Remember Me ~ Claudia and Mike’s Reception Album

I’ll say it again – reception albums are such a great way to show off your engagement session photos! The idea behind these albums is to create a unique space for your wedding guests to write messages. There are fun questions to give them ideas, or they can choose one of the blank spaces.

The result is a beautiful book of photos filled with loving (and often hilarious) messages from friends and family. These albums are such a great way to capture the energy and love of your wedding day.

Check out Claudia and Mike’s reception album:

View Claudia and Mike’s engagement session blog post here.

Have a wonderful day,

Liz – Contact Me, I would love to speak with you!

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Puppy Love ~ Barb and Chris’ Engagement Sneak Peek

Before I even met Barbara I knew that I’d love her. Barbara’s mother was helping with the search for a photographer for Barb and Chris’ September 2011 wedding and the inquiry started out something along the lines of “My daughter also love dogs and shoes!” and I knew I had to meet her!

Sure enough, Barb is wonderful and so his her awesome fiancé, Chris, as well as their super adorable fur-kids, Ava and Lily.

When we were talking about their engagement session I asked them if there was somewhere special they wanted to have the session and Barb knew right away a place that would be perfect. We had the session in the woods around her parents’ house in the small town of Carp, Ontario – where she grew up, and where they still walk their dogs today while visiting.

As we walked into the woods yesterday, Barb mentioned that she had a few places in mind for us to shoot in and sure enough, they had also thought enough ahead to bring a ladder into the forest to climb one of the trees!

Their dogs were so excited to run and play through the woods, even though Ava, their 3 year old white boxer, had just had surgery to remove a porcupine quill and wasn’t supposed to be playing around with Lily, their 10 month old Cane Corso Mastiff. Of course this meant we had to separate them every 5 minutes but they had a blast, including racing through the muck and mud…repeatedly.

Thank you Barb and Chris for climbing trees, getting eaten alive by mosquitoes and for loving the idea of having the session for your dogs just as much as for you.

Family.

Ava, who is such a sweetheart and jumps like a deer.

Lily, the gentle giant who follows her big dog-sister around everywhere.

This may be one of my favourite images ever. This wasn’t set up at all, I was photographing Barb and Chris and saw this little face peering out at me through their legs. So cute!!

By the lake.

Can you spot Ava?

Barb’s ring is a family heirloom. It was Chris’ grandmother’s ring and both of them feel so special to have such a beautiful history in their engagement ring.

And this is what dogs look like after a session with me. Sleepy sleepy. Ava could barely keep here eyes open!

Have a wonderful day,

Liz – Contact Me, I would love to speak with you!

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Love, Laughter and Forever After ~ Claudia and Mike’s Engagement Session

Claudia and Mike’s engagement session was a bit of a balancing act, with the couple climbing into the branches of a tree and balancing on a fantastic sloping wall, but their marriage is sure to be sturdy.

As soon as you meet Claudia and Mike you can tell how much they love each other. It was easy to capture their chemistry because they are so comfortable together.

The whole session was filled with laughter – they just have so much fun together! I didn’t need to remind them to smile because the grins never left their faces.

The couple married in September 2011. The photographs from that day are still to come, but for now enjoy the images from this lovely day in June 2011 outside of the Museum of Civilization.

Have a wonderful day,

Liz – Contact Me, I would love to speak with you!

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Evening Light and Love ~ Stephanie and Jeff’s Engagement Sneak Peek

I am so happy that the weather has warmed up and that I can once again begin to schedule sessions in the evening. This is one of my favourite times to shoot, as the sun is setting and the warm day is cooling off a tad – and that was exactly how it was last night for Stephanie and Jeff’s engagement session along the Ottawa Parkway.

While the pink blossoms were falling off the trees gently around us, these two followed me through tall grasses while we “off-roaded” and I am so happy with the images we were able to capture.

I am so excited about Stephanie and Jeff’s upcoming wedding at a brand new wedding location in the Gatineau Hills called Le Belvedere. These two are such wonderful people and I just can’t wait to capture their wedding day with them.

Have a wonderful day,

Liz – Contact Me, I would love to speak with you!

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Sunsets and Lilacs ~ Jia and Wada’s Engagement Session

Last May I had an engagement session with the beautiful couple Jia and Wada around downtown Ottawa. It was a gorgeous day full of lilac blossoms, greenery and a picturesque sunset, but nothing was more lovely than the couple themselves.

These two radiate with happiness whenever they are together, and I felt so lucky to be there to capture their love and the beginnings of their life together.

Jia and Wada married in July of 2011 in a beautiful tea ceremony at Wada’s family home. I’ll post the images and memories from that day soon, but for now get to know the couple by looking back on this great day.

Have a wonderful day,

Liz – Contact Me, I would love to speak with you!

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