Tara McMullen is one of our favourite wedding photographers to work with in Toronto. Her work is as beautiful as her personality and we always look forward to catching up with her during the few weddings we shoot together each season. That was especially true last year, as we had been dying to hear about her recent move from the city to Prince Edward County where she had decided to renovate and live in an old church with her son, Lachlan.
To this day, the warmth of Tara and Lachlan’s interactions fill our hearts and their laughter echoing off of the large chambers of their home puts the widest of smiles on our faces.
So in between all the dancing at Jess and Misha’s wedding, she told us about all the recent changes to her life, touching on a few of her favourite things about Lochy, before asking us a simple question: “would you two be interested in documenting a day in the life of me and Lachlan?”
The question filled us with excitement because we ourselves had always dreamed of putting together a lifestyle piece for Tara and her son. We were deeply inspired by the glimpses of their relationship we had seen on instagram and had she not asked us then, it would have been a matter of time before we asked her ourselves.
So a couple of months later, we drove up to PEC and made our way into the little church off the main road. What we filmed there is some of the most special footage we have ever captured. To this day, the warmth of Tara and Lachlan’s interactions fill our hearts and their laughter echoing off of the large chambers of their home puts the widest of smiles on our faces.
In terms of actual activities, it was a simple day; we built a fire, we ran around, sang, jumped on a bed, read and played with toy trains. But like all of our films, there’s a level of grandeur that comes from exploring the relationships at the heart of each story, and in this particular film, we took on the greatest bond of them all: that of a mother and her child.
Enjoy 👩👦✨