I had my first photo session of 2013 in January. The session was purchased by one of my clients from An Ümlarifically Sweet Halloween as a Christmas gift to her parents. I was doubly-excited. First off, I'd photographed little Holly before, back when she was about 10 months old, for An Ümlarifically Sweet Halloween, and she was a DOLL to work with (hint: she was still a doll to work with). Secondly this was going to be a grandparents' session. While I of course love to capture wonderful family moments between parents and children, there is something so very magical about a bond between grandparents and grandchildren.

We couldn't have asked for a better day for photos. Our session was on a Saturday, and it so happens that we got a good amount of snow the night before. Since we met relatively early in the morning, the snow was still very fresh, and very untouched. The location decided upon was Toronto's Coronation Park, which is just east of Ontario Place and the CNE, along Lake Ontario.

I was a little worried that it might be too cold for shooting outside; however, my worries were soon laid to rest as we started our session. The session was so much fun, and grandparents Tom and Wanda were great to work with. And 13-month-old Holly was in great spirits the whole time, despite the cold. A true Canadian, EH? In true Ümla style, I just followed them around, and let them do their thing, while I snapped away. I would occasionally give some direction, if there was a shot that I was trying to get, but that was very minimal. The three of them made for very awesome models.

Since I do like to capture genuine and natural moments, I thought I'd share the photo below. Grandma and Grandpa brought a camera along, and snapped a few pics, which was totally fun. I love taking pictures of people taking pictures.

Tom_Wanda_Holly-068 Check out all that fresh snow! I also wanted to capture some special grandma/granddaughter bonding time, and grandpa/granddaughter bonding. Just look at those smiles, and that love!

Tom_Wanda_Holly-206 The grandpa/granddaughter one makes me smile, because of the giggle fit that Holly is having. Daddy, grandma, and grandpa were trying to Holly's boots on so that she could walk in the snow, but they kept slipping off. For some reason, Holly thought that this was funny. And so, here is the resulting capture.

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Here's one of the three of them having lots of fun by a neat sculpture (I *believe* that this is a war memorial sculpture).

Tom_Wanda_Holly-121 One of the most striking things about our surroundings that day was the sun peering out from among the clouds. Couple that with the snowy backdrop, and you can get some pretty neat photos. In this photo, I was having some fun with silhouettes. The funny thing about this photo is that it was probably taken at 10:30am or 10:45am. Yet, it looks like it's pretty late in the day.

Tom_Wanda_Holly-216 I have to say that Holly was a total trooper, but after so much shooting, she fell asleep in her daddy's arms. I followed grandpa, grandma, dad, and Holly back home for some photos of Holly napping, and got this lovely capture. The total embodiment of daddy love.

Tom_Wanda_Holly-276 The end to a lovely session on a lovely day.