Documentary Photographer Lara Eichhorn
Documentary Family and Wedding Photography
Danielle and Blair were visiting family in Victoria during rainy October. We lucked out with their mini session at Thetis Lake, because the rain stopped shortly before the shoot. They were very patient as I made them climb some big hills and look at each other lovingly for twenty minutes.
Megan and Joe wanted to do an engagement session at a place that had meaning to them. They recently moved to Victoria and walk their dogs a lot at Thetis Lake. We tried to do a session in December, but the weather was pretty terrible, so we ended up meeting up last Sunday instead. I’m glad we waited for a decent day, because we ended up spending around two hours hiking around and stopping for photos. The dogs were a bit hard to handle and photobombed a lot of photos, but we got a few with them actually looking at the camera. Calling their names didn’t work; it just made them run in my direction. I’m sure they’ll be very entertaining at the wedding.
We all had a lot of fun wandering around, getting some exercise climbing hills, and laughing about how silly posing for photos feels.
Jessica and Edward met me at Thetis Lake a few weeks ago. They brought their dog too, who was in heaven, running all over the place and swimming in the lake. I didn’t get a chance to get to know these guys too well before the session, but it turns out they’re awesome. They were willing to climb on big rocks and walk across a railing (including a chain part) to get out to a little island. I’m getting really excited about their wedding plans and I know the wedding day portraits are going to go so well, because aren’t these engagement shots adorable? Yes, yes they are.
