This styled shoot in Ontario, Canada came to be after a local queer couple was rejected by a photo and video vendor in photographer Amberlyn Farrington’s hometown. Farrington, of Honey and Lux Photography, wanted to help accepting vendors reach the LGBTQ+ community.

“Many industry professionals saw this viral email and started to adjust their websites and social media bios to state that they were in fact inclusive,” Farrington, a queer photographer, explained. “[I] noticed that many of these photographers were also expressing that they had not had the opportunity to work with 2SLGBTQIA+ couples, and some were using language and terminology that might actually still paint them as discriminatory.”

So Farrington planned this styled shoot to give photographers the opportunity to build a portfolio that included a real queer couple.

“Additionally,” Farrington said, “an educational component was added so that photographers could invest in the work of learning how to avoid unintentionally excluding this clientele. Instead, attendees engaged in conversation facilitated by two queer educators, to learn how to cultivate space for queer love in their business structure and practices, and spread that education so that we can make effective change in this industry.”

This dreamy styled shoot on an organic flower farm was designed to celebrate LGBTQ+ acceptance | Honey and Lux Photography | Featured on Equally Wed, the leading LGBTQ+ wedding magazine

This dreamy styled shoot on an organic flower farm was designed to celebrate LGBTQ+ acceptance | Honey and Lux Photography | Featured on Equally Wed, the leading LGBTQ+ wedding magazine

This dreamy styled shoot on an organic flower farm was designed to celebrate LGBTQ+ acceptance | Honey and Lux Photography | Featured on Equally Wed, the leading LGBTQ+ wedding magazine

This dreamy styled shoot on an organic flower farm was designed to celebrate LGBTQ+ acceptance | Honey and Lux Photography | Featured on Equally Wed, the leading LGBTQ+ wedding magazine

This dreamy styled shoot on an organic flower farm was designed to celebrate LGBTQ+ acceptance | Honey and Lux Photography | Featured on Equally Wed, the leading LGBTQ+ wedding magazine

This dreamy styled shoot on an organic flower farm was designed to celebrate LGBTQ+ acceptance | Honey and Lux Photography | Featured on Equally Wed, the leading LGBTQ+ wedding magazine

This dreamy styled shoot on an organic flower farm was designed to celebrate LGBTQ+ acceptance | Honey and Lux Photography | Featured on Equally Wed, the leading LGBTQ+ wedding magazine

This dreamy styled shoot on an organic flower farm was designed to celebrate LGBTQ+ acceptance | Honey and Lux Photography | Featured on Equally Wed, the leading LGBTQ+ wedding magazine

This dreamy styled shoot on an organic flower farm was designed to celebrate LGBTQ+ acceptance | Honey and Lux Photography | Featured on Equally Wed, the leading LGBTQ+ wedding magazine

This dreamy styled shoot on an organic flower farm was designed to celebrate LGBTQ+ acceptance | Honey and Lux Photography | Featured on Equally Wed, the leading LGBTQ+ wedding magazine

This dreamy styled shoot on an organic flower farm was designed to celebrate LGBTQ+ acceptance | Honey and Lux Photography | Featured on Equally Wed, the leading LGBTQ+ wedding magazine

This dreamy styled shoot on an organic flower farm was designed to celebrate LGBTQ+ acceptance | Honey and Lux Photography | Featured on Equally Wed, the leading LGBTQ+ wedding magazine

This dreamy styled shoot on an organic flower farm was designed to celebrate LGBTQ+ acceptance | Honey and Lux Photography | Featured on Equally Wed, the leading LGBTQ+ wedding magazine

This dreamy styled shoot on an organic flower farm was designed to celebrate LGBTQ+ acceptance | Honey and Lux Photography | Featured on Equally Wed, the leading LGBTQ+ wedding magazine

This dreamy styled shoot on an organic flower farm was designed to celebrate LGBTQ+ acceptance | Honey and Lux Photography | Featured on Equally Wed, the leading LGBTQ+ wedding magazine

This dreamy styled shoot on an organic flower farm was designed to celebrate LGBTQ+ acceptance | Honey and Lux Photography | Featured on Equally Wed, the leading LGBTQ+ wedding magazine

This dreamy styled shoot on an organic flower farm was designed to celebrate LGBTQ+ acceptance | Honey and Lux Photography | Featured on Equally Wed, the leading LGBTQ+ wedding magazine

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FEATURED VENDORS

Concept/Photographer: Amberlyn Farrington, Honey & Lux Photography

Planning/Coordination: Kendra Coons Confetti and Co 

 Venue & Florals: Feeder Flower Farm 

Makeup: Victoria Rendon Beauty 

 Hair: Lindsay Chambers

Wardrobe Rental: The Fitzroy

Dress: For Love and Lemons 

Suit: Hebe Studio 

Stationery: Red Bicycle Paper Co.

Handmade Paper: Hubbub Paper Co. 

Tablescape: W Events and Decor 

Harvest Table & Chair Rental: Fresh Look Design Inc.  

Desserts: The Pie Plate 

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