I met this sweet family at a recent wedding where they told me they really needed some family photos so a few weeks later we set up an early morning family session near their home in North Vancouver.

We decided to walk down to the beach where 4 year old Bowie, in true Labrador style, was super excited to chase sticks (enormous sticks!) and rocks into the water and give us a good shower every time he emerged :) I'd been hoping for some pretty morning light but we got this beautiful atmospheric mist instead. In typical Vancouver fashion we had a rain shower mid-session which was actually pretty amazing and we had the privilege of getting quite close to a blue heron before flying off. Such a great morning with these lovely people :)

Alistair and Kaija own two really amazing local restaurants on the North Shore, The Arms Reach Bistro in Deep Cove and In Grain Pastifico at Parkgate Village.

Enjoy some of my favorites from this session.

Alistair, Kaija, Anja and Bowie the lab :)