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Welcome to the blog, where you'll see my most recent work, planning tips, and a peek into my personal life!

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Kelsee from Ivy and Gold Photography photographed by fine art wedding photographer Kayla Yestal www.kaylayestal.com

Goodbye April, Hello May!

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Goodbye, April! This month was big. Like, “sit down, we need to talk” level of big. With so many new and exciting things happening around here lately, I decided to give you all a little recap of what went on both in and behind the scenes this April, as well as a little preview of […]

Wild Flower Crown on Scarlet Oneill photographed by Kayla Yestal www.kaylayestal.com

On Feeling Grateful and Creating

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A trip to Peterborough, and a new mantra for the 2016 season — A few weeks ago, my friend Jennifer Moher invited me to her studio in Peterborough to spend the afternoon with her and two other talented GTA wedding photographers, Scarlet O’Neill and Steph Hogeboom — and for some reason, I actually said yes.  Those of […]

A road trip through Ireland photographed by Toronto fine art wedding photographer Kayla Yestal www.kaylayestal.com

Our Ireland Travel Tips!

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For the last three years, I’ve developed a bit of an unintentional tradition to leave the country on my birthday. It is almost entirely due to the fact that October is naturally when the Toronto wedding scene begins to slow down after a busy summer, but Stephen always humours me by staying up on Kayak […]

Guelph fine art wedding photographer Kayla Yestal www.kaylayestal.com

New Year, New Me

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Firstly, Happy New Year to all of my friends, family, clients, and even the people who are a little new around here! 2016 marks the start of many things for not only my personal life – Stephen, Gus, and I are moving into our brand new house in Fergus just a few days from now! […]

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 […]

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A Week In Instagram

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I have been a supporter of the #communityovercompetition movement sweeping the creative industries for as long as I can remember. So when I was perusing Instagram late in the evening and stumbled upon a post by The Rising Tide Society hyping up their upcoming “Instagram Challenge” I was immediately excited. I marked it in my […]

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Community Over Competition – The Rising Tide Movement

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Yesterday I was invited to be a special guest at two of the Guelph YMCA summer camps that focused on art and girl power. Part of my visit involved me speaking in front of about 20 pre-teen girls and talking about how I got to where I was, what obstacles I overcame, and how to […]

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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