THE JOURNAL

Morgan and Liam put together a beautiful petite wedding near Almonte in his parents backyard. They had just their immediate family there, held a small ceremony, and followed it up with a dinner outdoors catered by the NeXT Restaurant. Their wedding was able to be snuck in just before Ontario went back into some stricter […]

Jessica and Mike held their intimate brunch wedding at the NeXT Restaurant in Stittsville. Originally, they planned to get married in the summer of 2020 but the world had other plans. They ended up postponed to the summer of 2021 due to covid restrictions. However, in the beginning of 2021 they decided they just couldn’t […]

You have this dream of quitting your soul sucking day job to pursue a photography business that fills your heart with joy and allows you the freedom to live comfortably. But, how do you turn this dream into reality? Where do you even start building your own photography business? You are probably feeling overwhelmed and […]

I went from a fully booked summer to only 6 weddings this year but I thought it would be fun to dedicate this post to all my Bride and Grooms that went ahead and did the damn thing despite covid trying to get in the way of their plans! A common theme between every single […]

The entire day begins with the DETAILS! This is one of my favourite parts of the wedding day because it allows me to prepare and get my creative side warmed up for the rest of the day! All the little details help tell your story, you spent so much time choosing all these little pieces […]

Erin and Jordan decided to have their engagement session at the Dominion Arboretum in Ottawa. It was right in the transition from summer to fall so we got the best of both worlds! Summer vibes with the willow trees and fall vibes with a couple trees that had just started to change colour! These two […]

Mackenzie and Scott held their intimate wedding in their own backyard in Pakenham. Because of covid, they originally postponed to 2021 but, 2020 was supposed to be their year! After lots of thought, they decided to put together an intimate wedding! They put their wedding together in two weeks and honestly no detail was forgotten. […]

If you are anything like me, you LOVE the idea of wearing a wedding veil!! You are SO excited to put it on but if you are doing a first look, you actually might want to wait before putting it on! There are a couple of reasons why: You get to wow your groom with […]

So you’ve planned the day of your dreams and it all of a sudden occurred to you that it possibly could rain on your wedding. This is one of the biggest worries of most brides and honestly a rainy day isn’t as bad as it may sound! As long as you are prepared, a rainy […]

After much thought and consideration, Shannon and Chad decided to un-postpone their wedding date and plan a petite backyard wedding. With the uncertainty of how long covid will have an impact they just didn’t want to wait any longer. They were excited to get married! So, they decided to put together the perfect micro wedding […]