JESS + CALEB - BEGBIE FALLS ELOPEMENT

Photographing Caleb + Jessica’s elopement was a true privilege. Just over five years ago when I first started my full time job where Caleb was a supervisor, little did we both know that a few years down the road, after a few stints in other store locations, he would become the store manager and that I would be photographing his wedding!!

I can honestly say that being a part of this elopement was so cool!! From hearing Jess’s excitement over plans for the day and coming up with a little surprise for the bride + groom to fill their bellies after their ceremony, it’s safe to say that the day was a memorable one.

I am glad I was able to surprise the beautiful couple with a handmade cake made by Eva who runs a little cake business from her home called Sweet Amai Cakes. With a borrowed cooler, and a quick trip down, then back up the mountainside to stash the cake in the bushes I made it back to the top car park to welcome the couple as they arrived on the hot summer day.

As we hiked down the short walk to the waterfalls we fended off the mosquitoes then stood beside the roaring Begbie Falls (a must see spot if you stop in Revelstoke!). There were only a few family members to witness this epic life event and a beauty of a golden retriever, Blondie.

I wish you both all happiness as you step into marriage and continue to share life’s adventures together.

JENA + JEAN FRANCOIS

On a chilly October day, friends and family from near and far gathered in Revelstoke, BC to witness and celebrate the love that Jena + Jean Francois have found in each other through their passion for their Maker.
The crisp leaves had recently started changing colors and the rain held its place in the sky until our last photos were snapped and we could head indoors to eat some delicious food and share in the memories that Jena + Jean Francois will cherish as their years together unfold.

Adam + Josefine Sandvik - A Swedish Wedding

Friends, Fika and Family… All of this was on point for the wedding I shot in Sweden this summer!!!

It was such an honor and pleasure to be able to capture some moments between the gorgeous bride and her handsome groom during the Swedish heat wave.

I loved seeing how the Swedes all came together and put on such a stunning spread!! A fire ban prevented the original BBQ plans for the wedding but they rolled with it and soon many hands were making the tastiest food for the next day.

I have never experienced so much selfless love watching friends and family set up the wedding venue, folding napkins, cooking, place settings, music practice, etc. they all came together and laughed and worked until the days end on the eve of the wedding. Even folk that didn’t come to the wedding came a long ways to help fix the place up for the bride and groom, now that’s saying something about how much the couple means to others!!!

I don’t speak Swedish, I can honestly say that I wish I did know the language and despite it being a barrier in some ways, the Swedes stayed true to their known hospitality and kindness by including me in the wedding set up and making me feel right at home.

The bride and groom looked stunning and didn’t let the sweltering heat stop their beaming smiles as they walked down the aisle and committed the rest of their lives to each other.
It was evident that the families have already become one as you watched them joyfully pray each other’s children into their own families in a truly heart-felt moment!!!

The ceremony held precious moments of friends playing music and singing for the couple. As the happy couple left the ceremony they were greeted in the street by all their wedding guests with a joyous handful of rice which made for lots of laughs all around.

The reception was at a camp right at the edge of a lake, with so many tasty dishes handmade by family and friends and lots of special moments shared with stories of how the couple met.

Once the night and celebrations came to a close with the couple driving off in a green beetle, some of the guests who stayed until the end did what any Swede would do on a summers night, take a ‘Bath’ in the lake of course!!!! I loved watching that moment with the sun slipping to it’s rest behind the forest across the lake.

I can’t say that I understood everything that was spoken but I can stay that true love is recognized despite language barriers and what a wonderful thing to be part of the commencement of Adam and Josefine’s love story!!