But it takes way more than just the weather to dampen Oleg or Miriam moods, this was their Big Day and, regardless of what happened outside, they were ready and really looking forward to tie the knot. Their good spirits were so contagious everyone reciprocated and even the capricious weather held.

The following is a snippet of their Wedding Day. Enjoy

Miriam and Oleg are the kind of easy going couple we love to photograph, natural and at ease in front of the camera, a delight to work with, the few hours spent with them in Richmond Green passed almost in a flash.

Here’s a little snippet of the session.

A short drive away in Uxbridge, the rest of the day preparations were well under way, the tent up and the delicious smell of the caterer’s food preparations tantalizingly signaling every now and then the coming of a feast fit for the day.

And what a great day it was!

You don’t have to take our word for it, here is a snippet of how it all went. Enjoy!

The ceremony was held at The Holy Resurrection Romanian Orthodox Church. One distinctive way of the Romanian Orthodox service, is that there are no exchange of vows, no asking of “forever holding the peace” or anything like that. You show all dressed up at the church at a pre-arranged service it is wholly assumed that you figured all that stuff already and you’re there to tie the knot so the service proceeds accordingly and directly.

When we reached Liuna Gardens, preparations under way were tremendous including a big tower made out of prosciutto which looked like a cake and two, pretty sizable, pepper encrusted whole salmon. Yes, pretty impressive the whole sight of it. Delicious too!

What followed was lots of good food, a great atmosphere and lots of “hands in the air” dancing. The following shots will give you an idea on how it all went. Enjoy!

We took our time walking around, see what’s changed and shooting at a cool, leisurely, casual pace. We had a bit of fun then we went in for a late breakfast.

Here’s some of the shots. Enjoy!

Leah met Kevan while working part time as students for her parents. They had time to talk a bit and were surprised when they discovered having a lot of cool common interests. Becoming good friends was only the start. Kevan played it cool for a year, however, over birthday blues, their friendship grew closer . As they danced around dating a little, at some point they went home after one of their shifts but then the next time they saw each other they knew they were officially together. Last December they decided it was time to get married and started to look at rings. Here’s the rest of the story in Leah’s own words: “On News Years Day we cuddled up on the couch, decided on the ring and made a guest list. Despite me knowing about the ring, Kevan was still able to surprise me, I got home late from work (after he vehemently told me I had to come home and not work the graveyard shift) to flowers, music a homemade dinner and my ring. It was a beautiful moment.”

There are not too many places to go in the city when the weather does not cooperate, as it kind of didn’t, so after a bit of brainstorming we decided to go to the Royal Ontario Museum. We’re members there and it’s a great place to shoot a few frames.

It’s not the first time we shoot at The Heintzman House and this venue provides just about the perfect setting for everything wedding, including photography. Today it was no exception so, if you doubt this fairytale feeling was present, please check out the stair shot at the end of this posting. Does it remind you of anything ?

Without further ado, here’s a snippet of how ous shoot went. Enjoy!

It was a pretty hot and humid day and we had to dodge quite a few wedding parties shooting in all the good spots in the park but, despite all the agitation we managed to have quite a bit of fun and shoot a few photos. Here’s a few of them. Enjoy!

Bettina and Luke’s love story begun some ten years ago on a rainy, chilly Valentine’s day when Luke showed up at Bettina’s doorstep with three roses in hand and a big smile on his face. Their story continued thru high school and U of T and thru the hardships of long distances across continents. One day while working in Nepal, Luke whisked Bettina above the clouds to 4600 m and proposed to her with the Himalayas in the background as their witness. We are a bit gobsmacked by this and we’d only wished to be present there to capture the moment when she said yes. They are an awesome couple, we can hardly wait to shoot their upcoming wedding this fall.

Here’s a small sample of our fun engagement shoot. Enjoy!