Element Photography

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!

“The trampoline was right over there” Tyler shared with us a little history about the gorgeous location we choose for their engagement session. The former property of one of his childhood friends. Tyler grew up in the Osoyoos area and moved away to Louisiana to play hockey a few years back. While home on a break he came home for a visit, and while he was home a mutual friend set him up on a blind date with a girl he knew little, if anything about. “I knew she was a teacher, and thats about it”. “He sent me a dozen yellow roses to school before our first date, I hadn’t even met him yet” Amanda shared with me how it all got started. They just clicked.  And it wasn’t long after Amanda’s first visit down to see Tyler in the southern states during hockey season that Tyler decided to hang up his skates and head home to be with Amanda, just around Christmas time.  So sweet. The two of them were inseparable and nearly two years after that blind date, they are planning to tie the knot.  We were blessed with warm spring sunshine, apricot blossoms and a stunning couple to photograph. The pair emits an infectious energy and yet, maintains such a chilled out presence infront of the camera. And just to top it off when you think it couldn’t get any better, half way through the session Amanda pulls out her acoustic guitar and starts strumming away singing “foolish games” by Jewel. Just for fun. Because she loves Tyler and because she can. gah. Amazing. goosebumps. Ready for the good stuff?? ….. on to the photos!!

Like them? love them?? Tell them sooo, leave a comment!

more details on this lovely couple and photos to follow at the end of the week!

One of the first emails I received from Erin told me alot about her and Grey. Outdoor enthusiasts, adventure seekers and nature lovers. One of the first emails stated plain as day “we love the mountains and we’re generally pretty simple people”. We are pretty simple, i love that! One of my favorite quotes goes a little something like this…live simply so others can simply live. Anyhoo, I felt like M and I should know these people, I mean they sort of sound like M and I.  Outdoors, check, nature, check, quadding, camping and fishing, check, check, check!! By the end of our time together I had turned Erin’s little girl Kyah into my photography assistant (its so fun to play make-believe with the kiddos) and exchanged numbers with Erin to attempt to turn our men into hunting partners.  Thanks for the great evening you two and even though the hunting trip did not work out just yet I am sure we will keep in touch!

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eeeeeeeeeeeeeeks!!           Kyah wanted to wish everyone a spooktacular HALLOWEEN!

Julie Anna loves Brad, she loves him a whole bunch. And you know what? He loves her back. Times ten. They have been married for a few years now and they are great friends of M and I.  They might be one of the cutest couples we know and mad about each other. And I think its sweet!  Brad has been working way up North, way, way, waaaay up North so their visits have been few and far between over the last couple of months. On a quick trip home back in September I kidnapped them for an impromptu photo shoot. Luckily JulieAnna has all the best connections and when I asked her for a vintage bike the evening before she delivered, no sweat.  I loved this session because we had no action plan. Completely footloose and fancy free.  We met up in a wild field with a red bike and a few ideas. Wandered around snapping photos for hours, as Julie and Brad enjoyed some quiet time together kissing and cuddling.  I am delighted with what we came up with!

October has been such an amazing month! Pumpkin Spice Lattes, gorgeous warm fall weather, crispy leaves, bonfires on the beach, delish’ turkey dinner with great friends, colorful mountainsides and wine fest. Throw in a couple of  canoodling couples and cute bambinos to photograph and that sums up  a pretty awesome month!

Here is a itty bitty sneak peek of what you will see in the coming weeks!

I wanted to take a quick opportunity to show off the latest creation of mine! A trendy album I designed to use as a guest book at our recent wedding!  All the gorgeous photos are thanks to the lovely lovely Jamie Delaine, and if you haven’t checked out our e-session or wedding photos you can see them HERE!

The album has a sleek design and modern look to it. The cover is acyrlic and showcases one of my favorite images from our e-session. I especially love the nice thick pages and the way the spreads lie perfectly flat when you open up the book. No picture is lost in the seem!  All images are flushmount meaning they are designed as full page spreads and then printed onto high quality paper! The album is also delivered in a simple black leather box for safe keeping. But I think I’ll leave it on the coffee table for a little while longer! The guest book worked perfectly for us and now we have an awesome photo album complete with words of love and support from our family and friends!

Phew! Im getting back into the swing of things after taking a break this summer to tie the knot myself! It was a WONDERFUL day and I will blog about it for you later this week!

Im really excited to post the engagment photos for Kristen and Kyle that I shot a few weeks ago!  This couple has been incredibly patient with me over the last few weeks waiting for their images. Which I was happy to deliver to Kristen at her sister-in-law (to be)’s wedding this weekend! It was at the wedding where Kristen shared with me that the two of them were moving to Milan, Italy. The very next day!! Yes, really. Turns out Kyle plays hockey competitively and the two of them met down in the USA while going to college. He has avidly been pursuing his hockey career which is now taking them to Europe. And Kristen couldn’t be more excited, “shopping, pasta, sight seeing and wine…get me on that airplane!”  Kristen and Kyle are such a gorgeous couple, full of love and contagious energy I am looking forward to hearing all about the adventures they will have over there, including their own wedding next year!

Best of luck you two!