Kate Paterson Photography
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As photographers, the moment we arrive somewhere, our brains start working overtime.
We’re looking at the light, the landscape, the little details most people would walk right past. We can already see the photo before we’ve even lifted the camera.
Sometimes we’ll ask you to move a few steps. Turn slightly. Wait one more minute for the light to shift.
Not because we’re being picky.
Because we’re watching everything come together in our minds before it happens in front of the lens.
And then suddenly, there it is.
The light hits exactly right.
The moment unfolds.
Everything clicks.
Sometimes all we need is five minutes and a little trust.
And that’s when the magic happens
05/26/2026
From the moment they said yes to each other, I’ve been there. The engagement session where they were still figuring out how to just be in front of a camera. The wedding day that moved faster than any of us expected. The maternity session where everything was about to change. And now this, the chaos and the cuddles and the completely ordinary Tuesday that somehow means everything.
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There is nothing I am more grateful for than getting to show up for the whole story. Not just the highlight reel moments but the in-between ones too. The phases of life that feel so permanent while you’re in them and so fleeting when you look back.
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This is why I do what I do. Not just to take pretty photos but to hand families something they will hold onto long after this season passes.
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If you’re in a season right now, new baby, growing kids, the beautiful mess of it all, this is your reminder that it’s worth documenting. Not when things calm down. Not when everyone cooperates. Right now, exactly as it is.
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What phase of life are you in right now? 🤍
05/23/2026
The kind of session that reminds you why you booked one in the first place.
There is something about a couples session that people underestimate until they are actually in it. You show up maybe a little nervous, not really sure what to do with your hands, convinced you are not the kind of people who are good at this. And then twenty minutes in something just shifts. You stop thinking about the camera and you just start being together. And that is when it gets dreamy.
Here is my little tip if you are thinking about booking one. Stop waiting for the perfect moment. You do not need a special occasion, an engagement, a milestone. You just need an afternoon, good light and the person you love most. That is genuinely it.
A couples session is also honestly the best thing you can do before your wedding if you have one coming up. It gets you completely comfortable with me behind the lens before the big day so by the time your wedding comes around it feels like we have done this a hundred times. The difference it makes to your wedding photos is huge.
Golden hour in the Fraser Valley with two people who are madly in love. This is my favourite kind of evening🤍
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Maple Ridge, BC
V2X, V2W, V3Z, V4R
Opening Hours
| Monday | 9am - 12pm |
| Tuesday | 9am - 12pm |
| Wednesday | 9am - 12pm |
| Thursday | 9am - 12pm |
| Friday | 9am - 12pm |
