alanna & stan | engagement

Meet the beautiful couple, Alanna and Stan, who I will be spending my birthday with next summer! Yes! These two have booked me for August 1, 2009, one of the most popular dates of next year with it being a long weekend in August and all. Alanna and Stan attended the same school of graphic design as my July bride, Lesia (of Chris+Lesia) which is also how Alanna heard about my photography. We had just had a quick phone conversation back in June when she booked me, so I had yet to meet Alanna+Stan. Saturday there was a forecast for rain (surprise, it had been raining for the last five days: Vancouver, Vancouver!) and I emailed Alanna the morning of to give her and Stan the option of rescheduling. These two were up for anything and we decided to go ahead as planned on Granville Island. It turned out to be a beautiful day, even though Alanna brought along the cutest umbrella to use in our shoot! As you'll see from two of these shots below, we decided to "fake" the rain (in Vancouver! I can't believe we did that...) just to make use of it! Oh man, I am even more excited for their August 1 wedding now that I had the pleasure of hanging out with them for an hour and a half. I also happen to have a special place in my heart for graphic designers--they inspire me!

Ok, how cute are they?








They both have the greatest smiles.





Mmm, this is an absolute favourite. So serene.
























My favourite shot of the day; for sure!









I think Alanna needs to be an umbrella model; this photo would be a great ad. ;)








We decided to sneak into the market for a few different shots. It's really handy, y'know, because if we got hungry we could just grab an apple and keep shooting.





Cute!




















Watch the slideshow below or click here to have it open up in a new window! The song is "I Don't Know" by Lisa Hannigan. Which also happens to be the cutest song and one of my favourites right now.