I’ve really enjoyed photographing weddings in Calgary, especially Carly & Eric’s Bow Valley Ranche wedding. It’s just nice to get a change of scenery and new venues to work in. We started getting ready at The Bow Valley Ranche in the cutest room for both Eric and for Carly. After getting ready, we had a quick first look outside before their ceremony started. There was an afternoon reception, so after we did some timeline planning, we decided that we’d do all of their portraits after the reception and it worked fabulously! They got to spend time with their guests and were relaxed and refreshed for portraits when the summer light was gorgeous. It was a win for everyone. I’m hoping to have more weddings with that kind of timeline. Here’s some of my favourite photos from Carly & Eric’s Bow Valley Ranche wedding featuring tea cups and succulents (some of my favourite things!!).

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We were both just looking forward to finally being married! 🙂

I would say we tried to go along with a vintage feel so the venue was exactly what I was looking for. However somethings ended up being very eclectic like cactus/succulents in tea cups (tea cups maybe vintage but cactus?) and I love all animals so why not animal name settings (an excellent Pinterest find in my opinion). I’m also not sure I really had a color scheme lol, it was more go with the flow and the florist did an amazing job picking flowers to fit with what I described to her!