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     BEGAN TO BUILD MY BUSINESS AS A BRIGHT EYED TEENAGER. IT STARTED WITH SAVING EVERY PENNY I HAD TO BUY MY FIRST CAMERA: A CANON REBEL XSI THAT I BROUGHT EVERYWHERE. MY DREAM WAS ALWAYS WEDDINGS. AT 17, I HAD THE CHANCE TO SECOND SHOOT ONE. I CAN STILL REMEMBER THE BUTTERFLIES I FELT ALL DAY LONG, AND THE AWE AT EVERY JOYFUL FACE AND PERFECTLY IMPERFECT DETAIL. WITH EACH PASSING YEAR (AND A LOT OF HARD WORK) CAME MORE WEDDINGS, TRAVEL, AND GETTING TO MEET SO MANY INCREDIBLE PEOPLE. TO BE ABLE TO CALL MYSELF A WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHER HAS BEEN A WONDERFUL ADVENTURE. 

THROUGHOUT THE YEARS I ALWAYS THOUGHT IT WOULD ONLY EVER BE WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHY. THAT WAS ALL THAT WAS ON MY RADAR. I FINISHED MY UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE IN 2015 AND INSTEAD OF TEACHING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AS PLANNED, I JUMPED INTO WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHY FULL TIME. IN 2018 I ENTERED INTO A SEASON OF TRUST AND GROWTH WHEN THE LORD CALLED ME TO MOVE TO A TINY TOWN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CANADIAN PRAIRIES TO PURSUE A MASTERS DEGREE IN CHRISTIAN MINISTRY. JUST AS I WAS ADJUSTING TO LIFE IN THE SASKATCHEWAN, I MET MY HUSBAND DURING A GLOBAL PANDEMIC IN 2020 AND MOVED BACK TO BC. WE GOT MARRIED JANUARY 23 2021 AND GOT RIGHT TO WORK, LITERALLY BUILDING A HOME FROM THE GROUND UP (JOSH IS A CARPENTER). WE ALSO WELCOMED OUR FIRST BABY BOY, RHETT, TO THE WORLD THIS PAST FEBRUARY. WITH THE PASSING OF TIME, I'VE COME TO REALIZE THAT MAYBE WEDDINGS AREN'T MY BE ALL, END ALL. LIFE IS MORE VIBRANT AND COLOURFUL THAN I EVER COULD HAVE IMAGINED. YES, AS A WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHER, BUT ALSO AS A WIFE, MOM, PASTOR, AND FAMILY PHOTOGRAPHER.. WHAT I WILL SAY IS THAT  WEDDINGS WILL ALWAYS HOLD A SPECIAL PLACE IN MY HEART AND FOR THAT REASON I STILL TAKE ON A CERTAIN AMOUNT EACH YEAR. WITH THE PASSING OF TIME, I HAVE DECIDED TO OPEN UP MY CALENDAR  MORE FAMILY PHOTO SESSIONS EACH YEAR AS WELL,

WHAT HASN'T CHANGED FOR ME IS THE STRONG DESIRE TO CAPTURE TIMELESS, JOYFUL IMAGES FOR PEOPLE WHO LOVE DEEPLY.. MY SENTIMENTAL HEART'S DEEPEST HOPE IS THAT WE CAN WORK TOGETHER TO CREATE GENUINE MAGES THAT REFLECT YOUR MOST CHERISHED RELATIONSHIPS, JUST AS THEY ARE, RIGHT NOW. 


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