Venue: Nottawasaga Resort // Dress: Oleg Cassini // Florals: Vanderburghs // Makeup: Makeup By Lee // Hair: Nottawasaga Salon // Planning: EP Events // DJ: The Muskoka Touring Company // Bridesmaids: Davids Bridal // Groom Attire: Moores // Officiant: Kelli Potter // Rentals: McLean Sherwood Event Rental
Alllllriiiiiiiiight, you want M-E-G-A cute? Look no further. These two are it. My sister and Samantha studied Occupational Therapy together at the University of Toronto, and the first time I met her I just adored her. So needless to say I was thrilled when an email popped up in my inbox from her and David requesting to meet with me about photographing their wedding.
We met up at the Amsterdam Brewhouse for the beginning of their engagement session, and wandered the downtown Harbourfront for the rest of their session. The two love to stop for eats on local patios during the summer so it was a perfect location to photograph them in!
The older you get, the smaller the world becomes in the sense that everyone is connected. Jordan and Brittany individually knew clients and friends of mine, but our first meeting was back at a wedding in late 2013 after girlfriend of mine sent me a text during that wedding saying “hey, my friends are at the wedding you’re shooting”! Fast forward a few years; they were guests at another wedding I photographed, we were both guests at a wedding we attended, and finally I got the chance to photograph their special day! Both not “camera people”, or ones you could consider “camera shy” were amazing on their wedding day. I was thrilled by how many laughs and smiles I got from them both, and was so thrilled that they both fell into their portraits with ease.
I met up with Brittany and the girls at Silver Lakes to photograph them before Jordan and his crew came to join for their reveal. The location we were in was a bit tricky in terms of keeping Brittany hidden as Jordan rolled up on his golf cart with the guys. The girls huddled in front of her to keep her hidden until I was able to get Jordan set up for their reveal. Their ceremony was officiated by the grooms father (which made their ceremony extra special), and one of my favourite moments of the day was watching their bridal party huddle in around them following their ceremony for a quick cheer (soooo cute)! Throughout the planning process Brittany made it clear how much she really wanted sunset photos, and while not every wedding get’s a pretty sunset, I was so grateful for them that we did. We snuck out at the end of my coverage with them for a few more romantic portraits and they are some of my favourite of the day.
Congratulations Jordan & Brittany!
Venue: Silver Lakes Golf Course
Dress: The Gown
Florals: Windflowers
DJ: Almost Famouz
Bridesmaids Attire: Le Chateau
Groom & Groomsmen Attire: Tuxedo Royale
Almost a year to the day ago I went to photograph this beautiful newborn girl and her parents & fur sister in their beautiful newly built home. A beautifully decorated nursery and baby snuggles were the name of the game.
It was the most unlikely of introductions I’ve ever had with a client.
As business owners we do our very best to ensure that we give credit to each vendor involved when we share images on social media; but not everyone plays by that rule. A local venue who hadn’t always given credit or tags had shared a beautiful image from a photographer. Mark (the groom here) replied with “photographer?” … in which I liked it because I thought “hey, this guy also notices that they’re not tagging people and I like that he’s calling them out on it, lol”. A few hours later I got a PM on Instagram from him asking if I was the photographer as he was looking for a photographer for his wedding. Things lead from there, and I met up with this amazing duo a few weeks later for a consultation. They walked in the coffee shop doors, and besides the fact that Liz is drop dead gorgeous, I fell in love with these guys in a hot second. They were incredibly easy to talk to, and we had fun talking about their upcoming wedding plans.
We planned their session at Liz’s family home in the Collingwood area. The two love to spend a lot of time there in the summer, catching sunsets on the patio with a glass of wine. So that’s exactly what we did for their session, and I love how their story plays out in these images.