Picnic in the Snow ~ Jen and Dan’s Engagement Sneak Peek

It’s not every day that you meet a couple who wants to do their portraits in the winter – but Jen and Dan aren’t your regular couple. These two are such wonderful people and Jen and I talked about a winter engagement session at our very first meeting at our wedding consultation!

Needless to say, yesterday was a very cold day in Ottawa but these two were such troopers. We began at the Bank of Canada and then headed out around downtown Ottawa and the Supreme Court of Canada for some hot chocolate and a pseudo picnic in the snow!

Jen and Dan – thank you for freezing your toes off and getting covered in snow. I had such a blast with you and I hope you did as well!

Brave brave souls who would lay down in the snow for this shot!

Have a wonderful day,

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

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Brand spanking new promotional video!

This has been a project months in the making. This summer I set out to have a promotional video made of myself. I had the pleasure of working with my favourite Ottawa wedding videographer, Jeff from Equivocality, for not only Genevieve and James‘ wedding this summer, but also for Vikki and Dan‘s wedding this fall. He is an amazing person to work alongside and I knew he was the one I wanted to create this video for me.

Special thanks to Tiffany & Phil, Elizabeth & Cooper and Genevieve & James for helping to make this video amazing – I couldn’t have done it without you! Thank you for allowing Jeff to tag along and film our sessions together – it really does mean the world to me!

You’ll learn some pretty great things about this video:

1. I shoot with my glasses on (4 eyes of the world unite!)
2. I attract dogs from miles around (and totally love it)
3. Thomas and I have some awesome dance skills

And without further adieu, my promo video!

The fantastic and adorably cute song in this video is by Mindy Gledhill. You should definitely check her out – I really love her stuff and am so happy I was able to find it for my video.

And now for some images captured during the making of this video.

First up are Tiffany and Phil and their stunning fall engagement session. These two got engaged in Gatineau Park so it was fitting to have their engagement session at Mackenzie King Estates in Gatineau Park. The fall colours were absolutely perfect and it was so beautiful.

Tiffany and Phil are getting married next fall and I cannot wait for their wedding!!

Next up is the adorable Cooper and his favourite human, Elizabeth.

Cooper is a golden doodle and at the time of our session this fall, he was 5 months old and VERY bouncy. We had the session at Bruce Pit Park and made lots of friends while having a wonderful time.

Where’s Cooper?

Nom nom nom…

Last but definitely not least is Genevieve and James. You may remember from their wedding that Genevieve’s hair was blonde. I asked her and James to get all dolled up once again in their wedding attire and they were so wonderful about it. We had such a fun time around City Hall and found some beautiful trees to photograph under. I just adore the colours in these images.

(for those who follow my blog, you may have seen these posted before.)

Have a wonderful day,

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

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Long Walks and Great Talks ~ Jacynthe and Sean’s Sneak Peek

When Jacynthe and Sean first started dating they were both attending Carleton University. Their favourite thing to do was take long walks together around the Arboretum. When they shared this story with me, I knew it would be the perfect place to have their engagement session because it held such personal meaning to both of them.

We had a wonderful afternoon yesterday, wandering around in their favourite season, fall. We found a few trees with beautiful coloured leaves still hanging on and we made the most of it.

One of my favourite things about these two is they kept whispering “I love you” to each other while we were shooting and it just warmed my heart.

Have a wonderful day,

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

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Big Love in Little Italy ~ Krista and Dan’s (& Riker) Sneak Peek

This morning I spend a few hours walking around Little Italy and Westboro with Krista and Dan. These two were so much fun and braved the chilly morning with laughter and a few tears (on account of the cold making Krista’s eyes water like crazy).

These two lovebirds are getting married in Newfoundland next summer, but wanted some engagement portraits in the city that they now live in, and love.

We began in Little Italy, walking along Preston Street, taking in the morning sun and posing in front of cute restaurant after cute restaurant.

And in front of blue doors…

An aforementioned cute restaurant (don’t ask me which one though because I can’t remember! haha)

I just love this mural underneath the bridge and I asked Krista and Dan to pose like the silhouettes around them.

I also spent some time creeping in bushes and looking a bit like a stalker – I’m pretty sure that’s what they are laughing about here on the right.

We then headed to their apartment to pick up their fur-kid, Riker, the pug. This guy’s love of the camera was only to be outdone by his love for treats.

This is his, “Please Liz, may I have some more?” face.

Look I’m sitting, can I have the treat?

“Hey guys, whatcha doin’? I thought we were going for a walk here!” – Riker the pug.

Have a wonderful day,

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

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Love in the Byward Market ~ Laura and Sean’s Sneak Peek

The other night I wasn’t sure if we were going to get rained out yesterday, but when I woke up to blue skies and even sunshine, I knew that the weather network never gets it right – and that’s ok with me!

Laura and Sean spend almost every Sunday perusing the market for the perfect fruits and vegetables to cook with, and then spend the afternoon together cooking up a storm. So it was fitting that yesterday morning I spent some time in the Byward Market and around downtown Ottawa with Laura and Sean for their engagement session. We had a blast and pretty much laughed the whole time.

These two are such wonderful people and I had such a lovely time walking, chatting and of course, photographing them!

Laura and Sean, thank you for sitting on damp things and getting a bit muddy – it was definitely worth it I think!

I just adored these cute little hand painted mini pumpkins, so of course we had to incorporate them into the ring shots!

I just love the colours of fall. We were so lucky that so many different coloured leaves were still on the trees.

Laura’s favourite colour is blue and Sean incorporated this into her engagement ring. There is a teensy blue stone on one side, and this will match her wedding band which has the same stone on the other side. Beautiful and so unique!

Have a wonderful day,

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

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