Let's just start with this, ‘archivalist’ is not a real word, or title. I am a professional photographer, with copious amounts of hours put into digitizing my grandfather's personal photography collection. From the knowledge gained I hope to share with others how to explore their own collection. The term 'archivalist'? I also called the Pacific Ocean the Specific Ocean until I was eight. I use the word ‘defenestrate’ 837% more than the average person. I have a penchant for odd words and an unfortunate habit of mispronouncing things.
I am a person who never used her Health Sciences degree, became a wedding photographer, who finds dry articles about colour space fascinating. So became, The Family Archivalist.
It started as a passion project that led to family discovery and a way to heal through loss and dementia.
About Brittany
I’m primarily a wedding and elopement photographer based in Canmore, Alberta who doesn’t quite get weddings. I have absolutely no idea what cut a ring is, in all likelihood I won’t know more than three dress designers off the top of my head, the current colour trends are beyond me. My own dress was from the early 1900s and bought online, my wedding band was bought at a flea market in Amsterdam, and we were late to our ceremony because of tacos. But I do know that weddings and elopements celebrate one of the most impactful things about humanity, that it brings people together in the name of love and commitment, and that is beautiful. It was from this love of imagery and memory that my passion for making family photos more accessible comes from.
I hope your scanned images allow you to re-experience memories, to learn more about the people in your lives, or introduce you to a relative who has since passed. Your images are a part of your story and I consider it such an honour to create high-quality scans for family and friends to enjoy for years to come.
Otherwise, you’ll find me hiking with Hobbit the dog, being a fantastically bad baker, marvelling at my husband’s skills in the kitchen, playing The Witcher, scanning in film my grandfather took a few decades ago, and being a general homebody while planning my next trip.