kvd stands for kaylyn
van driesum
Kaylyn is a wedding and lifestyle photographer who has spent the past 9 years documenting couples with intention, care, and genuine joy. Her work lives at the intersection of documentary honesty and editorial refinement, creating imagery that feels both honest and artfully composed—anchored in the real, fleeting beauty of life’s most meaningful moments.
She believes your wedding deserves to be remembered for how it felt, not just how it looked.
She believes photographs should live beyond the screen—framed, printed, and woven into the rhythm of your home.
And she believes deeply in the beauty, weight, and everyday sacredness of marriage—and hopes you do too.
Originally from central British Columbia, Kaylyn now calls Vancouver home. When she’s not photographing weddings across Canada and beyond, you’ll find her travelling with her husband (ten countries down, many more to come), decorating her SoGra apartment, and dreaming about a future property filled with an equal amount of kids and dogs.
my other love
Twenty five years ago, my family was introduced to a local charity called Hope International Development Agency. A long name, but, as we would discover, a BIG impact. HOPE is a local non-profit whose work spans the globe in over 15 countries. Their projects focus on the provision of clean water, sustainable living, primary health, education, and the environment. HOPE's projects are accomplished with the help of volunteers, the skills of locals overseas, and the generosity of people who care and contribute.
In 2004, my family took on our own fundraising project in the Dominican Republic and, in 2006, we were able to visit the local communities that it impacted and see the completed project firsthand. It was an unforgettable trip, and I think of it often.
Over the last decade, I've had the opportunity to make my way back to the DR multiple times. Each visit has been a little different, but one thing remains the same: HOPE's work is changing many, many lives, both for people today and for generations to come.
It's been beautiful to see these changes in person and to be part of it all in a very small way.
Fast forward to today, where, alongside my amazing sister Alicia, we are spearheading teams of women (we call ourselves Women4Water!) to travel to different countries for water-related projects each year. In 2018, we headed to the mountain villages of the DR; in 2019 we found ourselves in the remote villages of Cambodia. In 2020, we had planned to spend two weeks in southern Ethiopia but, of course, the world had other plans. We finally made it to Africa in Febuary of 2023, and we are so thankful for that.
Just as I find value and experience joy being a photographer, I also find value and experience joy helping others.
I am so grateful to have two things in my life that I am so incredibly passionate about.
