Weddings!! :: Brooks Alberta Photographer ::

Alright... drum roll please!!!

I can't even begin to tell you how excited I am to share my wedding photos with you all.
Brittany is pretty much exceptional and we couldn't have been more happy to trust her with documenting our day. I have to say the wedding came together magically. A lot of our elements were not planned to flow so brilliantly (Like the orange theme... my shoes were the second pair I bought, the car was a last minute purchase from my Mom and the flowers, well they were planned.) Boy did it ever just work out.

I want to rant and rave about Brittany, she has a keen eye and a creative spirit and she brought our friend Dana Pugh along with her to second shoot and it was a blast!She also shot a roll of film on an old vintage camera, we were pumped when we saw the results. Perfect!

This morning Brittany's photography of our wedding was featured on Rock 'n Roll Bride... What an honor. I'm so happy for Brittany.

Click on Brittany's name to take you to her blog and more yummy images!

Sarah & Ryan :: Brooks, Alberta Wedding Photographer ::

I'm going to go ahead and say July 25th was the hottest day of the summer. And if I thought the mosquitos were bad with Shelley and Carl... hah, I had a whole other thing coming! We had no wind to relieve us but what we had was Love. True Love. Big Love and it was beautiful.

I had gotten to know Sarahs family long before I moved from Canmore to Brooks. We met along a ski trail at the Nordic Centre and I am so glad to have gotten to know them better and better over the years. They are amazing people full of kindness and generosity and Sarah has met an amazing match as Ryan is full of laughs and sincerity and his family had so much joy in their eyes! This was a special wedding for me. Sarah and Ryan did an engagement session in the Spring and their connection had me pretty stoked for their wedding.

Ryan and Sarah chose to see each other before the wedding, and so we staged a bit of a reveal, it was an great moment!



We spent time at Sarah's Families Ranch taking photos before heading to town for their Church ceremony.




This little area of the ranch is called 'Lovers Lane.' How could we not go here.






The Wedding Party was made up of all family except for one of Ryan's friends. I love the close knit-ness.




Umm... yes, Hello Beautiful Bride. Sarah's brother, Nathan was helping me pose Sarah because he watches America's Next Top Model, I'd say he did a good job!!!



And a handsome groom!




I heart big skies!


This is what you do when you're waiting for your wedding to start. Hangman!




Hmmm...












I had such a great time with Sarah and Ryan and I hope you are enjoying your new home in Estevan! We miss you in Brooks.

Big Sisters :: Brooks, Alberta Family Photographer ::

I'm pretty luck to be part of the Heal family (officially). They made me feel like family years ago, but now I can actually use the word aunt, nieces and.... nephew. This beautiful family grew yesterday and we are so excited! If you're new to my blog, this is my family. You can also see the girls here.

These photos were done just a few weeks ago to capture the 4 of them before they became 5. My oh my they are a beautiful family aren't they. I'm so glad they were into my 'couch in a field' idea. Sometimes I think they look at me with eyebrows raised.
Olivia and Sophie will be the best big sisters!

I thought it was a good day to share these!

Carl & Shelley :: Brooks Alberta Engagement Photography::

You already saw one of my favorites of Shelley and Carl. They won a gift certificate at the Wedding Show in Brooks in February put on by Angela's Wedding and Things.

I also mentioned that I got to head to Gem, Alberta for their session. We played around in their garden, their yard, canola fields and then out by their horses. We also had to wear 3 inches of deet in order to avoid swarms and swarms of mosquitos. Despite their constant bites we had an awesome evening and I can hardly wait for their February wedding near Canmore.



I just have to say that I work with the absolute BEST people. Creative, outgoing and happy. I love the fact that my job involves hanging out with happy people all day (except when me and my computer have a 10 hr editing date... details.)




Shelley mentioned that she wanted some pictures done in their saskatoon berry orchard and I was all like "okay, cool." When we got there I was totally taken by how weighed down the bushes were with berries and I just couldn't get over it. Shelley then casually mentioned that she had picked me a big bucket to take home with me. Like I said, I work with the BEST people. What a gift it is to receive fresh picked berries.... especially since she picked them in and amongst all the mosquitos, I was so grateful.







And then came the sunset and the horses.



Whooooeeeee...

I'm Back! :: Alberta Wedding and Portrait Photographer ::

Phew! We are finally caught up on sleep and back into life.
We had the most wonderful and amazing wedding last weekend with just a little sprinkle of rain for good luck.
Once our photographers post some images I will be sure to share them with you all. I'm pretty excited.

Being on this side of the wedding fence was a little overwhelming. I just have to give a shout out to all the brides and grooms who take off for a honeymoon right away... I don't know how you do it! I was so happy to come back to my own bed and sleep for days. It felt like days. Today is the first day I feel like I'm back.

We had the best night of our lives and I promise to share some images soon.

As for this one pictures, I just found it in my editing of a wonderful family of 21 from several weeks ago. I love the birds on the lines. I may blow this one up. Lots and lots more pictures to hit the blog in the next week. I've got lots of work to catch up on!

Happy Weekending!