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{Christina & Richard} Toronto Distillery District Wedding
Last weekend Ivanette & I had a blast in Toronto photographing Christina & Richard’s wedding. We’ve been excited for months to finally have the opportunity to create gorgeous wedding images in the distillery district of downtown Toronto. If you haven’t heard about the area, it’s worth looking up, and most definitely worth a visit! Richard is the brother in law of Kevin, who photographed our wedding back in 2009, so it was an honour to help Kevin and his family by covering Christina & Richard’s wedding.
We started off the day at 9:30am in North York at her mother’s house for the traditional Chinese Tea Ceremony. First however, the grooms men had to convince the bridesmaids to let them in! They were required to pass food among all four of them, using only their lips, then eat four foods. Their ability to complete these tasks determined how much of a bribe they had to give the ladies to get past the door! It was the first time we’ve seen this, and it was hilarious to say the least!
After a light lunch, we headed down to the Distillery District for a couple hours of photos, where Richard had learnt only the day before that Loblaws was going to be filming a commercial and was expecting 15 000 people to show up! Both Christina & Richard work for Lowblaws, so when we saw Galen Weston, and he agreed to pose, they were both elated!. We then headed to the reception hall for the wedding ceremony and reception complete with amazing traditional 10 course Chinese dinner.
The wedding will also be featured on an upcoming episode of “Four Weddings:Canada”
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{Brianne & Mark} A special photo session
My brother Mark sends me a text one day…
Mark: What are you doing this Saturday?
Me: I’m off this Saturday, what’s going on?
Mark: Can we do pictures?
Me: The pictures???
Well, you get where this was going. Ivanette and I knew for a few months that his plan was to have us capture his proposal. When Bri left that morning to run a few errands with her girlfriend, little did she know that Mark was rushing out to buy her ring, and to make a shirt for her son that said “Mom will you say yes”. To her knowledge, we “needed family photos down town for our portfolio”. Good thing she believed that!!! We started in the market, and then by sheer co-incidence, I lead them to the spot where they shared their first kiss… on their anniversary…
{Heather & Marc} A winter engagement session at the Arboretum
This past Sunday I had the pleasure of hanging out with Heather and Marc (and creating some images along the way). I’ve been friends with Heather since high school, so when she asked Ivanette and I to photograph her wedding to Marc this coming October, it truly was an honor. Heather and Marc are both genuinely sincere, honest and loyal people.
Enjoy the preview, and again, a big thanks to Heather & Marc for allowing us to be part of their big day!
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{Shannon & James} A winter wedding at Strathmere’s Lodge
If you’ve ever met with us about your wedding, you’ll know that all we ask of our couples is that you bring emotion. Well, we had nothing to worry about at Shannon & James’ wedding! We had a great day for weather at Strathmere this past January, with light snow turning into a nice heavy snowfall for the end of their ceremony. When Shannon and James met with us, we chatted about timing and decided that a first look was the best fit for great images given their ceremony was at 4pm, and we would have only had 30 minutes of daylight after their ceremony. We created a little bit of suspense with James as he was waiting for his bride to arrive!
I had a pleasure capturing the emotion of their day, and I hope that you enjoy the preview!
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{Trish & Jason} A day after session in Montego Bay, Jamaica
We had the pleasure of photographing Trish & Jason’s Wedding this January in Montego Bay, Jamaica and had a blast hanging out with them for the week. One of the benefits of bringing your photographer with you is a day after session. We spent the day Monday traveling around Montego Bay, Jamaica scouting locations with them, so that we could make the most of our time the day after their wedding.
Enjoy the preview:
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{Trish & Jason} Destination Wedding in Montego Bay Jamaica
Well, what a January we’ve had! After taking some time off for Christmas to spend with Ivanette and baby Tavis, I have a conversation with Trish, as she tells me how disappointed she was with the quality of the photographer recommended by the resort, one thing leads to another, and the next day Trish, Jason and Kirsten were sitting in our studio chatting with us about what they were looking for in their wedding photography. They had a small wedding, but Trish knew that one thing she wanted was great photos. Next thing you know we’re flying off to Jamaica.
We had great weather at the RIU Montego Bay, Jamaica for their beach side wedding. Enjoy the preview, and stay tuned for their day after photos!
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