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Why You Should Hire a Makeup Artist for Your Photos

For your wedding day, or any portrait session, I recommend hiring a makeup artist. But why? Maybe you feel pretty confident in your makeup skills! Here are my top reasons for having a makeup artist take care of your face for you for photos:   Your Makeup Will Last – Makeup artists are used to doing […]

Blush pink rustic elegant Tilley wedding by Southern Alberta wedding photographer Kinsey Holt Photography

Education, For Brides

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McKee Family | Magrath Family Session

The McKee Family – these guys have stuck with me for a few years now, and I love seeing them every year for family pictures! I am so grateful they keep trusting me to capture these memories for them. Janna is one stylin’ mama, and watching her with her boys is so fun for this […]

Families, Featured Posts

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Justin and Catherine | Medicine Hat Coulee Engagement Session

I drove out almost to Medicine Hat to shoot these two at this amazing location! I have had the chance to meet Catherine at a few different weddings now, and Justin I got to meet for the first time! In an hour and a half, you can learn a lot about two people! Justin is […]

Engagement, Featured Posts

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My most embarrassing moment as a photographer

My most embarrassing moment as a photographer has actually happened a couple of times. I like to use prime lenses when I shoot, which means that among other things, they don’t zoom. If I want to get in tighter for the shot I have to move my body and get closer. If I want a […]

For Brides, Personal, Wedding

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Kyle and Desirae | Rolling Hills farmyard wedding

Everything about this wedding was so pretty! Kyle and Desirae have been together for 11 years. They first met in elementary school, then went to school together for junior high & high school and graduated together! They started dating in grade 9 and have been together ever since. Now they are married! They both grew […]

Coulee hills Rolling Hills AB wedding by Kinsey Holt Photography

Featured Posts, Wedding

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Styled Shoot featured on Confetti

This was my first styled shoot this past summer – it was featured over on Confetti Wedding Magazine today! It was a step out of my comfort zone and a good learning experience, not to mention so fun! It features some of my very favourite things – blues and greens, lots of white, a bit […]

Featured Posts, Wedding

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Neal and Shalese | Cardston Temple wedding

Neal and Shalese were married on a beautiful, wintery Friday. They made their traditional exit from the Cardston Alberta Temple to a crowd of their family and friends so excited and happy for them! Their day included beautiful florals from The Secret Garden, and many cups of hot chocolate from Subway! 🙂 Shalese had so […]

Wedding

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Scott and Jolynn | Cardston Temple Sealing

I was so excited to be a part of such a special day! The forecast was -22 and I think it was actually only -20. 😉 Scott and Jolynn were married in a much warmer place originally, but their temple sealing took place in the Cardston temple just after Christmas. A sealing is a special […]

Featured Posts, Wedding

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Tom & Kacee | Elegant Cardston Wedding

Tom & Kacee. Kacee wanted a fairytale vibe for her big day – classy and elegant. The fact that there was next to no wind in Cardston was a wedding miracle and it was so fun to shoot these people on the temple grounds and the Remington Carriage Centre. I have known Tom’s family for […]

Featured Posts, Wedding

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Daniel and Amber | Cardston Temple Wedding

Amber and Daniel came from Calgary to be married in the Cardston LDS Temple. With the distance between us, the first time we met was on their wedding day. We started shooting and it was like we were longtime friends! They were so awesome to work with, and so were their families! So many laughs and hugs and […]

Wedding

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