Bobbi Barbarich, photographer

We were so incredibly glad we picked Bobbi to photograph our wedding in 2015! She captured our personalities perfectly and her photos help bring us back to all the fun moments of our celebration! We’ve also had regular family shoots with Bobbi since our son was born and will continue to do so going forward! Her style and personality make these shoots so fun and easy and the photos make wonderful additions to our home.

Bobbi has been our 'go-to' photographer for all of the special events in our ordinary lives since we moved to the Kootenay's. You know, the wedding, the puppy, the baby... Bobbi has the natural ability to capture seemingly typical moments that you wouldn't have even thought were special at the time. Not until you see them in print yourself - through your very own (often unexpected!) tears - do you then realize that they were absolutely monumental to your memory of that moment in time. When Bobbi is photographing you and your family, you don't even realize that she is there. This is a beautiful representation of not only how discreet she is, but also speaks to how comfortable you feel in her presence. She has a sharp eye for the candid, natural and sweet moments in time that translate so beautifully in her pictures, making her a true master of her craft. A passionate professional like Bobbi makes you want to keep creating special moments in your life just so you can keep a photographer like her in your back pocket. She nudges you towards a subtle but sweet reminder that your ordinary life is in fact incredibly extraordinary.

We researched local photographers thoroughly before we hired Bobbi, not only is she incredibly talented but she stands out with her unique style. We loved that she seemed to have a knack for capturing real moments. Honest, raw, emotional photography. We were also very drawn to the vibrancy of her colour photos and classic beauty of her black and white photos. Bobbi was amazing to work with and blew our expectations out of the water, with both our engagement session as well as our wedding photos. Our gallery is full of the most beautiful photos we could have ever imagined, well composed and creative. We relive every moment when we look at them. Also, COVID had us changing our plans several times this year, and Bobbi was unbelievably supportive and flexible throughout it all. We would and will invest in her again and again and again!

Outstanding photographer! Bobbi did family photos for us and our wedding photos and I will most definitely be keeping her contact info to have more family photos done in the future! Every photo she takes is so incredibly beautiful and captures so much emotion and special moments that bring back the memory of what was happening in those moments. They are more than just photos. She also was just so much fun to be with on our wedding day! Would highly recommend to anyone even considering hiring her! We can’t wait to get more photos with her!

We hired Bobbi to document our non-profit Girl In The Wild experience— confidence-boosting camps for teenage girls in wild spaces. Her "brief" was to capture the the girls' experience and rising, their unravelling and their growth, to be snapping pics but never obvious, never taking away from the experience. And she did EXACTLY that and more. Bobbi captured the raw vulnerability and huge joys of our camp (and everything in between) and helped our organization tell a beautiful, emotional visual story of our program to engage donors moving forward and gift the girls with visual memories for a lifetime. Working with her was perfection.

We met Bobbi waaaaaay back in 2020...and since then, we feel incredibly lucky every time we see an engagement photo, wedding photo, or hear or see anything wedding related, because it reminds us that we had the most amazing experience with her; one that is truly life changing. Even when it isn't about our own wedding experience or the photos aren't of us, if we think 'wedding' or 'photographer' we take a minute and say to ourselves "Man we chose the right person, Bobbi absolutely killed it!" We feel so lucky because we are now able to reminisce of the most special day in our life, by way of the memories that she encapsulated, so perfectly, for us. She truly is the keeper of our MEMORY GOLD (and yes this is a term I just created to describe Bobbi!). Part of our initial choosing of a wedding photographer was influenced by another photographer not being available, as he was part of our wedding party. However, once recommended, it was very clear that Bobbi was serious about what she does- her passion, talent, and very cool Kootenay-style was evident from the first photograph we saw on her website. We knew we had to have her. We even changed the date of our wedding to ensure our memories were in the best hands possible. After our engagement session with her, we became even more excited, knowing she would be capturing our special day just the way we had hoped. Then, the gallery photos of our wedding exceeded any expectation we had. They were stupid good. We cried a lot of happy tears when looking at them, because seeing them is like re-living the day. This is the definition of nailing it. We look at other peoples wedding photos and I appreciate her style, quality, and overall talent as a photographer, even more so. Just in general, Bobbi is cool as all heck', and if you are lucky enough to have her snap pics for your business, engagement, wedding, or special occasion of any kind, you can give yourself a huge high five (every day for the rest of your life) because you made the right choice, and you will never regret it. You will never regret Bobbi.

I met with Bobbi for business photos, and our entire experience with her was phenomenal. When I told our staff we were doing business photos every single one of them groaned. When Bobbi came to the clinic, there was something about her energy and the way she explained everything that really made the staff, clients and patients not only willing to participate, but also very comfortable with the entire process—something I didn’t think was possible(seriously, have you ever tried to take a picture of your pet doing a cute thing?!). She so upbeat and engaging that she managed to get photos of every single one of our staff members without staging them like puppets! They were all in their natural elements. When I saw the photo album at the end I was in absolute awe, Bobbi is so talented-- every object, animal and person she captured was so natural and truly beautiful. I will never NOT recommend Bobbi as a photographer(be it personal, special event or business).

It's hard to really express what Bobbi does on your special day unless you experience it firsthand. She's less of a wedding photographer, more of a documentarian. She captures moments that are somehow both timeless and universal - a true talent. Also, she's a great wedding guest: kind, respectful, fun - almost old fashioned with her manners. As a photographer, she recedes into the background and you almost forget that she's snapping away. If you hire Bobbi as your wedding photographer you will get irreverent, candid shots and incredible quality. You'll feel lucky and you won't be sorry!