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Eric & Sarah – Married! Bala Bay Inn {Vancouver Island Wedding Photographer}

Jen — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 06:17:37 +0000

Eric and Sarah were married on a beautiful May day, at the Bala Bay Inn in Muskoka. We loved the Wes Anderson feel to their day – and especially loved their vinyl guestbook.

This is an extra special blog post for us as Eric and Sarah are close personal friends of ours, and we feel so lucky to know such wonderful people. They are expecting a little one in August – and we are nothing short of thrilled for them!

Congratulations – we love you guys!

Brianne & Jace – Engaged! Beacon Hill Park, Victoria BC {Victoria BC Wedding Photographer}

Andrew — Sun, 02 Jun 2013 17:09:47 +0000

Meet Brianne and Jace! These two are so adorable together! They drove down from Nanaimo to spend the evening with us at Victoria’s renowned Beacon Hill Park. While we were there, we made a peacock friend that we lovingly named Jimmy (actually, he was sort of a showoff – but we dig him anyways). We are super excited for their wedding – enjoy the photographs!

P.S. Check out Brianne’s sweet “school teacher” chalk-board handwriting, and DIY Toms!

Brandon & Sarah – Married! The Painter’s Lodge, Campbell River {Vancouver Island Wedding Photographer}

Andrew — Tue, 21 May 2013 06:44:09 +0000

Brandon and Sarah were married last weekend at the beautiful Painter’s Lodge in Campbell River. Although the weather was not very cooperative, we made the most of it, and had a great time in the rain! This was our first time heading up island since moving here, and I have to say we were pleasantly surprised! Some of our favourite sights were: the Vancouver Island mountain ranges, Miracle Beach, Strathcona Park, bison, and consistant bird of prey sightings! We also stopped at Coombs Country Market to see what all the fuss is about!

We had a great time, and congratulations again to Brandon and Sarah!

Enjoy.

Wolfpups – Organic * West Coast * By Hand

Andrew — Sat, 04 May 2013 17:24:26 +0000

Wolfpups is a DIY screen printing / clothing company based out of the Sunshine Coast in BC. Heather designs, and hand prints all of their garments using water-based inks, fair labour and 100% organic cotton; needless to say, we are big fans of both their overall perspective, and clothing! When she approached us about shooting her latest “Wild Child” design, we were into it right away. We love doing collaborations with like-minded artists, and we’re sure that there will be more to come!

Please support Heather and her local business by visiting her Etsy shop!

Enjoy!

Cassandra and Aaron – Engaged! Victoria BC {Vancouver Island Wedding Photographer}

Andrew — Sun, 28 Apr 2013 02:22:23 +0000

Cassandra and Aaron were one of the first Vancouver Island couples to contact us, roughly seven months before we moved here – we can’t believe that it has been over a year already! We started things off at Island View Beach; stopped off briefly at a classic fishing pier, and concluded the shoot in a beautiful oak tree field at dusk. Luckily, the weather was amazing and we were able to capture the vibe we were going for: warm, sunny and romantic! A big thank you goes out to Cassandra and Aaron for being awesome, and we’re super excited for their wedding day!

Enjoy!

Using your “PASS” account!

Andrew — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 18:48:47 +0000

Wedding Couples (portrait client directions to follow):

This year we have started working with PASS, a program that stores your wedding photographs on “the cloud” for 10 years! This program allows our couples to access their photos quickly (you don’t need to wait until your disc arrives!), and share them with family and friends easily. We really love how accessible PASS is, and how beautifully the photographs are displayed!

You can also download a PASS app for your iPhone or iPad and take your images with you everywhere you go!

This is a step-by-step tutorial on how to log into PASS for the first time and an introduction to all of its amazing features.

When you receive the email from us telling you that your PASS gallery is available, you will be given a hyperlink to your PASS gallery. In order to download any of your images, you will need to create a log in using the email address you received the email at, or your Facebook account. To start this process, click on the button at the top left side of your PASS gallery – it looks like 3 lines. At the bottom of the drop down menu, you’ll see a button that says “Login” – click on that.

On the next screen, you will be asked to login using your existing login information. If this is your first time logging into PASS, simply click “Create Account”. Be sure to use the email address we sent your welcome email to (or your Facebook account), and create a password that you can easily remember. This login information will give you access to download your images.

Once you’ve logged into PASS, you’re ready to go! The gorgeous Pinterest-inspired gallery layout allows you to view your images as a collection. To view all images, click on the button at the top left side of the PASS gallery (the 3 lines) and refer to the “Collections” menu for options. When you click on a picture to enlarge it, a slider will pop up along the right hand side. From here you can add this photo to your “favourites”, share with Social Media, download the single image, or choose to print the photo. Once you have completed your favourite photo selections, you can directly share the collection to Facebook without having to download and re-upload the images. (So easy!) As the favourite images will be separated into their own folder, you can also choose to only show these images to family and friends, if you would like to keep the other photographs private.

*** Please be sure not to right-click and save your photos. This will save a much smaller version of your photograph – too small to have printed! Make sure to save your photographs from the slider, or the “download all” option!

You can download the PASS app to your iPad or phone – or you can open your gallery link in your web browser and double tap (iPhone only) to add your gallery as an icon right on your phone. So your photos are with you where ever you go!

PASS even enables you to order professional prints with the touch of a button from your computer, iPad or phone! The prints are fulfilled by a professional printing company called WHCC. The prints are incredible, and the prices are competitive. WHCC prints look approximately one million times better than any drug store print.

Feel free to share you URL with family and friends as well – your gallery also has the option to be password protected. Only VIPs have access to download images from the PASS gallery. Typically, that’s the couple, and some images will be available for the vendors involved. There are two ways to download your photos from PASS. You can choose to download all images with an option located under the left side menu (the 3 lines), or one by one via the slider on the right side.

Before your gallery expires, PASS will send you a friendly email asking if you would like to upgrade for another year. The choice is completely yours!

I know it seems like a lot – but really, it’s so easy. And we love that your photographs will be protected for 10 years.

If you have any other questions about using your PASS account, please just let us know!

Family & portrait clients:

To keep our portrait rates competitive, we include a free 30 day PASS gallery for our portrait clients. With a free gallery, clients are able to download their images one by one, not as a whole (this is why we also send out a disc!)

Before your 30 day gallery expires, PASS will send you an email asking if you would like to “upgrade” your gallery – the choice is completely yours. If you upgrade, you will continue to have access to your gallery to share and download your images for one year, and your images will be stored on “the cloud” for 10 years.

The directions to use, and set up your PASS account are the same as listed above for our wedding clients!

We hope you enjoy using your PASS gallery!

The Matador and the Señorita – Engaged! The Empress Fairmont Hotel, Victoria BC {Vancouver Island Wedding Photographer}

Andrew — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 05:16:28 +0000

We met up with “the Matador and the Señorita” (as we have lovingly nicknamed them!) at the classically beautiful Empress Fairmont Hotel, in downtown Victoria last weekend. We spent the first half of our shoot inside: exploring and marvelling at the interior beauty. We then made our way into the lush gardens around the perimeter: the architecture is so varied, yet cohesive, that it makes it difficult to decide on any one particular spot!

We love props in our engagement shoots, especially when they hold cherished memories for the couple; in this case, they made a perfect ending to our shoot! You’ll see what we mean by the end of the post (check out the aprons!). We had an incredible time, and we want to thank both “the Matador and Señorita” for being so much fun!

Enjoy!

Kim & Ian – Engaged! Goldstream Falls Victoria, BC {Vancouver Island Wedding Photographer}

Andrew — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 04:34:54 +0000

We were so lucky to have such warm, and summery weather for Kim & Ian’s engagement shoot. We spent the morning at Goldstream Falls, having so much fun with these two! We can’t wait until their wedding day!

Christine & Andy – Engaged! Swan Lake, Victoria BC {Vancouver Island Wedding Photographer}

Andrew — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 18:38:32 +0000

Jen and I met Christine and Andy on a beautiful Island morning, at Victoria’s very quaint Swan Lake Nature Sanctuary. We had such an incredible time and as I’m sure you’ll be able to tell, Christine is a serious DIY’er; check out the felt flowers, hearts and banners she put together just for their engagement shoot! We’re super excited to shoot their wedding this coming August – enjoy the photographs!

Our trip from Toronto, ON to Victoria, BC!

Andrew — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 06:06:49 +0000

Here are some photographs we took while driving across the States to arrive at our new home in Victoria, BC.

The drive was both awesome and terrifying, but we hope we will be able to do it again some day!