Lisa and Iain were an exciting couple to photograph, because we’ve been talking about it for almost 3 years now! Lisa and I met a while back, and she’s had us hired for her wedding ever since. I’ve been hearing so much about Iain as well so it was wonderful to finally meet him. He definitely lived up to his reputation, both of them are such sweethearts. What I also loved about this shoot was the location. The photos were all taken on Iain’s family property in Saanich. I fall in love with Vancouver Island over and over all the time, and this was another one of those days for me. It was SUCH a beautiful property. What a dream. I’m so happy for Lisa and Iain, who will be living there after they get married.

Today I spent the morning with the ladies of Verbena Floral Design, the best darn floral company on the island. I’ve taken their pictures lots before, so today I took pictures of their daughters! Verbena’s babies I call them. Of course neither one is actually a baby. But they are both cute as hell anyways. Kelly and Lily prove in our 10 minute photoshoot, that they are equally as entertaining as their mothers. And that says a lot. 

p.s. you might recognize Lily, she was the flower girl from Jessie and Ben’s wedding last summer on salt spring island.

This week I went out for my first engagement session of the year with Savanna and Dan. They are also the next wedding that we’re going to be shooting… they are getting married this May! I met Savanna and Dan last year and we spend a long time hanging out over coffee (and when I say coffee I really mean chai latte) exchanging lame sarcastic jokes… the kind only a few people think are funny. They worked for us at least.
So we waited months for spring and for a perfect weather day… and it came to us. Between the grey skies this week there was sunday, a perfect day for their engagement session. Savanna and Dan most often spend time walking along the coast, so it only seemed natural to photograph them there. We met in Cook Street Village and made our way down to Dallas Road and onto the beach as the sun was setting. How poetic. The only thing more poetic than our long walk on the beach at sunset was how cute Savanna and Dan are together…. and maybe the way Savanna’s hair shines in the sunlight. Both of them claimed to be nervous about the shoot, but they fed so naturally off of each other that I didn’t hear one word about nerves for the entire shoot. Instead they were just cute cute cute. I can’t wait for their wedding… the engagement session made all of us that much more excited for May to come! 

Ok so I’ve been backposting a lot of blogs lately because I am finally having a chance to catch up from the season. There is still a ton to post from this past summer and fall which I will get to… but I wanted to skip ahead to the present, at least for this post. Last night I went and joined over 50 other women in Victoria at the Cornerstone Cafe in Fernwood for a girls night networking mixer! Veronique daSilva was the amazing host of this event, which is the second of its kind. It was an awesome collection of business women, mothers, artists and activists (many a combination of all 4) getting together to enjoy a night out to chat about what they do over a few glasses of wine (or for some it was a night of ‘heavy drinking’). Of course there was also lots of chocolate and cheese! I didn’t get a chance to talk with everyone there but the women I did meet were really sweet and I’m looking forward to seeing everyone again! Here are my shots from the night:

A couple days after photographing Jessie, I had a pretty cool day with Tristan’s brother Kaspar. Kaspar is quadriplegic, and this summer decided he’d like to skydive. So I went with him and Rod (their dad and my father in law) to photograph the entire thing from strapping him in to the landing. Most the of the time was spent on preparing for the jump. In this case getting strapped in was a lengthier process than for someone able-bodied. They asked me if I wanted to go in the plane as well, but I’d have to help with the launch and not be able to take pictures, and I’d also miss the landing. I decided I’d rather be on the ground to see his face when it was all over and I’m glad that I did. It was an awesome experience to be apart of. It was the beginning of many cool adventures I’m sure. On this day, my favourite moment was as we’re wheeling back to the car with Rod, and Kas says “Sweet I’m stoked I didn’t break my legs, every quad I’ve talked to that has gone sky diving has broken their legs on the landing” My eyes bugged out of my head. Ok then! I’m glad you didn’t break them either! That’s Kaspar for you though. Gotta love him… doesn’t let anything hold him back, and doesn’t hold anything back. You couldn’t ask for a better brother in law. Always keeps me entertained.