Maiya and Amanda cooked up such a cute surprise for their best friend Basso’s birthday. They took her to a spot agreed on beforehand and when I arrived they sprung a surprise photo shoot on her! How great is that!? What a cool birthday gift. I think I giggled non-stop the whole session and just wanted to jump into the frame and goof around with them they were so fun.
Put your paws up! A little Lady Gaga love.
Birthday girl smooch!
If you haven’t checked out Leigh’s work, you should really head on over to her website and have a look! Prior to opening Hatch Interior Design this past year, Leigh spent a number of years working in respected design and architectural firms across Alberta and BC. She is an extremely talented interior designer in Kelowna with a modern, creative vision.
I instantly liked Leigh when I met her and had so much fun with her on our shoot! She wanted a photo for a charity she was taking part in. I’m excited to photograph her wedding next September as well!
Email: jzaisphotography@gmail.com Phone: 250.718.9247
I had quite the adventure getting to Candace’s grad/prom shoot! GPS sent me an hour in the wrong direction! Two roads with the same name and both roads with a green gate at the end of the road that I was supposed to go through! So strange. Next time I am going to type in the postal code too, to be safe! haha. Melissa Craven was with me as well (she came to lend her awesome makeup skills to the shoot) and she was laughing her butt off at me while I stressed out about being late and possibly not having enough light by the time we got to where we were going. haha. Luckily we arrived with just enough light to spare and do our shoot with Candace! Her boyfriend Trevor jumped in for a few shots as well. Let me just say that he is one lucky guy! Candace is not only super pretty, but also incredibly sweet and fun. Hard to find that combo! She lit up the shoot and I had so much fun capturing her infectious energy.
We did the shoot all on and around her property and finished just as it was getting dark (thanks high ISO and low aperture!).
I’ve really enjoyed photographing these grad shoots I’ve done in the last month so much! I’ll definitely be doing more Grad/Prom photography in the future! Thanks again for the awesome shoot Candace and Trevor!
When I’m not busy being trigger happy, shooting weddings and portraits, you can usually find me scaling a nearby mountain, swimming in the lake or reading in a hammock. I always have the travel bug and love to go gallivanting to new or favourite places around the globe as much as possible! You can see many of my travel posts on here as well.
My hometown Kelowna (part of the gorgeous Okanagan Valley), is a fantastic destination in itself with hot, dry summers, a beautiful lake (complete with the Ogopogo sea monster), and boatloads of stunning wineries. It’s even been nicknamed Kelownafornia by locals as it’s like Canada’s California!
I love living in the moment and capturing meaningful moments is my passion.
P.S. Guacamole with salt and vinegar chips – try it.
