Katie’s work offered a free photoshoot with a selected photographer who shoots weddings at the Botanical Garden, so since it’s been a long pandemic, we ventured into Vancouver to take them up on the offer. Due to wet weather, the photo shoot had to be rescheduled a couple of times, so on the day of this shoot, it was happening rain or not. Luckily the rain stopped early on the morning of our shoot, so it went ahead about as dry as you could hope for late May. The Japanese Garden is usually pretty beautiful at this time of year, but we did miss the peak of the cherry blossom bloom by a few weeks.
Overall, the kids did well during the photo shoot. Naturally, they were hamming it up a bit as they were excited to be somewhere new and near other humans for the first time in a while. We ended up with some nice family photos, and a few cheesy ones as well! The garden was closed to the public for some repairs, so we had the whole garden to ourselves during the shoot, which was a nice touch.
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Photos by MLCastles.
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