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Walking Out as a Family

A wedding recessional with the groom carrying a child, turning the walk back down the aisle into a fuller family portrait and a candid Alberta ceremony moment.

Bride and groom walking an outdoor aisle while the groom carries a toddler in a white dress

Family changes the recessional’s shape.

A toddler in white, a veil lifting, a bouquet of lilies—guests lean in because the moment already includes more than two people. Soft overcast light keeps everyone open.

Weddings that welcome children photograph warmly.

For family-centred wedding photography, these moments say a great deal about what the day is really becoming. The ceremony is still about marriage, but the photograph also records the shape of the family walking forward together.

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