Lethbridge Portrait & Wedding Photography & Design by Tanya Plonka

Normally it takes a lot to convince me to do landscapes (photos are just so much more interesting with people or animals in them!) but when I last went location scouting in the Crowsnest Pass, the autumn colors were so beautiful that I just couldn’t keep my camera down! I went on a mini-hike and barely stopped taking photos along the way. All of the plants were so lush and colorful, and the hazy sky from the BC fires gave such a warm, gorgeous light.

Interested in prints of any of these? Send me a message! Later this year I am hoping to put together a special gallery of prints for sale, so keep an eye out :) (more…)

Irene and Jed wanted to get some family photos done while their beloved senior dog was still with them. We met up on a very blustery day, which just made the dogs look like supermodels with billowing hair :) Moufassa and Finnegan were such beautiful dogs and I had so much fun with them! They had such contrasting personalities; the senior Moufie was so laid back but wanted to check out everything, while Finnegan has energy like he’s a few years younger but was totally fine chilling out with us. Irene and Jed with their fur babies make such a cute family :)

It is so sad that Moufie is no longer with us, but I am grateful I had the opportunity to capture his spirit in photographs so that they can always have the memories to look back on. He was very clearly an amazing dog and will be greatly missed :( (more…)

It’s time to start posting all the top secret Christmas gift sessions!

LeeAnna and her siblings David and Angela went all stealth over Thanksgiving to sneak way from their parents for a few hours to work on their Christmas gift… and getting dressed up on a Monday night to go “study” probably looked a little suspicious ;)

It stopped raining JUST long enough for us to do the photos, but even though we were sniffly it was so gorgeous and colorful outside! I’m happy to finally get to post these… they were so fun to work with again (I photographed LeeAnna’s wedding a few years ago) and I love how silly they are together! (more…)

Liam’s getting so big! As Liam approaches his first birthday in a few months, he is already so full of personality and spunk. He started flirting with me the moment he was out of the car! As usual, he was such an easy baby to photograph and his mood swings never lasted for more than a minute :) (more…)

On the day Kailey and Adam had booked photos with me, I woke up to snow. Oh great! However, I’m so thankful our weather is unpredictable and we had a beautiful, dry and sunny evening to work with in the end… even if it meant it was still really cold and all of us were sniffling like mad! I’m glad our photos didn’t have to get cancelled because Kailey and Adam are so ridiculously cute and in love and I had such a great time working with them. I found myself going, “Awww!” a few times when I edited their photos :) (more…)

The Korver family brought together their three generations for one large session and we lucked out with one last beautiful Saturday! I’m glad I brought Cam along to take candids while I was busy posing the groups, because the little cousins love the big cousins and everyone was in such good spirits :) (more…)