Erin Wallis Photography Blog

My baby cousin got married!!!

My auntie Marie was always the one I wrote letters to as a child. She was also the one, who wrote letters back to me. It was always her house we all gathered at. It was the most fun at her house. You just wanted to put on your jammies and hang out there forever. She is my dads little sister, and of course a favorite Auntie! (don’t worry all my other Aunties, you are all my favorites too!!!)

Auntie Marie and Uncle Mark have three daughters. Michelle, Melanie and Megan. Not only are they all “M” names, but they are all silly gorgeous. I couldn’t imagine not being a part of our little cousin Megan’s wedding day at Olympic View Golf Course in Victoria. I knew she would be beautiful, but I had no idea she would be smoking hot too! It was a gorgeous wedding full of amazing people and glorious light. Meg and Troy, sometimes you just know that two people are supposed to be together… we all just know, that you two are forever.

Thank you so much for including me in your wonderful wedding!

Sisters (or in our family, better known as ‘seesters’ watching their baby sister get all dolled up.

Loving looks from the mothers of the groom and bride.


I love love love the way these girls love their dad! Look at the pure love here.

My beautiful cousins

Auntie Marie looking lovingly at her little girl. It struck me here, that her little baby girl, was once… just as small as my baby girl. Unreal!

I absolutely love this moment. No one around, but them. There is all sorts of unspoken in this image.

I love this one.

and this one.

I love everything about this image.

I love this peekaboo moment between father and daughter.

Last year, I had the immense pleasure of photographing Jasmine Chadwick. She ventured from afar to create images with me on her family’s property. We soaked in the sunlight, talked about life, passion and music. Sitting with her guitar on an antique chair in the fields from her childhood, she began to sing.

I was instantly a Jasmine Chadwick fan.

I was thrilled today to receive her new cd in the mail. (Find it by clicking HERE)

If you haven’t checked out her music, you should. She recently shared the stage at Lilith Fair with Sarah McLachlan, Miranda Lambert and Alison Sudol (A Fine Frenzy).
Not only is she an incredibly talented musician and singer, she is also a humble, beautiful and genuine person.

Thank you Jasmine, for the opportunity to create images together, for choosing some of my very favorites for your cd, for including me in your ‘thank you’s on the cd and for being such a warm and inspiring person. I look forward to watching your career continue to skyrocket.

If you have one, you know there is something beautiful that ties you to each other.
It’s without color or shape, or even form… but it’s there.
It is an unspoken, irreplaceable, and an indescribable kind of magic.
For that reason (and many others) I love these images of Hannah and Ella.
Sisters.

Simply stunning.
The most beautifully simplistic wedding, ever.

Set at the Filberg grounds, we were tucked away in the Comox Valley at 6pm on a September friday night. No people, no one but us. Deer quietly grazing the grass. A light mist occasionally drizzling from the sky. A groom waiting for his bride at the end of a grape vine arbor.

The place silent, but swollen with the memories of a summer full of sounds. Festivals, celebrations, music, laughter and children playing are usually heard on the grounds. Friday night, quiet. Simple.

Cathy walked out by herself, down through the arbor and was met by David’s warm gaze. Together they said their vows to only each other. It meant something. It was truly heart felt and terribly romantic. It was exactly as they wanted it. I felt honored to be a part of something so intimate and meaningful.

We were only together an hour in total. But, I love what images we created in that time. Sometimes, less truly is more.

Look at them! Gorgeous!

Reflecting on our blessings.
Fortunate. Appreciative.

Moments.
Quiet, still… delicate moments.
Hold you captive, without trying.
There are sounds, maybe crickets or fans, muffled by the walls, the trees the night.

The only thing I hear though, right now, is peace.

It’s quiet in my house.

My baby and her daddy tucked safely in their beds.
My puppy curled up in his bed, beside ours.
Remnants of the day, scattered around the house.
Not immaculate. It looks like life.
Our Life.

Pieces from the story board of our days, today and lately.
Photographs on the walls, memories soaked into the air within the walls.

It will not always be this quiet.
Thankfully a baby will chat herself awake in the morning,
our pup will bark at the neighbor coming home.
Another day will happen.

But, for tonight… for now…
I’m covered in peace. Bathing in quiet.