Lethbridge Weddings & Portrait Photography by Tanya Plonka

I was so excited to hear that another of my past wedding couples recently welcomed a baby into the world! I drove out to Taber for newborn baby photos of Lucas with his mom and dad, who were a little sleepy from their constant wake ups but so happy to have their little boy home. Lucas is normally a heavy sleeper but was fascinated by getting to be a model and carefully watched us through the whole session. He was happiest when snuggled by mom or dad so we were able to get lots of great photos of them embracing him :)

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I loved working with Tayler again this year for another Barnwell country portrait session with her and all of her adorable animals. Tayler has a huge passion for dance, but I think she’s at her most natural when she’s snuggling her cats, grooming her horses, or rounding up her energetic dogs. Her love of animals is really admirable.

I went out to her family’s place again and we found all new spots from last time for her photos. It’s so beautiful there and they have so much character with their vintage trucks and colorful barns. Tayler was gorgeous and was so easy to photograph again :)

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I’ve known Tayler for a little over a year from dance and always thought she was one of the nicest people I have ever met. Now that I have visited her family and witnessed their love of animals, I see I was right! I was able to photograph the beautiful Tayler this autumn for her yearly photos and we spent all our time playing with their horses, dogs, and many rescued cats, all of whom loyally followed us around looking for love and attention.

Her family has a beautiful acreage near Taber full of awesome old trucks, large trees, and plenty of room for the animals to play. Tayler was such a natural in front of the camera that I was able to keep throwing cats at her and still keep a good pace ;)

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The days leading up to the wedding were filled with rain and flooding, but for Nicholas and Robin’s Taber spring wedding that weekend, the sun came out and dried up all the rain!

Nicholas and Robin had a beautiful outdoor ceremony at Taber’s Legion Park, which also made a great spot to take their portraits. Their ceremony was so emotional that I think we had a new record for how many people cried :) Nic’s reaction to seeing Robin walk down the aisle was so powerful.

The couple and their wedding party were so fun to bring around the park for photos and totally awesome about having to deal with all the caterpillars in the trees. It just took an occasional crinoline cleaning to remove some of the bugs from Robin’s dress.

At the end of the day, they held their reception at the Taber Community Centre and did a fantastic job decorating. You could hardly recognize the place with all of their beautiful decorations and lighting.

A big thank you to Lorelei Hoffarth for helping me out with this wedding! You’ll see a few of her photos in here :)

Congratulations, Nicholas & Robin!

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