About me

Your French & Canadian Elopement Photographer

Hi! I’m Dorine and this is my assistant Silas

I am a Banff based Elopement Photographer but I travel around the world for photography.

At 25, I left France (where I grew up), eager to explore the world and immerse myself in a different culture. Leaving behind my family and friends was tough, but I felt I couldn’t stay there any longer – politics, work culture, mentalities, you name it.

I fell in love with landscape photography first. I wanted to share what I saw with my loved ones that couldn’t be there. My dad used to say “You are my eyes” because he didn’t have the chance to travel the world with me.

His recent loss was a shocking, life-changing moment that reminded me of how fleeting life can be. I hang on to my moments with him through my memories but also the photographs that are a visual reminder.

It is what brought me here, to take photographs of people – like my father did – immersed in the most beautiful landscapes so you can never forget how you felt in that moment.

For me, a wedding or an elopement is a commitment to something big — a promise to choose each other through every season of life.

There will be mountains to climb, calm rivers to paddle, windy ridges to cross, and soft meadows to rest in.

It’s an adventure of highs and lows, wild moments and gentle ones — and I’m here to document it all with the same heart you’re putting into it.

Travel blogger and her dog at Peyto Lake
New Zealand Elopement Photographer
My Philosophy

I am not the regular kind of person and I like it.


I’ve never been someone who fit neatly into expectations, and for a long time I wondered if that was a flaw. But the truth is, my heart was never built for ordinary. I’m the kind of person who needs open skies, big feelings, and a life that moves — a life where I can show up fully for the people I love and the moments that deserve to be remembered.


A 9-to-5 in a place that didn’t feel like home, with only a few weeks of freedom each year, could never hold the version of me that craves adventure, connection, and purpose.

I choose a life that feels alive — one where every chapter is intentional, where memories are made, and where I get to follow the path that was always meant for me.

I love adventures, spontaneous moments, unplanned things.

I know some things in life need planning — but I always leave space for the magic that happens when you don’t script every second. That’s where you feel the most alive, where the real memories are born.

In 2016, I took off on a world tour that changed everything. I lived a full year in New Zealand, and somewhere between the golden mountains, rugged coastlines, and quiet mornings on the road, my love for photography exploded into something deeper. I wandered through the US, Australia, Tasmania, Japan, Patagonia with nothing but the next couple of days mapped out — choosing each moment purely because it felt right.

That kind of freedom shaped who I am. And one day, I want to live it again, exploring even more countries, letting the world surprise me just like it did back then.

And if I get to capture beautiful weddings along the way? Well… that would be nothing short of amazing. (wink wink — if you need a photographer for your adventure, I’m already packing.)

I like to photograph the in-between moments — the ones you don’t even realize are happening.

I’ve always loved capturing the quiet glances, the unfiltered laughter, the way people look at each other when they think no one is watching. Those little fragments of truth have always felt like the real story to me.

That instinct is what pulled me into this work. Being an elopement photographer means I get to witness love in its most honest form — the intimate, fleeting moments that disappear in an instant but stay alive in a photograph forever.

It’s not about posing or performing; it’s about preserving the heartbeat of your day… the moments that will still make you feel something years from now.

What clients say about me

  • 1000 % would recommend!

    Dorine was the BEST photographer we could have asked for! From the start she was so friendly, and we collaborated to create our wedding plan! She was phenomenal the day of the wedding.
    S&L
Banff-wedding-photographer-in-a-kayak
New Zealand Backpacker

My values

Leave No Trace Aware

Leave No Trace Certified

I have not always been environmentally aware but when I started backpacking and then when I move to Montreal in 2018, I started being more and more aware.

I did a “Plastic Free July” and it opened my eyes on the amount of things that contains plastic. Since then, I am doing my best to keep my trash to a minimum and leave no trace everywhere I go.

We wouldn’t want to trash a beautiful spot for the people that would want to enjoy it after us right?

More details on the LNT

Do All Photography Logo

Do All Things With Love

Do All things with love” is my mantra and my tag line on my old logo.

I believe in everything I do with all my heart and will give everything to make your day the best day of your lives.

I love this mantra because it starts with my initials (DOrine ALLali) and it makes it even more close to me.

New Zealand Backpacking Elopement Photographer

Random Facts

↟ I am a French Engineer.
↟ I was a web developer for 10 years before becoming an Alberta Elopement Photographer.
↟ I quit my job in September 2023 to give this everything I have got.
↟ I arrived in Canada in 2018 and drove twice across the country already.
↟ I went around the world in 2016.
↟ I owned two camper van (#vanlife) and I just bough an old school bus that I converted to a camper
↟ I have a Samoyed that has separation anxiety but is the cutest.
↟ My dream photography couple would want to travel the world in their attire and ask me to take pictures in every country with them

Awards & Recognition

2024

Calgary White Hats Awards – Semi Finalist

2023

Calgary White Hats Awards – Semi Finalist

Education

Thrive Graduate
Art Course graduate
Leave No Trace Aware

2013

Multimedia Video & Photo certificate (Paris)

2012

Software Engineering Degree (Paris)

We want to work with you!

Fill up my contact form – whatever stage you are at in your elopement planning – and I will do everything I can to make your dream elopement come true!

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