The Paterson family was my last family session of the 2022 season, and what a show-stopper it turned out to be. As is typical in November, weather forced us to reschedule a few times but we finally ended up with the perfect afternoon. A little chilly, but oh that sunset – just what Erika envisioned!

Even when there’s a beautiful sunset and a bright red barn (two of my favorite things!) I love converting images to black and white. I feel like it really allows the story to come through – focuses your attention on the interactions, the textures, the emotions. I was excited to hear Erika also shares a love for black and white images too, so we mixed in a lot of those options as well.

Once the boys had had enough, we sent them off and took a moment to capture just Erika and Rob together.

As I was wrapping up editing, I recalled having similar images from their wedding I captured, just about 9 years previously. I had to share…