It was so fun to meet Steve & Alicia recently for their engagement photos. They are both avid baseball fans – and so we decided to meet at the baseball diamond. I love when couples incorporate their interests into their photos – telling a bit of their story!

I love how they’re always laughing!!

Behind the baseball diamond was some great fields – where we found some gorgeous trees, rocks and other goodies!

Alicia has this hilarious habit of leaping into Steve’s arms… if he’s ready or not!

Can’t wait for your wedding next month!

Celebrating life and love,

Krista

I knew Jennifer years ago as a young girl – so it was so exciting to meet up with her now years later to see her now a beautiful young woman and completely in love. I mean – her and Hamilton are perfect together! They have such a natural connection between them – always laughing and so relaxed. And when I say always laughing – I mean Jen’s big laugh is in almost every single photo. Love it! Such joy! I can not wait for their wedding this October!

We had plans to meet downtown Oakville around where they had their first date – but when Jennifer emailed me to say how gorgeous the orchard photos I had posted recently were – we changed plans. Unfortunately the pink cherry blossoms were gone, but the beautiful white pear blossoms were still here. All day that day it rained and was cloudy and just looked ominous. We debated to postpone it – but didn’t want to lose the blossoms. We went with it – and so glad we did! The sky was gorgeous, and the nice soft overcast light beautiful. And at one point the sun just burst through and lit up all the trees like they were glowing. It was a chilly evening but SO beautiful!

I’ll leave you with these two which sums up Hamilton & Jen perfectly…. lots of laughs!

Celebrating life and love,

Krista

I really enjoyed meeting Mike and Bonnie a few months ago – perhaps it’s because not only are they both pilots (like most of my family) but they both fly the same plane my dad flew for years before retiring. So cool! We had hoped for a snowy engagement session but snow never happened this winter! So instead we went out on a gorgeous Spring day in and around their neighbourhood in Liberty Village. I love images in your own neighbourhood as they tell part of your story. If you move away, you can look back and remember your favourite hangouts, your home, your memories. Love it!

People are always so nervous at the start of an engagement session. But these are the very first images from the session – they were that relaxed and amazing for the camera the whole time!

I love to have my sessions around 5:30-6pm. Such gorgeous light!

A quick wardrobe change and adding a family member, Saya before heading out again. Here they are at home.

And we’re off to the park! Saya was so excited!

And I’ll leave you with one of my favourites!

Celebrating life and love,

Krista

I was excited to meet Adam and Livia – so far, we had only communicated by email. I knew I liked them though already as Livia shared a bit of their story (I love hearing people’s stories) and about their gorgeous upcoming wedding at Livia’s family property (I also adore outdoor weddings!).

We met downtown Hamilton and wandered and explored – I love doing this! ANd what a gorgeous day to explore – hard to believe two weeks ago we rescheduled their photo session as it was too cold… and now Livia was in a tank top! Gorgeous!

These two are adorable together… with Livia’s quick laugh and great dimples, and Adam’s shy demeanor… I loved watching them interact!

Livia and Adam have known each other since they were little kids as Adam is Livia’s brother’s best friend! Another reminder to me to watch who my girls hang out with….

Love these shoes Livia got in Italy!

Hard to believe these next few were taken in downtown Hamilton and not some open meadow!

Adam and Livia, I loved our afternoon together and can’t wait for September!

Celebrating life and love,

Krista

Many years ago… I babysat three little cousins for two entire summers (their little sister came along afterwards). They lived a few hours away, so I went and lived with their family and would babysit these three munchkins Monday-Friday all day for two summers when I was headed into grade 8 and grade 9. How their parents trusted me with their kids is beyond me. But they did, and we all survived.

Now… fast forward a couple years, and I have photographed the weddings of the two sisters I babysat those summers long ago, and now it was time for their brother to also get married!

First in 2008 there was Kathryn and Aaron’s wedding – complete with a boat ride, canoes, jumping on the trampoline, a wild storm, and their family cabin.

Then last year, I got to photograph Jeff and Christina’s wedding complete with s’mores, loads of snow, snowmobiles, boots and more snow!

So it was a complete honour to now document David’s wedding in El Salvador now! But first… let’s start with their engagement photos.

David met Beatriz (Bea) on a missions trip to Guatemala with Living Water Ministries (the people behind those awesome Advent Conspiracy videos!). David was down for just a week from his home in Northwestern Ontario – and Bea was serving there for a year from her home in El Salvador. By the week’s end they both knew that this was more than a friendship. They took time to get to know each other through Skype and emails… and then David came down to El Salvador to see if there was anything in person. Needless to say at the end of the visit things were more official. Soon enough, David had moved to Latin America where he has been since. Our uncle and aunt (John & Naomi) were able to help Dave & Bea get teaching jobs in Panama where they are still working.

I just absolutely love that in the most unexpected location – a foreign country to both – these two were brought together. To see them together, you KNOW that they were meant to be. I can’t wait to share their wedding images and story – but for now… enjoy some engagement photos we took in and around a restaurant one night in El Salvador!

I asked Dave to spin Bea – Dave is extremely competitive – he whipped her around so fast (and with one arm) I could barely snap as I was laughing so hard. I had to remind him it wasn’t a competition and to be a bit more gentle!

The best photo bomb… Dave’s sister and brother-in-law ran to sneak in the background of this picture. ha ha!

Celebrating life and love,

Krista

Megan and I have been emailing for months… so it was great to finally meet her and Jamison last weekend! And to find out Megan is also from Thunder Bay and shares a love of persians (not the cats). Mmmmmmm…..

We met in Toronto around the corner from their condo. It was such a gorgeous day – and fun to wander around and explore!

The middle high rise in the background is their condo… for another week! Fun to document this stage of their lives.

And Jamison and Megan are both huge Phoenix Coyote fans… so we had to do a few in their jerseys!

Celebrating life and love,

Krista

I knew Delos and Laura to see them – but had not really spent much time talking to them. What a treat to do t heir engagement photos! They are an amazing couple. Laura is just so full of life and energy – and Delos is the perfect balance of calm. I loved watching them interact together – just pure happiness! We met at their home in Port Dover where their wedding will be this Fall.

I think my favourite line was when Laura was talking about they had expanded their patio because “she needed a bigger dance floor”! She is just absolutely the type pf person you can imagine “dancing like no one is watching!”

Celebrating life and love,

Krista

RIchard and Patricia are both high school teachers and finally done with all the craziness of the school year! Now they’re able to get excited for their wedding later this month and then their honeymoon in Fiji – sounds amazing!

They really wanted to incorporate their “kids” – meet their dogs Dawkins and Guiness. SO sweet!

Not mentioning any names… but someone looks like they were eating grass. Hmmmm….

Someone is watching and taking notes on all this cuddling….

And trying to practice what they observed – fortunately Guiness wasn’t into the kisses

It was a gorgeous night and these two were up for exploring – yay!

Celebrating life and love,

Krista

I have loved Josh and Trish since I first met them. They have this amazing chemistry and are so much fun to watch together. What’s incredible is that they’ve been friends since grade 4! (My daughter starts grade 4 next year… guess I better start keeping an eye on the boys in her class). Took them awhile to realize they were more than friends – but when they did everyone else said “Finally!”

Trish has lots of ideas – which I love! She wanted to incorporate their interests and story into their engagement session. They are both avid readers – so we met at a used bookstore to start their engagement session. As a book lover myself it was hard to keep my hands off the shelves and stay focussed!

When I told Trish how much I loved how Josh looks at her she responded with “I know!!! It never gets old!”

Trish loves great children’s books and had brought a couple of favourites along!

Trish brought along this banner she had made – too cute!

Josh has always been lovingly referred to by Trish as her “nerd”.

And then it was onto a schoolyard to play with some of their favourite childhood things from when they were kids together. Chalk, bubbles, reading, tin can phones, etc.

While most people would pretend to say something, not Josh. He’s the sweetest guy… the whole time he was singing to Trish. So darn cute.

Seriously – see how he looks at her!

And in a classic Josh-Trish move… the high 5!

It was so fun to see them playing with chalk. Josh doing his science, geeky drawings and Trish doing her artsy drawings.

And what childhood based session is complete without ice cream!!

Celebrating life and love,

Krista