Ben climbed up on the rock as the sun was set and grabbed Gaby’s hand to help her. Her hand would be the one thing that holds him up when he is down, wraps around him after a long shift, that hand will always be there to grasp for the rest of his life. As he pulled her up, he snuck in a kiss. She was his bride, his wife, the day had come finally. The sun was setting in the background and they held each other close as I lifted my camera to capture their love, something that would never set. Ben and Gaby were a couple that happened to find me through a common friend.

They were one of those couples for me that I couldn’t wait to take photos of. Ben is from France and Gaby is from Puerto Rico and their love story started at a resort that Ben was visiting, and Gaby was working at. They ended up in Fort Saint John for Ben’s work. He is a smoke jumper. He literally jumps out of planes in the most remote places to fight wildfires with natural elements, so cool! They wanted to make it official by signing their papers here in Fort St. John and then have their big wedding in France. They had a small ceremony at a friend’s cabin on Charlie lake. Ben and Gaby chose a small group of people to witness their special day. I met them at the after party when they were cutting their cake and in Ben and Gaby fashion, they smooshed it all over each other face. We traveled down to the Beaton River to capture their special evening. The light was so dreamy and perfect for their session. They are such an adventurous couple that anything I asked them to do they were game for! Climbing on rocks, up hills they were happy and so was I! They were such goof balls, but they were goof balls in love that I got to capture. As the sunset I snuck a few shots of them on their bike, Ben’s favorite toy. We played chicken a few times with vehicles, but it was worth the shots!

Ben and Gaby, thank you so much for letting be there to capture both of you and your love for eachother. You are the couple that I know will grow old always laughing with each other and doing some fun thing to show other couples how to keep love young. You are both an inspiration to me and I am so glad that I was able to capture your Canada wedding day!