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i live with my family of 5 on our farm in Lucknow ontario and I travel around the province photographing beautiful brides, mamas and babies.
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Album Tour: Should You Invest in a Printed Wedding Album?

Should you invest in a printed wedding album? Let’s discuss. Imagine; your wedding has happened. It was beautiful and everything you dreamed it would be. Six blissfully newly wedded weeks go by and you receive the long awaited email from your photographer.  Your wedding gallery is complete! You click the link, thoroughly read EVERY instruction…and begin looking through the hundreds of images of your incredible day. After choosing your favourites, you download them all to a safe folder on your hard drive…You post a bunch of photo dumps on your Instagram and you change your profile pic. Now what?!

March 1, 2023

Newborn Session Tips
Why your Baby Should Sleep During Their Newborn Session – and What to do if They Don’t

Two: Babies in newborn photos are almost always asleep. This isn’t a hard and fast rule, however I would say 95% of images are with baby asleep. This particularly applies to very posed images inside things like buckets or baskets.  

January 25, 2023

Tips from a Photographer
Preparing for Your Family Photo Session

‘Tis the season – to prepare for family photos that is! During pre session calls and before every family session I do, I get flooded with questions and I’ve started to notice patterns. I thought I’d create a blog post so they’re all in one place!

November 30, 2022

Melissa and Beckett
A Sentimental Wedding in Stratford Ontario

A Wedding Day Filled with Personal Touches and Mementos Melissa and Beckett’s wedding in Stratford Ontario was one of the most sentimental and personal ceremonies/receptions I’ve ever had the pleasure of photographing! Melissa is a DIY queen, and the day was full of little touches that she lovingly made herself. She made the flowers, invitations […]

October 31, 2022

Melissa and Allen
A Surprise Elopement in London Ontario

When was the last time you had to make up a backstory to attend a wedding?!

October 21, 2022

Heather and Will
A Fall Engagement Session at Pinery Provincial Park in Grand Bend

Not only is Pinery Provincial Park perfect for engagement photos but the trails and the beach are the perfect setting for Heather and Will as a couple. They got engaged by the water in Oakville and love to do anything outdoors!

October 19, 2022

Marci and Jeff
An Intimate Wedding in Grand Bend

Marci and Jeff’s intimate, family filled wedding at the Oakwood Golf Course in Grand Bend was honestly one of the most precious things I have ever had the pleasure of shooting! From the beginning, like I’m talking right from the intake form they filled out, Marci and Jeff knew what they wanted!

October 14, 2022

Sydney and Brandon
A Fall Engagement Session at Rock Glen Conservation Area

Sydney and Brandon’s engagement session at Rock Glen Conservation Area was the quintessential picturesque Fall shoot! Not only is it the perfect location for photos, filled with scenic vistas and fall trees, but it’s where Brandon and Sydney got engaged!

October 12, 2022