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Extreme Family Portrait – Gail’s Maternity

Ottawa Extreme Family Portrait - Justin Van Leeuwen

Today’s a good day, lots of new folks are coming to this site via Julie Cole’s blog post on YummyMummyClub and if you’re looking for *my* look at Julie’s family – I wrote about it here.

It’s funny how some things lead to others. I was recommended to Julie by-way of a friend of hers who I had photographed here in Ottawa. Similarly, Gail & Andrew (pictured) – who are now very eagerly anticipating their first child – I first met two years ago on the first Scott Kelby photowalk I lead in Ottawa. You can see them at camera left in this post. Who knew that it would lead to a maternity shoot now?

We shot this near sun-set at a hospital stand-in I’m quite fond of, I then found stock photos of an emergency entrance to composite into the shot (I can’t believe, that I worked at a hospital for 3 years and have no photos to use… granted, the Emerg was under construction that entire time). Props to Lee Mousseau for giving up his Saturday afternoon/evening for the shoot and being a great light-stick holder and stand in.

You can also see this photo larger on Flickr.

4 thoughts on “Extreme Family Portrait – Gail’s Maternity

  1. Greg says:

    That's some fun right there. 🙂 A photographer friend of ours did our "heart shaped hands" type of shoot for us, and while it was great, it was also their first maternity shoot and they didn't really have the experience and confidence to break the cliches. Give me a shoot like this any day. 😉

  2. DaniGirl says:

    Ha! Fun!! So does this one come with an extreme newborn shoot in a couple of weeks? Cuz I need to see that one. 🙂

  3. Nadine says:

    You've done some amazing work, but these photos might be my new favourites!

  4. Krista says:

    LOVE this so much!