Gabriola Island Weddings
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Gabriola Island Weddings

Gabriola Island features some of the most beautiful scenic landscapes on the west coast. Everything from white sand beaches, paddleboard perfect sunsets, and sculpted rock formations, to old growth trees and mountain views. Your ideal west coast wedding could be right here at one of two retreats on Gabriola Island, a short 20 minute ferry ride from Nanaimo.

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Newborn, Stroller and Mobility Accessible Portrait Photography Locations in Nanaimo
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Newborn, Stroller and Mobility Accessible Portrait Photography Locations in Nanaimo

When you are doing family portraits with newborns, toddlers and extended family and grandparents, often we need to look for stroller friendly and mobility friendly locations with easy parking, short walks and still enjoy beautiful backgrounds. Here are a few of my recommended Nanaimo family photo locations to fit your family dynamics.

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Wild West Coast Wedding Portraits in Nanoose Bay, A Creative Collaboration
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Wild West Coast Wedding Portraits in Nanoose Bay, A Creative Collaboration

When you plan your wedding on Vancouver Island, there is no end to the choices for scenic, beautiful locations for your ceremony, celebration and portraits. The west coast presents us with endless beauty from forest to ocean views. You are going to look stunning for your big day, and this bridal collaboration was designed to inspire your ideas for your own beautiful wedding day.

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Capturing memories of your children with you in the frame - selfie moments, candids and camera timers.
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Capturing memories of your children with you in the frame - selfie moments, candids and camera timers.

Just look at those little school photos, the missing teeth, the crazy hair and the growth spurts with each year. Most people remember to take a first day or last day of school picture, but what about the rest of the year that isn’t a holiday? And are you in any of these photos with your kids?

Time for a selfie! Especially a squishy family photo of all of you together if you can.

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Airbnb Photography Tips
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Airbnb Photography Tips

Airbnb photography is a unique niche that combines interior design perspective for the style of shooting, and capturing the details, but with a wide angle approach more like real estate images. As you are not trying to sell the property, you are trying to sell the comfort, experience and amenities to potential guests, the look and feel of the images should be bright, inviting and appealing to anyone taking a quick glance on Airbnb, VRBO or any vacation rental service.

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Documenting little moments - Dad’s Birthday Cake baking attempt
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Documenting little moments - Dad’s Birthday Cake baking attempt

In addition to not having ingredients, I also didn't know that this stuff needs to be at room temperature. That means pre-planning. I am more of a grab-a-recipe-and-get-rolling kind of person. So I threw the butter and cream cheese precariously onto the baseboard heater for a minute, and there we go “room temperature spreadables”. It worked and was much more precarious, and satisfying than the microwave.

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