olive & bean photography
capturing your joy, with your favourite people, in beautiful places
The way your eyes crinkle when your partner makes you laugh, the look on your toddler's face when they're about to get tickled, your parents' arms around each other as you say your vows, and your friends dancing together as the sun sets.
Ten years from now, you look at your photos and are brought right back to these moments. The big laughs, tight hugs and occasional tear. We believe love is love and your photos should be shared for generations.
hello!
We're Sarah and Olivia, two best friends turned business partners. We photograph weddings, elopements, couples, families and events on the beautiful west coast of BC. We are local to North Vancouver, but love to travel and spend our summers shooting weddings across BC! We are big crafters, love picnics at the beach and have the cutest cat named Benji!
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The natural environment is a big inspiration for our work and we love to capture you in beautiful places. All families, couples and love is welcome here: we strive to provide a safe, welcoming and respectful environment for everyone. We can't wait to meet you!
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“The reason we chose olive & bean as our photographers was that they seem to have the unequal ability to capture joy in all of their photos. Olivia and Sarah are ridiculously good at making people feel comfortable. Their calm and positive demeanours immediately bring your guard down, and make getting your picture taken a really pleasant experience. With discomfort out of the way, it's so easy to just settle into the moment and ignore the fact that there's a camera.”
Ali + Anar
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"Sarah and Olivia are absolutely amazing and incredibly talented photographers! From the start, they made us feel so comfortable, even though we’re usually camera shy and awkward in front of a camera. The photos turned out stunning, the candid moments feel so natural and heartfelt, while the portraits are picture-perfect for our gallery wall and wedding album. We couldn’t be happier with the results, they truly exceeded our expectations."
Lysa + Darwin
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“Working with Olive and Bean was so easy and fun, they are such lovely people! They made us feel so comfortable, and you can see that in our photos. They even got some incredible shots of our very nervous dog, who was so at ease with them as well! They are very attentive to details and requests, making sure that we got all the shots we were hoping for. They were very responsive whenever we had questions and got our sneak peeks and full album to us on time or earlier. We highly recommend these two!!”
Evie + Haley
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“It was such a pleasure having Sarah and Olivia capture our wedding day. As two introverts, we were both a bit nervous about being in front of a camera all day, but they made us feel so comfortable. The photos turned out so beautifully and captured the day really authentically. Their wedding expertise in general was so valuable. They got all the shots we talked about and then some more that we just loved. I couldn’t recommend them enough!”
Katie + Sam
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“Sarah + Olivia are extremely professional and organized, which meant more time for us to spend with our guests and of course on the dance floor. For our couples photos we are generally a tad uncomfortable in front of the camera, but they have such an amazing and relaxing presence that we immediately loosen up and really just get to enjoy ourselves and get amazing, "true to us" photos as a result. People say you spend nearly as much time with your photographers as you do your spouse on your wedding day, and we are so glad we got to spend our day with Sarah & Olivia.”