Intimate Hatley Castle Wedding

Any time I get an email about a wedding at Hatley Castle in Victoria my heart skips a beat. It is just so stunning. The grounds offer so much luscious variety and beauty. There is literally no bad angles for photos. It is one of my favourite Vancouver Island Wedding Venues. I am also particularly fond of small, intimate weddings (anywhere) but really lovely here as well. Alicia and Jesses Hatley wedding was all sorts of beautiful and I feel incredibly lucky to be the one to capture this incredibly picturesque piece of their love story.

I hope this takes you away momentarily to another beautiful Vancouver Island wedding celebration.

Venue: Hatley Castle

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

Effortless Elegance in a Woodland Paradise

Prestlee and Scott. So much to say about this duo. One look at their photos and you will know… they are not short on vibrance, energy and joy. So much fun photographing such an exciting and love filled day. Not only are they super gorgeous humans, but their spirits match and surpass their outward good looks. Truly. So much fun, and all of the things that makes me love wedding photography. Connections. So many amazing connections, laughter, fun.. kids (all the beautiful kids). Prestlee had so much energy that it was literally uncontainable. I would try and get a moodier look or image and she was virtually incapable of standing still for one, and was so excited she could just barely contain it all. SO beautiful. Set in the woods in Cowichan, their families went wild helping them achieve their wedding dreams, which is truly #weddinggoals

To make matters even juicier, there were a few beautifully familiar faces as I had photographed the grooms brothers wedding on the same date 6 years prior, as well as a few of their wonderful guests weddings. When the right people find you, magic happens. Loved every single thing about this wedding and if my life was filled with moments like this… I’d continue to be the happiest. ox So grateful Prestlee and Scott chose me.

If you need more details on their stunner wedding it was featured over on Real Weddings magazine and you can have a peek HERE.

• Catering: Truffles Catering 

• Event Coordination: Party Mood 

• Rentals: Black and White Event Rentals 

• Dress: Willowby by Watters at The White Peony 
  Suit: Tip Top Tailors

Quadra Island Wedding-From sea to shore

Karen and Jesse met sailing the seas onboard Princess cruise ships with a shared love of video. These two talented humans make up one of Vancouver Islands favourite wedding videography teams Painted Sky Films . They travelled the world together onboard ships and worked with a few of my very favourite humans on board ships. Jesse reached out to me before we shot our first island wedding together and as soon as we met I felt like I was reconnecting with a kindred spirit. Cruising is a small world and the connections you make at sea often stay with you for a lifetime. Later when I received an email from Karen and Jesse asking if I would photograph their wedding I not only felt incredibly honoured but also seriously excited. I knew they would be surrounded with good people, and a good time.

As anticipated it was a beautiful day, with gorgeous humans and soulful connections in the stunning Quadra Island laid back atmosphere at Gowlland Harbour Resort.

Vendor Love:

Venue: Gowlland Harbour Resort

Videography: Paper Heart Films

Dress: Enzoani

Hair: Headquarters Hair Studio

Maekup: Paige Willett

Wickaninnish Inn Wedding ~ Tofino BC

Katie and Todd’s Wickaninnish Inn beach wedding was all of my photography dreams come true. Fog in the morning, connection, emotion… so much love and to top it all off a spontaneous and sudden sky fire sunset. Relaxed, laid back, barefoot and rugged. A recipe for a stunning coastal celebration. Katie and Todd chose the Wick as their perfect destination wedding location, and it did not disappoint. If halibut cerviche on the beach is wrong… I give up. It is perfection. Along with a few of their favourite people (who all travelled from New York) they roasted marshmallows on the open fire, and danced the night away under the stars. What a treat it was to be their chosen one.

Vendor love:

Venue: Wickaninnish Inn

Florals and ceremony set up: Wild Bloom Tofino

Dress: Grace Loves Lace