Brian & Mary | Chilliwack Engagement Photography

We first met at Sidekicks Brewing where I got to know them a little better before their upcoming session.

We talked about their love story, both with full chapters of their own before they found each other. It was simple and sweet.

We took a path down to the river bed where the evening golden hour did not disappoint, it was magic!

The golden light between 7 – 8pm that July evening by the Vedder was absolute perfection and made every photo feel like it was straight out of a Nora Ephron movie.

As a photographer I was in heaven. As a couple I’m sure they were too, every photograph was filled with immense love and true joy with unbridled laughter.

And then he asked her a question…

Usually I’m in on the proposal, but this one was a complete surprise, and it was so special. Their love for each other evident in the quietness of their embrace.

Thank you again Brian and Mary for asking me to document one of the most wonderful summer nights straight out of a movie, trusting me to help you tell your love story through timeless photographs.

… it’s okay mama

Let’s be real, being a mom is hard. 

Your life is not your own, well it is, but it’s become so much more outward focus than inward. I constantly ask myself “am I being kind, patient, loving in my responses as their mama?”.

Often when I stop amidst the chaos I can hear their childhood ticking away in the background, barely audible, I feel the sense of time moving.

This feeling is what made me a photographer, how I look at the everyday with wonder. I try to look through new eyes on how I could create magic through the imagination of my children and future clients.

Whether it’s playing with your kids on the floor or saying goodbye to a season of their life graduating into adulthood. I want to photograph the in between, just as well as the big moments for you.

You deserve to be remembered throughout their lifetime in authentic candid photographs. We don’t take very many things with us through our lives, but pictures… they are passed on for generations.

As a photographer, I’m mindful of the fleeting moments I might otherwise miss, yet grateful for those I’ve captured.

Ready to preserve your own motherhood journey? Gift yourself—or the special mama in your life—a motherhood session, a timeless keepsake celebrating the beauty of this chapter.