The Wedding Portrait Project
Back in September Jeff, my partner both in life and in business, proposed! We plan on getting married later this summer and because we are both wedding photographers we knew that we'd have to do something epic for the photos. This is how the Wedding Portrait Project was born! So this year, anytime we visit a place that is special to us in Jasper (our home) Jeff will be taking bridal portraits of me.
Don't get me wrong, we have hired 2 very talented local photographers to also take our photos for our actual wedding, but we didn't want to have to cram everything into one day and one location. So I bought a pretty dress online, one that packs up easily and can be changed into quickly; and started thinking about where we wanted to shoot. The options of incredible locations here in Jasper National Park are endless!
With this project we are hoping to inspire brides to look at non-traditional ways of doing wedding photos. It's definitely a more modern approach to wear your dress for more than one day, but it's your wedding and you are allowed to think outside the box! I know many brides who have their dress hanging in their closet collecting dust, so why not pull it out for photos in an epic location that you have always dreamed of, with no actual wedding day stress! I have also heard of horror stories online of wedding day disasters (we’ve only had amazing reviews from our clients but those stories are definitely out there) so if your day didn’t go exactly to plan you can still follow it up with some amazing photos that are exactly what you had in mind.
For this part of the project we ventured into a canyon to take photos in front of the incredible ice formations to kick everything off. It was a bit chilly and I had to change on location, but it was absolutely worth it for the images that we had captured. I think at the very end of the portrait project I'll get an album made of all of the locations we visit and have it as a tangible keepsake for us as well.
So if this is something that speaks to you, follow along to see where our project takes us next and get inspired! As always, feel free to reach out if you would like to plan and book a photo session, we are happy to help create memories that you'll remember for years to come.
Until next time! ♥
