Element Photography

i love  j.crew. their style. their jewels – layers + layers of them. their photographs. their flats collections. their typography.

i even love the perfect size of their catalogue and how it fits in my purse, just right!

if there was ever a clothing company that could convice me that i could be cool too if I dressed like this…

its them. see what i mean?

brides - j.crew does weddings! get inspired. you can be connected with your own stylist from j.crew to help you coordinate your wedding party looks! they’re pretty much the best thing since, um sliced bread.

i wore j.crew pearly bracelets + my girls each picked their own j.crew dress.

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!

Cass + Ken sweet couple from Vernon who I met a few years back on the streets of Osoyoos. A fun loving couple always up for an adventure, were always looking for an opportunity to bring Malcolm + I to famous Douglas Lake Ranch where the two of them grew up! Douglas Lake Ranch is Canada’s Largest Working Cattle Ranch. With a current cattle herd of approximately 20,000 head. It was established way back in 1884 and is a sprawling half a million acres. Loads of history in all the buildings and landmarks. Ken used to cowboy on the ranch and was eager to show us the sites! We jumped at the opportunity a few weekends ago and toured the home ranch, visited with Ken’s family and made our way into the back 40 – errr – 400 000 to send the night huddled up in a historic cowboy bunker. We got the fireplace roaring, broke out the table games, lit the propane lamps and had such a great time!

I’ll also mention that  Cassandra + Ken celebrated their 5th wedding anniversary the summer!! So naturally some photos to mark the occasion : ) these two – just beautiful, in and out.

It was a long hot summer in Osoyoos! Here I am finally getting around to blogging Jes + Chris’ warm summer night engagement session! The lighting was perfect in one of my favooorite locations in the south Okanangan. I love the rolling fields and the amazing warm light we captured as the sun went down. No bugs, no wind just right for running around in the tall grass. Laughing and smiling throughout the whole session Jes + Chris knocked it out of the park! Such a good looking couple the camera adored them making my job oh-so-much-fun!

*photographers note – no one participated in any trespassing during this shoot! ha! totally have permission for this one : )

Beeeeautiful sunset session last night with Chris + Jess! engaged! yippee! More photos to follow : )

Chantel + Patrick, you guys are crazy, zany and so much fun!! These two are on a working holiday in the Okanagan for the summer, sweet hey? I think so. Planning for a wicked adventure abroad and saving their pennies to do so. Estimated time of departure? This January. Destination? Unknown…or maybe a just little unknown. These two fly by the seat of their pants and I like it. Chantel is a pharmacist too, so we got to know each other this summer as co-workers.As well she is a talented yoga teacher! Patrick a high school teacher and Sumac Ridge wine server extraordinaire! Not only did I have the worlds best locum to work with this summer, M and I made fun new friends too! Thanks for the great times this summer Chantizzle and for keeping me energized at work with your mantras and positive spirit!

smokin’ whoa!

then the sunset! so we experimented with low light…i like it, the texture kind of reminds me of my film days!

Happy Friday everyone!! Just a fun post of some of the silly moments during our e session with with Rachel + Bobby. Are they adorable or what?

The sun is shining, and Im off to enjoy a beautiful day with my very dear friends Michelle + Mitch as they begin their new life together as husband and wife! Click on the link for a throw back to 2009 when these two fiiiirst met. Im thrilled and a wee bit nervous to be photographing friends on their wedding day, wowza what an honor. Im also really looking forward to catching up great friends tonight and with a few of my past bride and grooms to see what their first year of marriage has blessed them with! My photo bags are packed up and Ive verified our timeline about a 1000 times, Im ready for this! Today also marks M’s final exam day (good luck M!!) and his time to return home to a more regular routine with me. Hurray!! Living solo again was a little fun at first I have to admit, less laundry, less dishes, big ol’ bed to myself….but….Its been a long four months and I miss the pillow talk and those dimples big time!

Celebrate love today ya’ll.

Sweethearts Rachel + Bobby met in highschool. They really, really did. Although Bobby didn’t officially ask Rachel out until after they had graduated. These two have a 6 year history together! They seem like the kind of couple that everyone knew would get married, everyones just been WAITING for it to happen! The time is here!! The love and sweetness, cuddles and hugs that oozed out of every minute of our time together left me feeling so excited for them and their future together. Six years strong and I’ll let the photos speak for themselves. These two are simply so comfortable in their love together. We were threatened with thundershowers and lighting cracking overhead, these two didn’t flinch. They just snuggled up a little closer. sigh! (seriously first series of photos = lighting bolts in the sky, literally). But then the clouds broke and the sunshine poured down on us! hurray!!

It was a joy to photograph you both as your spend your last couple months as “boyfriend” and “girlfriend”. Cannot wait for your summertime wedding!

Love R + B??  we do. we hope you do to0!

here is your chance to tell em’! comment below : )

a little peek at what we got up to with R + B this afternoon. more to come!