Australian Winter Wedding - Vancouver BC Based Photographer

If you are a frequent visitor to my blog you know I was in Australia last month for my close friends wedding.  I'm in the middle of sorting through thousands of images now but wanted to put up a quick preview for the bride and groom.  This beautiful wedding was held Rundells Alpine Lodge, Dinner Plain at the base of Mt Hotham  in the province of Victoria.

I love Big White!!!

I had the best time at Big White last weekend.  It was my first time up there and had a really great experience. My close friend runs the design department and gave us the extra push to come up for some riding.  I lived in Whistler for 10 years and I must say it kind of kicked Whistler’s butt. The snow was amazing and we weren’t standing in lift lines all day.  They also have a lot of great activities to do after you are finished on the hill like tubing, ice climbing and skating. We headed down one of the slower tube runs with our friends 1 year old for his first ride. He got faced washed the whole way down and loved it. With inexpensive lift tickets and all the additional activities right at the base its much more attractive for families gateways than Whistler.

I wanted to send a special thank you to senior management Michael J. Ballingall and Blair Ireland for the unbelievable treatment we received and for making our first visit to Big White so amazing.

Check it out for yourself www.bigwhite.com

Home from Big White

Wow the drive from Big White today was long and a little sad. We had to say good-bye to our closest friends but the mountain also received 30cm of fresh champagne powder which we didn't get to ride. Tears. Sniff.  We had such a great time. More pics tomorrow when I have had a little rest.

Winter in Vancouver -Vancouver BC Based Photographer

At the beginning of the week it started to feel like we were living in Winnipeg. I should know because I lived their for a winter and my husband is from there. Today of course we are right back to the rain after it snowed all day yesterday. We were tempted to go clear off the car but seeing the weather report for today we knew it was completely unnecessary. On the coldest day this week I decided it would be great to be outside taking pictures. There was still snow on the ground and the sun was out. After a family shoot my first stop was Queen Elizabeth Park and to my surprise the fountain was still running which made for some beautiful frozen pictures.