Engagement Photography: The Best of 2019

The best way to think of an engagement sessions & couples sessions is as a unique date between you and your partner. If you think about it: how many photographs do you have with each other that are not directly taken with your iPhone? Printed and framed?

One of my own regrets is that I don’t have more photographs with Dave, with me in them. Here’s why: before I turned 35 I completely took my looks for granted and was hypercritical of them. I don’t know if I thought I would never age, but now I look back at younger versions of myself and want to jump inside that photograph and give myself a swift kick in the kindest way haha!

It’s important to have these photographs with each other so that you can appreciate your beautiful selves and all that that encompasses with aspirations, romance, joie de vivre. Not that I am saying that I don’t feel those things now! But I don’t take them for granted anymore.

Engagement photography sessions are an opportunity to tell a more intimate story, to get yourselves photographed in a more elevated and artistic way. Engaged or not engaged, if you’re a couple that’s looking to have your photograph taken: go on over this page to find out more about what these sessions entail and take a moment to fill out the questionnaire!

Here is a selection of my favorite engagement photographs that I took in 2019 in various locations in Montreal and Ottawa.

Wedding Photography: The Best of 2019

I find it incredible looking back at where I was last year at the start of January 2019.

I have so many ideas for my wedding photography and those ideas get infused with more experience, feeling inspired by my clients, my surroundings, other artists and so on. It’s my intention to always find the heart central to each unique celebration I’ve been honored to be hired to photograph. Every venue has it’s own unique stamp, as does the light at the time of year, the way the sky looks that day, and how each couple brings their own personalities to the forefront.

I challenged myself to choose under 20 photos from each wedding I shot and I put it all into a little slideshow which I am posting below. You can also visit the scrolling version here on a separate Best of 2019 page.

Thank you to all the couples who invited me to their celebrations and Happy 2020 to you all <3

Venues: Le Mount Stephen, Plaza Volare, Le Strathmere, La Toundra, Cafe de L’Horloge, L’Eloi, Le Belvedere, Chateau Royale, Le Peaches & Cream, Hotel Lac Carling, Eco Spa Highland, Abbaye d’Oka

ps. Looking ahead at 2020… I’m excited with the couples I have gotten to know and look forward to capturing their day! I will be traveling a little more and look forward to sharing where these weddings will be taking me. My next wedding is at the end of this month and while August of this year is pretty much full there is still breathing room for other 2020 wedding dates for the remainder of this year. So if you’re looking for a wedding photographer for 2020 - reach out!

(and note that if you’re looking for a photographer for 2021? I have started booking those weddings too!)