Intimate Backyard Wedding

Jen and Tyler’s intimate backyard wedding was one of my favourite ones to photograph this year. Taking place at her grandmother’s home, there was so much soul, love and emotion and went into their day. The DIY details were everywhere and she even made the train for her own wedding dress. I loved capturing the candid moments in a documentary way, but I also loved capturing all of the details. A great mix of both is what I strive for.

Jen said, ” The idea was to create an easy going, and fun atmosphere for our guests, where everyone could come together and celebrate. I created a backyard, bohemian, vintage garden feel to embrace the day. I love designing and creating! The wedding was going to be DIY with help from so many friends and family”.

Pushing through with their backyard wedding

Over the last few years they had gone through so much together. Being a part of their intimate backyard wedding day was very special to me as a photographer. Jen had explained to me at our first meeting:

“Just over a year before our wedding, we were forced to leave our jobs teaching and our home in Fort McMurray. The fire that raged the city, destroyed our home and everything we had owned and built up together. We were thankful to be out safe, as well as all of our friends and students, but were devastated by the sudden loss. We made the venture back to Ontario, where friends and family were there to greet us. Without their love and support we would have been where we are today.

We decided to set our roots back closer to family in Ontario and little did I know, the ring I didn’t know existed, had made it out of the fire. It had been taken by a friend who had been holding onto the ring for my husband and she made sure it left her house when she did. A few months later, a surprise came at the end of a ‘escape room’ I was in with friends. At the final door, my husband was waiting on the other end of the final door down with a ring in hand. The answer was yes and we knew that not everything was lost in the fire. We gained more then we lost from the amazing friends we met and the incredibly supportive school we met teaching at. Without this incredible time in our lives we would not have met to be here today, so we are grateful we had the opportunity to be apart of such an amazing community and the time we shared there. It forever holds a special place in our hearts”.

Best intimate backyard wedding

Everyone had so much fun on their wedding day! I felt so free to creatively do what I wanted with them. Having an intimate backyard wedding that was super laid back was so lovely. We had so many sparklers and smoke bombs to play with during their wedding day! Check out their beautiful wedding day below!

Intimate Backyard Wedding – Jen & Tyler

Intimate Backyard Wedding

Pushing through with their backyard wedding

Best intimate backyard wedding