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I’m not crying, you’re crying! That’s what I was muttering to myself as I left my shoot with Pam, Laurenzo and their 10-year-old pup Kosta. Pam recently contacted me about doing a shoot on the Sunshine Coast, as a way to surprise her boyfriend. Kosta, their mastiff boxer lab mix, had had quite the year. After experiencing some face twitches, he was incorrectly diagnosed with brain cancer. After many tests, an MRI and a spinal tap, it was revealed he actually had issues from a thyroid gland, and he would recover. Cue mega relief. He was now on the mend, and she wanted some family pictures with him and Laurenzo, who had fostered then adopted him in Montreal.

I’ve recently moved to the Sunshine Coast (shh.. but it’s only a quick 40 minute ferry ride from Horseshoe Bay to paradise), so I’m now offering shoots in Sechelt, Gibsons, Robert Creek and still have some limited availability in Vancouver. I was so happy when Pam wanted to shoot on the coast, since I knew it would be perfect for Kosta.

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“This getaway to the Sunshine Coast is for us, but for him mostly.. he needs some time outside of downtown Vancouver,” Pam explained when she first reached out. Kosta has some reactivity with other dogs, so she knew he’d have a better chance of a relaxed shoot in a less busy, more nature-filled area. We picked our date, and she organized to stay in a pet-friendly airBnB in Sechelt, so she could really unwind with Laurenzo, and treat him to a full weekend of surprises.

But. Lorenzo found out about her surprise (to help with scheduling, once they were on the coast Pam fessed up about the photos). SO… Lorenzo then secretly reached out to me. He told me he wanted to REALLY surprise Pam….by proposing to her during our doggie shoot. Would that be okay?

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After getting Kosta relaxed and shooting in a few locations, I gave Lorenzo the secret signal. He should go ahead and propose, whenever he was ready (I think he was ready in all of 4.2 seconds.)

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(she said yes). 🙂

 

 

You know when you meet those people who are SO DARN nice? Like, in every possible way? That’s how it was right from my first contact with Amanda. She and her husband were moving out to Vancouver from Alberta (my hometown) and wanted to schedule a photoshoot with their dog Henry as soon as they arrived.

We had a lot of laughs and a really beautiful sunny evening together. Henry wanted nothing more than to be held, petted and cuddled by his people. Whenever they put him down he looked back over like.. ok… so when will you be holding me again? I loved everything about this shoot, including the great outfits Amanda and Brandon chose to wear. When she received her photos she sent this response:

OH MY GOSH I LOOOOOVEEEEE THEM!!
They turned out AMAZING!! So much better than I could have imagined! Too bad you didn’t do our wedding :p I was viewing them on my phone all weekend :):):) Brandon and I will certainly be downloading them all sometime this week. Upon our return from vacation I’ll absolutely look into ordering some so I’ll touch base with you again then! I just love them so much!!

Even Brandon loves them, which says a lot!! WOW!! Just so amazing!! You’re truly so talented!! My favorite photo changes by the hour, I love them all! especially some near the end when I’m holding the little guy/Brandon has him flipped over his shoulder.. so cute!! Actually, mad props that the ones of Brandon and I being affectionate didn’t look staged! Bah! They’re all just so beautiful and the colors of our clothes look so nice in the setting… just majestic!! TRULY! Oh!! And I totally see what you were doing about Henry being in the sun for some of them – he literally looks like he’s glowing! I could go on and on….

Anyways, just wanted to let you know we adore them and are absolutely obsessed with how they turned out! 🙂 I actually got to show my mom and she said they are beautiful! 🙂

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