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the details in the cake.

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with the help of family and friends, the bride saw her vision through to the end.  and what a beautiful vision it was!  would you look at this colour coordination!  at the home of her in-laws, the stunning bride and groom were wed.  mother nature was kind and didn’t shed a tear all day.  by now most of you know my love of portrait photography – and sadly with that love, i often forget about all the little details that go into a wedding so i thought i’d share with you just that.  the bar (pictured above) was the cutest thing ever!  a stand alone little house if you will, where guests could walk up to the “drive-thru” window and request a drink from the bartender/family friend (pictured above) or walk inside the little building to the full bar – grab a drink, write marriage tips for the happy couple, warm up from the chilly evening air and grab sparklers for the evening.  seriously cozy and cute.

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we partied well into the evening, dancing and playing with sparklers.  the guest book was signed by candlelight, and at the end of the evening we all piled into a big yellow school bus to take us downtown to continue the festivities until our feet ached and we were all yawning from happy exhaustion.  it really was a perfect day surrounded with friends and family and copious amounts of laughter.  my heart felt very full.
congratulations katherine and andrew! xo

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the wedding of jill & chris.

i had the honour of being my dear friend jill’s wedding photographer the first weekend in august of this year, as she married her love – chris.  with my brother by my side, we captured their big day.  it was something else.  something magical – filled with incredible amounts of laughter and love.  i can’t thank jill & chris enough for asking me to be apart of their big day.  i’ve gotten to learn so much about myself as a photographer along the way.  every individual and couple who has allowed me into their lives to capture memories that they’ll look back on years down the road – well, it’s a feeling i can’t get enough of and i can’t thank each of you enough for.  you’ve helped me grow.  i hope you enjoy the photos!  it was an incredible night that i’ll never forget.  i cried (a good cry of course!) as they had their first dance as husband and wife and then cheered and sang along as the groom and his band rocked out for the guests.  encore! encore!

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happy sunday – wherever you are!

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our save the dates. an engagement movie trailer.

Josh and i made this little movie trailer to send to our guests telling them to save the date for our wedding.

if only i had known i would get proposed to on that camping weekend, maybe i would have booked a hair appointment and done something to those roots!  good grief!  alas – it was a magical weekend that i shall never forget.

Josh was taking videos on his blackberry from the moment we got in the car, headed to algonquin park – i wasn’t suspicious of anything at this point.  when we were 20 minutes outside of the park, we stopped at the LCBO.  knowing we were backcountry camping and wouldn’t be able to lug around a lot – my drink of choice?  a tiny bottle of fireball whiskey.  compact and tasty i thought!  mohawk wouldn’t have it. he went for a bottle of champagne.  hmmmm… i began to wonder.  on the outside i seemed calm and collected and like everything was no big deal – but hello!  my insides were doing triple backflips!

enjoy.


video made using the sports movie trailer theme on iMovie.

what do you think about save the dates?  are they even needed?  let me know!  i’ll be sharing more of my wedding planning experiences as time goes on.  i hope i’ll give you some insight and laughs – whether you’ve already had your big day or are in the exciting planning stages.