BW family photograph with 3 kids and parents.
Photo of a family walking through a green field at their farm.
A young man stands atop a fence looking down on a stye of pigs.
A group of pigs in their pen.
BW photo of a young man and his younger brother sitting on a wooden farm fence.
A child runs with arms spread through a clean field.
A family walks away towards their farm.
A man with a beard is being licked by his cow.
2 Cows look at the camera
A man with his young son on his shoulders walks and is followed by a group of cows.
A family walks toward the sun light at their farm.
A young boy stands in his hockey net on the driveway with his hockey stick.
BW image of Husband and wife smiling in front of their home.
A mother hugs her adolescent son in her arms as they stand outside in the Fall.
BW image of a mother holding her son's face and smiling at him.
A bearded man investigates his crops.
Freshly grown farm vegetables
Beautiful little farm house with 3 windows and a family sitting outside.
A family sits on their front porch surrounded by fall pumpkins and gourds.
Long driveway up to the farm and farmhouse.
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Family Photography Session at Home


The best people. The loveliest farm.


I met Ben and Tracy through my partner after I moved to Ottawa some 15 years ago. A few years back I got the chance to document a morning around the farm with them and figured it was time to share a sampling of those images.


I like good people, and they are that. I don't get to see them often, but we've watched one another's families grow and it's been nice to live vicariously through them as they've grown their family farm. Cedar Knoll is a third generation family farm. They raise animals in a natural and healthy way, providing what I call 'happy meat' for locals. Ben and Tracy have worked to create a beautiful lives for themselves and I'm so grateful I got to spend this time with them (and for the wonderful food we buy from them)(and for Neko the cat, who also came from their farm).


Day in the Life sessions lend themselves well to creating photo books to commemorate the day and to look back on in years to come. I know the boys are all bigger now, some animals are gone, others have arrived and the love you see in their eyes when they look at each other is as strong as ever.

A young boy runs through a barn with a big smile on his face.
BW image of a boy looking into a room of chickens.
A mother smiles at her son.
A boy is seen looking at something unseen with a smile on his face.
A tween boy holds a white chicken in his arms.
A young boy reaches to open a door on a white building.
A young boy holds a small barn door open.
A young boy in a green plaid shirt holds a rusty coloured chicken.
A boy hugs a rusty coloured chicken with a red comb.
Chicken feet held in the hand of a little boy.
Brothers stand beside one another, each holding a chicken.
A boy in a blue striped shirt holds onto a chicken at his farm.
A boy is seen facing away from the camera with a chicken's head looking out.
A boy holds a chicken as his yellow lab smells it.
A boy and his chicken.
A chicken with a bright red comb and brown shiny feathers.


If you'd like to find out more about Cedar Knoll Farm and their Grass-Fed Beef, Pork, Whole Chickens, Free-Range Eggs, and Homemade Soap offerings head over here.


If you'd like to follow along on their farm life journey you can head over to Instagram and give them a follow.


And if you'd like to learn about having a Day in the Life session for yourself, drop me a line here.


Thanks for stopping by!