Ottawa Wellington Street Engagement Session: Sarah-Anne + Corey

Ottawa-Wellington-Street-Engagement-Stephanie-Beach-PhotographyI used to do surveys in different buildings around the city of Ottawa. Okay, so I didn’t do field work very often, but when I did, it was building surveys. The point is, it let me see a lot of different areas around town that I may not have spotted otherwise. The Garden of Provinces and Territories is one of those areas so when Sarah-Anne + Corey mentioned that they lived nearby I thought it would be a perfect place to start their engagement session.

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Ottawa Parliament Proposal: Helen + Yale

Ottawa-Proposal-Session-Stephanie-Beach-Photography-Parliament-Hill-engagementAfter he has proposed, and after she had said yes, Helen + Yale joined me for an absolutely delightful engagement session. One of the first stops was actually behind the Parliament buildings, overlooking the city. And as I stood there I could pretty much see the spot further up the river where Dave had proposed to me not so long ago. I realized that I had just captured their proposal in such close proximity to where my own had taken place, and that made this special day even more memorable.

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Ottawa Parliament Proposal: Helen + Yale, Sneak Peek

Ottawa-Proposal-Engagement-Parliament-Hill-Stephanie-Beach-PhotographyEvery December I sit down with a good old pen and paper and make a list of goals for my business. It is full of things I think I can accomplish and things I want to accomplish. I definitely put things on it that I know will get done (as it is always nice to check things off a list), but I also put a bunch of items on it that are going to be challenging for me. Some are even designed to push me out of my comfort zone.

Last December when I sat down to make my list for 2017 I wanted to include Shoot a Proposal on it, but I ended up taking it off the list because I really didn’t know how to even go about marketing such a thing. So instead I just added other challenging tasks and decided to leave this to next year. Well as it turns out, I probably should have left it on there.

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Parliament Hill Engagement Session: Rebecca + Keith

parliament-hill-engagement-session-Stephanie-Beach-Photography-bridge-rideau-street-stairsOttawa photographers really are such a lucky bunch as there are so many wonderful locations in and around this city. We are even luckier when it comes to our downtown core, as unlike most city centres, our is full of great urban scenes with an abundance of nature mixed in. So when Rebecca + Keith wanted an engagement session with both an urban and rural feel, there were definitely no issues accommodating.

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