Last spring I had the opportunity to work with The Kuwintas Co Jewelry for their branding photography. I was very excited to photograph something new, as I have yet to have a jewlery maker as a client. I quickly realized how tricky photographing jewelry was due to the reflection and how small/finicky the pendents were to work with. I loved the challenge and getting to be creative with this product. The Kuwintas Co supplied an abundance of props for me to work with that align with their brand which was fun to mix it up! I picked a few of my favs from our session together.

One of my absolute favourite newborn sessions this year. I love everything about this sweet family and their little bond together. I have photographed them since they were newly engaged to married to their first maternity and fast forward into their second newborn. We have created so many memories together over the years and it is always such an honour to be welcomed back into their lives. Their nursery theme was Peach for their little Georgia Peach. It was the sweetest.

One of my all time favourite lifestyle family sessions. There is no greater compliment then when a family gives you full trust in the location, posing and vision of the session. We originally had this scheduled for September but wanted more fall colours instead of green grass so we postponed until end of October and I’m so glad we did. We lucked out with the most beautiful weather, golden colours and the perfect night in this location. Thank you S family for trusting me once again with your families memories.

Wow, look at me blogging. It has almost been a year since my last blog post - oops! Life took priority this year and I am going to use my slow(er) season to catch up on a few blogs. Or not. We will see! haha. A throwback to this summer evening in K-country with these two. I can’t wait for their downtown wedding this June. Here’s a few of my favs from their engagement session.

For as long as I can remember, I have been pretty smitten with bars of soap but struggled to find some I truly loved and how they made my skin feel. I stumbled upon Suntree Soaps a few years ago and have been pretty hooked ever since. I love their products so so much and have been slowly trying many of them over the years. I have been wanting to photograph their products for awhile now and I’m so happy we finally did a branding session together.

Newborns win my heart every time but baby Jax was just the sweetest little soul with an extremely lovely family. There was so much love, laughter and cuddles during this session and his big sister is just so smitten with him. Here are a few of my favourite photographs from his newborn session this past winter.

Sharing a recent shoot I did for Bare Activewear in my new studio space. Such an amazing shoot with even more inspiring women surrounding me that day. Bare Activewear is a locally owned Calgary business who has the cutest activewear. Here are a few of my favourites from our shoot this past March.

The blog post I have been so eagerly waiting to post. And a long time coming. In the spring of 2021 we were given an old garage that was moved out from the city. My neighbours had it on their property and used it to keep their lambs warm in the winter time. They decided they no longer had use for it, so my husband was going to make it into an extra garage. After a whole lot of sweet talking, I convinced him to let me have it as a photography studio.

When I first opened my studio I did a few casting calls for creative sessions that I had in mind. When M + I applied, I knew they would be the perfect fit for this motherhood session I had in mind. Minimalist, open belly, cuddly and sweet. I started the session with these hanging floral instillments I made which I can't WAIT to use again. I just need to make a million more strands to fill the space. I’m in love with this session so much and I can’t wait to blow that little babes newborn session that I JUST hit export on!

This is a Christmas cookie staples in our house. My husband will eat the entire batch in a hour if I left him unsupervised with them. He begs me on a weekly basis to make them! I’ve played around with this recipe over the years to perfect them with my oven and so many of you were asking to share the recipe. I cannot take ANY credit for this gem, as my mom has been making them for years and she’s the magic behind the perfect gingersnap!

This branding session is like branding session GOALS! Beautiful, bright and well styled location, thought out outfit planning and so much content creation happening. I loved my morning with the Panchuk Partners Realty mother daughter duo. We used the beautiful Stirling Homes show home in Legacy and it was the perfect location for this branding session.

Thank you so much Amanda + Tammy for trusting me to capture your business and your personalities.

Madison + Alex were married in August and we decided to do a day after shoot (a month later) so they could have more one on one time for wedding portraits in a more relaxed setting. We decided last minute to change the location to Drumheller instead of a mountain hike and I’m soooo glad we did. I love shooting in the badlands because the neutral tones and all the textures make my heart so happy.

We had the best time hiking into the canyon and exploring this vast and beautiful land on the night before a full moon.

I’m finally getting around to blogging so many wonderful sessions I had over the summer and I can’t wait to share this newborn session with you. It was the perfect morning spent with baby Anniston. The weather outside was moody with allowed us to have very moody newborn session vibes! Which is always my favourite. Baby A slept her entire session and was a dream to shoot along with her big BIG brother pup who was also the cutest ever!

After this maternity session, I remembered why I love them so much. They are so calm and joyful. The excitement and anticipation ice so evident in all the maternity couples I photograph. We were blessed with the most beautiful evening earlier this week. A few too many mosquitos but we made it work. These two came ready to venture into the creek, lay in the mosquito filled grass and were up for anything I suggested. They actually asked to do laying down poses, and that instantly made my heart so happy. I can’t wait to photograph their little girl whose set too arrive next month!

Most of you who follow me, know my love for gardening. I have been gardening with my mom since I can remember, but now that I have a property of my own I have been experimenting a lot with cutting flowers and different blooms. My favourites so far are cosmos, zinnias, peonies, poppies + Sweet peas. I love having fresh blooms in my house in the summertime. It might be my favourite thing about summer actually. This year we also have cattle and bees on our property along with my donkeys.

If you know me, you know how much I love photographing newborns and love it even more when there is a fur baby there too. Little Briar was a dream to photograph in the sweetest space. I love the colour palate they picked for her newborn session. The neutral tones are my favourite to photograph. Here are a few of the frames I loved most! Which is a lot, I’m sorry in advance!

Shannon + Shawn’s engagement session has been a long time in the making. We tried so many times this past year to make schedules work. With a few postponements due to weather and sickness, we finally made it happen! And I’m secretly glad it took this long to do, because we lucked out with the most beautiful weather and evening for this session and the anticipation made it that much better! I met Shannon + Shawn at one of my favourite city locations that looks like you are in the forest.

I’m so excited to share this wedding with you, finally! I started my July off with these two as they shared their wedding day with Canada’s birthday on July 1st. They were married on her family farm just outside of High River and there ceremony overlooked the Highwood river. We had all the season on their wedding day. With full blazing sun, to strong winds, to a torrential downpour to a beautiful rainbow at the end of the day. I have to say it was probably the hardest shooting I’ve had on a wedding day due to the light changing every 30 seconds (or so it felt).