The Journal

Planning notes & real stories.

Guides to eloping and marrying in Vancouver — locations, timing, and everything we've learned photographing them.

What a Vancouver Wedding Actually Costs in 2026

Real numbers, line by line — where the money goes, where we'd cut, and where we wouldn't.

How we direct couples who hate the camera: prompts over poses, and why the nervous ones get the best galleries.

Aneeta & Christian on the Howe Sound coastline — soft daylight to golden hour, sea islands, and sparklers at dusk.

Eunice & Ashan in two looks — spring gardens near UBC by day, golden hour on English Bay by night.

The licence, the locations, the timing — everything you actually need, in the order you need it.

From old-growth forest to coastline to mountain peaks — where to say your vows.

Less stress, more meaning — the case for a day built entirely around the two of you.

Season by season — cherry blossoms, golden summers, moody autumns — and how to plan around the light.

Six stunning spots made for micro weddings and ceremonies of twenty or fewer.

Gilded ballrooms, cascading orchids, and black-tie elegance — Jayleen & Ryan's Fairmont wedding day.

We'd love to hear what you're dreaming up.