Extended Family Photography in Barrie & Collingwood | Hillary West

shot on location in thornbury, ontario canada


extended family

It’s the way your own parents look at your child. Pride washes over you like a tidal wave. Your own mother snuggling her grandbaby. Now you really see how she felt, now you can see how much she loved you from the very start.


All parents want is to see their babies grow and bloom, and one day share in the joy of parenthood themselves. To pass on the joy that you brought them all those years ago. This is full circle energy. These are the memories that words can rarely describe, and so, we take photos. We keep them, we gift them, and we pass them on to our own children.

Group portrait of family members sitting on stone porch steps with white columns.
Extended family gathering outdoors with coastal house and rocky shoreline in background.
Multi-generational family posed on rocky shoreline with house in background.
Family group photo on large rocky landscape with grey house in background.
Candid moment shared between two people outdoors with coastal house in background.
Family portrait taken outdoors on grassy lawn near rocky coastline and small building.
Sweet moment captured between parent and baby wearing pink headband outdoors.
Tender moment of affection between parent and smiling baby with pink bow outdoors.
Close up of joyful baby in grey sweater with parent wearing baseball cap.
Two people embracing and laughing together on grassy hill by the ocean.
Intimate close-up of parent giving baby in white outfit a kiss outdoors.
Loving moment between parent in denim jacket and smiling baby.
Group photo of five people standing together outdoors near rocky coastline.
Three people laughing together outdoors with coastal scenery in background.
Two people sharing emotional embrace outdoors, one wearing baseball cap and polka dot shirt.
A family group poses together on a beach with the ocean in the background.

full circle energy

for you, for them, forever
A large group celebrates together in a sunlit field with tall grass.

full circle energy

for you, for them, forever
A multi-generational family shares laughter during an outdoor photo session.

full circle energy

for you, for them, forever