my new friend holga - mount forest photographer

I was inspired to pick up a cheap plastic toy camera this past summer and expand my vision and creating abilities...my little black holga and I went everywhere lol. I took it upon myself to figure out how to develop my own negatives which was not as intimidating as it initially seemed...in fact, I really liked it.

After I shot a roll of film I would go to my laundry room and seal it off making it pitch black...and then miraculously load a roll of film onto a little plastic spool that would go into my developing tank. Needless to say, there were many nights that my husband had to ask if I was okay in the laundry room as I had the occasional dropped roll of film and scramble to find all of the necessary equipment. The picture of my dane with the missing corner is evidence of such a battle lol.

I am currently 10 rolls behind in my developing as it can be quite tricky to time my developing with the needs of a now one year old, but I will get there and enjoy every second of it...even if I am sweating and struggling in the laundry room with film lol. So, without any further reminiscing, here are a few of my favorites from my very first and second roll of 120 film :)

darling mr. L - mount forest newborn photographer

I love having sessions for smooshy little babies...especially since my baby isn't smooshy anymore. Little mr. L wasn't overly sleepy for our session so he made us work pretty hard! Having said that, I think our efforts were worth it, here are a few of my favorites so far, Congrats again mom n' dad, he is such a beautiful baby :)

delightful family of four - mount forest photographer

I am so glad I had the opportunity to do a studio session with the M family! They are such an adorable young family with two youngsters who had no problems just jumping in and creating photos! I especially love when siblings are so connected with each other :) I really enjoyed our session...here are a few of my favorites so far :)

family fun - grey bruce photographer

When our session date arrived, we were blessed with a beautiful crisp day without the usual complications that fall brings. I had such a great time with the beautiful D. family...they were very easy going and and a lot of fun too! Here are a few of my favorites so far from our session...

adorable miss w - grey bruce photographer

I had such a blast with little miss w in my studio. She was such a ham and had the cutest little expressions! I love babies at this stage...they are so happy and excited to show you everything they know lol...here are a few of my favorites from our session...

kurtis + amanda :: beautiful couple

I had such a great time with you guys on your engagement session. We were spoiled rotten with gorgeous weather, warm sunshine and lots of colourful leaves still on the trees :) I hope you guys enjoyed your session too!...here are a few of my favorites so far from your session...

sweet miss M - mount forest child photographer

I can't believe how big miss M is getting! I have had the opportunity to watch this gorgeous baby grow up and I couldn't be more thrilled to be a part of it! Here are a few of my favorites from miss M's one year session :)