Lady Rose Marine Services | Lady Rose Bamfield | Port Alberni Adventures

Bamfield Day Trip via the Lady Rose ~ Port Alberni Things to Do

Day Tripping to Bamfield via the Frances Barkley, Lady Rose Marine Services, Port Alberni Day tripping to Bamfield is usually done via 90 km of logging roads from Port Alberni- or even further if starting from Victoria and travelling through Lake Cowichan. A less-common but well-loved way to get to Bamfield is via boat. The Frances Barkley, operated by Lady Rose Marine Services of Port Alberni, travels to remote West […]

Port Renfrew Cabins | Port Renfrew Girls Trip Ideas | Port Renfrew Storm

Power Outage Snowstorm Party 2019 ~ Majestic Elk, Beautiful West Coast Beaches, Candles and Spaghetti ~ Our Annual Girls Weekend Getaway in Port Renfrew

Our Annual Weekend Getaway Girls Trip; Power Outages, Snow Storms and Majestic Elk in Port Renfrew, BC I am SO fortunate to have two incredible circles of close girl friends. Every year, I enjoy an annual girls trip with each group. That means two trips a year for me- I am so effing blessed! In 2019, we decided to rent a fully-equipped cabin in Port Renfrew in early February. We […]

Rathtrevor Beach Family Photos - Parksville Family Photographer

Family on Vacation~ Rathtrevor Beach Family Photos~ Celebrating Mom’s 60th!

Family Vacation Photos, Rathtrevor Beach Toni and her family traveled from Ontario this past summer for a vacation on Vancouver Island. They decided to have their family photos taken at Rathtrevor Beach in Parksville to capture this memory. It was a celebration of everyone being together as well as her Mom’s 60th birthday and her sisters birthday as well. We spent some time in the Douglas Fir forest and the […]

Qualicum Beach Family Photograph~ Qualicum Beach Wedding Photographer

Photos With Great Grandparents~ Qualicum Beach Family Photography

Family Photos at the Beach, Qualicum Beach This beautiful family hired me to take family photos at the beach in Qualicum Beach at Christmas while they were all in one place. Throughout the session, a couple of people commented, “I don’t know when or if we will all be together again.” Some family was travelling from California, another from Kamloops. The great grandparents live in Qualicum Beach and had everybody […]

Parksville Nanaimo Qualicum Beach Candid Family Photographer

Family Photos; a Moment in Time | Parksville & Vancouver Island Family Photographer

Playful Portraits & Genuine Family Character Sharon and her family hired me to capture their family character in a playful way that brings out a genuine portrait of the people they are today. Through prompts and games, I create moments that reveal the uniqueness of their family relationship, and images that they truly connect with. “For us, these pictures will go on to serve as some of our best records and […]

Vancouver Island Adventure Wedding Photographer

Sombrio Beach Camping Trip | Parksville & Vancouver Island Wedding Photographer

West Coast Portrait Sombrio Beach is hands down my favorite easier-accessed beach on Vancouver Island. It might even be my favorite beach, and trust me, there are a lot of incredible ones on the Island. This is a popular surf, camping, beach combing, and hiking destination in Port Renfrew along Vancouver Islands West Coast. It truly epitomizes that rugged, raw beauty when envisioning West Coast. Those that visit are washed […]

Randy and Robin | Parksville & Vancouver Island Family Photographer

I actually have three jobs at the moments, and I am passionate about all of them! The first is pretty obvious; I am a wedding and relationship photographer. My other part-time work is as a photography tour guide with Pacific Rainforest Adventure Tours in Parksville. I take people to beautiful Oceanside parks and help them to use the manual settings on their cameras and talk about the region. I love […]

Road Tripping Vancouver Island in the Winter | Parksville & Vancouver Island Adventure Wedding Photographer

Gold River Adventure This past weekend I took my partner to Campbell River for a couple of nights to celebrate his birthday. The plan was to take an Air Nootka float plane from Gold River to Hot Springs Cove near Tofino, and drive and hike around Strathcona Park, but the most intense storm of the year would certainly change our plans. With immense rainfall and severe winds of 80+km/hour, loss […]