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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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Anastasiya & Corey Meeting Anastasiya and Corey for their Kenora engagement session was easily a highlight of my summer. Their radiant personalities are so hard not to love and neither was their dog! And I know how much like 99% of you love dogs! We had such a fun evening running around Kenora’s countryside, trying […]

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Taylor & Kevin One of my favourite types of weddings are those held in a family members backyard. When everyone comes together to make such an important day happen, it makes it so much extra special. A backyard wedding is so sentimental, just from it being in a familiar place with all of your memories. […]

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Two weeks ago was the start of this years Winnipeg Grad shoots. Christina’s was full of all kinds of wonderful. We played with her adorable giant puppy and made good use of the apple tree in full bloom. Not to mention the stunning golden light and the little calves in their barn! We traipsed through […]

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Ashley’s Winnipeg graduation shoot at Assiniboine Park was such a fun evening.  She was the first of my 2017 grad girls and we certainly started off grad season with a bang!  We ended up starting late due to long makeup appointments and traffic. To make up for lost time, we used the light of some […]

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Sheila’s Winnipeg graduation shoot was nothing short of magical.  For her grad shoot, we drove out to Sandilands, which is a quick little drive from Steinbach. Once we arrived, we made the most of the location by gathering flowers and ferns for cute little bouquets and traipsing through the lush forest!  Everything was amazingly green, […]

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