Experience

It goes something like this…

Timeline

So you’ve got your person, you’ve set your date, you’ve booked your venue (or maybe almost booked), and now you need your photographer. But what does that process even look like?

This is what you can expect when we work together.

Before Booking

You send me an e-mail with your date telling me about how rad your person is and what you want your wedding day to feel like.

If you’re down, we meet for drinks over FaceTime to go over any questions before you sign. Once your contract is signed and your retainer is in, we are golden!

Before the Wedding

You e-mail me with any wedding day logistics concerns, help with vendor recommendations, or if you need a solid 2-player board game suggestion.

I faithfully like all of the photos of your cat(s) on Instagram and send you a few questionnaires to help make your wedding day run as seamlessly as possible.

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At the Wedding

You eat, drink, and be married! We take some quick and painless portraits together and then I leave you to celebrate with your guests while I document everything from all the sneaky angles.

Ever seen a wedding photographer shooting from inside a fireplace? Seriously.

After the Wedding

You get sneak peeks from your wedding within 24 hours and your complete gallery within 6 weeks of your wedding.

You easily share with your friends and chosen family, decide if you’d like to order professional prints and products, and leave me a review if you really love me.

Behind the Scenes

My Shooting Philosophy

Portraits

One of the things I get asked most about is how much guidance I provide during portraits. Most couples are completely unfamiliar with having their picture taken, by a photographer at least, so I totally understand the concern.

My gameplan during portraits is to find rad spots to shoot in, and then to encourage you to interact with each other in whatever way feels most natural. I’ll ask you do to things like look at each other, whisper things to one another, snuggle closer, or love on each other. How you interpret those things is entirely up to you.

I am not one to micromanage or heavily pose my couples because it’s not authentic. Physical love languages and comfort levels with affection look completely different in every relationship, so my goal is always to honour that.

Details

Another thing I feel strongly about is things.

I am much more concerned with documenting how your wedding felt than what it looked like. I will not precariously dangle your wedding dress from a tree (it definitely looks better on you anyway) or spend an hour documenting your centrepieces from every angle.

I make sure to include a few detail photos with every wedding gallery, but moments trump things every. single. time. It’s too easy for moments to be missed when you are caught up focusing on things, so I try to keep the time I spend shooting things at your wedding to an absolute minimum.

All that said, I do ask about sentimental things in a questionnaire before your wedding. If the details are an important piece in telling your story, you can rest assured that they will not be missed.

Overall

Overall, my goal is to be as candid as possible throughout your wedding day. My favourite compliment at the end of the night is “We hardly even noticed you were here!”

I don’t want you to look back at your wedding photos and remember the photographer who took them. I want you to look back and remember exactly how you felt.

I want you to remember the love in the eyes of your guests, all the excited faces when you were pronounced officially married, the bewilderment when that thing didn’t go quite according to plan, the tears and the long hugs, the throw-your-head-back laughs during speeches, and the way you looked at each other when you thought no one was watching.

It is such an honour to be chosen to tell your story and I look forward to doing it in a way that is raw and genuine and real.

READY TO BOOK?

Reviews

She made the experience fun and inviting.

Shauna was a true artist and captured our wedding wonderfully! We could not have been happier with the quality of service and the photos. She made the experience fun and inviting and made everyone incredibly comfortable! A+!

Kyle & Gunter

SHE CAPTURED SUCH BEAUTIFUL AND AUTHENTIC MOMENTS.

Shauna was able to truly capture our loved ones’ characteristic expressions and gestures in such a gorgeous way. Several guests also commented on how unobtrusive her presence was at the wedding itself; although she captured many intimate, candid moments, we never felt awkward or overly observed.

Vanessa & Katrina

SHE MANAGED TO CAPTURE ALL THE LOVE AND JOY IN EVERY SHOT.

Shauna was incredible from start to finish. We haven’t stopped getting compliments on our photography – both her and her second shooter managed to capture hundreds of incredible moments that we (the brides) didn’t get to see in all the busyness of the day. We love our photos so much!

Carly & Simone

ALL OF OUR GUESTS WERE REALLY IMPRESSED BY HOW PRESENT SHE WAS AT THE WEDDING.

She arrived a bit early to the venue so we got started right away! She made us feel comfortable the entire time and gave us a bit of direction. All of our guests were really impressed by how present she was at the wedding and how much she moved around to get cool shots.

Emmalee & Kiko

SHE HELPED OUR PERSONALITIES COME THROUGH IN THE PHOTOS.

We were so thankful for Shauna’s calm and fun energy. We were both nervous about having photos done and she made us feel at ease. She totally helped our personalities come through in the photos and we look like ourselves! And she captured us in some of our favourite places.

Lisa & Sandy

SHE MADE US FEEL COMFORTABLE ALL THROUGHOUT THE PLANNING AND SHOOTING.

When our previous photographer had a family emergency and had to bow out, Shauna was ready, willing, and able to take us on last minute. Shauna was flexible, fun, and made us feel comfortable all throughout the planning and shooting of the photos. We appreciated Shauna’s laughter and ideas!

Amara & Ginny