Canada Day Fireworks is something my whole family looks forward to. It’s our tradition to grab some snacks and go enjoy the fireworks each year. Normally I will go out with my sisters and we spend the day in downtown Ottawa which is totally blocked off for all traffic and full of craziness! Buskers, performers, people selling all sorts of Canadian memorabilia and of course the awesome performances on the main stage on Parliament Hill. This year Sarah McLachlan was performing..but sigh we couldn’t go and spend the day in town but we did manage to go and enjoy the fireworks.

Here are some shots I got.

I did Samira and Nayal’s portraits at University of Toronto. We had been talking about doing the portraits for a while so it was great that we finally managed to get together.   I’ve known Samira for so many years now. Every month our families would get together and visit a new place.   We would spend the whole weekend at some guest house in some new area and stay up all night talking and joking and just having the time of our lives!

Samira now has a super cute son - he is such a cutie pie…all smiles (ma) all the time.  The weather was lovely and I got some great shots of Nayal and his beautiful mama!