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Dundurn Castle Engagement Session photographed by Hamilton Wedding Photographer Kayla Yestal www.kaylayestal.com | Casual engagement session outfits | Castle engagement session Canada | Fine art wedding photography

Dundurn Castle Engagement Session – Emily and Andrew

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I’ve said this hundreds of times and I don’t think I will ever stop saying it. Meeting couples who I genuinely love is by far my favourite part of being a wedding photographer. From the very first email that I received from blogger Emily of What Emily Said when she was on the hunt for […]

Art Gallery of Hamilton Wedding Inspiration

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I am so excited to be sharing this shoot that was just featured on Joy Wed! I always absolutely love photographing Art Gallery of Hamilton weddings for my clients, so when Danielle of Shaw Events approached me in hopes of shooting a wedding editorial there last spring, I was absolutely over the moon! For this […]

Art Gallery of Hamilton Wedding photographed by Kayla Yestal www.kaylayestal.com

Art Gallery of Hamilton – Annual Menu Tasting Event

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The Art Gallery of Hamilton’s annual menu tasting event brought wedding goals to a whole new level this year — It may be an extra gloomy morning today, but this event inspiration is bound to brighten up your Tuesday! When one of my absolute favourite wedding planners, Danielle Shaw of Shaw Events, reached out to me […]

School Liberty Village Wedding photographed by Toronto wedding photographer www.kaylayestal.com

How To Plan The Perfect Wedding Morning

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For anti-morning people like me, the morning of your wedding day already seems like a nightmare — Not only is it the most stressful part of your day because you aren’t usually getting ready with the one person who can calm your nerves, but it is also where most things tend to go wrong. After […]

Fine Art Wedding Photographer Toronto www.kaylayestal.com

Reflections and Setting Intentions

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Two weeks ago I spent my twenty-fourth birthday overlooking Portlaoise, Ireland from the ruins of a castle built in the 9th century. I photographed my first major styled shoot and followed it up by getting margherita pizza and Peroni in Dublin to celebrate. It is crazy to me to think of how much has changed […]

Morgan Love of Option Model Management photographed in Emily Riggs at the Erich McVey Workshop with cradle bouquet by Soil and Stem www.kaylayestal.com

Embracing Fear and Changing Directions

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Blogging has always been a bit terrifying to me. Maybe it stems from my over-sharing teen years spent on Tumblr posting webcam selfies and ranting about how hard high school life was, but the concept of putting everything I have out there into the world where even years later it can be found and used […]

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