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Caity & Nick’s Grand Beach Engagement Session Their love is sweet and fiery, which is also how I would describe this evening’s sunset! It couldn’t have been a better night for their Grand Beach engagement session. I do really love the surprise of not knowing what each evening will look like. Before each session, I […]

Gables Wedding Barn autumn wedding by Vanessa Renae Photography, a Winnipeg wedding photographer

Jenn & Alex’s Romantic Celebration at The Gables Wedding Barn When I think of a romantic autumn wedding, I think of Jenn and Alex’s day. The wind howled strongly that day but they just went with it! Nothing adds more passion to photos than a good, strong breeze! The Gables Wedding Barn is such a […]

How to create your Wedding Day Timeline by Vanessa Renae Photography, a Winnipeg Wedding Photographer

Creating your wedding day timeline When you’re planning your wedding, the timeline is a really important part to have solidified before the big day! Whether you’re having a 300 person wedding or an intimate 20 person wedding, your timeline still matters. Read through this post to find out how to create and customize your timeline […]

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What is a first look? In the past few years, first looks have become incredibly popular, and for good reason! Being able to have an epic cocktail hour you can actually be present at and lots of really pretty, meaningful portraits of you and your spouse on your wedding day is a treat! It’s a […]

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My Favourite Gear to Shoot With I remembered when I was starting out in photography and wanted to know the wedding photography gear all my favourite photographers used! There is so much gear out there so it can be really overwhelming knowing where to start. First off, Nikon and Canon are very similar, it’s just […]

My Favourite Lightroom Tool! Here’s my favourite editing tool in Lightroom that I absolutely can’t live without! The TONE CURVE!  However, use it with grace. Less is definitely more with this baby! I just it very sparingly and I still get such dramatic results with it. Here’s are two examples of my images. On the […]

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Baby Lark & the Froese’s One of my favourite things about what I do is following families on their journey as their family grows! I’ve known Carlee since I was young and getting to know her sweet and lovely little family has been such a joy! Their eldest, Forrest is such a smart and witty […]

Baby lark during her Winnipeg newborn session just days after she was born. Photographed by Vanessa Renae, a Winnipeg family and newborn photographer.
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Ali & Jeff Let’s start off with; Jeff is very good at keeping secrets! Ali and I had a one hour drive together to Jeff’s farm for their maternity session and we talked tons! I asked her when she thought Jeff might propose and she had honestly no idea and didn’t think it would be […]

Manitoba maternity session & proposal, photographed by Vanessa Renae, a winnipeg wedding and elopement photographer
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Rachelle & Karl Rachelle and Karl initially booked one of my fall mini sessions but decided to make it into a full shoot! Because they did, we had so much time to just let the kids be kids. I got to capture the really fun and playful side of their family and it was such […]

Joy & Matt Joy and Matt chose to make the two-hour drive on their honeymoon to do this session! They got married just days before and it was the perfect post-wedding celebration! I love when couples make the effort to travel to me for a session but I love going to them just as much […]

Summer honeymoon session in Sandilands, photographed by Vanessa Renae Photography, a Calgary engagement photographer, available across canada
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Anna, Matthew & Richard Spending the afternoon with Anna, Matthew and Richard could not have been more fun. We explored Birds Hill Park for their lifestyle family session this summer! Baby Richard completely stole my heart the whole afternoon with his charming little smiles! Anna dressed him in the outfit he wore for his baptism […]

lifestyle family session at birds hill park photographed by Vanessa Renae photography, a winnipeg lifestyle family photographer

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