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Planning

Planning a 2021 Wedding in Niagara: 

Our Favourite New Trends (Plus Important Planning Strategies) It’s been one year now since COVID-19 first changed your wedding plans. You’ve pivoted, you’ve rearranged, unscheduled, rescheduled, and then – waited as patiently as you could. With the end of winter upon us, we know that many of you have started feeling the pressure to make […]

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Couple Kissing in spring photoshoot in Hamilton Gage Park by Niagara Photographer

Portrait

Ideas For Your Spring Photoshoot

Activities, Outfits, Locations and Tips for your Spring Photoshoot!   Spring Photos: March is the perfect time to start booking and planning a spring photoshoot. You’ve survived the winter! A spring photoshoot is one of the ways we and our clients like to celebrate this serious accomplishment. Planning a spring photoshoot is a great way to […]

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Wedding

How to Relive Your Wedding Day

At an Unveil Photo Reveal Session With Morning Light Photography What is an Unveil Photo Reveal?  Your wedding photography is something you’ve been dreaming of almost as much as your wedding day. These photos are the heirlooms, stories and art that will fill your home, and document this new chapter of your life.  At Morning […]

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Summer Engagement Clothing Inspiration

Engagement

What to Wear to Your Engagement Photoshoot

A Wardrobe Guide to Each Season In this blog, we’ve collected ideas, inspiration and our wardrobe formula to help you choose outfits for your fall, spring, summer or winter engagement shoot.  Let’s Solve Your Wardrobe Stress: Engagement ring – check! Telling your friends and family – check! Booking your engagement photos – check! Now, you […]

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Stonewall Estates Wedding

Wedding

Wedding Traditions

5 wedding traditions and how to make them your own Since wedding planning-season for 2021 is now in full force, we thought we’d take a look at some of our favourite wedding traditions for you to consider. Some of them are old traditions, and some of them are newer trends that are turning into traditions. […]

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Niagara family photographer

Family

Everything You Need to Know About Your Family Portrait Session

How Old Are Your Family Photos? When was the last time you had family photos?  At a wedding? (with drinks in hand) Last Christmas morning before you had time to get ready? (Afterall, there’s “candid” shots, and then there’s just the “caught off guard” shot as you see your face mid-yawn and think, “Is that […]

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Engagement

The Best & Most Enchanting Locations in Niagara for Engagement Photos

*The Inside Scoop* You deserve an insider’s perspective when you’re planning your wedding. That’s why I’m sharing my top five favourite places in Niagara for engagement photos – so you can choose a location that suits you perfectly!  Planning Engagement Photos: Planning a wedding isn’t always a picnic, but your engagement photos should be!  (… […]

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Intimate covid wedding

Wedding

Intimate Weddings (And Why We’re Obsessed With Them) 

Have you considered the perks of an intimate wedding this year or next? If you haven’t yet, you may want to. This trend is gaining tons of momentum in 2020 for a good reason (not just because of quarantine). We know that love in the time of quarantine has had its challenges. As always, you […]

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In home newborn photos

New Born

What you need to know before you get newborn photography

(#3 might not be what you think!) At Morning Light Photography, you’ll receive $100 off the total cost of your maternity and newborn sessions when you book them together. In this blog, we want to share how we’ve formed our newborn sessions to be flexible and accommodating to your needs with a new baby.  By […]

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Niagara on the lake maternity photos

Maternity

What Should I Wear to My Maternity Photoshoot?

We’ve turned our favourite dresses for maternity shoots into a curated list of five popular trends. Read on to find which of these 20 outfits suits you best!  Choosing the Wardrobe for Your Maternity Shoot: You learned in our last blog that at Morning Light Photography, we typically recommend having maternity pictures taken at around […]

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