Dyck Family- Family Portraits in Fernie

This winter has been a blur...  I can't even believe that the start of May is coming around this weekend!  Here's some photos I took of my niece and nephew this winter while my sister's family was out visiting.  They've been sitting on my "to do" list since early March, and I've only now gotten the chance to start editing the shoot.  Here are a sampling of the images from our shoot.  Not that I'm bragging, but I'm pretty sure that my nephew is going to be the Male Model of the Year in 2028.

Fernie Wedding- Robin & Brett

Robin and Brett were such a fun couple.  We all used up our "good Karma" that we may have had stored up in wishing for a sunny day (it had been grey and rainy for the previous 2 weeks).  When I woke up on Saturday morning, there wasn't a single cloud in the sky... Which was really good, because the ceremony was planned for outdoors!  It turned out to be possibly one of the nicest days of the whole entire summer.

Teslin and Nathan

Teslin and Nathan were a last minute addition to my summer wedding list... They called me to see if I was available on a Wedensday, to shoot their wedding that Saturday.  They managed to luck out and pick pretty much the only weekend I had free all summer!  It was a real nice, low-key affair, they held the ceremony on Teslin's Aunt and Uncle's acreage that borders the Elk River.  So laid back was the ceremony that when their young daughter started to cry mid-ceremony, Teslin turned to the officiant, asked her to hold on a sec, went out to the crowd and got her new born baby from her grandmother, and brought her back to the front.  They continued their vows with their daughter in Teslin's arms.  It was one of the most family oriented ceremonies I've ever had the honour of attending.

Jay and Jen Fernie Wedding Photography

I first met Jen at the Sex and The City II Premier at Picnic.  Along with the "Studio" I had set up, I also volunteered to be auctioned off for a 1 hour portrait session.  Well, the bidding rapidly escalated beyond the "retail price" of the sitting, and Jen was the driving force behind the bidding.  She eventually won my services for $250, all of which was donated to the Relay For Life charity.  Jen had hoped that I might still be free to come and shoot her wedding, but I was previously booked for that day.  Instead, she and her new husband Jay decided that they wanted to get dressed back up in their wedding day outfits for a portrait session a couple days after the event.
Here are the photos from our shoot, 4 days after the wedding

Wedding Photography: Lisa and Dave

I always find it interesting that in a town as small as Fernie, I can still meet people who've been here as long I have, have many of the same friends that I do, and yet we have never met.  Lisa and Dave are a perfect example of this.  We've both lived in town for around 5 years, have a lot of the same friends/ acquaintances, but we had not met until Lisa emailed me to ask about shooting her wedding!

Their wedding was at the RAW Lodge (formerly Elk View Lodge) and if anyone out there is reading this and looking for a wedding venue, I would highly reccommend it!  Not only is this place a photographer's dream,  but its a pretty romantic setting too.