I shot Cayla & Tim’s wedding last summer & to celebrate one year of marriage, I got to photograph the two of them again on the same weekend as their wedding a year prior <3 I love watching how couples grow & change & fall deeper in love as the years go on. Returning clients you are my absolute favourite!! Let’s do this every year until you are old & grey please & thank you.

Kass & Luke wanted an engagement session that reflected who they are as a couple, so we started their session in their sweet, new home. They made coffee for each other, played one of their favourite games, and played some sweet guitar for each other. Luke is Italian, so we ended the session in “Little Italy”, walking around & eating gelato. Oh how I love and adore sweet, personal sessions like this. I am so very excited for Luke & Kassandra’s wedding in a few short months!

Leah instagramed one of these images this week with the caption: “Thanks for praying for me, long before you loved me.” I am so beyond thankful that I GET to photograph love stories for a living. That adventuring to The Badlands & taking stunning images of stunning people is my job! Wowwowowowooww, so thankful.

// In the back of my head, I kind of decided that I would only take weddings this summer that truly reflected me as a person/business slash I didn’t really want to travel anywhere that I didn’t love. I lived in Edmonton for two years & don’t get me wrong, the people there are amazing & some of my favourites but I just didn’t love the idea of going back there to shoot weddings until the dear, sweet Jocelyn emailed me. Jocelyn’s email was long & detailed her every feeling & thought towards her fiance, Devyn & she voiced how highly she adored me & my work. The email brought me to tears because it was just so sincere and thought out. She said things like she didn’t care what my price was, if it meant that I would be the one documenting their love story. I now feel honoured & privileged to get to go to Edmonton to photograph their wedding this summer. For me, it’s no longer about the location, or about the venue or any of that… For me, it’s about the people. About their hearts behind why they are getting married/ why they want me as their photographer. I would choose Edmonton with Jocelyn & Devyn over the top of mountain with two people who didn’t truly care for each other & for the people around them. It is  about heart for me. About your intentions. About your love. About you as humans – not just about your wedding location. I am so thankful for Jocelyn & Devyn and for their beautifully sincere, caring hearts. They laughed together at the engagement session & they cried together. I am so thankful for authentic, caring couples.

// SO. MUCH. LAUGHTER. That’s all I can think of when I think of Amy & Justin & our time together. They just radiate such joy. There is something that I do with my clients where I will ask them questions throughout each of my sessions/ ask them to do specific things. & one of the things I normally ask is – “Within the next 10 seconds, it is your job to make Amy laugh.” This allows for real, authentic moments to be documented instead of forcing someone to fake laugh. BUT with Amy & Justin I did not have to do that. They honestly were so focused on loving each other that I’m not even sure they realized I was there. I love that. I love when couples come into a session ready. Ready to laugh with each other, ready to love each other, ready to tell each other their favourite things about each other. I love that. I love, love.