Cheryl and Arni’s wedding offered so many interesting contrasts.  Cheryl comes from Filipino descent; Arni’s family hails from Iceland.  Cheryl has a fine eye for art and design; Arni likes long-boarding.  Cheryl was cool and calm and as easy-going a bride as there ever was; Arni radiated excitement.  Both have great smiles.

Just a terrific wedding to shoot: lots of great backdrops ranging from their great little house to the King’s Head pub, lots of opportunities to capture Cheryl’s natural elegance and Arni’s natural exuberance, and getting to shoot the groomsmen on their longboards to boot.  Some faves from the wedding:

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Stephanie loves her cats.  Kyle is a huge Kyle Busch fan.  From the colours of the wedding, to the little details at the recpetion, to the pit stop at McDonald’s drive-thru, to the laughter and shenanigans with their wedding party – everything about their day just seemed to capture Stephanie and Kyle so well as a couple.

At first, I was worried the day was going to get off on the wrong foot when the limo failed to arrive to take the girls to the ceremony.  Nope – not a chance.  Stephanie just shrugged it off, as we piled half of the girls into our car and the other half into a bridesmaid’s car and we sped to the ceremony in our own wheels.  Aside from this momentary hiccup, Steph – always quick with a joke and smile – was as sunny and pretty as her wedding day.  Kyle is a big man with a contagious laugh, and with his entourage full of characters, there was no shortage of merriment all day (I have to say Kyle good-naturedly took one of the better roasts I’ve heard).

It was a great group to work with, especially having worked with some of the bridesmaids before – it was great to see Amber again as, in a reversal of last year when Stephanie was the maid of honour at her wedding, Amber took on the duties of the matron of honour this time at Steph’s wedding.  Tons of fun shots and lots of cool artsy stuff too.  A quick sneak peek:

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Last year I had the opportunity to photograph Erin & Milos’ wedding (a wonderful Canadian-Serbian affair at the Hotel Fort Garry) and also to work again with Don & Laurie McNeill of McNeill Media Creations, one of my favorite videographer teams in town to work with.  They’ve recently put up clips of Erin & Milos’ wedding on their blog (http://mcneillmediavideography.blogspot.com/).

And some of my favorite moments and details from the wedding: