Kate Paterson Photography
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Vancouver based Wedding and Lifestyle Photographer. Photography Mentor.
08/03/2026
Your engagement session, the moment it takes reality outside of your Pinterest board and you get those moments captured for yourself.
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Paige and Adam hopped in front of my camera last month and we captured something so special for them.
Choosing the person who will hold the memory of your whole wedding day is one of the most important decisions you will make, and most couples have no idea what to actually ask.
Here are the five questions that tell you everything:
Do you shoot in natural light?
The answer shapes every image you will ever get back.
Can I see a full wedding gallery, not just highlights?
A highlight reel is easy. Consistency across a whole day is everything.
How do you help nervous couples relax?
If they can not answer this confidently, that is your answer.
What is your backup plan for gear and a second shooter?
You need to know this before the day, not during it.
Will these still feel like us in 30 years?
Trend-driven editing dates. Real moments do not.
The right photographer will answer these like a conversation, not a sales pitch. That is how you know.
As an Abbotsford wedding photographer serving the Fraser Valley, my whole approach is built around real connection and soft natural light so the in-between moments are the ones you hold forever.
Save this for when your search begins and inquire through the link in bio for remaining 2026 dates and 2027. 🌿🤍
There is something about watching a woman with her horse that stops you completely. The way everything else falls away. The noise, the to-do list, the thousand things pulling at her from every direction. Gone.
This is what it looks like when someone has found the thing that fills them back up.
Whatever yours is, you are allowed to prioritize it. Not when things calm down. Not when you have more time. Now.
What is your exhale place?
Mines the ocean, always ❤️
07/03/2026
Some love stories need rain. Gabby and Brendon just needed a sprinkler and a bottle of champagne!
Golden hour, bare feet, water catching the light and two people too wrapped up in each other to care about anything else.
This is what summer love looks like and I am here for every second of it.
Spots are still open this summer. Send me a message and let's make something like this for you.
What's your sprinkler at sunset moment?
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06/30/2026
Choosing your engagement location based on someone else’s photos is the fastest way to images that don’t feel like yours.
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The location of your session should be an extension of your relationship, not a backdrop you borrowed from someone else’s highlight reel. And I say that with so much love because it is the most common mistake couples make when planning this.
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A few things worth thinking through before you decide:
How do you want to feel in these photos? Adventurous and wild, soft and romantic, cool and editorial, relaxed and playful? The environment you choose sets the entire tone before the camera even comes out.
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Are you drawn to texture and movement or to open and airy? City sessions give you architecture, light between buildings, energy and life all around you. Natural settings give you breathing room, golden light, open skies. Neither is better. They just tell different stories.
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What are you going to wear? Your outfits and your location need to make sense together. A flowing dress belongs somewhere with room to move. A sleek editorial look belongs somewhere with strong lines.
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And the one thing that matters most: choose somewhere that feels like you. Not somewhere that looks impressive. Somewhere that makes you both exhale the second you arrive. That is where the real magic happens.
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Where did you end up shooting your engagement session, or where are you dreaming of?
06/27/2026
You’ve spent months choosing every single one of these details and most of them will be gone by midnight
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The shoes you found after searching for six months. The florals you went back and forth on until the week before. The earrings that took the whole look from beautiful to perfect. The dress that made everyone in the room cry when you walked out.
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Here is the part nobody tells you. Most brides don’t think about their detail photos until the day is over and they realize they barely have a single image of the things they poured the most time into planning.
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Details need their own time on your wedding day timeline. Not just a quick snap between moments but intentional, unhurried time where everything gets the attention it deserves. I always recommend laying every detail out together before getting ready begins. Rings, jewelry, shoes, florals, invitation, any sentimental pieces. That is the window where the story of how carefully you planned this day gets told through the images.
The flowers won’t last the week. The dress goes into a box.
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These photos are the only thing that keeps all of it alive.
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Is there a detail from your wedding day, or a detail you’re currently obsessing over, that you would want to make sure was beautifully captured?
If you’ve ever thought about scrapping the big wedding and doing something that actually feels like you, this is what that looks like.
Megan and Ryan have been together since high school. Twenty years, three kids, and more history than most people have in a lifetime. By the time they got to their wedding day, everyone in that room already knew exactly how much the moment meant.
They were originally planning a ranch wedding near Kamloops. But something more remote and intimate called to them, so they packed up, hopped on a ferry, and headed out to Saturna Island. A place Ryan spent his summers growing up. A place that already held a piece of his heart long before it held their wedding day.
Small ceremony. Closest people only. An island that meant something. That is a wedding done their way.
This is the kind of day that reminds you what it is all for.
Can’t wait to have their gallery finished up, it was a day of magic!
Some sessions stop you in your tracks.
Gorgeous light, a couple who are madly in love and a location that felt like it was made for moments like these. Everything about this evening had a feeling to it that is hard to put into words and even harder to stop photographing.
If this is the energy you are envisioning for your wedding day, your engagement session, or your portraits, that is exactly what we will create together.
Vendor love because none of this happens alone:
Venue Aldergrove Pond House | Private Garden Venue
Hair and makeup Fraser Valley Hair & Makeup/ Lash Lift & Brow Artist /Facials
Jewelry Liz Cameron
Florals Styled by Wild | Aldergrove Flower Delivery
Model Muse Fine Line Tattoos
06/23/2026
“OH MY GOODNESS! These are amazing! I’m so so so happy with them. Thank you so much! I can’t believe you got so many fantastic shots of Emmett. He’s so smiley in so many of the photos and that’s all you. The lighting is gorgeous and ethereal. You’ve made us all look so beautiful. I’m just so obsessed. You are so talented and I’m so grateful that you made time to do this session with us. It would have been such an immense regret if we didn’t have these stunning photos. I can’t wait to print them and share them with my family. “
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I love my job, I love my job, I love my job
While these are the moments you plan for…
The petal toss.
The grand exit.
The perfectly timed photo.
These are the moments you’ll cherish. 🤍
The hug from your mom.
Your dance with your dad.
Your friends laughing together during cocktail hour.
The people who showed up to celebrate your love.
The beautiful thing about wedding photos is that years from now, it won’t be the details that bring you back.
It’ll be the people.
The joy.
The love.
The moments you didn’t even realize were happening.
Those are the memories worth holding onto forever.
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Maple Ridge, BC
V2X, V2W, V3Z, V4R
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| Monday | 9am - 12pm |
| Tuesday | 9am - 12pm |
| Wednesday | 9am - 12pm |
| Thursday | 9am - 12pm |
| Friday | 9am - 12pm |