I’ve been waiting to post these photos for a while! The session actually took place back at the end of April, but Claudia had these planned as a special surprise anniversary gift for her husband — so I didn’t want to blog them until I was certain the big day had come and gone.

Claudia found me while searching online for portrait photographers in Kamloops, and fell in love with my photography. Well, the moment I met her – I fell in love with her! We sat down over coffee just before the shoot, to break the ice and get to know each other a bit before jumping into the photography part of the evening. I could have sat there all evening, just listening and talking!

Eventually, we looked at the clock and knew we’d have to get going to meet the sunset. We had a blast! Quite possibly the most laughing I’ve ever done during a portrait session.

So now, I present to you a sweet, beautiful, strong Chilean woman named Claudia:

Scrunchy face! That setting sun was bright.

Close-up! I just love her beautiful, intelligent eyes!

A great shot by my fantastic second shooter, Nate:

Choosing a favorite from this session is very difficult, but my eyes keep coming back to this one. There is such timeless beauty, strength, and nobility in this profile of hers.  I also love that last glint of the sunset on her hair, and the gentle curve of the horizon.

It all speaks so much to me.