Our adventures


10 year wedding anniversary

10 year wedding anniversary

Without really noticing it, our 10th wedding anniversary crept up on us. :) I'm using this opportunity to get extra personal (so feel free to skip along if you're here for…

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How the pandemic sped up our future dreams

As the year is slowly coming to an end, I have to admit that despite the 2020 craziness, a lot of amazing things happened. The pandemic created the perfect storm for some…

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Joshua Tree National Park

Big reset and travel photos from Joshua Tree National Park

Whew, this is my first blog post since March and since the COVID-19 lockdown. I tried to write a "how to get married during COVID" blog post, but since the regulations and…

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Grouse Mountain snowshoeing

Grouse Mountain snowshoeing in the fog

Grouse Mountain is a great location for weddings and engagement shoots, but this week we had the pleasure of exploring more of the mountain while snowshoeing! Jelger and…

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Horsefly  trip

Horsefly trip in the Fall

I'm interrupting the flow of weddings and engagement shoots on the blog, to share a more personal post with you about our trip to Horsefly in the Fall. It was a two part…

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Halloween Styled shoot in Vancouver

Halloween styled shoot

Once in a while I (Tanja) get to do a photography project without Jelger, just for fun, such as this Halloween styled shoot! What started as me wanting to photograph…

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Othello Tunnels in Hope BC

Othello Tunnels hike in Hope

The Othello Tunnels in Hope are one of those locations that everyone has heard of, but for some reason not necessarily visited! Despite living so close to them (it's only a…

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Kenny Falls hike in North Vancouver

Kennedy Falls hike in North Vancouver

Throwing it back to a gloomy November day, when we did the Kennedy Falls hike in North Vancouver. It's always exciting to try a new hike so close to home! And especially one…

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Jelger Tanja Dawson Falls Wells Gray Provincial Park

Wells Gray Provincial Park road trip in Winter

In January of this year, Tanja and I went on a road trip to beautiful Wells Gray Provincial Park, home to a couple of Canada’s highest waterfalls. Our vacation consisted of…

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In search of nature, a change of lifestyle and a second business

Four years ago, we started to focus in our wedding photography business on working with spontaneous and adventurous couples. We didn’t chose these words randomly, but…

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Bucerias Mexico Jelger on the beach

Bucerias Mexico: doing nothing

Our little trip to Bucerias in Mexico already seems so long ago! But it's only been 3 months, since we photographed Mel and Brett's wedding there. Thanks to this duo, Jelger…

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Our Callaghan Country snowshoe adventures

Friends recently introduced us to Callaghan Country in Whistler for a snowshoe trip! The first thing I always do when I hear about a new place is to google it! And the looks…

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The Lions hike in North Vancouver

The Lions in North Vancouver

When you're looking at our beautiful North shore, the two Lions are such a typical Vancouver view. I simply can't imagine the mountain skyline without them. Thanks to our…

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Evans Peak hike in Golden Ears Park

Evans Peak hike: my first solo hike

With our wedding season slowing down, I remembered I never shared with you that I hiked up Evans Peak by myself this past June! To many of you adventurous souls, hiking by…

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Davis Lake and McDonald Falls

As wedding season is in full swing, I can only dream of places like Davis Lake and McDonald Falls. While currently photographing weddings every weekend and spending weekdays…

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