The small details can help make your day even more romantic and special. The details pull everything together, and bring focus to the bigger picture - your love!
Summerhill Pyramid Winery Reception Dinner
Dreaming of Summer Reception
Wine, floral + greenery and a room filled with love, what more do you need? This beautiful wedding reception was photographed at Summerhill Winery, located in the heart of the Okanagan, Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada. Overlooking Okanagan Lake, they celebrated their union with their loved ones. The decor was elegant, modern and minimalist - the pink + greenery pallet was stunning. While it was a smokey day in the Okanagan, we managed to get these stunning wedding reception photos. I wish these two a lifetime of happiness.
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Brittany and Tom Kelowna Winter engagement
Brittany and Tom got engaged in November of 2018. Tom was so excited when he picked up her beautiful ring from the jeweler that he proposed a few hours later in their home. Talk about adorable!💗
The two met and fell in love in Vancouver BC and have been together for over three years. I’ve had the privilege of knowing them throughout that time and have watched their love grow, which is why I am even more excited for their wedding!
Brittany and Tom wanted their engagement photographs taken over the Holidays while they were in Kelowna so we went to Gyro beach so that they could have the iconic Okanagan lake as their backdrop.
It was snowing and terribly cold. I’m amazed we got so many picture in less than 20 minutes! When we got to the beach the snow flakes started to get bigger and the wind started to pick up, making everything much colder. As you can see, we brought their favourite wine to the beach. As the weather progressed we quickly captured them sipping on their wine.
Near the end, we started to use the red blanket more to shelter them from the cold, which ended up being the perfect prop. Getting hilarious pictures of Tom running back to the vehicle to escape the cold. The cold was a fun challenge and made for these unique engagement pictures.
Special shout out to my sister, Amanda (who also happens to be Brittany’s best friend), because she ran around and carried all the things. She almost lost my umbrella to the wind and oncoming traffic, but we’ll let that go 😂
You can expect to see more pictures of these two! The loves birds are getting married in the extremely photoesque town of WHISTLER, BC at Nita Lake Lodge. Talk about a perfect wedding! Brittany has great style too so I can’t even imagine how beautiful everything will be. Spoiler alert - it’s an autumn wedding with touches of burgundy, greenery and more! I’m overly excited to be photographing their wedding - it’s going to be EPIC!
I am honestly also just excited to see the beautiful, brilliant Brittany walk down the aisle and marry her love, and I can’t wait to celebrate with their amazing families.
Brittany’s basically a member of my family (My sisters best friend). She’s like another sister to me. We’ve travelled together ( Nicaragua, Praha, Warsaw, Tofino), she’s met our family in Poland, she’s at our house every Christmas Eve, has saved me from a hilarious moment in Vancouver, hosted me and family in her home, and countless other things. She’s an exceptional person who deserves all the joy and happiness.
I can’t wait to see what the future brings them and how they will spend the rest of their beautiful lives together 💗
Who’s ready for this EPIC wedding?!
Montana & Felix engagement in a blooming apple tree orchard in Kelowna
Montana & Felix
Montana and Felix fell in love in Kelowna, so it was fitting to capture their engagement photos there!
By looking at these photographs would you believe this was their first set of professional photographs?! Naturals!
Montana envisioned her engagement photographs being taken in an apple tree orchard in bloom. Planning to take engagement photographs in an orchard is a little bit tricky because apple trees only remain in bloom for three to five weeks.
So we waited an entire year to take their engagement photographs! We checked the apple orchard multiples times to ensure we got the right moment for photos.
It was a lovely coincidence that we were also able to capture pictures in a meadow of Arrowleaf BalsamRoot. These flowers are also known as the Okanagan sunflower, and they're the emblem of the City of Kelowna. These beautiful flowers grow in clusters throughout the valley for a small period between April - May. Talk about great timing!
Another thing we planned for the engagement session to be on a sunny day without rain. I generally prefer to photograph couples an hour before sunset. Gradually capturing the transition from normal colours to golden lit images.
I’m incredibly grateful to have had the opportunity to photograph their engagement session in a beautiful orchard in the Okanagan Valley. It was totally worth waiting a year!
As a photographer, I am always willing to wait for the perfect time of year to take engagement photographs.
I’m excited to follow up this blog post with their wedding photographs!