Weddings :: Alberta Photographer ::

This is a bit more of a personal post. I have been having the most fantastic summer with just the best brides and grooms and the sunniest of days and the greatest of opportunities. Some days I just burst with all the greatness that life tosses at me and I can't believe what a lucky girl I am and the great person I get to spend it with (insert Geordies name here). Luckier now that I only have 10 sleeps until my very own wedding. I get to be a bride too! I have the best families and the best friends who have poured hours and hours of sweat and tears into helping with our wedding. This is mostly because I have been so busy working on other people weddings (AND I LOVE IT) that I haven't had much time to focus on my own. So, if my posts seem a little weak in the next few weeks or you don't really hear from me at all it's because my Mom has ordered me to stop working, in the most loving and happiest of ways. I'll be back to share the rest of the summer with you soon!

A post is never a post without a photo. Here's a sneak at Shelley & Carl's engagement session.

Shelley and Carl won an engagement session at this years Bridal Show in Brooks in January, and we finally got together for their session out in Gem. I'm going to go off track for a second, but I love knowing about towns like Gem and Princess and Wardlow because whenever we play the "say a town with the last letter of the last town named" game I get to use them. Is there an actual name for that game?

Gem was beautiful (I had never been there before) and it was also so very full of mosquitos, though it didn't seem to bother these two. This photo thrills me. They are getting married at Rafter Six Ranch on February 20th. I'm so excited for their winter wedding.

Anna :: Brooks Alberta Photographer ::

Michelle and Rob called me and invited me to Michelle's parents place on a Sunday morning to photograph the sweet little miss. Anna. Michelle's parents place had old buildings and tall grasses and fences and it was like my eyes were drooling. You know that mouth watering feeling you get when you think of eating a pickle wrapped in blackforest ham.... anyone? That's what it was like for my eyes. I had met Michelle and Rob before but never Anna and what a thrill it was!

Nothing like Grandma's fresh peas.


I love her happy smile here, walking confidently with Mom and Dad.


The sun was pretty warm, but Anna stuck it out for the photos and was such a good sport.






Life is always better with no clothes on!

Danielle & Robin :: Lethbridge Wedding Photographer ::

This is my 101st post! I feel like doing a bit of a dance in my little office. I should have done it on the 100th but if went by me without even a smidge of acknowledgment.

But now onto more important details....

Danielle and Robin were married in June at the Norland in Lethbridge. It was a toasty blue sky day and perfect for a garden wedding! Danielle and Robin were so happy and their infectious happiness spread through their bridal party like wildfire. We had a lot of fun moving around Lethbridge snapping photos with them.


Oh the flower girls were so darling.






They had a lot of fun up there.


The pictures from the balcony are some of my favorites. I also posted on as a Sneak Peak a few weeks ago.


I just can't resist a good reflection.




The wedding has a great fairy-tale appeal.

Hanging with Grandparents :: Medicine Hat & Brooks Alberta Family Photographer ::

I am lucky enough to get to spend more time with this awesome family. You might remember them from the COLD photo session we did in January in Banff. This time though Deon and Cecil came from South African in the summer and had a much warmer visit and we took sometime to get some images of just them and their grandson, Deon. The canola was blooming to boot. Aunt Nanda was also out with us so we included her in some photos as well. :)

I absolutely LOVE what I do, I get to create great memories with people over and over again and explore fun setting and have a creative license with all of my clients. How much better can it get, seriously.



What a handsome little man!



I didn't always love canola fields the way I love them now. I used to not like the bank calendar prairies scenes with canola and haybales... eek. The real things is pretty out of control. I drove home from Calgary on Friday and my eyes were drooling, the fields, the sky, the the the... everything, it was pure beauty and the flax fields... well that's another story.

Carla & Tyler Heiland :: Southern Alberta Wedding Photographer ::

I had been looking forward to this wedding all year! I first talked to Tylers Mom in November of last year and when she was telling me about the wedding in the field and horses and corals I was thinking... I have to be there!
I was so glad that Carla and Tyler chose me to photograph their wedding. The morning of the wedding I was watching the Brooks Rodeo parade with umbrella's and lots of layers, before I left for the ceremony a friend offered me her down jacket just in case and I gladly took it. I was feeling bad that this weather was going to effect Carla's day, but when I called to firm up locations (left here, 1 mile on gravel road, turn right at cattle grates...etc) she was so energetic and ready for the show to go on.

Unbelievably the clouds parted, the down jacket was shed and the sun came out for just the exact amount of time we needed. They're going to have a wonderful marriage.

So um, I loved this wedding and I loved photographing Tyler and his groomsmen arriving to the wedding...


Carla came on a horse drawn carriage!


The wedding took place in a field and the guest sat on boards balanced on hay bales. So ridiculously cool!




I loved the time we had after the ceremony to explore the area. The prairies are full of beautiful surprises.




Carla and Tylers wedding party was amazing. They were here and there and everywhere making sure each other were doing just fine, staying warm and making Tyler and Carla laugh.


Hmm Hmm Hmm...


I love being outside and taking any weather and location that is given to me and having the best people to work with. It's always an adventure and I love the great people I get to share it with!

:: Brooks Alberta Photographer ::

Oh the weather. Such a hot topic of conversation. I read about all the people mad mad mad about the rainstorms and then I hear the farmers dancing for the precipitation. It never fails.
Yesterday I was getting all geared up for a family photography session with an awesome Brooks family. I checked the weather report and I saw a Tornado Warning! Uh oh... then I kept and eye on the encroaching dark black clouds headed straight for me. I was disappointed to have to reschedule the session, but it was looking nasty out. Still I wanted to watch the storm and who other than Geordie to stand out in it for me. The wind howled and whipped the grass around, and then the rain came, it was beautiful.

Danielle & Robin :: Lethbridge Wedding Photographer ::

I know, enough of the one photo posts already!
I have to keep you on your toes you know. (That or it's so slammed right now I'm behind...)

Danielle and Robin were married in Lethbridge a few weeks ago. It was one of those hot dry summer days and perfect for a wedding. I had such a good time be-bopping around Lethbridge with them. Here are two images from the day.

:: Southern Alberta Wedding / Portrait Photographer ::

I'm working on a small project, this is a part of it. I just had to share it. It's a teeny little moment but I heart this moment.
I worked with a fabulous crew of people the other day on a fun project which I will talk more and more about -later. This is Nathan Berg and Melanie Marriot and they are getting married in January in Australia and they are brilliant. Totally in love and brilliant. Don't you think? Hmmm... another photo of love captured.

Carla & Tyler Sneak Peak :: Southern Alberta Wedding Photographer ::

Oh how I love the prairies! They bring out the best people! I got to photograph Carla and Tyler out in a field in June. Tyler rode up on a horse and Carla in a horse drawn carriage. The best adventures are built out here!

Dancing with lightning :: Alberta Photographer ::

Last night I was up at 2.30am dancing with the lightning. I woke up because I smelled smoke, just a little waft but it always makes me nervous to smell smoke so I decided to get up and check out the house. It was then that I heard voices outside and looked outside. The whole sky was lit up in a million different areas with lightning, it was every second and then crack. I quietly grabbed my camera and tried to sneak out of the house but I woke Geordie up. I moved around on our front lawn in front of Lake Newell snapping away at the lightning as it snapped back at me. When I felt it was getting a little too close I moved back towards the house and found Geordie watching from our front step. We sat there together for almost an hour watching the big lightning match in the sky and listening to cracks and booms before the rain poured down all around us. What a night!

Isabella :: Southern Alberta Children's Photographer ::

Isabella is such a sweet little girl. She's grown up a lot since I photographed her in a Canola Field a year ago. What a smile she has! Also, I love her little hair clips. She's one stylin' girl!

I captured Marise in there as well.




Isabella's little teeth are starting to poke through and this is the only image I could get of them. The rest of the time she was busy working her tongue over her new acquisitions.