Category: Portrait

Vintage Wedding Dress Tea Party
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When a Black Bear Crashes Your Vintage Wedding Dress Tea Party | Parksville & Vancouver Island Wedding Photographer

Only in Errington.. …will you drive up to your home to find your girlfriend wearing a vintage wedding dress having a tea party with her friend on a chilly October evening nearing sundown. Okay, well maybe you have experienced this before in some way or another, but what’s really “Errington” about this is the fact that an uninvited guest showed up. He showed up and there wasn’t a cup that […]

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Vancouver Island Backyard Family Photoshoot | Parksville & Vancouver Island Family Photographer

Vancouver Island Backyard Family Photoshoot Grandma and Grandpa moved to Vancouver Island a couple of years ago; Donna wanted to spend her retirement near the ocean on an island with less snow than Alberta. The only downside to moving to this beautiful place is that their children and grandchildren wouldn’t be as near to them. Time spent with family is precious, but it is even more so when there is […]

Parksville Family and Pet and Wedding adventure photographer
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Puppy and Mum | Parksville& Vancouver Island Family Photographer

Puppy Portrait, and some Cuddles Too Cathy has been mom to a few dogs over the years, and she has gotten proffessional portraits taken of each of them to hang one on her wall. We decided to visit their daily walking spot; Nanaimo’s Mordem Coillery Dam to capture her puppy portraits this year. Abby is a beautiful Lab rescue, who really showed her quirky personality over the walk with her […]

Parksville Rathtrevor Beach Family Photographer
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Rathtrevor Beach Family Portrait- Three Generations and a Blue Heeler | Parksville & Vancouver Island Family Photographer

Rathtrevor Beach Family Portrait Midday Sun, Three Generations, and a Blue Heeler Aili and her daughter were vacationing in Parksville and Vancouver Island for a week. Her mother came down from Port Hardy to spend some time with her daughter and granddaughter, who are living in interior British Columbia. Strolling along the Craigstreet Market one Tuesday, Aili met me at my booth and decided to book a photoshoot with me, […]

Vancouver Island Adventurous Camping Wedding Photographer
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Adventurous Vancouver Island Outdoor Portrait | Parksville & Vancouver Island Wedding Photographer

Adventurous Little Qualicum River Photo Session An adventurous Vancouver Island outdoor couples portrait session, set against the incredible Little Qualicum River that has carved its way through hard rock over centuries. It’s a spectacular river that flows cold and strong, especially during our winter months. This is a popular tourist destination, but us locals know where to go for the quiet, off-the-beaten-track locations. These two asked me to photograph their […]

Qualicum Beach Wedding Eaglecrest Golf Course
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Ceremonial White Dove Release- Qualicum Beach Wedding | Parksville & Vancouver Island Wedding Photographer

Ben and Jenny’s Qualicum Beach wedding this past April included a very symbolic and commemorative gesture during their ceremony. They both released a white dove after they spoke their vows and gave their official kiss, to recognize and provide a moment of love and space for two of their loved ones no longer with them. His sister and her mother were in the minds of all present that day, and […]

Vancouver Island Adventure Family Wedding Photographer
Portrait

Ocean-Lovin’ Beachcombers | Parksville & Vancouver Island Family Photographer

~A Vancouver Island adventure family photoshoot~ It was a pleasure photographing this ocean-loving family last week at Beachcomber Park in Nanoose Bay. Ocean must be an inherent gene in these four, as little Brooke got her diaper salt-water soaked within the first five minutes- she was compelled to play and find rocks in the water, and handsome Trace just couldn’t keep his eyes off of the ocean. This was their […]

Rathtrevor Beach Adventure Family Photoshoot
Family, Portrait

Windy family session at Parksville’s beautiful Rathtrevor Beach | Parksville & Vancouver Island Family Photographer

Rathtrevor Beach Family Photos It was a pleasure to photograph this sweet family at one of Vancouver Islands popular beaches; Rathtrevor Beach Provincial Park of Parksville. A windy Spring day, we shot at golden hour with beautiful light as the sun slowly set behind the Douglas Fir trees. The two sisters were a total riot! Hilarious, they were quite entertaining and showed their true character in the images. I met […]

Vancouver Island Adventure Wedding Photographer
Portrait, Weddings

Erin & Jake’s Nanaimo Wedding | Parksville & Vancouver Island Wedding Photographer

Erin and Jake’s Picturesque Backyard Nanaimo Wedding Their love story began… At a weekly group sport event playing various sports for fun, she noticed this cute guy playing on the team. She couldn’t remember his name, but her sister remembered! Soon enough, they were hanging out beyond the weekly sport meetup, and fell pretty hard for each other, and fast. She was an artist, studying to be a nurse, and […]

Vancouver Island Adventure Elopement Wedding Photographer
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Dara & Darnell’s Rain~Moss~Maple Adventure Engagement Session | Parksville & Vancouver Island Wedding Photographer

A Vancouver Island Adventure Engagement Session Fossli Park, Port Alberni Vancouver Island Adventure and Elopement Wedding Photographer These two recently moved back to Vancouver Island from Alberta, and were quite happy to take up my suggestion of photographing their engagement session in one of our beautiful Vancouver Island parks. I asked them if they’d like a more adventurous engagement session, taking them to a beautiful maple forest in Port Alberni […]