LISA RIVARD PHOTOGRAPHY

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I’ve known Caitlyn for a long time – I have always loved her personality – she is so bubbly, friendly, upbeat, and positive! She brings such a great energy and tonight was no different. It was a real pleasure to get to meet her fiancee Jake for the first time at their engagement session…….while at […]

Couples, engagements, golden hour, portrait, summer

August 2, 2021

Slit Barn | Engagement

July 22, 2021

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We had to reschedule Sylvia and Fernando’s engagement multiple times due to covid, but it was well worth the wait! Sylvia and Fernando had originally planned on eloping on April 23rd so we had a March engagement session scheduled (not always an ideal time of year for photos, with it being right between winter and […]

Couples, engagements, golden hour, summer

Wildflowers in the Meadow | Engagement

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I really love this family! I have taken their photos, together and separate, a few times now to celebrate different milestones and it’s just as fun every time I’m with them! And they have been with me from the very beginning, so supportive, encouraging me along the way and helping me to grow my business. […]

family, garden, portrait, summer

July 12, 2021

Southside Park | Family

July 5, 2021

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Every now and again a night comes along and the light is just perfect, in every way. That was the night of Lindsay and Oliver’s engagement shoot. Along with your clients, you plan for it, you hope for it, you cross your fingers and toes for it, but sometimes it feels like that light can […]

Couples, engagements, golden hour, summer

Brantford | Engagement

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Deanna and Colton’s story will sound familiar to many of you who introduced precious little bundles of joy into this world in either 2020 or 2021. We had planned to do Deanna and Colton’s maternity photos in February or March of 2021 but that got cancelled because of the provincial lockdown. We thought for sure […]

family, garden, newborn, summer

June 30, 2021

Summer Park | Newborn

June 2, 2021

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Not only do I get to do a job that I absolutely love and am passionate about, but every now and again my heart grows extra sizes, even to my own surprise. On those times, it’s without anyone even having to say so, that I feel like I have made a difference for someone. That […]

family, graduation, summer

So long UBC! | Graduation

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As photographers, this is one of the questions we get asked most often after couples and families book with us…..what should I/we wear to our photography session? No matter what you wear, you want to feel confident and relaxed so first and foremost you want to start with clothes that you will love and feel […]

engagements, family, weddings

April 29, 2021

What should we wear?

March 20, 2021

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Does anything say spring more than robin’s egg blue and yellow-y lemon paired together? Throw in some amazing food (blueberries, boysenberries, strawberry sorbet to name a few……the main dish was as elegantly prepared as the dessert!), a beautiful tablescape (with said yellow-y lemons), the perfect day and you have our Spring Fling-themed Styled Shoot at […]

Couples, styled shoots

Spring Fling | Styled Shoot

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We are so happy to share this amazing desert-themed styled shoot from a brand new venue, Barn Swallow Fields at Thatcher Farms in Eramosa, Ontario (https://thatcher-farms.com/). And we are beyond grateful that this shoot was also recently featured in The Wedding Ring’s online publication found at: https://www.theweddingring.ca/outdoor-weddings-style-shoot/. Thank you to The Wedding Ring for the […]

Couples, styled shoots

March 20, 2021

Vibrant Desert | Styled Shoot

February 11, 2021

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What better way to shake off the cold of winter than to stay inside in the cozy warmth of this beautiful and bright, white-walled barn at the newly constructed Barn Swallow Fields wedding venue! It was such a pleasure to photograph this dreamy winter wonderland styled shoot! From the dark evergreens to the rustic elements […]

Couples, styled shoots

Winter Wonderland | Styled Shoot

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This one is truly a story within a story within another story……….it all started with an impromptu group of vendors….

Couples, styled shoots

November 15, 2020

Grow Old With Me | Styled Shoot

September 12, 2020

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Amanda and Gavin’s story has truly inspired me and really made me reflect on what it means to be flexible and adapt…….everything has so fundamentally changed this year for so many engaged couples like Amanda and Gavin when planning their weddings and they have each had to make often difficult choices. And this made me […]

Couples, garden, golden hour, summer, weddings

Amanda & Gavin | Waterloo | Wedding

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I met Deanna in the early summer of last year when she was the maid of honour at her close friend’s wedding in Niagara on the Lake, Ontario.   So it was a wonderful surprise this summer when she and I re-connected on the occasion of her recent engagement and upcoming wedding! I was so […]

engagements, golden hour, summer

August 19, 2020

Port Burwell | Engagement

August 13, 2020

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What fun we had together on this early morning at sunrise in August! Enticing young ones to wipe the sleep out of their eyes and join us in the field for some wonderful family photos on the farm. We shared some laughs, some giggles and even tickles as this extended family made some new memories. […]

family, portrait, summer

Private Farm | Family

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In the midst of record-breaking summer heat (seems we’ve been having a lot of that lately), it was such a privilege for me to ‘mask up’ COVID-19-style and meet this wonderful little family of 4 as they introduced their newest bundle of joy to the world. It is always amazing to me to see how […]

family, golden hour, newborn, summer

July 9, 2020

Summer Forest | Family

February 29, 2020

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In the days leading up to Nicole and Andrew’s (leap year!) wedding we had absolutely crazy weather – spring- like one minute and loads of snow and gale-force winds the next!

weddings

Nicole & Andrew | Roseville | Wedding

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What’s the best type of wedding veil to capture ‘flying veil’ shots? When choosing a veil for your wedding day, if you are looking for the best kind of veil for flying veil shots, you will want to pay attention to several key features. First and foremost you want the veil to be lightweight. You […]

weddings

October 19, 2019

Flying Veil Shots | Wedding

June 27, 2019

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On one of the hottest and most humid evenings at the end of June, Nicole and Andrew were unbelievable sports, coming out to Huron Natural Area in Kitchener for their engagement photos. They were all smiles and their photos turned out so beautifully! You’d never know for a minute that they were battling the extreme […]

engagements, golden hour, summer

The Wheat Fields | Engagement

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It had been on my bucket list for literally EVER. That might seem like a huge exaggeration but it’s true. Since I was about 10 years old I dreamed of going to Greece, to see the iconic blue domes and those beautiful white-washed church steeples, all of it with the backdrop of crystal blue waters […]

summer, Travel

May 25, 2019

Trip of a Lifetime

July 28, 2018

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One of my very favourite places to visit is Niagara on the Lake, Ontario. There is just something about it – can’t quite put my finger on it. I am definitely drawn to the landscape with repeating patterns of long rows of grapevines as far as the eye can see and everywhere you look. And […]

weddings

Ravine Vineyard | Wedding

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Well, it was a long weekend of unbelievable (and historical) highs on the heat-o-mometer! And it was wedding day at Earth to Table: The Farm for Lulabelle’s Floral Studios. Olwyne and her team got right to work setting up for the day’s wedding both indoors and out. It was quite a feat to keep the […]

summer, weddings

June 30, 2018

Earth to Table | Millgrove | Wedding

June 16, 2018

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This was such a fun evening session. This beautiful (so photo-genic!) family of four sure kept me on my toes. Right from the beginning I knew it was going to be great fun! They were super flexible and really made my job easy. It wasn’t hard to make them laugh, or smile, or have a […]

family, golden hour, summer

Dundas Ontario | Family

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It all began in the unlikeliest of places. At the unlikeliest of times. At a place called Thunder Cove in Prince Edward Island.

Travel, weddings

December 1, 2016

Where it all began…..