Diane Jarvis-Schuller

Imagine having a daughter-in-law who arranges a surprise photo shoot for your 30th wedding anniversary to recreate part of the day! Then imagine a warm, smiling couple who are still very much in love. This is the same tree they stood before on their wedding day, but 30 years later. Just as strong and well rooted as the couple standing in front.

Yes, they hold hands without anyone prompting or suggesting it! I took way too many of these ones but just couldn’t help myself! A really warm couple — a warm family.

And having fun is definitely something they seem to do with ease — it just comes naturally to these two. Thank you M for planning this special day and thank you to the anniversary couple for allowing me to share this part of your special day. It was an honour and such a pleasure! I hope you’ll enjoy your sneak peek and the proofs that are yet to come.

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Diane is a natural light, on-location lifestyle photographer serving central and northern Alberta and BC. Visit her portfolio at Diane Schuller Photography.

 

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This small group of young elk (wapiti) are in a field near our home. The cows (female adult elk) are kicking out their last year’s offspring and the youngsters are forming their own small herds. I captured this group of young gals just over a week ago as I was leaving home, heading to Edmonton. It was a very overcast morning and I shot from inside my car because they were already beginning to flee at the sight of my vehicle.

Wapiti is a Shawnee word meaning white rump. Although these photos aren’t the most vivid, if you look closely you’ll see that distinctive white rump. (The photo I linked to below shows the white rump much more clearly.)

The elk are a large member of the deer family and are extremely dangerous in the wild. The adult cows are highly aggressive all year long and the bull elk (males) are dangerous during their rut (breeding season in the autumn). They do a lot of damage to farmer’s land, trees, and are dangerous for those with horses. We have so many elk in our area and they have no predators so their herds are growing by leaps and bounds (pun intended). Wolves are natural predators but we don’t have wolves in our area. I posted another image of these elk at Flickr if you’d like to see that image as well, especially if you want to more clearly see that white rump.

(I haven’t forgotten about the second cupcake post but wanted to share this with you before I forget.)