moment to be with them that day and I wish them all the best in their next life adventure!