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sea dogs, oysters and 2 bouquets on a tuesday afternoon…

Tuesday, July 27, 2010 Posted in salt spring island, weddings

i’ve been so fortunate this summer to be part of some amazing weddings that stand out for the incredible love that is shared, not just between a couple, but from their family and friends witnessing their big day. tanya and erin’s wedding this month at quarrystone house, on salt spring island, was a perfect combination of friends, family, a gorgeous setting, love, humour and good times!

tanya and erin are from calgary, but chose salt spring for their destination wedding. friends and family came not just from alberta, but north carolina and chicago to attend. i love how destination weddings, particularly here at salt spring, bring together the closest of friends, and really speak about their friendship with the couple.

t & e choose a gorgeous viewpoint in quarrystone’s property to exchange vows. their ceremony was performed by their good friend erin.

tanya’s best friend, coolio (also an erin!) performed songs during the ceremony – so touching.

flowers and centerpieces were done by heather, from ooh la la flowers on salt spring. i love the bright vibrant colours and especially the lemons!

my future competition sophie…

the favourite drink of the day, sea dog ale, from vancouver island brewery…

the piece de resistance, kelly from quarrystone’s stunning and luscious fruit and cheese platter…

congratulations tanya and erin! i hope you make it back to salt spring for some oysters and sea dogs soon. :) l

Tags: ooh la la flowers, quarrystone house, Salt Spring wedding photography

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jenn + paul – love shoot, gastown style

Sunday, June 27, 2010 Posted in Engagements, Uncategorized, salt spring island, vancouver

i’m looking forward to paul and jenn’s wedding in a couple of week’s at salt spring. according to them, it will be very casual, relaxed beach setting, photos by a barn. a lovely, rustic salt spring wedding. so for contrast, jenn thought it would be nice to get all dolled up with paul and do our e-session in a more urban setting. we chose gastown and i’m so glad we did! the buildings, architecture and overall feel there were a rich contrast to their gorgeous outfits – i COVET this dress – so so so pretty and it suited jenn to a t! and check out paul’s great tie…

can’t pass up a red wall…

i think the waterfront station columns were a fitting setting with jenn and paul’s fancy duds…

jenn reminds me of a jane austen character - she has such a quiet beauty and confidence all in one. look at these eyes!

you two did so great! can’t wait til we meet again in a couple of weeks for your big day!

Tags: engagement, gastown, Salt Spring wedding photography, Vancouver wedding photography

by Lisa

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kassandra + adam – yaletown love shoot

Friday, June 18, 2010 Posted in Engagements, vancouver, weddings

i’ve known kassandra through her cousin and my friend hannah a long time. a really, really long time. which means i remember the lovely woman below as a high-pitched, throaty-voiced little cousin who used to pester us big girls as we tried to play. we didn’t mind though…she was funny and always, always had that impish grin that so easily came to her, and an adorable laugh. it’s still there though – the easy, friendly smile, and throaty giggle that you can’t help but fall for.

i’d say adam agrees…

we met in yaletown, such a great area for finding lots of nooks and crannies to hang out in and take a photo or two with rich textures and colour all around.

and do a little dance move or two…

typical vancouver, it suddenly showered, but only for a few minutes. the skies though were a gorgeous moody mix of the last cloudy days of spring and the promise of sunny blue skies poking through, just to tease us.

thanks k & a! you were great! and thanks to my friend brian for his help too…

can’t wait for november to see more of those gorgeous smiles – from both of you – all day!

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family reunion at deer lake park

Sunday, June 13, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized

jenn and paul are a couple getting married this summer at salt spring and at christmas, jenn and her brother had the idea to give her mom a family session for a present. what a great idea! i can truly appreciate, even with my young family, how hard it is to get everyone in one place (these days for us, it just means gathering them together from different parts of the house, but i can see when they’re older how hard it will be to get them in the same town, just as it is for jenn and her family!) so the other weekend, i met jenn, fiance paul, brother jeremy, girlfriend lauren, dad gyle, and mom sam at deer lake park in burnaby. mom and dad had just come in from salt spring for the day and everyone else, from various parts of the lower mainland.

the misty rain and wet ground kept us undercover most of the time, but we managed to get out onto soggy grass for at least a couple of shots…

it was lovely to meet you all and i hope you enjoyed your (brief!) family time together…see you next month for the wedding at salt spring!

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angie & nigel – may 23rd at westwood plateau

Tuesday, June 1, 2010 Posted in weddings

angie and nigel choose beautiful westwood plateau for a planned outdoor wedding last weekend, but the sun gods weren’t listening that day and the drizzle that the weathermen promised would disappear, never did up in north coquitlam. but apart from that small hiccough, their wedding was beautiful and went of without a hitch…except them, getting hitched….get it? ok, so i’m no comedian! here’s some pictures instead…

angie, just before…look at those eyes! stunning….

shoes off (LOVE them!)

and on…

angie’s gorgeous daughter, abby…(same beautiful eyes as her mum, lucky girl!)

good friends…

proud dad helping with the finishing touches..

the ceremony!

and married!

and still, the weather gods were not smiling…drizzle continued, but gave us a break and the rain stayed away just long enough for us to make it down to Rocky Point for some photos!

the bridesmaids sweaters were a gift with their names embroidered on from angie! i know, nice touch!

nigel! relaxed, now the tough part was over…

then back to westwood plateau for the party!

wonderfully organized by sweet beginnings event planning (thanks lisa & jodie for your help all through the day)

and also to valeskca – by trusty assistant and second eye – thanks for everything!

first dance

and fantastic tunes that kept everyone dancing by gary robertson music…

so thumbs to you, mother nature, your drizzle didn’t ruin everything! it was a wonderful day, and nigel and angie had a beautiful wedding after all, just like it should be.

congratulations again!

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kirby & shauna

Monday, May 24, 2010 Posted in Engagements, salt spring island

one of the advantages of photographing portraits, is getting to witness love in all its forms – between families, couples, friends. i’m always honoured by the privilege of being able to see this in so many people i would otherwise not have met, strangers who within a few minutes, let their feelings for each other show so beautifully and sweetly. this weekend, i met and photographed shauna and kirby, who will be married later this summer. they are both from salt spring, but live on vancouver island now, with kirby away long stretches for his job. so this engagement session seemed particularly sweet as kirby & shauna were just reunited. we met at kirby’s grandparents’ family home on salt spring. what a gorgeous setting…

i love how comfortable they are with each other – it’s not hard to see how in love they are! and so at ease even in front of the camera which is harder than it looks…

enjoy your time together you two! i’m sure it goes by far too fast, but you have september to look forward to and a whole life together after that! best wishes to you both! xx L

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coal harbour engagement session

Wednesday, May 19, 2010 Posted in Engagements, salt spring island, vancouver, weddings

maria and jason are getting married later this summer in salt spring, but chose coal harbour for its stunning views and urban surroundings for last week’s engagement session. the city buildings and water views were a nice offset to the more rural and natural settings that a salt spring wedding will offer so it was a perfect complement!

despite getting plopped on by a very rude seagull (what are the chances??? not as slim as you’d think… but not what you want to happen mid-photo shoot!) luckily it was just on the leg and lens wipes (and a little photoshop)were able to do the trick to clean it! now you just need to go buy a lottery ticket maria… :)

and lastly, my favourite of the day…makes the long walk to the non-existent round tunnel totally worth it!

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swingin’ into spring…

Friday, May 14, 2010 Posted in children, family, salt spring island

last weekend we were finally able to finish our outdoor photo session with salt spring girls, g & a. it was so lovely to feel the sun and feel that maybe, just maybe, summer is just around the corner…

thanks g and a – you two were troopers! and thanks to carli and kyler for keeping them busy and fixing that bubble machine (which i think i loved more than the girls!).

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everyday….my girls march 2010

Thursday, April 29, 2010 Posted in children, family, personal, salt spring island

just a few playing ones from march of my girls – ones when they’re actually happy to be in front of the camera!

emma_lower

bothgirls

mad_lwrres

all taken with the 5D MkII and my wide angle zoom, 16-35mm – learning to like it more and more…

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miss annabelle

Friday, March 19, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized

a few weeks back, i had the pleasure of meeting little miss annabelle, like my Chloe, the youngest of four and so sweet! for the first while she was wide awake – big blue eyes just takin’ it all in…

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