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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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A little over five years ago, I walked through our front door after a five hour drive from Toronto.  I have been there for the weekend with friends doing my first official photo shoot.  At this time, having a full-time business in photography was still only a seed of a thought in my mind…but photography […]

ANGELICA: PORTRAITS

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April 6, 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

ottawa wedding photography, ottawa wedding photographer, portraits, engagement, kanata, natural light, ottawa, rustic, winter

March 24, 2014

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For as long as I can remember…I’ve loved love.  I would read books as a child and get completely swept away in that one moment when the cute boy from school finally asks the girl he likes to dance.  Or I would watch movies just so I could see the grand gesture that inevitably happened […]

CATHERINE & DARCY: ENGAGEMENT

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March 14, 2014

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I had my very first pen pal when I was in grade six.  He lived in Australia and it would literally take months for our letters to get back and forth to each other.  My English teacher at the time felt that there was no better way to learn the true art of the written […]

JANELLE & MITCH: ENGAGEMENT

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March 3, 2014

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Anyone who has ever had children knows the agony of trying to choose a name!  Growing up with a name like mine, I got asked almost on a weekly basis if I was from Europe.  Or from a royal family!!  Each conversation ended with the story of how my parents finally came to a consensus […]

EMMA & AIDAN: ENGAGEMENT

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February 19, 2014

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Today marks the very first day of the 2014 Olympics!  And I love love LOVE the Olympics! For three weeks straight, I sit on my couch at all hours of the day and I watch the most gifted athletes in the world do what they do best.  And I never get enough of it!  My […]

LESLEY & SIMON: WEDDING

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February 7, 2014