Fernie Wedding: Ben & Leah

Ben and Leah are friends of mine since I first moved to Fernie.  Leah and I worked together at Island Lake Lodge for a number of years.  When I found out this past winter that they were going to get married, I was so happy for them both.  When they asked if I'd shoot their wedding, I just had to say yes!  They are such a fun couple, that I knew we would be able to make some amazing images together.  Below is just a small sample of the images we got.

Wam Bam Dirt Jump Jam

The Fernie Mountain Bike Club held their inaugural Wam Bam Dirt Jump Jam a couple weekends ago, in conjunction with Fernie Alpine Resort's Full Throttle Mountain Bike Festival.  I thought I was pretty rad when I was 12 and I built a bike jump out of a sheet of plywood and two railway ties I had my dad strap together.  Me and my friends could get some sick air jumping off our 18" ramp...

What has gotten into kids these days?!?! Throwin' down 720's, Tail-whip back flips, Truck Drivers, Cliff-Hangers; these kids were nuts!

Check out the following images to see what was goin' down in this neck of the woods:

Nuts!

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

Gillings Family Portraits

My cousins Rob and Kasia asked me to take some family photos for them.  We didn't have much of a weather window as they were only really in town for a the weekend, and there was some crazy smoke that blew in from the forest fires up in Northern B.C.

One of the most enjoyable parts of family portraits is working with kids.  Its also one of the hardest.  I made the mistake of asking my little cousins to run through some long grass.  Alexandra came out of the grass all itchy, and that was pretty much then of her listening to me!

Roxy and Darrell Rossland Wedding

My good friend Roxy got married this summer.  I've known Roxy since she first moved to Canada from Italy 5 years ago.  I found out this summer that she was getting married, and while I wasn't hired as her "official wedding photographer" I couldn't just leave my camera at home.  Here are a sample of some of the images from the day.

Congratulations Roxy and Darrell!