Saskatchewan Bereavement Photography Network

03/26/2026

Hello SaskBPN fam. We’re excited to offer a new way for you to show your support and spread awareness for the Saskatchewan Bereavement Photography Network. We are still doing our annual raffle sale in October, but we wanted another offer that we can continue throughout the rest of the year.

For a $20 donation, you'll receive a custom car or business window decal featuring our logo. These will be 8x8. Each decal costs us around $12.50 to produce so the extra little bit goes straight into our ongoing fund. Your support allows us to provide the physical photo albums for families who have experienced loss, as well as cover mileage for our volunteer photographers traveling to out of town sessions and meet other unexpected costs tied to running this nonprofit.

We thought this was a great idea because not only is this a conversation starter, it helps others know that this support exists. Please message or comment if you are interested in purchasing. And if so, how many! Thank you for being part of this network.

03/24/2026

We’re expanding across the province, but we need more team members!

Saskatchewan Bereavement Photography Network (SaskBPN) has been holding space here in Regina, and it’s time to extend our services further across Saskatchewan. As our name implies.

Right now, we are looking for volunteer photographers in Saskatoon***, Swift Current, North Battleford, Lloydminster and Prince Albert.

This is on-call work, supporting families through infant loss, stillbirth and palliative/hospice care. Your role would be to document sessions for these families. Attention to detail, compassion and professionalism is a must. You are essentially a volunteer associate photographer, as we handle all of the editing and gallery delivery.

If this feels in alignment with your heart, please send a message here and we can chat a little about you, your work and a little bit why you’re feeling called to be a part of our nonprofit. All of our photographers do have experience with loss, and this is something that we do feel is essential to understand the weight of how important this work is.

Please share this post (and maybe comment where in the province you are sharing this post) so that this post helps us reach the future rest of our team!

***Our Saskatoon photographer should only expect to document families in palliative/hospice care, as our friends over at Empty Arms covers infant loss and stillbirth photography for the city of Saskatoon.

03/10/2026

Sometimes it’s weird showing up here, not knowing how to present our team online. When we were doing our branding session for SaskBPN, the overall vibe was “let’s showcase the connection that we have as a team, be happy but not too happy because then it seems like we aren’t grieving or showing up as sympathetic.”

Since doing more sessions, and realizing just how some people do grieve, I’ve decided: We’re going to show up as ourselves. A lot of the families I have worked with in the last few years have used humour to cope, and there is nothing wrong with that.

So, here is a photo of Chelsea .photography and (myself) Shalissa , just being ourselves. All of us at SaskBPN are light hearted and try to make light out of every situation—including those that revolve around death. Here’s to eliminating the idea that joking around and being silly makes us show up as insincere or unprofessional. It makes us human. Personally, I think human-to-human connection is so important in this line of work.

Have a beautiful week everyone! Please remember that if you, or someone you know is in need of bereavement photography services, our line is available 24/7. For urgent inquiries, (306) 537-3032 and non-urgent: [email protected].

03/10/2026

We are thrilled to announce our partnership with Twinkle Star Project for the Starry Night Remembrance Gala. Our team at Saskatchewan Bereavement Photography Network (SaskBPN) will be present, documenting the evening on April 25, 2026. If you are interested in attending, please find more information over on the Twinkle Star Project account and website.

Under a sky full of stars, we gather to remember babies gone too soon and to stand beside the families who love them forever.

The Starry Night Remembrance Gala is an evening of remembrance, connection, and community, and we would be honoured to have you join us.

Your ticket helps ensure no family navigating pregnancy or infant loss feels alone.

Learn more & purchase tickets here:
https://www.twinklestarproject.com/starrynightremembrancegala?zlinkid=dc98f239-314e-4c02-a4d1-b967246f87c1

02/09/2026

As 'Where We Part' transitions into the Saskatchewan Bereavement Photography Network (SaskBPN), we are moving toward becoming an official nonprofit and are seeking one to two additional board/volunteer member(s) to support this next phase.

This is someone who feels aligned with grief and understands how important this heartwork is. You do not need to be a photographer for this role, but is a bonus. Experience in nonprofits or community organizations is a bonus, but also not necessary. You will be expected to meet once a month, participate in conversation, be a supportive person for the team and attend community events as a team. An interviewing process will take place with our founder throughout the month of February.

At SaskBPN, we pride ourselves in the amazing group of girls we have on board who have become like a little family. This is extremely important to us. This is a volunteer position as we build a province-wide network supporting families who are experiencing loss, whether pregnancy loss, stillbirth or the loss of any loved one.

If you’re interested or would like more information, please send us a message on Facebook or on Instagram .

02/09/2026

Last week, two of our photographers provided coverage for this beautiful womans chapel funeral in Estevan. Not always, but often, we arrive when a loved one has already passed. Even still, we can see and feel the love in the room. Vicky had a family who deeply loved her, and it was such an honour to document her families final farewell.

View Victoria Mary Smandych (Rohatensky)'s complete obituary, share memories, and explore 4 tribute posts from the community.