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Adventurous Elopement & Wedding Photographer - Banff & Calgary based + destination
Documenting authentic & real love stories

01/21/2026

My take on this trend, showcasing a few of 2025’s beautiful wedding days🌸

Comment below which vibe you’d pick for your wedding day⬇️

01/16/2026

To expand on what’s written above… 
I could write a thesis on my thoughts on AI, particularly in relation to photography. I believe this debate goes deeper than optimizing workflow in favour of saving time and money, and I am wholeheartedly against it, both professionally and in everyday life.

When creatives begin to value scrimping on time that could be put into their art in favour of putting it into the hands of AI, what happens to the heart of photography? At what point is it no longer photography? At what point is it misleading and fake, as opposed to artful or documentary?

Because at its core, photography is more than an art. It has been, for the past two hundred years, a way of documenting the truth in history.

Alexey Titarenko is a photographer who comes to mind when I mull on why AI use in photography upsets me so much. Titarenko documented the fall of the Soviet Union through a series of b&w long-exposure images, where he showcased how the Soviet people, who for so long had been deprived of their individuality, had turned into walking shadows.

His work is beautiful and haunting, and it’s also a historical recount. It allows us to see first-hand what life was during that time period. I can now only wonder how we’ll be able to look back at photos from this time period, where the natural assumption will have to be that every image has been doctored in some way by AI. No history, no ability to learn or appreciate. Just fake, for the sake of ‘perfection.’

I could continue for hours more, but one other point I’d like to touch on briefly regarding AI in creative spaces: I find it inauthentic at best to benefit from beautiful natural spaces and advocate for their protection, while simultaneously choosing to use technology that has a massive documented negative impact on them. The carbon footprint and excessive water consumption by AI is well known, and I quite frankly find it insulting that photographers boasting about their ‘Leave No Trace’ ethos will also have an AI referral link in their bio.

It’s important to me that when you view my photography, you know that every part of it is real.

Continued in comments…⬇️

01/14/2026

📣YOUR WEDDING DAY IS NOT A PHOTOSHOOT!! ‼️And it shouldn’t feel like one!!📣

Let’s get this clear:
You do NOT have to fake laugh with your wedding party
You don’t even need to have a wedding party!
You do NOT need to pretend you’re putting your earrings on for photos
You DON’T need to spend 3 hours away from the people you want to spend time with; hungry, thirsty, and tired of fake smiling
You should NEVER have to spend your wedding day worrying about posing “correctly”
You should NEVER EVER feel awkward, uncomfortable, or ‘un-photogenic’ on your wedding day
I, your photographer, should NEVER be causing you stress, frustration, or be pulling you away from where you WANT to be on your wedding day

I’ll let you in on a secret: the candid wedding photos all over your Pinterest board? You can’t get those candid photos if you don’t have the time, opportunity, and headspace to just BE CANDID with your partner and guests!

I will say it over and over again, and I mean it wholeheartedly: your wedding day is about what YOU want, and with me, you will NEVER feel like you’re a model aiming to please🤍

And yes, the photographer that you choose should be able to deliver you stunning newlywed portraits even if you only want to spend 10 minutes taking them. Your wedding day does not have to be complicated, nor should it be.

Ready to get started planning your unique, candid, romantic wedding day of your dreams, wherever it may be? DM and we’ll dive right in!

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01/11/2026

This night was so much fun!!🌲

Almina, Wyatt, and I spent the evening in Banff running through dewy meadows and exploring along the river taking in the mountain views. Wyatt even brought his cowboy hat which of course we had to include! Storytelling sessions like these just gave my whole heart🥹

These two both work as pilots and met in flight school (the perfect meet-cute if you ask me), and told me all about their travels -including to Antarctica!!

Two of the sweetest and funniest people I had the pleasure of meeting this past summer, and who are now engaged!!

Wishing you both a lifetime of happiness, you deserve it🤍

01/08/2026

Do you have a new ring on your left hand after the holidays?💍

First of all: Congratulations!!!🥳🥳Your must be THRILLED to be planning the rest of your life with your partner, I am so happy for you!

And the best way to share that you’re embarking on this new chapter together? Getting to act out your own little romance-movie date night for your engagement photos, of course!

PICTURE THIS:

It’s early summer, and there’s a light drizzle in Banff🏔️You don’t mind, because you and your fiancé are wearing your favourite matching sweaters, and the fog around the mountains is just so romantic

You meet your documentary Banff photographer (hi!), and spend the next hour and a half exploring meadows bursting with wildflowers🪻, chasing each other through the woods🌲, taking in the views while cuddled up together under an old pine🏔️, and skipping stones you find by the river

A perfect evening exploring Banff with the love of your life - and you just so happen to come out of it with cinematic engagement photos documenting your entire date!

Your engagement session with me will never feel like a photoshoot - it will feel FUN! So if a rainy walk isn’t for you? No problem! Let’s rent a canoe or mix cocktails or hit up a bookstore or share a picnic - whatever is natural for you🫶

I promise, you’ll be wanting to do this once a week ;)

Now booking spring/summer storytelling engagement sessions in Canmore, Banff & Kananaskis🎞️ Inquire through the link in my bio to secure your date!🤍

01/06/2026

The first time I met Cassidy, she told me that she’s known since she was 16 that she was going to marry Cameron. And here we finally are🥹

From highschool sweethearts, 5 patient years of long distance and nursing school, and growing up together, it all lead their beautiful life together (complete with Stanley their golden, and a funny farm full of chickens)

Cassidy and Cameron’s DIY touches are all over this day, from personalized hangars to the reception wall-art. The ceremony space was blooming with late-summer florals in front of an Ottawa-valley field, fall colours surrounding us🍂

Que a moving ceremony, time spent celebrating with family from all over the province, and one of the most mouthwatering charcuterie boards I’ve ever seen!

After a BBQ dinner, we were treated to the most incredible golden hour over the fields🌾(and yes, of course it was worth sitting in the dusty field for the photos)

A lively reception dance party closed off the night, and was the best way to celebrate a relationship 10 years in the making🫶🪩

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01/04/2026

Allow me to introduce you to the coolest bride and groom you’ll ever meet:

Justine wears a ring she got in Laos made from a missile, Brendan is a DJ so together they DJ’d at their own wedding reception, they got engaged in Portland after living out of an RV for a road trip up the coast, took their engagement photos outside a 711 with taquitos (which yes, OBVIOUSLY were included in their wedding day portraits), and are overall the nicest people ever (with the two cutest rescue dogs)

Their wedding was a funky party with their favourite people, complete with disco balls, moody lighting, and mushroom decor🪩

Instead of walking down a traditional aisle, they both emerged from behind a statement wall to their guests’ applause💃🕺

These two ditched a sit-down dinner and instead embraced a cocktail-style celebration: mingling with everyone, canapés passed for hours, churros for dessert, and a vintage yearbook-inspired photobooth set up

And between their private first look along the Bow River and saying their vows? They stopped at a local brewery for a pint to take time to themselves and hang out in their favourite way!🍻

I BEG of you - please let these two be your inspiration to plan a wedding day that you actually want, regardless of what that looks like. I mean come on, is this not the coolest wedding ever??

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01/03/2026

Cold January days like this always have me reminiscing on sweet summer beach evenings: sand stuck to your feet, skin warm from the day’s sun, and a pinky-purple sunset reflecting on the water🥹

When I think of cinematic engagement sessions by the water, this session will always be my inspiration🌅

While the Banff mountains have my heart, the beach has a part of it too. Good thing I’m open for select destination bookings in 2026 and 2027👀

Inquire though the link in my bio for out-of-province and international dates, I’d love to capture your love story🌸

01/02/2026

Taking January 2nd as my opportunity to say thank you to all of my lovely couples from 2025 with this Moraine Lake proposal that absolutely stole my heart🥹

A crazy year filled with big changes, epic wedding days, the best couples, and some unreal mountain views, and I’m so thankful for everyone that has helped make it possible🫶

Wishing you all the very best - I can’t wait to show you more of what I’ve been up to these past few months

06/24/2025

A fairytale at the Fairmont🌹

Reminiscing on this romantic and dreamy spring wedding day at the Fairmont Banff Springs, and remembering how it was a fairytale come to life🏰

Without spoiling too much for you (there’s a full blog post coming soon), O&C’s intimate wedding in Banff was full of giddy laughs, misty mountain views, heartfelt kisses and hugs, celebratory cheers with family from afar, and the most heartfelt and wholesome vibes you could imagine😌

And of course, can anything beat O’s dress and train in the Fairmont’s Stephen Hall?? I mean C’MON - truly spectacular, right?

It really was a true honour to photograph this intimate Banff wedding day, and I can’t wait for more to come🫶

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