Richmond photographers work a short list of very good locations and know them by season. Garry Point Park and the Steveston boardwalk carry the wedding and engagement trade from May to September; the cherry blossoms at Garry Point and around Minoru Park drive a heavy spring booking run; Terra Nova Rural Park, the London Farm grounds and the cranberry fields out east give autumn shoots a colour palette nowhere else in Metro Vancouver has.
The commercial side sits in City Centre and the Golden Village: headshots, real estate and architectural work for an active property market, food photography for the restaurant corridor, and event coverage. Studios cluster in the industrial units near Bridgeport and East Cambie. Listings link to portfolios and note whether shoots are studio or on location.
Boutique wedding studio on Sexsmith Road doing pre-wedding and wedding-day photography plus cinematography, with hair, makeup and gown shoots handled in house. It also books family, maternity and newborn studio sessions.
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Wedding studio in the Horseshoe Way showroom strip offering photography, videography, bridal gown rental and day-of hair and makeup. Useful if you would rather book the whole wedding-day package from one place than assemble it yourself.
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Maternity and newborn specialist working from an Alliance Drive studio in south Richmond, using custom-made props built for each session. The fine-art finishing is meant to be printed and hung rather than left sitting on a phone.
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Wedding photo and video studio on Horseshoe Way covering pre-wedding shoots, full wedding days, same-day edits and highlight films. It also books maternity and family sessions and produces albums and canvas prints.
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Newborn, maternity, baby and family photographer working from a proper studio on Horseshoe Way, with outdoor sessions around Richmond as an option. Props and wraps are supplied and the studio is kept warm for newborn shoots.
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From the blog
Guides and roundups written for Richmond, with the businesses linked inline.
Nothing on Alexandra Road is a hidden gem. It is just in a strip mall with bad signage and no patio, which is why visitors never find it. Here is how I actually use Richmond's plazas and food courts, which specialists are worth the drive, and when not to bother.
The West Dyke Trail is about five and a half kilometres of flat gravel between Terra Nova Rural Park and Garry Point, and I ride it most mornings. Here is what is actually at the north end, which way to walk so the wind is on your side, and why winter is the better season for it.
I live four blocks off Moncton Street, so this is the Steveston I actually use: where to park before the Bayview lots fill, how to buy fish straight off the boats at the wharf, the honest answer to the Pajo's versus Dave's question, and why the history here is not decoration.
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