Meet Danielle and Bill.
They’re not only amazing photographers… they’re our good friends and they’ve traveled all the way here to capture our special emotional wedding and to do some sight-seeing.
Danielle and I have been friends for close to 10 years. We met way back when we both worked at the same advertising agency in Scranton. The rest is history.
It’s hard to explain Danielle in words… but if I had to try my best it’d go something like this…
She’s the most captivating, lovely person you’ll ever meet. She can light up a room. Really… she can. She’s energetic, funny and just beautiful inside and out. She’s also really freakin’ good at what she does and incredibly passionate about each and every wedding she shoots. She’s got a heart and a soul that’s genuine.
That’s why Jay and I feel so honored to have her and her husband Bill here with us. Not only be photographers and witnesses but to be there for us as support as we enter into this next chapter in life.
SO – that brings us to today! Location scouting day. We knew with Canada’s 150th, the parks would be busy, but we didn’t expect it to be THIS busy.
Luckily, Danielle came prepared! She was in contact with a couple (also wedding photographers) who had just eloped in the area. They were able to give us enough intel on the locations we were interested in and shared which spots would be less busy and what was really worth the wait.
I’d say the wait was totally worth it.
Here’s Moraine Lake. AM I RIGHT? If you scramble on the rock outcropping, you can crop out the many of the other tourists vying for a similar shot.
In order to get this shot of Jay, I had to crouch down and angle my camera just right. You’d almost think we had the whole place to ourselves!
After a long day of location scouting, we grabbed dinner at Park Distillery in Banff and headed back to the campground to rest up for the next day.