Anchored in Art,
Moved by Emotion

Halifax photographer Alexa Cude sitting at Baxter's Harbour with her two rescue dogs Kingsley and Winston
Halifax wedding photographer Alexa Cude holding her Nikon camera up against a dark rock face

If you told camera-shy little me that one day I’d be directing people through some of their biggest moments for a living, I never would have believed you. But here we are, a couple decades later and the place I feel most myself is behind a camera. My first goal is always to make you feel as at home in front of the lens as I am behind it.

Creating has been part of my life for as long as I can remember, starting with drawing and painting as a toddler. At age ten, photography found me when my mom sold our beat-up Volvo and took me out of school for an adventure through the art galleries of Spain and Morocco. Armed with disposable cameras, I became the trip's documentarian, and I've rarely been seen without a camera since.

I went on to study photography at NSCAD University, earning a BFA with a background in fine art, fashion and history. Since graduating in 2013, I've built a career I love working with clients from Halifax and beyond, photographing weddings, businesses, and the landscapes of Nova Scotia, while bringing the same eye and detailed approach to editing, styling, and content creation projects along the way.

My Life Behind
The Lens

ROAD TRIPS ✦ COFFEE ✦ MY DOGS ✦ LANDSCAPE PHOTOGRAPHY ✦ HOUSE PLANTS ✦ SNACKS ✦ HIKES ✦

ROAD TRIPS ✦ COFFEE ✦ MY DOGS ✦ LANDSCAPE PHOTOGRAPHY ✦ HOUSE PLANTS ✦ SNACKS ✦ HIKES ✦

Dense green ferns covering the ground.
Halifax photographer Alexa Cude self-portrait from behind, holding her camera and wearing a wide brim hat

Me, Unfiltered

If there’s one thing I’ve learned, it’s that every photographer has their own way of working. Here’s mine:

My yums: sunrise sessions / happy tears / bucking tradition / intuitive direction / breathing room / dogs on set / raw emotion / editing by hand, always

My yucks: AI post production / golden hours only / heavy retouching / preconceived posing / rushed timelines / doing it for the photo op

At its heart, my love for photography is about holding onto the in-between moments that we move through too fast. I shoot with intention and I edit by hand, because getting it right technically allows the emotion of your images to live forever. My aim is to give you a gallery that lets you see yourself the way I witness you in those moments: iconic, radiant and above all else, seen