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Ashley Marston Photography Birth, Lifestyle, Documentary Photography & Films

Love and laughter comprise the primary subject matter for
Vancouver Island-based birth and lifestyle photographer Ashley
Marston. An award-winning documentary photographer (and busy
mother of three with her supportive husband John), Marston
strives for images that capture those two staples of family
relationships, as well as the quiet moments that might otherwise
go unseen. Always seeing life through a lens, Marston also
photographs her own family daily, cherished images she shares
on Facebook through her year-long A Daily Occurence project. Whether the photographs capture moments with her family or a
client, storytelling is the heart of all her work.

4 year ago we decided to take a big leap and move all our kids into private education. That was three kids, all of them ...
11/04/2026

4 year ago we decided to take a big leap and move all our kids into private education.

That was three kids, all of them with complex needs, and needs that continued to evolve and change with each passing year.

It was a big IF but we were at a total loss and hanging onto a hope that this could be the answer for our family.

It saved us.
It saved our kids.

And as we’ve come up against some really big things, big things that required kindness, compassion and empathy, we were met with all of that and more.
Only just deepening our gratitude for the walls in which our kids call a second home for most of their days.

I say this now because the landscape is changing and making big leaps in your family takes courage, even when you know it needs to be done.

Our answer may not be the answer for everyone but do whatever you need to do to make sure your kids are safe and getting the support they need.

ALL KIDS 🌈

I am so grateful for the community of educators within these walls and in schools across our beautiful province fighting for kids just like mine ❤️

Happy Halloween from Saturo Gojo AND Buller…Buller…Buller… 😉🎃❤️
11/01/2026

Happy Halloween from Saturo Gojo

AND

Buller…Buller…Buller…

😉🎃❤️

Sweet Sweet Sawyer is going to be a BIG brother very soon ❤️🥹
10/30/2026

Sweet Sweet Sawyer is going to be a BIG brother very soon ❤️🥹

When you visit the Gueulette’s in Chase it’s like your stepping back in time. To wonderful and simpler time when hunting...
10/29/2026

When you visit the Gueulette’s in Chase it’s like your stepping back in time.

To wonderful and simpler time when hunting and trapping were a part of your everyday.

There is no wifi.

Just good company, good food and a warm fire sit around and share about your adventures of the day.

This place is a precious escape from their busy and full lives. And they invite anyone in who wants to experience it with them.

I’m forever grateful they invite me.

For me, this is the second time I’ve been back to Chase with my camera in the 15 years I’ve been photographing this family.
But my first hunting trip with Andrea and hopefully, not my last.

Here are some of my favorite images of my Day in the Life with the Gueulette Family.

“The edges of your soul, I haven’t seen yet.Now I’m glad I get forever to see where you end”Noah Kahan
10/28/2026

“The edges of your soul, I haven’t seen yet.
Now I’m glad I get forever to see where you end”

Noah Kahan

“On October 13 2026 at 6:14, being held by our family on earth and in Heaven, Daylon and I bravely welcomed our daughter...
10/16/2026

“On October 13 2026 at 6:14, being held by our family on earth and in Heaven, Daylon and I bravely welcomed our daughter Cora to the world.

We are SO grateful to the entire care team at CDH who empowered me to ask for what I needed as the birth progressed, and who delivered her beautifully and safely allowing me to reframe my experience of birth as a bereaved mom and as a nurse.

Our love and gratitude for our late first daughter, Spirit, has been renewed with the arrival of Cora.

We are happy and a little terrified to parent here on Earth”
Daylon & Charlotte Heath

As the person who has been graciously invited to document the love story of Charlotte and Daylon I am beyond, BEYOND elated to see this beauty unfold before my eyes.

Last winter I was with them when they were in the process of saying goodbye much too soon to Spirit, their beautiful angel baby girl. And when I said a tearful goodbye to them that day I knew in my heart the next time I saw them our hearts would be full of hope, and they were.

Were they ever ❤️

Welcome to this world sweet Cora.

You will and have always had an angel by your side ❤️🕯️

Pumpkin Cheesecake Inspired 🤤🍁
10/12/2026

Pumpkin Cheesecake Inspired 🤤🍁

🍁 THANKSGIVING GIVEAWAY 🍁These days, my favorite days are when we are all together as a family. It doesn’t happen often ...
10/11/2026

🍁 THANKSGIVING GIVEAWAY 🍁

These days, my favorite days are when we are all together as a family.

It doesn’t happen often anymore.

While we are together I am thankful for the laughter these three bring out in one another, not always, but when it happens it is the best sound in the world.

Each of them so different from the other, and I watch them learning from one another without really even knowing it.

John and I sit back and just enjoy.

Sometimes laughing alongside them, sometimes watching and waiting to see if there needs to be a parental voice, but mostly just enjoying it as much as we can now that we truly know how fleeting it can be.

This weekend we have all three of our children with us, that is all I need.

Turkey is a bonus 😉

THANKSGIVING GIVEAWAY!

Tell me what you are thankful for this holiday weekend

At the end of a busy couple of days my favorite part is sitting down and reading through your answers reminding me that the world is full of goodness and there is so much to be thankful for.

On Tuesday October 13 I will Randomly draw a winner from the comments to receive a complimentary Lifestyle Family Session in 2027.

Good Luck and THANK YOU for 15 years of inviting me into your lives with my camera, and for watching, loving and supporting my family as we grow and growing alongside us.

Happy Thanksgiving 🍁

Ash ❤️

Cute Boy ❤️
10/09/2026

Cute Boy

❤️

Whenever I am grieving summer I am reminded quickly of how much I love our autumn sunrises.A beautiful way to ease me in...
10/06/2026

Whenever I am grieving summer I am reminded quickly of how much I love our autumn sunrises.

A beautiful way to ease me into a season of change 🧡🍂

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