Vancouver Wedding Photographers | Vancouver Aquarium Engagement Session | Gastown

At around 5:45am I was seriously kicking myself, wondering why on earth I had ever suggested to Paul & Rosana that we get up before the sun came up to shoot in downtown Vancouver on a miserable rainy morning. It wasn’t until I got that first cup of coffee down and looked outside at all the city lights that I realized this was going to be an amazing shoot.

When we arrived downtown it was still dark. The streets in Gastown were lit with vintage lanterns which reflected off the wet pavement and steam poured out of the vents around us. Brad and I set up the lighting just as Paul & Rosana arrived and just as we started to shoot the sky began to turn a deep blue as the sun began to rise somewhere behind those dense clouds. It was stunning to say the least. That cold, blue, cloudy winter sky was definitely worth waking up at an ungodly hour for.

As the sun rose & the world warmed up to a grey around us we moved about the core of Gastown before heading over to the Vancouver Aquarium in Stanley Park. We waited at the gates for the aquarium, then made a mad dash for the beluga tank to snap a few shots before the Beluga show drew a large crowd. Then we were off to visit the jellyfish & tropical fish. When we were done at the aquarium we took a quick stroll around Stanley park together, chatting and laughing before calling it a day (or, well a morning, anyways).

Paul & Rosana got hitched this week in Sunny Hawaii, but they’ll be back to celebrate here with their friends and family and I so look forward to seeing them again in April.

Congratulations Paul & Rosana – you two are a wonderful couple and I can tell by the way you look at each other and laugh together that you have a long road of happiness & joy ahead of you. Brad and I wish a most wonderful wedding day & honeymoon in Hawaii!

With love,
B+K