London Ontario Photographer | Choosing the Perfect Mini Session
So you’ve decided to book a mini—a twenty-minute session with a gallery of beautifully edited photos from which to choose your 10-15 photos (depending on the package). There are many reasons to opt for a mini session. Perhaps you have young children (or a partner) who can only handle a shorter session, or you only require a handful of fresh photos. Or maybe you want to have more than one session per year, and prefer shorter sessions in different locations.
Now the question is: Which mini session is perfect for you? Raw Footage Photographer offers a variety of seasonal mini sessions, each with their own charm and appeal. You might pick a mini session based on the setting (Maybe you’re more of a beach person than a woods person? Or maybe you need a location that doesn’t require much travel, or perhaps there are accessibility concerns to consider?), or you might pick a mini session based on the timing (Do you have a special milestone coming up in a specific month? A favourite season? A kiddo who doesn’t love the cold?), or maybe your children have an early bedtime, and a fall session—with its earlier time slots—works best for you.
If you’re ready to book, check the booking page to see what’s currently open. To be the first to know about future mini session booking dates (and to have priority to snag your preferred time slot), make sure you’re on the advance notice list, either by emailing me at sophie@rawfootagephotos.com or by filling out the contact form, with the subject line: “Advance Notice List".
Scroll through the images below for a brief description of each mini session offered.
Minis Offered in London, Ontario and surrounding area: Pine Forest Minis, Spring Studio Minis, Spring Bloom Minis, Beach Minis, Flower Farm Minis, Fall Woods Minis, Tree Farm Minis
London Ontario Spring Minis | Blossoms & Studio
It’s the time of year where melting snow leads to dreams of luscious, vibrant blossoms. I’m so looking forward to this year’s spring sessions, particularly the mini sessions I have planned for the month of May: STUDIO SPRING MINIS and BLOOM SPRING MINIS.
The studio sessions will be held at the beautifully styled LR Studios on May 4th, 2025, for those preferring an indoor option still bursting with floral goodness. The bright, neutral parts of the studio will still be available for those wanting a mix of clean and simple as well as the floral set.
The outdoor bloom minis will take place on May 10th, 2025, with whatever happens to be in bloom around that date. The timing for various blossoms varies each year, but I’ve done these with magnolias, lilacs, redbuds, cherry blossoms and crabapple blossoms, and they are always spectacular!
London Ontario Winter Maternity Session
With maternity sessions, I love starting with cozy photos at home before heading outdoors, especially in the winter! It was freezing cold on the day of this January maternity shoot, but starting inside gave us an opportunity to take some bare belly photos, as well as photos with the dogs, before heading out in the snow. One of my favourite detail about this shoot is that the gorgeous rocking chair was HANDMADE by dad. Can you believe that? It was even more stunning in person!
Here are some favourites from the shoot!
London Ontario Family Photographer | 2020 Beach Minis
I’m reminiscing about last year’s Port Stanley Beach Minis on this rainy Monday! Beach minis are perfect for capturing fun, playful, candid photos either as a family or a couple. There’s just something about the beach that invites you to splash in the waves, dig your toes in as you walk along the shoreline and cuddle up on washed up beach logs. This year’s beach minis will tentatively be held on June 12th, August 11th and September 11th. To get first dibs on booking, email sophie@rawfootagephotos.com, subject line “Advance Notice Minis”, to get on the advance notice email list! The booking email for the first round of beach minis in June goes out TONIGHT. Here are some favourites from last year!
London Ontario Maternity Photographer | In Home Lifestyle & Forest Maternity Session
I absolutely loved Jacky & Brad’s maternity session. I really enjoy splitting a session between in-home and outdoor. For this shoot, we got to cozy up for some lifestyle shots indoors before heading out for some woodsy outdoor photos (featuring Jacky’s stunning yellow dress). Here are some favourites!
London Ontario Maternity Photographer | Woodsy Winter Maternity Session
I absolutely loved meeting this beautiful family on this sunny, snowy evening for their maternity/family session. Spoiler alert: the baby boys this gorgeous mama was carrying in these photos are cute as can be, and lucky me - I’ve had the pleasure of photographing them twice since!
London Ontario Maternity Photographer | Greenhouse + Snowy Winter Maternity Session
This session is making me nostalgic for Winter sessions as I await the go-ahead to start shooting again. This maternity session was split between a sun-soaked greenhouse and a snow covered forest, which provided lots of variety, not to mention a break from the cold! Jennifer wore her beautiful gown for the outdoor portion of the session and didn’t complain once about the cold (and it was COLD) - what a rockstar! Here are some favourites.
London Ontario Maternity Photographer | Woodsy Fall Maternity Session
This was my first session with Melissa and Michael, shooting on their beautiful property. After their maternity session, we went on to photograph a hospital newborn mini, an in-home newborn lifestyle session, and multiple family minis. It’s so wonderful to get to work with clients over the years and document those special life milestones. Here are some favourites from their woodsy Fall maternity session.
London Ontario Maternity Photography | In-Home Lifestyle Maternity Session
In-home maternity sessions are so special. The coziness and quiet intimacy of these sessions just can’t be beat. It was a gloomy day, but we found beautiful little pockets of light all around their charming home to shoot in. Here are a few favourites!
London Ontario Family Photographer | Fall Woods Minis
Fall Minis are officially open for booking, which means it’s time to look bak on last years Fall sessions in the woods. I don’t specifically plan my Fall minis around trees with changing leaves (They’re either way up high in a mature tree or on the ground, which means that anything other than a wide shot gives me a tree bark background - not my favourite ;) ). Instead I am a sucker for golden, overgrown grasses and Autumn wildflowers. I loves these sessions and cannot wait to be back in this same location for Fall Minis again this year.
