‘Twas a bit of a wild weather day with these two.  The plan was to go down to their local beach in Kitsilano, but Mother Nature had different plans in mind and it decided to start raining 10 minutes before we met for our beach engagement session with them.  Nothing like rain and 40 km/hr winds to make for a great day at the beach, especially if your trying to avoid the crowds- there is nobody there!  Spending an hour and a half on an engagement shoot in these conditions however, is less than ideal.

We arrived at Seana and Mike’s and were quickly introduced to an entourage of cute pets, including one charismatic young doggie named Dexter.  We talked for a while about the planned photo-session and came up with an alternate plan, to go ahead with the session, but take advantage of some of the cities many great locations that are covered; perfect for this kind of day.  Once we had come up with a plan that would involve a little city adventure, we left on our way, leaving Dexter behind to manage his domain.  Amazingly, once we were outside, the rain had stopped and it even looked like the wind had calmed down just a bit, although there was still a good breeze.  We took advantage of the break and made for the beach, back to plan A! As it turned out, the rain held out until the last 5 minutes of our photo shoot when we were wrapping it up.  All in all it was a really great time. One of those really alive days, when the air is cool and fresh, the wind is brisk and there is that feeling that the weather could turn at any minute.  So, we all had a nice walk along the beach and found a few spots to take a break from the wind.  Seana and Mike were really fun to photograph. These two have a really great energy together.  It’s going to be a great wedding day.   steff + justin

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On one of their visits from Montreal we arranged with Kim and Jan to visit one of their favorite places on the coast, Buntzen Lake. When we met up I saw that Jan had a pair of binoculars hanging off his shoulder, it turns out that these two are very much into bird watching. Given their backgrounds in biology and science, an interest in some of our planets most interesting animals made sense. What’s really neat about spending some time with Kim and Jan and talking about different birds around the world, is that we have started paying a lot more attention to our local birds, and I have to say it’s been quite fascinating.

For the photoshoot with these two we spent a little time down by the lake and then went into the forest to create some images that really reflected them, including some shots of them looking for different birds in the forest, it was a fun shoot! These two really love the West coast so it was nice to be able to take advantage of a place that they really felt a connection to.

We are looking forward to their upcoming wedding this summer at Swan-e-Set Bay Resort & Country Club.

P.S. We recently shared a link with Kim + Jan to a live webcam from an Eagles nest with her babies. Here it is in case anyone would like to take a look: Eagle’s nest