I was super excited to head to Banff for Mikaela & Bob’s wedding! We met up with them at Buffalo Mountain Lodge, which has become one of my favourite places in Banff for a wedding, to hang while everyone got ready. I loved Mikaela’s dress and the bridesmaids’ dresses as well (the blue was fabulous!). I also loved the girls’ cowboy boots… they looked awesome with their dresses! After getting ready, we headed into town to the ceremony at the gazebo. After doing family photos be the river, we headed out near Two-Jack Lake to take some photos near the water. We sent Mikaela & Bob out to a little island for some photos of the two of them before sending out the wedding party… I’m so happy they didn’t think I was toooo crazy for making them hike out through the water! We also managed to get the bride & groom into a canoe for a few shots as well before heading to the fields on the way to Bankhead where we also stopped for some champagne and a few photos at the ruin’s of the old church. We had a blast with Mikaela, Bob and the crew… such a good time with a super fun bridal party! We ended the night at Buffalo Mountain Lodge for the beautiful reception featuring sunflowers and amazing horseshoe table numbers that were made by the family. It really couldn’t have been any more perfect! Congratulations Mikaela & Bob!
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Banff Wedding Photographers | Mikaela & Bob | Buffalo Mountain Lodge wedding
Thursday, February 14th, 2013
Canmore Portrait Photographer | Julie & Adam | post-wedding couples session
Saturday, April 28th, 2012Oh, we’re going a while back here to October for this lovely session in Canmore with Julie & Adam. We had been trying to figure out when to do the session for a few months before we could settle on a date. Originally it was going to be an an engagement shoot, but we couldn’t get our schedules to match up before their wedding in August (Julie just so happens to be an awesome wedding photographer based in Canmore… lucky girl!) so we decided to do a post-wedding shoot in their fabulous wedding clothes with awesome Canmore landscape as the backdrop. These are some of my favourite images from the post-wedding couples shoot!
Wedding Bouquet Inspiration: Cheery yellow & white wedding bouquet by the Wild Orchid
Tuesday, February 14th, 2012I LOVE this bouquet! It’s so bright and cheery with the yellow and white flowers! And, well, it has billy balls! I adore billy balls! I think you’d be smiling all day long if you got to carry this bouquet around!
Bouquet designed by the Wild Orchid Flower Shop in Edmonton, AB.
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Wedding Bouquet Inspiration: White & Black jeweled brooch bouquet by the Wild Orchid
Tuesday, February 14th, 2012It’s getting to be the time of year to get the flowers figured out for all those upcoming summer weddings. So, for the next moth or so, I’ll be posting LOTS of awesome bouquets to help you find inspiration for your own wedding. I simply adore this black and white brooch bouquet with some silk anemones. This can be a total DIY project or you can find a florist or an Etsy store to buy one from too! It’s a great option if you are allergic to flowers!
This amazing bouquet was made by the Wild Orchid Flower Shop in Edmonton, AB.
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Canmore Wedding Photographers | Bethany & Jason | Silvertip Resort wedding
Monday, December 5th, 2011Bethany & Jason’s Canmore destination wedding was the last wedding of my three wedding weekend, and boy, it was a fabulous way to end a very busy weekend! Leaving Edmonton, the weather was so-so, but as I got closer to Canmore, the weather just got better and better! The ceremony was outside on a gorgeous plateau at Silvertip Resort overlooking the mountains. We stayed around Silvertip for most of the photos, although we did go down into the river in Canmore. The reception was also at Silvertip and it was just perfect!!
Just look at that backdrop for the ceremony! Stunning!
Jason was so excited when he caught a glimpse of Bethany stepping out of the limo.
Their nephew was adorable trying to ring to bell to welcome Bethany.
Here come the rings!!
Kananaskis Wedding Photographer | Kaliegh & Mike’s Wedding | Nakoda Lodge
Wednesday, November 30th, 2011Back we go to June for this awesome wedding at Nakoda on the Lake in Kananaskis at the foot of the Rocky Mountains on the way to Canmore that I second shot with John Boccabella Photography. It was a super windy day as I drove toward the mountains after leaving Calgary. Luckily the weather didn’t get anymore unruly, although I think the kids definitely struggled with trying to walk around in the wind! The ceremony was outside the lodge on a huge lawn overlooking the lake and the mountains… beautiful! The reception was inside the rustic lodge and was beautifully decorated for Mike and Kaliegh’s reception. I got to take lots of detail shots, so that was pretty awesome and I got photograph the guys getting ready, which was super fun!
Here’s the classic watching-youtube-trying-to-figure-out-how-to-tie-a-windsor-knot shot… it’s not so easy!
The best man had some pretty awesome cuff links!
Check out the guys in the background with their shirts pulled tighter with gaffer tape… that stuff is a life saver!
The winds were so intense during the ceremony I thought the poor little ringbearer and flower girl were going to get blown over as they walked down the aisle!
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Lake Louise Wedding Photographers | Nyla & Channce | Chateau Lake Louise wedding sneak peek
Thursday, November 17th, 2011Back in October I headed to the Rocky Mountains to photography Nyla & Channce’s beautiful wedding at the Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise. As I was driving in from Calgary on the morning of the wedding, it was close to 0 degrees and just raining away. We toughed it out to do some portraits outside the hotel and then headed back inside to shoot in the awesome Belvedere suite. We lucked out though, and just as we were about to finish the portraits, the sun came out and we captured this glorious moment! Definitely one of my favourite wedding photos!!
Canmore Wedding Photographer | Bethany & Jason at Silvertip Resort | Sneak Peek
Wednesday, July 27th, 2011A few weeks ago I had a super busy wedding weekend and left the rain behind in Edmonton to head out to Canmore for Bethany and Jason’s wedding at Silvertip Resort. I am absolutely in love with the first dance photos where they danced outside on the patio with the golf course and the rocky mountains as a breathtaking backdrop. Here’s one of my favourites from the dance!
Kananaskis Wedding Photographer: Kaliegh & Mike’s wedding at Nakoda Lodge | Sneak peek
Wednesday, June 29th, 2011I was all set to have last weekend off and not shoot any weddings, but was lured to the Canmore area because I wanted to shoot with John Boccabella again. He always has such beautiful weddings. So I packed up friday morning and got hopelessly lost on my way to Canmore. Turns out it was Kananaskis that I was heading to and my GPS didn’t have the sense to tell me otherwise. I admit I got a little bit lost in an absolutely gorgeous part of the province, but I finally made my way to Nakoda on the Lake (I was still an hour early, whew, good thing I planned to be extra early… or good thing i’m not opposed to driving really fast….) where the wedding was going to take place. It was an extra windy day and I swear I saw a small child fly through the air at one point. Ok, not true, but the extra cute ring bearer and flower girl seemed to have a hard time walking down the aisle against the wind. Despite the wind, it was a gorgeous wedding and I was so happy to be there to help capture it. Here’s on of my favourite’s from the portrait session with lots more to come later!
Kananaskis Wedding Photographer| Kaliegh & Mike’s wedding at Nakoda Lodge | Sneak peek
Wednesday, June 29th, 2011I was all set to have last weekend off and not shoot any weddings, but was lured to the Canmore area because I wanted to shoot with John Boccabella again. He always has such beautiful weddings. So I packed up friday morning and got hopelessly lost on my way to Canmore. Turns out it was Kananaskis that I was heading to and my GPS didn’t have the sense to tell me otherwise. I admit I got a little bit lost in an absolutely gorgeous part of the province, but I finally made my way to Nakoda on the Lake (I was still an hour early, whew, good thing I planned to be extra early… or good thing i’m not opposed to driving really fast….) where the wedding was going to take place. It was an extra windy day and I swear I saw a small child fly through the air at one point. Ok, not true, but the extra cute ring bearer and flower girl seemed to have a hard time walking down the aisle against the wind. Despite the wind, it was a gorgeous wedding and I was so happy to be there to help capture it. Here’s on of my favourite’s from the portrait session with lots more to come later!