It’s been a crazy couple of weeks here in Fernie. Kevan and Leah just purchased a new home in town, and we’ve been in the process of getting ready to move the office as well. Needless to say things have been a little chaotic in the past little while. Anyway, we’re probably going to be a little sporadic in the next few days as we deal with the moving process, so I thought that before things became too crazy that I would share with you guys a session that we did with Shannon and Kevin back in September. I called it a Fernie portrait session, just because I couldn’t think of what else might be more accurate. In truth, we met in Fernie but then proceeded to head down to south country to explore for a couple of hours. It was awesome! Especially when Kevin agreed to do some 4×4′n so that we could get out onto the river floodplain. It was great getting to know these two and we are looking forward to maybe doing a trash the dress session with them when they get back from their destination wedding next spring.

Wow, what a crazy summer it has been! Hard to believe that this was our last wedding of the season – the summer went by in an absolute blur! Hanging out with Christine and Bryce and their family and friends for a day was a perfect way to finish off the season. I was going to say summer there, but Saturday really felt like anything but… The bridesmaids giving the official stamp of approval during Christine’s hair appointment. Out of the limo and into the church! Bryce’s mom during the ceremony. I really like how this portrait of Christine turned out. These guys met at this golf course when they were both working here back in the day. They wanted to have some pictures done here and were originally worried about staying out of golfer’s way while they went out on the course. Funny enough, but there were no golfers present on Saturday. The lovely ladies! As a side note, all of the floral creations that you see in this post were done by Bryce’s sister Stephanie who owns Stems Floral Gallery in Red Deer. The Capri Hotel looked amazing!

After a solid month of driving (Over 4,000 kms for weddings alone in the month of September) it was really nice to shoot in our own backyard this past weekend. A beautiful day for Jenn and Mick, and as an added bonus both the rain and snow held off for the entire day, which is not something I would have been willing to put money on the day before. Make sure that you check out the slideshow at the bottom! This shot makes me laugh. The morning was so relaxed, I even had a chance to take the girls out for a couple of photos before the ceremony! Trust me when I tell you that this almost never happens. Mick’s reaction to seeing Jenn for the first time. Jenn’s bridesmaid trying to hold it together during the ceremony…

When we were up in Edmonton this past weekend, we had a chance to do a family session with these crazy folks. Ronaye is a very talented photographer in her own right (Vivid Images out of Edmonton), which is how we connected in the first place. It’s always a little bit interesting shooting for another photographer and I will be honest when I say that I was a little bit nervous heading in. After all; she knows all the tricks! Once we actually met up with them though, we very quickly forgot about the nerves and had a blast working with them. Ronaye took us one of her secret locations which was absolutely perfect! Hard to beat late evening light in an abandoned farm-yard!