Fall Engagement Session at Harrison Lake, BC | Fraser Valley Photographer
Late fall in Harrison Hot Springs has a quiet kind of magic. The crowds thin out, the air cools, and the landscape settles into rich colour and soft light. This engagement session took place along the shores of Harrison Lake, surrounded by golden leaves, lush forest, and mountain views that felt timeless and calm. As the sun dipped behind the mountains, warm light spilled across the lake, reflecting off the water and wrapping everything in soft tones. The forest was alive with late fall colour, deep greens mixed with yellows and golds, creating a setting that felt both intimate and cinematic. This particular spot along the lake offers the best of everything — towering trees, open shoreline, and quiet forest paths all within a short walk. It allows couples to move naturally through their session, letting the landscape become part of their story rather than just a backdrop. Harrison Hot Springs is known for its natural beauty, and it’s easy to see why it continues to be a favourite for engagement sessions in the Fraser Valley. Whether you’re visiting for a weekend getaway or planning photos here, the area offers endless inspiration. You can explore more about the Harrison River Valley through their official tourism site. This session felt like the perfect prelude to what’s coming next. I’ll be photographing their wedding this fall at the Grand Hall in District 1881, in Chilliwack, BC and the moody fall tones of this engagement session already hint at the atmosphere their wedding day will hold. Late fall engagement sessions are about slowing down and leaning into the season. The colours are deeper, the light is softer, and everything feels a little more intentional. It’s one of my favourite times of year to photograph couples, especially in places as naturally beautiful as Harrison Lake.
Looking for an engagement and wedding photographer, or just someone to capture your love, then Let’s Chat!
Why You Need to Book an Engagement Session | Fraser Valley Engagement Photos | Chilliwack Engagement Photographer
In all the craziness that comes with wedding planning take a moment to cherish this incredibly special time in your life. I adore engagement sessions as it gives me uninterrupted time with my couples before their wedding day. This allows us to feel like friends on the day you get to share your love story with everyone.
Why you need to book an Engagement Session-if you haven’t already!
In all the craziness that comes with wedding planning take a moment to cherish this incredibly special time in your life. I adore engagement sessions as it gives me uninterrupted time with my couples before their wedding day. This allows us to feel like friends on the day you get to share your love story with everyone.
1. Nerves
Let’s get those out of the way already! Being the sole subjects being photographed is not an everyday thing, I totally get it! Of course you are going to have those butterflies in your stomach and feel anxious- trust me, I have those before EVERY session. Just know that I am just as awkward, we will get through this together, we will giggle and laugh, and I will probably snort at some point- it will be fine! By the time your wedding day arrives we will be just like old friends!
2. You’ll get to know Me-
Spending time together, before your wedding day gives us a chance to learn a lot about each other. I get to figure out what makes you laugh, see how you connect with each other, and allows me to build a genuine connection and relationship with you, that isn’t over the phone or zoom. From the moment we meet, I am watching for those little moments, the moments in between, the way you look at each other, your personalities and what makes the connection you share so unique and special. I want to capture it all.
3. professional photos before your wedding day-
If you are anything like most people the only pictures you have with your love, your bestfriend, the person you are closet to are selfies taken with your cel phone. How many of those are printed and hanging on the walls of your home? Having an Engagement session before your wedding day allows for you to show off your relationship, your personalities, and truly document this time in your life. The time you realized you can’t imagine ever being without each other. Your engagement photos can be used in so many different ways- think Save the Dates, personalized Wedding Invites, additions to the embarrassing Wedding Slideshow you know your parents and siblings are putting together and to have printed and framed on display on your actual wedding day.
4. Let’s explore and have some fun-
Your Engagement photos can happen wherever you want, doing whatever you want- we are truly only limited by your imagination! I can suggest some gorgeous spots offering mountain, lake or river landscapes, whatever your preference is or we can go somewhere that has a special significance to you both. Or it can be as simple as hanging out and doing something that you love to do together- I have always wanted to do a cooking at home session, or a thrift store pick each other outfits and then hit up a local brewery in your special outfits! We can do posed or a more documentary style- lets go capture the two of you doing something that you love to do together! Engagement sessions are another way to incorporate your fur babies in your session as well, especially if they aren’t able to be a part of your wedding ceremony!
Regardless of the type of Engagement photos you would like to have I am up for it! I adore getting to know my couples before their wedding day so reach out and let’s get your sessions booked!
PITT LAKE | JEFF and JAI | CHILLIWACK ENGAGEMENT PHOTOGRAPHER
A gorgeous evening spent with Jai and Jeff exploring the gorgeous Coquitlam Mountain range and Pitt Lake in Maple Ridge, BC.
Jai and Jeff were guests at a wedding I photographed at Eighteen Pastures last summer for friends of theirs. I was absolutely thrilled when they approached me to photograph their upcoming wedding. They were up to anything for their engagement photos so after giving them some options they chose Pitt Lake as they had never been there before and they fell instantly in love. How can you not with those beautiful mountain ranges!
“Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same.”
Chilliwack Lake | Katy & Dustin | Chilliwack Engagement Photographer
Chilliwack Engagement Photographer
I won’t get up before sunrise for just anyone… but if it’s to capture your love story, you bet I will. I met Katy and Dustin for their gorgeous Chilliwack Lake Engagement session just before the sun came up and I’m not gonna lie it was cold, really cold but Katy & Dustin were troopers.
We spent some time chatting and exploring Chilliwack Lake before we headed down the road to do some ‘bush wacking’ as I was taught to call it as a young child. Dustin was in his element but Katy wasn’t phazed by it either as she showed us she most definitly could climb the morning dew mountain side in a dress!.
Chilliwack Engagement Photographer | Brandon + Rebecka | Chilliwack Lake, BC
Rainy, Snow and Sleet… just another day in the Fraser Valley’s Pacific North West.
A few months back I met with Brandon and Rebecka to chat about their upcoming wedding at Whonnock Lake. I remember admiring their attention to details- the ones most important to them- the assurance that everyone at their wedding be honoured and respected for who they were. I assured them, that I would never have it any other way, and after playing some hot wheels with their little guy and finishing up our donuts from the Harvest Cafe we were well on our way to planning the most epic engagement session!
Fast forward to the days leading up to their engagement session, it rained… and rained and got colder and colder. We talked about postponing but looking at the forecast it didn’t look like it would be getting better anytime soon, and as life in the PNW goes… the show must go on!
“I find more love in a storm with you than a thousand sunny days without”
Chilliwack Engagment Photographer | A Surprise Proposal | Jim + Val
An Engagement Session at Cultus Lake, BC after a surprise proposal.
It’s hard to put into words all the emotions I’ve gone through holding onto the news that one of my oldest and dearest friends was going to propose to his girl. He’s always been my biggest supporter and has always had my back- like 32 yrs of having someone’s back is a LONG time.
We often talk about the good ol’ days of being rowdy teenagers but honestly what I cherish most is the loyalty, the positivity, the strength his words give and the love of a solid friendship. Secret meetings and phone calls and parking lot dodges as we worked towards keeping this marriage proposal a surprise will forever make me laugh. I was beyond honoured to be asked to witness one of my besties profess his love and commitment to his forever this afternoon.
Jimmy & Val I wish you both a lifetime of happiness, laughter and SLAYER. Always SLAYER.
So after some bush whacking and some quick engagement pictures we headed to the pub together for a drink. The old locals must have been laughing at us as we tried over and over to get an in focus picture of the three of us in the dimly lit pub. It's not perfect but its the epitomy of joy to me.
Pitt Meadows Engagement Photographer| Pitt Lake Engagement | Gagan & Nick
GAGAN & NICK
PITT MEADOWS ENGAGEMENT SESSION
It’s been five years since I first met Gagan when was my practicum student at my day job. I loved her personality immediately and I was beyond thrilled when she graduated and was hired on full time. Over the past five years I have watched not only her confidence grow but her love for Nick. Her whole face lights up when she talks about him and they are absolutely perfect together. Long before Nick even proposed to her, Gagan would always comment on my wedding photography and excitedly tell me that when the time comes she would want me to take her engagement pictures. So I was beyond thrilled when Nick finally proposed to her in NEW YORK on top of the Rock in June- he even asked a stranger to make sure to get a picture! The cutest thing ever!
As soon as Gagan came back to work she started talking with me about doing their engagement pictures- she had only one request- MOUNTAIN views! Not a problem I told her as we brainstormed different locations knowing that Pitt Lake was the perfect location to capture her vision. We planned it all out, just to come to the date and have to cancel because of all the smoke from the wild fires this summer- you could not see a few feet in front of you, let alone our gorgeous mountains! We decided to reschedule again for September.
September came and so did the Fall rains- torrential rains. Gagan and I messaged over and over all morning hoping that the rains would let up but the rains didn’t let up- in fact it rained harder and harder so in the end we decided to reschedule again. Finally we decided to plan for a weekday instead of waiting for the weather to cooperate for us on the weekend and boy did it pay off! We had so much fun exploring the gorgeousness that is Pitt Lake and the surrounding area for their engagement pictures.
Congratulations Gagan and Nick~ I am so excited for your upcoming wedding this Spring where I get to attend as a friend and celebrate your love for each other.
