Lethbridge Weddings & Portrait Photography by Tanya Plonka

After an entire day of torrential downpour, the clouds cleared and left behind gorgeous, lush green colors for Kari and Henry’s Fort Macleod spring wedding! We met up with the couple for their first look in the Fort Macleod Wilderness Park, where Henry couldn’t stop smiling hearing Kari approaching him. Once they had a few extremely happy moments alone, we went down by the river and the landmark green bridge with their wedding party (with their family helping out controlling traffic!).

After family photos in the park and their early afternoon ceremony, we met back up with them at the Galt Museum for the rest of their photos. They are so happy together and their friends seemed absolutely excited for them, making our job so easy!

Congratulations, Kari and Henry!

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It’s hard to manage the separate activities of five children, so I really appreciate Kevin and Sarah taking a moment out of their busy day for their Lethbridge morning family session… even if it meant they had to rush off to their next activity! This family is so sweet together and I couldn’t get over how well behaved and ready for the camera the little ones were. They were definitely a family of perfect models!

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I’ve known Sarah and Kyle for quite a few years now but this was the first time I got to meet their adorable kids! Josephine and Levon had a fun time playing in the grass at their Nicholas Sheran spring family photos. The kids are a perfect mix of their mom’s sweetness and their dad’s silliness :) That silliness came in handy from both parents when they had to act ridiculous behind me to get bigger smiles out of the children!

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I’m getting so excited for Andrea and Tylor’s wedding this month! I’ve known Andrea since grade one and it’s amazing to see her taking this step. We met up a few weeks before the wedding for Nicholas Sheran spring engagement photos so that they’d have something up to date to share at their reception. Their cute little girl Evelyn hopped in for a couple photos but quickly let us know she was happier hanging out with her uncle behind the scenes and picking grass blades.

It was such a gorgeous evening in Lethbridge; we couldn’t have asked for better weather! We even lucked out with a few lilacs still in full bloom :)

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I love photographing friends so I was super happy when A and K came to me for updated photos just before their wedding anniversary. We did their Lethbridge spring couple photos at Aperture Park which, like most of Lethbridge, is still covered in all those amazing blossoms! In between awkward giggles (I mean really, do you normally stare at your spouse for that long and that close?) they had so many moments of pure love and happiness. This felt a lot more like an engagement session than photos of partners who have been together for years :)

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Tiffany and Destiny had a special Lethbridge mommy and me session for their spring blossom mini-session. Their summery dresses were perfect in the pretty pink flowers and Destiny was so happy to get to play with her mom on this gorgeous warm day… even if it was right after nap time! The fallen petals were especially interesting even if my sound effects were not ;)

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