Clare and Andrew~ Parksville Wedding

For so many reasons this was one of my favourite weddings, maybe ever. There was a lot of fear and nerves leading up to their 2017 Parksville wedding. Nearly the entire guest list was coming from Australia. We were experiencing one of the worst fire seasons ever on the island and the skies were thick with smoke and haze. I was nervous it would look awful with the smoke, but it wound up creating a perfect photography diffuser and the light couldn't have been more magical. Not only were the details and the people beautiful, but the emotions and connections were so breathtaking it left me speechless at the end. I was swept off my feet by Clare and Andrews beautiful Vancouver Island Celebration and I hope you will be too.

Vendor love:

Event Planning: Shaping Memories by Braeja

Venue: Pacific Shores

Catering: SmokenWater

Laura and Derek

Well, it has been a wild few days (or week).  With a mid week amazing wedding at Tigh-na-mara in Parksville, a few extra awesome maternity sessions, family sessions, headshots, engagement session, another amazing Filberg Wedding in Comox, it's been far from boring.  And all full of fantastic.

My Tigh-na-mara adventure involved the fabulous Laura and Derek, who absolutely rocked from the first moment I met them.  They are just so great together, into each other and so much fun.  I love her hand made dress dress, so elegant and romantic and everything was just so incredibly relaxed. They saw each other before the ceremony, in fact just walked up to the gathering of people started mingling and then said, "Ok, we're ready". Perfect!  My famously awesome sidekick Shannon and I had an amazing time with these two, and I just have to share these images with you NOW!

Special thanks to the folks at Craig Heritage Park Museum for allowing us to use their property for some fun images!

Looking forward to more posts as soon as humanly possible! Are you thinking Old Hollywood movie star? I am. I'm not really a 'ring shot' kind of girl... but I love this one! I've recently heard it said, "show what you want to shoot". This my friends, is how I love to shoot. So clearly into each other.

Danielle and Dustin

There are so many things I could say.

I could say that I've known Danielle since her nickname began as Peanut, and mine was Bubbles (don't ask). I could say that her parents always had the best food in the cupboards while we were growing up, and such a cool house that I loved going to. I could say that we graduated together, that she lent me clothes before venturing out to sea on cruise ships. I could say that she sent me the best care package ever while I was sailing the world.

Or I could just say, that I am so happy that she has found her happiness in the world.

Dustin and Danielle together have created the most beautiful baby belly. I absolutely loved photographing them in Parksville, while they were staying at Tigh-na-mara over the weekend. We toured around a few of my favorite beach areas, and wound up with these images.

Note to those of you with Allergies: there is a field in Craig Bay estates in Parksville, that will knock you senseless. Just ask Dustin, who suffered for 2 days after our session ended on Sunday. All in the name of art Dustin! You win the father to be of the year award!

Amazing Light Look at her eyes in this photo! Beautiful. This one, to me... embodies everything I believe a woman carrying and nurturing human life should look like. You go girl. Carry that baby boy, and do it with pride, not to mention staggering beauty. Such a pretty face! This one is all about beginnings. These two on the beginning of an amazing journey together. Congratulations Dustin and Danielle. Looking forward to meeting the little one!

Cody and Alicia

Cody and Alicia were magic from the start. You may remember them from our engagement session (in the pouring rain), they were so much fun then... and were even more amazing on their wedding day! I have no idea how, but I do believe I am blessed with having the most amazing couples... ever.

Their wedding took place at the Tigh-Na-Mara Resort in Parksville, and everything was flawless. On my way driving down, (in the pouring rain) I just somehow trusted that the weather would co-operate for them. The clouds were out, but parted, when Alicia and her dad walked down the isle.

She was absolutely radiant!

Cody confessed before the ceremony, that he wasn't nervous at all, just so excited to see Alicia walk down the isle. He said, he knew she was going to look incredible... the tears in his eyes, proved that he was overwhelmed when he saw her. I believe everyone was!

It was such a beautiful day, with such amazing people. I feel completely blessed to have been given the honor of photographing such an important event in Cody and Alicia's lives. You two are amazing, and I wish you a lifetime of laughter, blue skies and mountains of love.