Element Photography

It was a gorgeous sunny day in the colorful little town of Chemainus when I met up with Amanda, Chris and their family! A + C were in town to visit his mom and brother with the newest and smallest member of their family, Dace! Amanda + Chris recently located to Osoyoos, BC where I used to live and we juuuust missed each other by a few weeks. I learned from Amanda that we were nearly neighbours! Im so happy they tracked me down on Van Isle to capture the sweetness of their little one and their awesome family!  Amanada + Chris are planning a wedding for 2013 and couldn’t be happier :  )

now look at those baby blues!

say hello!

Just a couple snippets from our sun drenched Good Friday family session in the lovely Chemainus BC! It was a joy to be able to spend the afternoon with Amanda, Chris + little Dace. More photos to come soon!

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I’m still in disbelief. I almost deleted the email by accident on my iphone. I paused a second and instead opened it without reading the subject line in full. I burst out in a fit of giggles (alone) in the coffee room at work. I stared at it for what felt like an eternity as it sunk in. I was just chosen by Weddingbells Magazine as “One of the 25 most inspiring wedding photographers of 2012″. say whaaat?! me? so fun. Thank you Weddingbells.ca for being so supportive of photographers like me and for the acknowledgement.

Make sure you check out the link. There’s a heck of a lot of talent going on over there!

Thank you to my brides + grooms for your quirky creativity! High fives everybody and back flips (if I could). Thanks for the massive support!

I could photograph erin, grey + kyah every year over and over. I will never tire of their gorgeous-ness. ever. And now the Allen’s are expecting!! More stunning babies to come! This is what early Decemeber looked like in the Osoyoos area. We had hoped for a snowy session, but there was no winter wonderland to be found in the south Okanagan. Instead we still found patches of green grass : )

A session filled with red plaid, wooly socks, touques + mittens, static-y hair, shortbread and hot cocoa. This ones a favorite for sure!

This was my last photo session before the Christmas holidays! Thanks to all my clients and supporters for the wonderful year, we wish you all the happiest of seasons.

be blessed!

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Carrie, Lloyd, Austin + Gerica are shiny, happy people! They are a blast to be around and their door is always wide open to friends. I’ve been blessed to get to know Carrie + Lloyd through friends at Living Way Church in Oliver. Now we attend the same bible study on Wednesday nights and M and I have learned so much more about them and about our faith as we dive into the Word together. Carrie and I had been trying to set up a date for photos casually for a long, long, looong time. Finally one day she caught me after church and there was no more beating around the bush. “Sunday, next week. 3pm. Oliver back 40.” be there or be square! It was a date. Sunday rolled around and we scampered off into the fields to dodge poison ivy, roll around in the grass, laugh alot and maybe take a photo or two. The Cooper’s braved the elements as the sun dropped over the mountain things started to get a little ummm hypothermic. But we survived!! Great conversation flowed and dinner of butter chicken and samosa’s filled up our bellies. (Lloyd is one heck of a cook!). Mmmm mmm good!

Sweet baby girl Charlie surprised everyone with an arrival on 11.11.11 at about 8:15pm!! What a lucky day to be born!! And get this, Charlie’s momma celebrates her birthday on Feb 29 making her a leap year baby and only 7 years old : ) Lucky bunch they are!! Krista, John and Emma couldn’t be happier to finally cuddle the new addition they had been waiting to meet for so long. Charlie had so many awesome little onesies it was so hard to choose which ones to use in the shoot, she’s going to be one stylin’ little girl! Emma is rocking the role of ‘big sister’ helping her mom, watching out for Charlie and super eager to hold her whenever possible!!

The Cooper family are a tough bunch! I had them rolling around in the leaves as the sun went down in the middle of a chilly November afternoon! They we so awesome and persevered through the elements! And their big smiles make my heart smile too…awe. truth. It was sooo worth it as went got broadsided with a snowstorm the next morning. hello winter!

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Brittny + Dave =  Jasper + Jazmyn

Britt + Dave make really beautiful babies. I photographed this family almost every year since they first became pregnant with Jasper. With so many beautiful babies, the more they get infront of my lense the better! I photographed them during their first pregnancy, newborn shots of Jasper, last fall in the leaves, and now again with the arrival of their pink little bundle. Repeat clients rock my socks and LOVED seeing how much Jasper has grown up in a year!

We spent the morning together capturing life as is rolled out in their home. Taking the perfect with the imperfect and keeping it oh-so-real. The more spontaneity and authenticity families bring to their session the more their photos show real life connection. Britt + Dave and their little family did just that. The look of their photos are real, they are alive. These guys are so far beyond the traditional white shirt and jeans. And I loooove it!

We played with moustaches on sticks, we changed diapers, had snacks, we had monkeys jumping on the bed and even got Jasper taking photos with me. cutest second shooter ever. he’s so hired!

Jasper, you start Monday!

Meet the Stopa family!! What a fun afternoon we had together tromping around in the forest! Jackson and Rowan we so cute to work with. They both brought along their favorite toys to play with for the afternoon. For Jackson his bears, and Rowan her blankey. Rowan has toted that blanket around since she was born and even has a favorite corner that she loves to pieces!! We talked about Halloween costumes and played make-believe in the forest. Not every day I get to play make-believe! Afterwards a little picnic snack and then a few more smiles for the camera and we were all done! Thanks Hayley + Trent for being so well organized and up for anything!! Families who bring the goofiness to photo session are my favorite. This family dances’ together. So naturally when photo’s wrapped a dance-off ensued. Watch for Jackson’s sweet moves…!

LOVED IT!

Stay tuned for more photos from a mini yoga photo session I had with Hayley. If your looking for yoga in the Oliver area look no further Hayley is sweet and very talented.

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