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hornby island wedding in the rain | emily & tyler
hornby island wedding in the rain ~ emily & tyler’s beautiful rainy day wedding at the very lovely sea breeze lodge on hornby island. most couples, when planning a summer wedding, plan on sunshine. They have a plan b, if the rains comes, but the aspiration is for sunshine. Same goes for emily & tyler. But when they woke up to rain, there was not a hint of cloudiness in their celebration. They were as bright & welcoming of their wedding day no matter what the weather brought.View full post »
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hornby island elopement | jakub & jane
a magical, very beautiful hornby island elopement. it’s been a year & a half since jakub & jane decided to get married. To elope. To somewhere on vancouver island. A bit of a journey from their home in england. But they are travellers, these 2, & the west coast of canada was calling. About a year into planning, jakub contacted me about the possibility of photographing their walk into marriage. Emails & discussions followed, ideas about where to stay & where it feltView full post »
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hornby island family beach photos | kathryn & kids
hornby island family beach photos with kathryn & her kids i’ve had the sweet pleasure of photographing kathryn & her kids over the years, when they fly back to the coast, back home, to spend time with family wrapped in the quiet beauty of hornby island. Even in the whirlwind of summer here, the days feel longer, more stretched out, in the lack of scheduling, the ease of lazy mornings & beachy afternoons. The light in the early evening is divine – warm & welcomingView full post »
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gulf island rustic farm wedding | emily & kyle
gulf island rustic farm wedding at the oh-so-beautiful outer island guest farm emily & kyle have deep roots on hornby island. They have family here & a big part of their hearts live here, surrounded by the natural world they spend so much time exploring, & wrapped in the love of family. So it made perfect sense to hold their wedding celebration on kyle’s brother’s family farm. To have his sister-in-law’s father officiate, his niece & nephew carry flowers & rings, toView full post »
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hornby island engagement | kimberley & jason
hornby island engagement jason has a long history on hornby island. He has family here & it’s been a big part of his life throughout the years. And in the last years, he & kimberley have made it a big part of their relationship. And it was in the sandstone caves at fords cove that he proposed to her. And so kimberley wanted to have their engagement session there. A sweet time to celebrate the beginning of their journey into marriage, wrapped in the place that means so much toView full post »
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hornby island lifestyle photographer | tess & casper
hornby island lifestyle photographer. he’s a bit of a rascal, our fur friend casper. From sweet to swatty without a lot of warning. And he & tess are good buddies. At times, still a little hesitant but they both seem ok with that. And definitely ok with spending time together in the warm summer sunshine. life is good. For all of us. view full post hereView full post »
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fine art documentary photography | keepsake photo books
fine art documentary photography | keepsake photo books. You’ll love these keepsake photo books. They are a modern & stylish way to hold your Celebration Session memories. True lay-flat binding means there is no gutter & photos can be spread beautifully across both pages. The pages are thick & durable to last for generations. The print quality is lovely & the matte pages mean little finger won’t leave marks that will last as long as the book! The sample show belowView full post »
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fine art photo books | wedding collection 2
fine art photo books | wedding collection 2 this is a sample of a Fine Art Photo Book that comes in Collection 2 of my Wedding Package offerings… i love these photo books. They are gorgeous – modern & stylish – with a wide range of beautiful book cloth or leather covers that let’s you customize your book to fit your unique style & personalities. The sample shown below is what is offered in Collection 2 – a 10”x10” 30 page/15 page-spread custom designed photoView full post »
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vancouver island lifestyle family photographer | sila mei
vancouver island lifestyle family photographer almost 2 months ago, emi & i wandered around helliwell park, here on hornby island, she in full bloom awaiting the arrival of sila mei (you can see that session here). Her sweet little made quite an entry. And has been out here in the world for just over a month now. Yesterday, tess & i brought emi some supper – which is what families do here on hornby, for weeks, to make things a little gentler, a little easier when settlingView full post »
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fine art photography | wedding collection 1
fine art photography | wedding collection 1 this is a sample of Wedding Collection 1 in my Package offerings… a collection of 100 of your favourite 5”x7” prints in a custom gift box, with a usb of all your high resolution digital files with print rights & all the web sized files for online sharing. not shown is your online gallery to share with family & friends. And all the love contained there. the photos shown are from charlotte & simon’s gorgeous wedding at theView full post »
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hornby island lifestyle maternity | emi
hornby island lifestyle maternity session i met emi at her lovely hornby home, & after a visit with the baby sheep & their mamas, we spent an afternoon slowly walking around helliwell. The kind of sweet, easy walking that often happens with women in late term. When a lie down in the grass or a sit by the cliff edge watching the fish swim by & looking for cactus is welcome & there’s no need to keep an eye on the clock. The sun got low in the sky, the air was warm & itView full post »
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today
1 enormous herring spawn 2 new friends 100s of seagulls & a beach to explore = a whole lot of happy. view full post hereView full post »
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sea breeze lodge fall wedding | stacie & adam
sea breeze lodge fall wedding stacie & adam love the outdoors. And their family & friends. And each other. So.Very.Deeply. And their decision to gather all of that together for their fall wedding at the beautiful sea breeze lodge on hornby island was as perfect as it gets. Everything was sweet & easy, gentle & fun & wonderfully funny. There were a lot of tears – heartfelt tears of the love shared, commitments made & the joy of all being together toView full post »
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sea breeze lodge wedding | jerusha & rob
sea breeze lodge wedding oh, late summer sunshine. Oh, glorious day. Oh, beautiful venue in amazing location. Oh, open-hearted, tender, fun, fabulous couple. Oh the joy of all of that mixed-up with an incredible tribe of family & friends, great style, so much laughter, love & sheer delight of just having time to gather & celebrate together. jerusha & rob, what a day! What amazing moments, spilling one into the other, from morning until night. All that anticipation,View full post »
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comox valley wedding | mikhaila & marc
comox valley bc wedding mikhaila & marc were married under the beautiful trees & next to the ocean at the oh-so-lovely filberg lodge. The sun shone bright & they day was as sweet & lovely as those who gathered to witness & celebrate their walk into marriage. There were a lot of tears, even more laughter, heartfelt connections, great friends & such beautiful moments shared. A walk to the comox marina with their dear fur friend lemons & a wander through theView full post »
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hornby island lifestyle family celebration
an early evening on hornby island, a sweet lifestyle family celebration session. i call my family/couple/newborn/solo sessions – really anything other than weddings – Celebration Sessions. Because that’s what they are to me. An opportunity to celebrate this time in your life. To document the beauty of your every day, the fleeting, telling moments that make up so much of our lives & relationships. These are lifestyle sessions in that way… they’re lessView full post »
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hornby island bc wedding | claire & agustin
a hornby island, bc wedding… a hot summer day, a gary oak grove overlooking the sea, friends & family from all corners of the globe, gathering together on hornby island bc to witness & celebrate the wedding of claire & agustin. And what a celebration it was… heartfelt & tender, filled with joy & wonder, breathtaking beauty, heaps of happiness & deep abiding love. All those miles traveled, all those days & hours, airports, rental cars & ferries, allView full post »
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vancouver island family photographer
Spring break. Dear friends. Beach walks & dips in the water. view full post hereView full post »
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victoria newborn photographer | len valentine
heading to victoria + spending time with baby lenny & his happy mama & papa + snapping a few newborn photos = a whole lot of happy for this photographer/grandma. How’d i get so lucky? wee lenny is as sweet as they come… all cooing & gurgling, sweet lip pursing, open eyed wonder & still sleepy, sleepy newborn loveliness. Such a whole lot of yum. And fun. His parents are settling happily into their newfound roles & routine, hearts full & much delight &View full post »
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victoria birth photographer | brand new
it’s an incredible gift to get to be a part of watching someone grow up. To have been given the opportunity to love & care for little people who weren’t born of my body but were certainly born in my heart & mind. Whose lives have helped shape mine & whose love has shone light in my darkest corners & made my bright spots a little brighter. And then to get to see them all grown up, in love with someone amazing, married & one day, one very special day, toView full post »
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tess…
The other day tess & i took a walk around helliwell. And she was happy to have me bring my camera (which doesn’t happen a lot these days). She likes us to have our time to ourselves & not have me behind the lens. I get it. So i’m grateful to capture some of these moments when all is well in our world & she’s shining, as she does… view full post hereView full post »
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intimate hornby island wedding | ryan & midori
one of the greatest gifts there can be is the opportunity to stand back & watch our kids marry someone wonderful. This post is a sweet celebration of just that. eight years ago, midori & ryan crossed paths, for a few sweet weeks, before she headed back home to japan. And their dance began. And it’s been a joy watching them find their way through the years, through different countries, different homes, changing careers paths, directions, hopes & dreams. To watch themView full post »
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campbell river wedding | danielle & rod
danielle & rod were married just outside campbell river at the stunning shelter point distillery. Their day was filled with late summer sunshine, clear skies, a gathering of very fun & supportive family & friends, loads of laughter & a whole lot of beautiful everywhere, inside this sweet couple & all around them. The speeches were heartfelt & hilarious, there were his & hers cakes (complete with miniature stanley cup), beautiful details, great food, fabulousView full post »
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quadra island wedding | megan & spencer
Call me bias, but i do love a gulf island wedding… & megan & spencer’s quadra island wedding was the epitome of why. Their laid back, seemingly effortless grace & open-heartedness, wrapped in a stunning coastal environment, at a lodge set at the edge of the sea, a fantastic gathering of family & friends, all the love & warmth & caring, made it a pure pleasure to witness & document. Lucky me. It was a summer of sunshine. And the sun shone hot &View full post »
