I’ve done my fair share of Filipino weddings and have worked with some pretty big wedding parties, but I think the entourage for Ariane and Ryan’s wedding takes the cake – this one nearly filled the stairs at the St-Boniface Basilica! And though it’d be easy to get lost in a group that big, Ariane and Ryan never had a problem standing out from the crowd – with their great smiles and quickness to laughter, they were easily one of the most expressive and easy-to-photograph couples I’ve had the pleasure of working with. It also didn’t hurt to have their cute little son Alexander around to help steal the show. Congratulations to the newly married family! A few sneak peeks:
It’s been a busy couple of weeks, so haven’t been able to update this blog as frequently, but it’s time to start catching up. Julie and Dan got married on what was one of the few surefire nice weather Saturdays of this summer. Just a super nice couple who were really great to work with (plus Dan is an Oilers fan so you can’t go wrong there). The wedding party was a lot of fun and full of characters too, but I think Dan’s father may have taken the prize for the most “expressive” moments in front of the camera. I’ve been to Pine Ridge Hollow many a time, but this was my first time shooting at the Pine Ridge Golf course and I was surprised by not only how nice it was, but also how much freedom we had to shoot on the course itself. A beautiful day for a beautiful wedding – here are some of the sneak peeks:
I’ve been meaning to try a photobooth at a wedding reception for awhile now, and finally had the chance to do one at Julie & Devin’s wedding. I love shooting candids as much as anyone, but even I was surprised at how much fun I had shooting these shots! Not only will Julie and Devin get really nice shots for their guestbook, but they’ll also get a collection of crazy and fun shots of their guests that you don’t often get. I was suitably impressed at the creativity shown by a lot of the guests! The rest of the images from their wedding will follow, but here are a few of my favorites from the photobooth:
For the first of a double-header wedding weekend, we drove out to Red Lake, Ontario, which is about 3 hours North of Kenora. It was a pretty drive through Canadian shield country – rocks, lakes, boreal forest. But just as we rolled into town, Mother Nature decided to turn on the taps and in no time at all there were rivers running down the street in front of our motel. The forecast for the wedding day was pretty grim too, so it made for some anxious sky watching on Saturday morning.
And though we got rained on no less than 5 different times that day, we still managed to get out and get the pictures done – some against some pretty awesome skies. Melanie and Morgan are both avid outdoor enthusiasts, so it was great that we were able to capture some of the outdoors despite the downpour. It was my first time to Red Lake, Ontario, and it was a first time for a lot of things for me – a bride with hot red shoes, the groom & best man cracking out their fishing rods in the middle of a shoot, hitting the bowling lanes for a few shots, a rainbow appearing just in time over the gold mine… Melanie and Morgan bravely faced the weather and were among the nicest and warmest people to work with. While I hope they’re enjoying their time away on their sunny honeymoon, here are a sneak peeks:
Chris and Cassandra were just in front of my camera a few weeks back for their engagement photos, so it was an easy transition to start shooting their wedding. It was the third East Indian wedding I had shot this summer, but this one (like the others) definitely had its own unique feel and it was an interesting to observe and capture the subtle differences in the customs and details. The ceremony took place under a canopy that Cassandra’s father had built himself, and offered a lot of great moments: Chris gamely making his way through the traditions for the first time… the parents clearly enjoying and feeling the moment… what I thought was an unreal amount of rice they poured on each other’s heads…
Once again Cassandra and Chris gamely followed me around in my whimsical hunt for pictures, and though the day started with a few nerves, the photo session went smoothly and by the time the ceremony and reception had rolled around, everyone was right into the swing of things. Congratulations you guys! A few sneak peeks:
