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love sweet love. The kind of love that says “yes” on Christmas Eve, when Jonathan asked in the quiet comforts of their home. The kind of love that takes a chance on Republic, WA and albeit the plea“Jonathan. dont. stop. keep driving its a beater..!” she to purchase an old Chev truck that eventually became the perfect set of wheels for many a weekend adventure.

Sarah’s family loves to camp. So does Jonathan’s. Both grew up living in the lower mainland. Sarah’s family basks in the long hot summers of the Okanagan, especially those of Osoyoos. Jonathan family would agree. Both Jonathan + Sarah’s families spent many summers enjoying all that Osoyoos has to offer, and both families loved to camp at Shady Lagoon (and still do!). Jonathan’s family preferred July, while Sarah’s were faithful to August. While Jonathan’s family had been back to Shady Lagoon every summer for as long as he could remember. Sarah’s family only started going to Shady Lagoon when she was a young teen. Summer’s came and went, and finally as luck would have it in 2006 they crossed paths at Shady Lagoon and haven’t looked back since!

Sarah + Jonathan will tie the knot in Osoyoos this summer. Their family and friends will gather to celebrate S + J and their commitment to each other in a sweet location that reflects their own love story.

and I cant wait.

On Saturday Liza and I had the joy of meeting and spending a few hours getting to know Sarah + Jonathan! And we love pretty much everything about them. Impeccable style, laid back attitudes and up for anything. We wandered around Horizon’s restaurant on Burnaby Mountain chatting about their wedding plans and sharing stories of summer life in Osoyoos.  I was reminded why I love this job so much and how great it feels when clients become friends.

Thanks for the wonderful afternoon you two and we look forward to seeing you again, soon! 3 and a half months is it?

(full post coming soon)

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Caitlin + Sean made a journey over to Vancouver Island to meet me for their engagment session photos! They flew into Bird’s Eye Cove Farm and booked a cabin for the weekend. Sounds great right? It was a super location for a relaxing break from the busy lower mainland and also a fantastic location for a photo session. Had so much fun chasing chickens with them and watching them get cuddly in the moss!

Caitlin + Sean are sweet as can be and are planning their wedding for this July in Osoyoos, BC at the beautiful Spirit Ridge Vineyard and Spa.

enjoy the photos!

leave some love for Caitlin + Sean below, yo!

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!