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“We were all heading for each other on a collision course, no matter what. Maybe some people are just meant to be in the same story.”
~ Jandy Nelson // I’ll Give You The Sun

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It’s been ten years of meeting couples now. It’s been ten years of hearing about details and colours and flowers and guest lists. It’s been ten years of sitting down with them over coffee and talking out the excitement and the anxiety of planning a wedding. It’s been ten years of witnessing those weddings finally […]

RACHAEL & JOE: WEDDING

December 2, 2018

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There’s something so unique about the last wedding of the year…kind of like the final page in a book. Any time I walk out the venue doors for the last time during any given season, I can’t help but feel nostalgic about all that has happened.  I inevitably find myself looking at all that has […]

STEPHANIE & MIKE: WEDDING

December 2, 2015

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Every time people find out that I’m a wedding photographer, one of the first things they ask is if my life is a giant line of crazy bridezillas!  They want to know absurd stories of brides gone crazy and unreasonable demands.  And the truth is, I just don’t have them!  One of the perks of […]

JENI & NICK: WEDDING

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July 28, 2015

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I met Priya for the first time on a warm Saturday afternoon in June.  She was asleep in the living room when I first walked in and she looked like nothing short of a porcelain doll. She was about ten days old at the time. I met my husband for the first time just a […]

PRIYA: PORTRAITS

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May 26, 2014

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March.  Oh, March! I have such mixed emotions towards the month of March. On one hand, we finally find ourselves on the other side of winter’s deep freeze and it’s my amazing little boy’s birthday.  On the other hand, there is a lot of room for disappointment if we pin our hopes too tightly on […]

JENNA & CHRIS: ENGAGEMENT

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March 24, 2014

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My niece asked me a little while ago about my work.  About what it was that I did all day.  When I sat down and tried to explain to her the inner workings of my life behind the camera, she sat quietly…inquisitively…excitedly.  “Just so I’m clear, Auntie Gen”, she said in her sweet little voice…”you […]

ANASTASIA & NIC: WEDDING

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August 28, 2013