What not many people know about me is that I wasn’t born in BC. I was actually born in Grande Prairie, Alberta, fun fact, right? Myself, and both my older siblings were born there, but we moved down to Aldergrove, BC, very shortly after my first birthday. My parents left behind good friends that we called Aunt and Uncle, and their children, our cousins. Now, because Grande Prairie, is a 11-13 hour drive from here, we didn’t get to see them as much as we wanted growing up, but when their youngest child, Colin, proposed to the love of his life, his parents wanted their gift to them to be having me travel up there for their wedding. Pretty amazing gift, in my mind! I was able to photograph my pseudo cousin’s wedding whom I haven’t seen in 18 years with my new husband ( that’s right ya’ll, for those that don’t know, I got married this summer! ) in my birth town, where I hadn’t been in 28 years. It was a wild summer!

Now when I first spoke with Jordan on the phone, I knew we were going to get along great when she began to explain her back yard wedding on the property she grew up on. Her bubbly personality and enthusiasm for life made her such a joy to work with. Colin had me laughing all day with his super but hilarious dry sense of humour. Both the ceremony and reception would take place there and all the photos would be either on their property or their two gracious neighbours property. Jordan and Colin had such an amazing crew that made this day come together for them. Serious squad goals.

The food was amazing, the doughnut bar and water bar was thoughtful and delicious, the atmosphere was bubbly and full of love, and you’ve never seen people dance at a wedding reception like you do in Alberta…They take it seriously you guys and the photos speak for themselves!

I loved hanging out with these two and their entire bridal party. They had the perfect day and we were so lucky the wildfire smoke cleared just enough for us! Congratulations you two, I am so happy for you!

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After much anticipation all summer, my cousin’s cabin wedding in the Kootenays finally arrived, and it was well worth the wait. We were surrounded by the most beautiful mountain range, a gorgeous lake, family, friends, and pizza. Nothing wrong with that!

I stayed next door to the bride the night before the wedding at the legendary Hume Hotel ( Nelson, BC ) and was able to capture the sun rising over the mountains hitting her dress perfectly on the day of, which was a beautiful start to the day. I loved being able to hang out with my cousin all morning and help her get ready for her big day as well as photograph her big day. After a relaxing and stressfree morning getting ready, popping some champagne and fawning over the bride, we headed across the street to the gorgeous City Hall for the first look and first few couples photos. ( I love first looks ) We then made our way out of Nelson, after capturing a few with the classic Nelson bridge in the background, on to our next destination which was about 15 minutes passed our cabins.

The weather was warm, humid, and smokey on and off throughout the day as there were many fires, some within close range of us. We chose a beautiful spot the day before when we were scouting locations called Coffee Creek which is a glacier fed creek nestled between two mountainsides that leads into the main lake. We set aside time to have lunch, a few drinks, and some time to just relax and take it all in before continuing on with photos. We finished at Coffee Creek around 2:30pm and headed down to our family property for the ceremony. It was a short and sweet ceremony filled with their own vows, laughs, and love and support from over 100 friends and family. After some cocktail hour snacks, we took some family photos on the property next door, mingled, had an insanely delicious artisan pizza dinner, followed by sunset photos on the beach, speeches, and a heck of a lot of dancing!

To say Leanne and Andrew were relaxed and easy going on their wedding day would be an understatement. Things went smoothly and there seemed to be zero stress at all. All that seemed to matter was getting married, being surrounded by their closest friends and family, and enjoying themselves! Leanne’s smile and laugh really was contagious the entire day.  I am so honoured to have been able to capture these memories for my cousin and my new cousin-in-law! Can’t wait to experience the next chapter of life with you both! I love family weddings.

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I had quite a few memorable backyard weddings this year, and Ally and Ryan’s was one of them. Nestled in their beautiful backyard in Mission, BC, they had both their ceremony and reception.

The moment you drive up, you can see the incredible attention to detail that these two put into their big day. This was the ultimate DIY wedding. From a strawberry daiquiri machine, to wet wipes for those bbq rib hands, to buying smoke bombs for some amazing photos ( SO IN LOVE ), the thoughtfulness they put into making sure their guests had the best time was unreal.

The food was amazing, the atmosphere was relaxed, and the people were having a wonderful time.

I loved hanging out with these two. They had the perfect day!

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