Melissa and Ben!!!

Alright. here it is!

I had such a great great day with Melissa and Ben. We met up before the ceremony and did photos at an old mine site in Canmore. They had the most beautiful day, with a blue sky dotted with fluffy white clouds. These two were up for absolutely anything. Something that I really loved about this wedding was how important their family was to them. Their parents and brothers and sisters were all a part of the ceremony and stood up for them. PLUS! Melissa's parents pretty much got their backyard landscaped for the wedding. It was a beautiful way to spend a day!

I had help from Michael Buckley and was so grateful he could help me out at the very last minute. He captured Ben getting ready at the Drake in Canmore. Michael freelances for the Rocky Mountain Outlook and runs his own photography business, Photoflow.









I love this photo of Melissa's parents helping her sister get into her dress!







Ben wasn't 100% where he had to meet us, so when we arrived we found Ben wandering around the fields. Apparently a couple people walking by looked at him quizzingly, to which he answered "I'm just looking for my bride." to which they offered their condolences, thinking she had run away on him. I thought that was pretty funny.







Melissa had her flowers done at Willow Haven in Canmore, operated by Leo from Holland. I really do think that the Dutch have a gift with arranging flowers, and I don't just say that because I am Dutch, but if you've seen my Mothers backyard you'd understand, they truly have a gift.







I LOVE this picture. All the family men were given matching pink polka dot socks. I feel a little guilty because I told them not to worry, I was just photographing their feet, when in fact I was also capturing their facial expressions... just a little guilty.









What an amazing setting for a wedding!


This could be my favorite memory from the day. I almost teared up when I saw how happy Melissa was when Ben put her ring on her finger, and shocked! I later found out that they had decided not to get a wedding band for Melissa because she loved her engagement ring so much. Little did she know that when she brought her ring in to be cleaned before the wedding, the designer of the engagement ring was actually matching the curves of the ring for a wedding band that Ben was going to surprise her with! It was a beautiful moment. Thank you both for letting me be a part of your day!