Jason and Marina recently moved here from eastern Canada and chose the gorgeous Golden Ears Provincial Park in Maple Ridge as the location for their engagement photography session.  As a native of Maple Ridge I knew that Golden Ears has a wide variety of locations to use for photography, as well as being nice and close downtown Maple Ridge.  The park is full of hiking trails, swimming in Gold Creek, and lovely beaches at Alouette Lake.  We parked and walked down the trail, stopping for some shots along the creek.

I’m pretty sure I told them (mostly joking) that “if I fall into the water, save the camera first, then come back for me.”  Mostly joking…  I had the car keys in my pocket so they had to come back for me! 🙂

These two crazy kids are great.  It’s awful to have to kiss your fiancé and cuddle with them, but they powered through it.  They’re getting ready for the wedding in a couple of months back east, but needed an engagement session photoshoot to use for cool wedding invitations and decorations for the big day!

The beaches at Alouette Lake aren’t super sandy beaches, but still great for photos.  There’s lots of driftwood along the way to use as props.  There’s also an amazing view in pretty much each direction you look.

The only thing to remember is that because the lake is nestled between the mountains, the sunset will be hidden, and you need to factor in your golden hour about an hour before you think it will be, because you will want to catch the sun before it hides behind the Ears and not the horizon.

As these two crazy kids walked down the path in the middle of what can be best described as “quintessential west coast,” while hand in hand I snapped one final shot (well, after telling them “just walk down together and talk, I gotta fix something back here”).

You know what…. Something tells me it’s engagement photography season!  If you’d like an amazing session like this to celebrate your engagement, contact me now and book your session today.