Maren Doucette outdoors at golden hour, holding her camera and looking up at the sky

Hi, I’m Maren.

I grew up in Lunenburg, studied photography at NSCAD and shot my first wedding in 2014, for a friend, on a borrowed lens. I’ve photographed about 250 since.

I take around 25 weddings a year so each couple gets my full attention, from the first email to the album. I live in Halifax’s North End with my partner and a very old dog.

What you can count on

  • I edit every photo myself. No overseas editing house, no presets slapped on in bulk.
  • Your photos are kept safe. Two cameras recording to two cards, and three backups the same night.
  • Your gallery stays online for two years. After that I keep a copy of every finished photo.
  • A backup photographer if I’m ill. I work with three local photographers I trust, and you approve who comes.
  • Fully insured. Most venues ask for proof. I send it to them directly.

Two of us on bigger days

Jonah Pellerin has been my second photographer since 2018. While I’m with one of you getting ready, he’s with the other. During the ceremony he takes the wide view and the faces of your guests.

He’s included in the Full day collection, or $600 for any eight-hour wedding.

Bride and groom sitting together on a boulder under trees by the water, seen through the branches
Taken by Jonah from across the cove

Kind words

  • Our ceremony ran forty minutes late and it poured during portraits. Maren had a plan for both. We cried over the first-look photos, which arrived three days later.

    Priya and DanielWedding, Annapolis Valley
  • Our two-year-old refused to stand still for the whole hour. Somehow we have one photo of all five of us looking at the camera, and forty of her running.

    The Comeau familyFamily session, Crystal Crescent Beach
  • Just us, two witnesses and Maren. She found a sheltered spot on the rocks away from the tour buses and kept us laughing in the wind.

    Hannah and LiamElopement, Peggy’s Cove
  • She came to our house when Theo was nine days old and worked around feeds and naps. Calm, patient, and the photos look like our home.

    Sophie R.Newborn session, Dartmouth
A couple walking barefoot on sand, carrying their dress shoes and heels

The best photos often come in the ten quiet minutes after the ceremony.

So I build them into every timeline. Shoes off, a walk, nobody else around.