If there’s one thing that I retained from this day was Robyn & Bernie’s deep admiration for each other and profound devotion to one another. From the moment they saw each other at the first look, their love was clearly evident in every look, touch and exchange they shared. It truly was an honour to be present at their wedding, not only as a photographer but as a witness to their commitment. What a truly delightful couple!
Francine has been a dear friend of mine for several years with our friendship dating back to the early 2000’s before photography was even a big thing in my life. However, when I first switched to digital photography in 2005, she was one of the first to be in my photos when I started dabbling in portrait photography. Always happy to be a part of my shoots, Francine was so much fun to work with and to photograph. And as my photography career took off, she never stopped being in my photos. From styled portrait shoots, to extended family photos, to her own engagement and wedding photography, then on to newborn photos and now to her own family photos, she’s been a staple in my catalog of photos over the years, and I love it! This week we scheduled family photos to finally capture their newest (and incredibly cute) addition: sweet little Florence. It was a huge pleasure spending an hour with them, running around, catching candid moments and funny poses from their little guy who’s full of personality and fun energy! These four have a beautiful dynamic together and seeing them together makes my heart full. I’m so very honoured to continue taking photos for them and I’m thankful for every moment I get to spend with them. Je vous aime gros! ❤️
I met up with Jill and Harry at HarbourView park this week to take their family photos and there were sooooooo many smiles from this adorable little crew! Their two girls were just the cutest little kids ever and with a third on the way, this family is about to get a whole lot cuter! Thanks Jill & Harry for such a beautiful session with your family, I had such a lovely time with you!
I first met Lindsay and her family two years ago to take their photos when the fall colours were out at Birds Hill Park and I remember having so much fun with their 3 kids and dog. So this year, when they asked if I could do their photos again, I was excited for a new session, this time at two of my favourite locations: the shower house at Birds Hill Park and on the big hill at HarbourView Park in Winnipeg. It’s not everyone that chooses the shower house, maybe because of its modern lines, cold concrete walls and angular shapes, but it’s one of my absolute favourite structures to shoot in and around of, and there was an extra special meaning for them to include it in their session. Jon, who’s an architect, designed the building several years ago. I had no idea, so now knowing whose creative mind was behind this structure, made it all the more fun and meaningful for this portrait session! Although angular lines and cool grey tones make for fun artsy, unconventional photos, we also wanted to mix in a bit of bright greenery into their collection of photos, to keep things classic and natural as well. It was a beautiful late summer evening with a golden sun, and those kids make even a big old hill look like such a fun time! This crew and these photos make me so happy!
Summertime family photos are some of my favourites to shoot. When Candace asked me if we could schedule something in August, and that they had a perfect location for their family of seven, I was all in. Their kids are so adorable, each with their own distinct personality, and being able to round them up to capture these memories in their family journey brings me immeasurable joy. We hiked down to Sturgeon Creek (I can’t believe no one fell in the creek, including my big camera bag!) and we got to exploring the fish in the creek, watched the kids play with rocks and tall reeds, and also had fun taking photos of them wrestling (and piling on!) their dad. It was so sweet to finally meet their newest addition, the cute little red-fluffy-haired Sylvie, who brings such a light and glow to their crew. Here are some photos from our evening out by the creek last week:
Once a year I get to see these guys – they’re always so smiley, bouncy and full of energy (that is, particularly the 3 girls!). I’ve been taking their family photos ever since their youngest was barely walking, and every year it’s such a delight to catch up with them, run around and capture all of the love & antics that this family share together. This year for their family photos we decided to head to Birds Hill Park and get some of the forest vibes mixed in with the beach vibe. There are such diverse landscapes in that park, and being able to capture all these different images in about one hour is something that I love! Even the sun poked out through the clouds a few times and the girls loved playing in the sand and water. We took a few headshots of each of the girls too, so that their parents don’t need to order any of those boring school photos to put on their walls. Getting those real smiles in a fun environment is 100 times better for getting portraits of your kids on your walls at home!
Here’s a preview from our evening at the park – complete with all the smiles, hugs and kisses! Until next time F-B Family!
This is the story of Andrée-Anne and Cam, a passionate and spirited Québécoise who married a mild-mannered Winnipegger and whose family unexpectedly blossomed into what it is today: a delightful collection of 5 lively and energetic sisters, whose personalities and characters each differ in their own unique and beautiful ways.
My family and I are fortunate to call them friends, and every moment spent with them is like a good dose of bright, happy sunshine. I have deep respect for them as parents, having welcomed identical triplets into their family when they already had a 2 and 3 year old at home, and now three years later, their affection and energy with their kids never ceases to amaze me. They’re super chill yet super involved, knowing well how to have fun and go with the flow.
I brought them to one of my favourite summer locations in Winnipeg for family photos, and knowing that it was going to be a lively photo shoot, I went in hoping for a few of the photos I had envisioned, but also knowing full-well that their story would unfold in their own, perfect way before me. And that it did! I never did so much running, jumping, crouching and various other acrobatics to catch all these shots (hoping to not miss a beat!) and after the session was done, I was incredibly exhausted but equally as excited to start editing them. Here’s a preview from amongst the 1200 frames I shot last night in the 80 minutes I had with them!
(PS: those cute outfits the girls are wearing were all lovingly made by their mom. Check out her work on Instagram at: Triplets & Co.)
I’ve been photographing Janice & Darrell’s family for a few years now, and every session with them brings me such joy. We took advantage of the beautiful evening sun and met up at the English Gardens at Assiniboine Park on a warm summer evening. They brought their cute dog as always and we just wandered around for some posed & candid photos. I love their kids’ energy and enthusiasm, each have their own unique personality and pizzazz and along with their active dog, we were never short on dynamic shots! Not only that, but add on their parents’ easy-going and playful attitude, and we got to create such a fun and lively collection of family photos! They know how to play!
Yes, I’m posting this almost a year late, but this past year has been so busy and I’ve fallen so behind on blogging. I’m going to be catching up, hopefully, and for now, here’s the Derksen Family, proof that family photo sessions are fun when you let go of expectations, and having tons of fun results in tons of candid, real family portraits! Love these guys!
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It’s been wonderful reconnecting with Linette after first meeting her several years ago at a friend’s wedding. Now that her wedding is coming up this year, we’ve had the chance to chat about their vision for their day and take engagement photos for them with their super cute little dog. We went to Henteleff Park in south Winnipeg on a beautiful, sunny evening and captured so many great moments of their love and dynamic together. Knowing that she was a bit nervous and shy coming into the photo session, I wanted to make sure that frame of mind wasn’t leading her. Rather, we started with super basic, candid set up shots and soon before she even knew it, they were both totally in their element, completely connected with each other and showing off the true colours of their love. I always tell people that the authenticity of their relationship is what I’m after, and once I have them comfortable and in the zone with each other, all that anxiety and shyness melts away. These two are absolutely lovely, generous human beings with big hearts and tight chemistry. I can’t wait to photograph their fall wedding in Winnipeg this October!
The styled summer mini photo sessions are back! Here are the details:
Saturday July 27 (rain backup date: Sunday July 28)
Location: outdoors in a greenspace in St. Boniface, Winnipeg
Price: $175 + taxes
Includes: a 15-min session, a proofing gallery, 5 high-res jpgs of your choice with print release, with the option to order more
Bonus: For the first time ever, parents will be invited to jump in with their kiddos for one posed family group photo!
Styling of the set will be done by the very talented Emily Janzen of Feast & Festivities. The theme this year will showcase a gender-neutral flowery picnic-styled scene.
To book your spot, please e-mail photo@egabrielle.com
See you there!
If you think a March wedding in Winnipeg might not be the best time of year for a wedding, think again… Miranda and Mike chose such a beautiful day and gorgeous locations and combined with their chemistry and authenticity, it was such a perfect assemblage of all things lovely! Surrounded by their closest family members and friends, they tied the knot in a quaint and intimate setting at the historic Fort Gibraltar. We captured some romantic portraits of the two of them with just the most perfect sunset glow and finished the day with a cozy reception into the evening. These two absolutely glow when they’re together and it was a true delight to document their day for them. Félicitations Miranda & Mike!
Makeup: MESMEREYEZ’D MAKEUP
Flowers: Norwood Florist
Marriage Commissioner: Marry Me Hunnie
Venue: Fort Gibraltar
DJ: Topps Music
My Spring mini photo sessions for kids are back! While brainstorming a look for this year’s session, bright colours, artwork and a playful mood came to mind. I shared my thoughts with my set stylist, Emily Janzen, and as always, she ran with my ideas and created a beautiful look! Below are the details on the session as well as the mood board she created for me to give you a glimpse of what’s in store for your kiddos when they come to the studio to have their photos taken.
$175 + taxes and includes:
15-minute session
styling & props by Feast & Festivities
proofing gallery
5 high-res digital photos of your choice
studio location: 70 Arthur Street, Winnipeg (free parking)
To book your spot e-mail me at photo@egabrielle.com or send me a text at 204-998-6603. Looking forward to seeing you all there!
Here are photos from last year’s spring styled mini sessions to give you a glimpse at what your photos will look like!
I’ve fallen so far behind in blogging and it’s definitely not for lack of photos to post! I’m buried under a mountain of photo shoots that have been delivered to clients but never posted on my blog — and it’s about time I start sharing them! Today I’m introducing you to this absolutely wonderful couple, Lauren & Ryan, and photos from their wedding last June. It was a beautiful and heart-felt day that had emotions running high and the love abounding above and beyond all else. They had their wedding at PineRidge Hollow, got married outside and had a gorgeous reception inside the tent on the property. We had time to take some photos around Birds Hill Park and what a lovely day it was to spend time with these two, their family and friends. Here is a preview of their day… enjoy!
My styled mini photo sessions for kids are back!
They are happening on Sunday November 4th, 2018 in an all-white Winnipeg studio. The sessions are 15 minutes long, $175 + taxes, include a proofing gallery and 5 high-res edited digital photos of your choice.
They will be styled by the super talented Emily Janzen of Feast & Festivities. I’ve been working with her for several years and she always comes up with a new and unique styled set that is both beautiful and practical for kids to play in!
This time Emily is working on a woodsy, minimal set for your little(s) to play in, let their imaginations run wild, or snuggle up with siblings.
Kids love these sessions because they’re fun… parents love it because it’s short enough for kids with small attention spans… and we love it because it produces gorgeous portraits of happy kiddos!
Contact me to book your spot by sending me an e-mail or text message:
photo@egabrielle.com | 204-998-6603
Here’s a visual of what we have in store for the styled set:
Some images from my previous styled sessions:
I met up with this fun bunch of people in the early evening glow of Birds Hill Park to take their family photos, and they were all such champs! After only 35 minutes of shooting, we pretty much had gotten a complete collection of fantastic family photos for them! But we kept shooting for the full hour any way and got even more fun photos. These kids have no shortage of ideas for poses & shots so it was fun to follow them along and capture their lovely faces as well as their own unique set ups. 🙂 We also got some “school photos” of each kid. Instead of ordering their photos from school, these guys opt for more natural portraits of their kids, and then print them on small 2×3 prints to give out. What a great idea – nothing like the great outdoors and a natural smile to replace those traditional school photos with fake backgrounds! Here’s a preview of our time at Birds Hill Park yesterday – so happy to see that bright golden sun again after several hazy, dry days…
This past Spring our styled mini sessions for kids was once again a huge success and a ton of fun thanks to ALL these adorable kiddos and all the hard work that was put into designing the set! The kids all had so much fun watering the plants, playing hopscotch, riding a tricycle, playing with the skate board and of course running around in all those colourful balloons. They also took a much-deserved break with lemonade and cookies to relax after all that hard work of playing.
It was a great day of back-to-back photo sessions and by the end, I was thoroughly physically exhausted but my heart was so full! There were some familiar faces that I had the pleasure of seeing again… and I also had the privilege of meeting new little faces and getting to know them. Being new to photo shoots or not, it’s easy for these kids to forget they’re being photographed at all, and the results show all of that candid, free-for-all playtime. We love it!
All this would not be possible without the hard work & dedication of Emily Janzen of Feast & Festivities for designing the set and for setting up in between each session to make sure everything looked good. And she did this all while super pregnant – she’s the best! We also want to thank the following vendors for contributing to the scene:
Oak & Lily – greenery and florals
Kate + Norah Co. – mud cloth pot holders
High Tea Bakery – lemon cookies
Our next styled mini sessions for kids will be planned soon so stay tuned for that announcement on my Instagram and Facebook page!
Turning 1 is a big deal! So going out to the park with the family is a good way to mark this occasion with photos to remember this stage. I’m always so amazed by how different a kid will look like in their early phases of growing up. As a newborn you look SO different from 1 year later at your first birthday, and then beyond that, you look SO different as a 3 or 4 year old. These early stages go by so fast and so much growth and development happens – that’s why I love it when I get to follow my tiny clients along as they transition from tiny newborn human to cuddly & cute roly-poly toddler. Ivan especially has gone from being a super tiny newborn to growing off the charts at 1 and taking his photo every step of his growing life has been such a delight! We took advantage of the cooler mornings on this hot Winnipeg summer year and met up at Bruce Park for their photos. I love all the nature corners our city has to offer and I hadn’t been to this park in a super long time. It was a nice surprise to see how gorgeous the light acts throughout the park and the lovely sceneries we had all to ourselves! 
As a Mother’s Day gift to their mom, these guys gifted a multi family photo session and I know I’m biased, but isn’t that just the best gift ever?! Capturing their love & dynamics together was so much fun – the kids all loved playing together and you can see the love and adoration on the grandparents’ faces. So good! Here’s a preview of the fun we had on a beautiful summer evening:
These two lovely humans got married last September at the Leo Mol Garden in Assiniboine Park and with all the colours, the emotions, the poetic words, the partying, it perfectly reflected their relationship & dynamic. When that authenticity comes through visually, it’s even more of a joy to photograph! Veronica and Matt have a connection that is both deep & abundant with love & affection and seeing them together brings me such joy. We had absolutely beautiful weather, combined with the perfect time of year to get those Fall colours, which resulted in such a delightful mood coming through in all their wedding photos. Their reception was held at the Assiniboine Park Conservatory and the speeches were so well spoken followed by such a great dance party – every element of their day was well thought out and I could tell every single one there enjoyed it all! Veronica & Matt, what a joy it’s been to photograph your journey of love, thank you for having me be your wedding photographer! You guys are so adorable!
Once in a while I make time to go out to shoot just for fun, just for me. Often it takes me outdoors and it brings me right to my happy zone. I went out with my daughter who now uses my old DSLR and macro lens to take photos of her own too. Together, we could easily spend 2 hours photographing plants without even noticing the time go by. I love these unscripted shoots, just going where inspiration leads!
I connected with Jen & Wayne last year after I had photographed his brother’s wedding a couple years back. I met them for the first time at their engagement session, and they were such a JOY to be with and to photograph! Their wedding was in early December at the Inn at the Forks and at Smith Restaurant. What a gorgeous venue and such a perfect place for them to celebrate with their closest friends & family! The setting was so classy yet cozy and their event suited their personality and style perfectly. We had a great time walking around the Forks market for a few photos and braving the cold for a few outdoor photos too. Their ceremony was held in a private room inside the restaurant and it was so intimate and heartfelt. Jen & Wayne, congratulations! You’re such a delight to work with and such an adorable couple!
A few weeks ago Tatiana and I got together to chat about our plans to do a styled photography shoot together. We had nothing planned, but when you have passion, vision and a Pinterest board of ideas, nothing’s impossible! Four days later, we were at a rural property just North of Winnipeg with all the elements in place for what would become our favourite styled photo shoot together to date! Thank you to everyone who came on board at the last minute to make Tatiana’s vision a reality. She had dreamed up this beautiful tablescape, stunning floral arrangements and bridal bouquet, and I was thrilled to be there to photograph it all. Even our models contributed to our look in unexpected ways, including the cutest pixie cut that needed next to no styling and an authentic wedding kilt that our groom had worn at his own wedding. Perfect!
We have the following collaborators to thank for their contributions, they are all wonderful and made this vision possible!:
Florals – Oak & Lily
Linen napkins – Everyday Host
Candles – Barletta Beeswax
Make up – Brie Tait
Cake – Sweet Hearts Bakery
Models – Andrée-Anne Généreux & Cameron Dobie
Photography – Gabrielle Touchette Photography
Styling – Tatiana Penner of Oak & Lily
This past weekend I had the great pleasure of photographing Anna & Stephen’s gorgeous wedding at the RBC Convention Centre in Winnipeg. Here’s a sneak peek from their day!
What a fun morning at the park with this crew! The Demers family is so adorable, and these kiddos were so much fun to hang out with. Since they’re more comfortable speaking in French, I had an instant connection with these kiddos and enjoyed some long and lively conversations with them, met all their stuffed animals and had such a blast taking their photos! These guys know how to have fun together and they clearly have a strong loving bond as a family. Here’s a preview of our time at Lagimodière-Gaboury Park:
8 years ago I was on the beaches of Punta Cana taking their wedding photos… and today I’m taking photos of their incredibly CUTE daughter. Soooo much fun with these 3 who are dear friends of mine. I can’t even handle Clara’s cuteness!
What a way to celebrate their mom’s big birthday milestone yesterday with family flying in to Winnipeg to gather for a dinner that evening. But first, they coordinated everyone’s schedules in order to take some family photos at the Legislative Building, and what fun it was to meet everyone and to photograph them all! We started indoors and then ventured out to the fountain in the back of the building where we were surrounded by amazingly fragrant lilac trees. These guys were a ton of fun and I’m so glad we were able to capture this beautiful time in their family’s journey!
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It was such a pleasure to meet sweet little Sadie yesterday! We did her newborn session at home, and it was so fun to capture this growing family including so many adorable moments between her big sister and her. It’s hard to believe that only 18 months ago I was taking photos of her big sister at her newborn session – she sure has changed, and she’s become such an independent and caring little girl, perfect for her little sister to grow up together with!
Almost 13 years ago I photographed my friend’s engagement session… on FILM. I had very little photography training & experience (and it showed in the photos!) but it was still a fun shoot. Fast forward to today, and things sure have changed for me AND for them. Look at their adorable little family! What a pleasure it was to meet up again and to take their photos. These kiddos were so fun to hang out with!
What joy it was to meet this adorable family and to take their photos! They were in Winnipeg celebrating their wedding anniversary and as part of their day, they decided to include a family photo session to mark the occasion. These kids were so so sweet, so full of smiles, energy and willingness to be in all these photos, I loved it! The kids don’t understand English, yet that wasn’t even a barrier – we communicated through smiles & fun and connected through the experience of them being photographed! Here’s a preview from our time at CMU and then at Assiniboine Forest:
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I met up with Veronica and Matt at Make Coffee last summer to talk about their dreams and ideas for their wedding day and to make plans for their engagement photography. Seeing them together with hearts in their eyes was so adorable, and it was a great prelude to what would come next: a romantic sunset engagement session at Birds Hill Park with a glowing sun and champagne flutes! Only a few short weeks later, they got married in the Leo Mol Garden, and once again, it was a beautiful romantic gathering. Here’s a preview from our time at Birds Hill Park:
