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Client Love | Halifax Wedding Photographer

It’s always a bit of a gut-check when I send off a client’s gallery.

Will they love them?

Will they be happy?

I hold my breath.

Hoping.

Nervous.

And then….you get a response like this one from Denise.

“When Dominic and I started planning for our wedding, we faced the challenges of a short time frame and limited knowledge of Halifax and surrounding area.  We knew one thing for sure though, and that was that we wanted to have a wedding where love and laughter was evident in all things.  

When we met you that Easter weekend it was love at first sight!  I could not say what we enjoyed the most, the photos you showed us, your enthusiasm in picking out locations for the photo shoots or your personality.  Dominic and I immediately felt at ease with you.  We had so much fun and were so impressed by your excellence not only in your photography but also in your ability to bring out honest emotions and truly enjoy each moment.  What excellent qualities to have as a photographer!  We knew you were the one for us, after only a few hours together. 

On the day of the wedding you were phenomenal.  I have heard so many compliements about you from all of our guests!  You were there not just for me and Dominic, but for the wedding party and our guests.  You made me cry with your kind words, you were right in there with the bridesmaids trying to play a joke on Dominic, you braved the rain, you stayed until the very end (although misplacing your keys did not help) and your creativity with the photography had not just us, but our wedding guests excited to see the finished product!

 I felt that you were not just our photographer who was there to capture the special moments of our day, but that you shared in our laughter and excitement and that you even helped to bring out the love and laughter that we wanted so much to be evident in all things. 

Not only are you responsible for giving us the tangible memories of our wedding day, but you are also a special part of those memories. ”

And then I exhale. ♥

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Double Trouble | Halifax Newborn Baby Photographer

I love photographing newborns…and what better than twins?

I won’t even pretend it wasn’t….with 9 week old twin boys, this session was tricky. Matthew and David were angels, but as often the case when photographing twins, not at the same time! I’m quite pleased with the results though, and here is a quick peek for their Mama, Daddy and big sisters Lucy and Grace (also twins!)

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A Bride’s Eye View | Halifax Wedding Photographer

 

 

 

“Jen Wheeldon here – albeit from a different email address than I was using previously.

I, of course am more than happy to sing Tanya’s praises. In fact, Tanya should get far more credit than she ever will from just her photographs alone. Her photos are amazing – but you can see that, what was more important for me was the fact that Tanya was real, honest, patient, flexible and has the most amazing warm and bubbly spirit.

Our wedding was bananas. We had a double wedding (us in the morning and my husband’s brother and wife in the afternoon followed by a shared reception). We planned the wedding with Morgan and I in Korea, his brother in Washington and his mother doing most of the work in Nova Scotia. You can imagine with a double wedding and two very different ideas of atmosphere and what a wedding should be, how crazy the planning became. This was my first clue that Tanya was going to be phenomenal. Not only was she willing and open to work with mine and Morgan’s hippy dippy community wedding ceremony as well as Jo and Liz’ more formal ceremony – but when we changed our minds back and forth about 3 zillion times about how we were going to structure things – Tanya didn’t even bat an eyelash. She was open, communicative, and willing to find a way to make things work for all of us. Such flexibility and knowing that she would be there to support what we all (okay, it was mostly me who cared about the photos) wanted out of the photos, was incredible. 

Meeting with Tanya in advance of the wedding to talk about feel and atmosphere, what the day would be like – we knew from her personality that she was a perfect fit.

Day of: I showed up to the beach where the planning was happening and Tanya was already there, snapping photos of the prep – and of me, without me even noticing. In the end, these were some of my favorite photos! The documentary style ones really are so valuable.  Our ceremony was a huge circle on the beach… not easy to photograph I’m sure. But in the end, by climbing on rocks, falling graciously in the water (without complaint) and somehow still remaining invisible (I don’t know how she does it!) the photos were great.

She captured an insane amount of family photos (she has so much patience!) and managed to make us all look amazing  even in the glaring sun. It was fun! She had great poses that weren’t stereotypical – that was what I had wanted from her, and she delivered perfection.

I won’t have kids for years – but I already know I wouldn’t have anyone but her photograph them. She was far far far more amazing than I ever could have expected from a photographer – or even just as an awesome person.

Seriously, I don’t have anything negative or ‘constructive’ to say.

 She was awesome.”

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