Nelia and Taras Wedding Day, Church of the Holy Protection, Osgoode Hall, Le Treport

It’s not very often we’d rather pull over and wait on the highway’s shoulder on our way to a bride’s house, but coming down Hwy.427 that morning, on route to Nelia’s Toronto apartment, was proving to be a challenge. It was raining so hard the windshield wipers could not keep up and as a result I could barely see couple of feet past the hood of our car. It was simply pouring so Sandra and I were discussing Plan B – indoor locations to replace our planned Osgoode Hall bridal and formal photography shoot. By the time we headed out tho the ceremony, the weather completely cleared up in a way just as spectacular as it rained and we went ahead with all the original plans. The service at the Ukrainian Church of the Holy Protection was very moving, helped in no small part by the beautifully singing choir back upstairs. We had a bit of fun afterwards at Osgoode Hall (perhaps the worst kept secret location in Downtown Toronto) and on Queen Street before heading out to the reception held at Le Treport.

This is a small photo snippet of their day.

Enjoy!

This following set of Nelia’s throwing the bouquet won’t win any awards and most of my photo friends will (and some did already) chew me for not only showing too many pictures but showing anything that’s not absolutely top class. Well, this set is more of a textbook case of what happens when the DJ uses both a mist machine AND a white hotspot at this point. Add the dimmed lights in the background and one has a pretty dismal, 5 exposure stops difference front to back recipe for shooting in. Adding flash to the scene doesn’t work too well either as it creates a “whiteout” effect. The following is the result of pulling the exposure down in front and up in the back as much as possible in post-processing on top of adding a lot of contrast back on. So there you have it: not award winning but saved shots recording a moment and a memory. Nothing more. Thanks Nikon for making great pro gear allowing us to pull off small miracles. As a side note and knowing all the above, we’re always inquire and ask the DJ to switch at least the fog machine off but in the heat of the moment sometimes it does get turned on again so this is not intended to be a jab or a snipe at our DJ friends. Stuff happens…