M.F. + D.L. ~ The Answer is “Yes!”

May 1, 2013

This year, the spring sea­son has really been teas­ing us … more like con­fus­ing us when it would truly arrive. Regard­less of when, the weather was not going to stop Man­dana and Dan from get­ting their engage­ment shots done. In actu­al­ity, they really wanted to have a snowy back­drop and thank­fully (I say that loosely) the weather was cold enough to keep the snow on the ground for them.

I have to hand it them, though. It was –2 degrees Cel­cius and like true mod­els they stuck it out mak­ing it look nat­ural like it was at least 10 degrees while wear­ing beau­ti­ful Chi­nese cloth­ing. (Man, that was a mouth­ful!) But the chal­lenge only brought them closer together to keep warm and nat­u­rally have the cam­era cap­ture their love for each other.

We shot this ses­sion at Milne Dam Con­ser­va­tion Park in Markham. With that amount of space, it was great to also have their cute dog, Panda, join in the fun. We were blessed that it snowed lightly, as if we were on a movie set. So all the snowflakes you see in these pho­tos are cer­tainly real!

All in all, we had a great time and I’m look­ing for­ward to shoot­ing their wed­ding later on this year!














    



    


    
    

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V.M. + Z.V. ~ The Knot Is Tied!

March 4, 2013

There’s a first for everything …

With Vishala and Zack, it was my first time to do a Skype inter­view and boy, was it ever fun! We had such a great talk and we cer­tainly got a sense for each other’s per­son­al­i­ties. I was only hum­bled to have known not too long after that they had cho­sen me to pho­to­graph their beau­ti­ful wed­ding at Le Jardin.

Just as you see TV/movie per­son­al­i­ties on screen, some­times they may be easy to miss in per­son. Vishala and Zack men­tioned that they weren’t too sure whether they were going to make it to a wed­ding that I was shoot­ing (that’s how I got the con­nec­tion). As I was set­ting up some of the friends’ for­mal por­traits with the bride and groom, I was ask­ing “this lady in a blue dress” to move here and there. Shortly after, “that lady” approached me with her fiancé and it was both Vishala and Zack who ended up mak­ing it to the wed­ding!!! Another first … embar­rass­ment that I hadn’t rec­og­nized her! Shame!

Finally, their own wed­ding day came and it was such a beau­ti­ful and sunny day! This being my first Hindu wed­ding, I was only antic­i­pat­ing it to be very colour­ful and lively. Surely enough, I couldn’t stop tak­ing pho­tos of all the intri­cate details: the decor, the canopy, the cush­ions, the drap­ery, the jew­ellery and of course, the beau­ti­ful dress! Although I had to be keen to watch how the cer­e­mony played out, I felt wel­comed and at ease by the pan­dit and all the fam­ily who ush­ered me in as one of their own. It was cer­tainly a joy­ous cel­e­bra­tion that you couldn’t help bop to the beat of those awe­some drum­mers. Both Vishala and Zack were radi­ant and filled the room with their new love in marriage.

So as my first Skype inter­view, first embar­rass­ment and first Hindu wed­ding, it was great to have been a part of Vishala and Zack’s lives! Hope you enjoy these moments of celebration.







    











    

































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M.H. + D.C. ~ The Knot Is Tied!

February 14, 2013

Christ­mas came a lit­tle early for Michelle and Dan. And with their wed­ding so close to the “most won­der­ful time of the year”, it won’t be hard for them to for­get what a blessed wed­ding day they had. With white Christ­mas trees as a back­drop, red colour accents, and the antic­i­pa­tion to give their lives to each other as eter­nal gifts, I felt so hum­bled to end my last wed­ding of the year with them.

I’m sure you’ll agree that Michelle was a beau­ti­ful bride wear­ing her mother’s wed­ding dress! Of all the won­der­ful details that were put into this wed­ding, this had to be the most mov­ing. Along­side her spiffed-up groom, Dan, his vibrant per­son­al­ity made the day go on with hap­pi­ness and joy. I love his expres­sion before Michelle walked down the aisle.

From the Elora Road Chris­t­ian Fel­low­ship Church, we headed on over to another sen­ti­men­tal loca­tion where Dan had pro­posed to Michelle, the Bauer Kitchen. What made this the high­light of the day, was that the wait­ress who helped Dan con­spire the pro­posal hap­pened to work that after­noon. Of course, tears gushed out in joy to see it come to fruition. And the cel­e­bra­tion con­tin­ued on at Bingeman’s Embassy Room.

When you end the year on that note, only bet­ter things could come…and they already have!

Hope you enjoy these mem­o­rable moments!




    



    


    
    





























    








    








    













    




















    
    

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A.C. + J.Z. ~ The Answer Is “Yes!”

January 11, 2013

I remem­ber the time when my wife and I were prepar­ing to get mar­ried…all of our other friends were get­ting mar­ried too!!! And that’s what brings me to this lovely pair, Ash­ley and Joel. Very good friends of Rebekah and Stephan, who got mar­ried last year, it was gra­cious of them to call me up and “keep it in the family”!

They wanted an autumn pho­to­shoot and the chal­lenge about shoot­ing in this sea­son is the spar­sity of sunny days. “Always trust the client”…is what good busi­ness ethics call for, right? Well, Ash­ley was spot on! Despite hav­ing to post-pone our orig­i­nal date due to rain, with last minute arrange­ments for a Thurs­day, this pho­to­shoot was as suc­cess­ful as me at McDonald’s (don’t judge!).

With a bright and sunny after­noon, the colours of the leaves at Lynde Shores Con­ser­va­tion Area high­lighted the won­der­ful love Ash­ley and Joel have been shar­ing. These two were really fun to shoot: open to cre­ative ideas and poses as we walked around the area. Truth­fully, I did less direct­ing and just cap­tured their natural-selves enjoy­ing the time they were hav­ing with each other. Well, I can’t wait to see them again on their wed­ding date. In the mean­time, I hope you enjoy these won­der­ful moments of engagement.





















    






    

    


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A.R. + S.C. ~ The Knot Is Tied!

December 17, 2012

Excite­ment was cer­tainly in the air right from the morn­ing. Although there was a sense of peace, as I arrived at Andrea’s par­ents’ place to shoot some details, you could see it in her face that THE Day had finally come. The ladies had lots of fun at the salon, shar­ing past sto­ries and imag­in­ing how the rest of the day would play out. And from there, the antic­i­pa­tion car­ried on with the guys.

Now, I don’t want to embar­rass Steve but he said one poignant thing that surely proved true love. As the sched­ule was tight­en­ing with my time with the guys, I was try­ing my best to get in as many shots. Steve men­tioned that he’d rather have me get back to the ladies so that Andrea could have more cap­tured moments. So sweet and self­less! Those are the char­ac­ter­is­tics of a great husband.

With a beau­ti­ful wed­ding and recep­tion all cel­e­brated at the Glen Erin Inn, every­one in atten­dance had truly enjoyed them­selves. Andrea was a stun­ning angelic bride enjoy­ing her­self along­side the styl­ish and chiq groom, Steve. Hav­ing shmoozed with friends and fam­ily, this was one wed­ding they had all been wait­ing for. Hope you enjoy these “high­lights” of Andrea and Steve’s wed­ding, as they were smoth­ered with love! (And I quoted the word ‘high­lights’ because sooo many great moments occurred that it was hard to nar­row them down…so please bear with me!) Thank you, Andrea and Steve, for let­ting me wit­ness your won­der­ful celebration!























    









































    































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