Monday, October 29, 2007

Currently...

The wedding retouching line-up is as such:

Diane & Adam - waiting for pick up
Cathy & Glen - waiting for pick up
Jamie & Mac - at the lab

Cindy & Billy - in progress
Heather & Travis - waiting
Louis & Anne - waiting
Jeannett & Rob - waiting
Teresa & Osman - waiting
Holly & Ryan - waiting
Antonia & Kenton - waiting

For all others who have not picked the photos for your package yet - the wait is currently over 8 weeks putting us past Christmas at this time. Sorry for any inconvience this may cause.

Saturday, October 27, 2007

Ryan and Holly


Last Saturday we spent the day with Ryan and Holly. It was pretty neat because Omari and Ryan actually work together. It turned into a great day and we got some pretty amazing images just before it started to sprinkle and they ran back to the safety of the dry vehicle. It was a pleasure spending the day getting to know this couple even better - through the getting ready preps highlighted with Holly nearly burning down the building LOL (inside joke!) to the ceremony on stage where they were officially linked and finally through all the wonderful words said at the reception both to eachother and by others. I have got the sneak peek slideshow online if you follow this link - Holly & Ryan's Slideshow. Thank you guys for trusting us with your photography, it was such a pleasure working with the both of you! The e-book was so great and I'm sure the art book will look fantastic too - I'm excited to go through the many, many images with you. I wish you both so much love in your future together!!

Friday, October 26, 2007

Busy!!

On Facebook I have written that I wish there were 10 of me - and I really do. I'm getting behind because I am too picky with the retouching so I need to be apologizing to those couples that have been waiting patiently as their 8 week waiting period has come and crept by. I am consistently plugging away and my eyes are getting tired but I am loving every minute of it. Yes, I am weird but I do love my work! I love taking an already great image and tweaking it to make it just that much better. It is just taking this process through 100-300 images that is taking me soo long. I love putting together the album and taking one last look through and feeling satisfied that it is a job that is well done. Recently I had the lab I use redo the pics for one wedding that I just wasn't happy with the look of the prints. Yeah, I'm picky. I want to be happy with what I am giving out to all of you. I love knowing that there are great images in every wedding that we shoot - even if the day was not fabulous weather wise or stuff came up that pressed us for time. Pictures that I feel belong on the wall cause they are that good. My aim is to make sure every wedding has a minimum of one "WOW" image. One special image that you look at and say "WOW, is that really US?! We look like we belong in a magazine :)" Alot of times there are many of these but it is always my aim to make sure everyone has some. I don't want anyones wedding to be just like everyone elses. I want every client to walk away happy and satisfied with their package with great memories of fun and romance when we took their pics.


Alright enough chatter. It has been busy retouching but also shooting. The past few days I had the honor of meeting Steven and Crystal. Crystal is a friend of one of our wedding clients and she liked the images that we took and decided to give me a call for some of their own. They are an adorable couple that have been married for a short time but don't have alot of pics together. Well I don't know why not cause they are very cute and getting good images with them was pretty easy. I enjoyed our session and look forward to going through all the rest of the images with them. Here are a couple of my favorites...






This week I also was also able to shoot an e-session with Megan and Jordan. Their wedding is coming up in 2008. Another totally cute couple (yeah, I know I say that alot but it just seems that there is cuteness in everyone!) We had some fun tromping around finding fun spots to use and even tossing some leaves and getting wet. I am looking forward to the wedding - I know it is going to be a great day.




Monday, October 15, 2007

update...

here is the current wedding retouching line-up as I know I have more than a few anxious couples waiting patiently.

Diane & Adam - waiting your pick up
Cathy & Glen - prints at the lab and books at the printer
Magdiel & Scott - in progress

Jamie & Mac - waiting
Cindy & Billy - waiting
Heather & Travis - waiting
Louis & Anne - waiting
Jeannette & Rob - waiting
Teresa & Osman - waiting

Thank you again for your continued patience with my progress. I know it is hard to wait - I hate waiting too :)

Thursday, October 11, 2007

Esther & Joel


This past Saturday we had the pleasure of joining Esther & Joel's friends and family in their wedding celebration out in Vermilion. This sweet couple was a joy to work with and we got some spectacular shots for them. At first the day started of cold and windy but by the time we ended up shooting at the farm the weather was just perfect. This reception was packed out with so many people that care about this couple. Joel's sister gave a very touching speech that brought tears to everyone's eyes, even me :) My favorite part was the Ice Cream Sundae bar - it had a constant line-up and although I never actually got to partake in the treat it was alot of fun watching people make the decision - vanilla, chocolate or oreo? Esther and Joel, thank you for including us in your wedding plans. We enjoyed being part of your day and had fun creating images with you. I wish you alot more love in your future together!
If you'd like to see a few more images here is the link to their sneak peek slideshow...Esther & Joel's Slideshow.



Friday, October 05, 2007

Engagement season


With fall in all of it's majestic color it seems many couples want to take advantage of the scenery. I spent some time with Georgina and Phonse the other day and took some photos of them together while we strolled through the river valley. They are a very sweet couple that are getting married next year and it sounds like theirs will be my largest wedding yet. Georgina has some plans to make her party memorable for her guests and I look documenting it ;)



Last night, Kimberly and Jon met me on the Muttart grounds and we strolled around a bit taking some photos of the two of them. It was a bit nippy but they were great sports and kept warm by cuddling alot. I am looking forward to their wedding next year as well. What a lucky photographer I am - I have ended up with soo many great couples not only are they cute on the outside but inside too!!





Thursday, October 04, 2007

So Unique


Betty and Jeff were married last Sunday in Ontario. I left in the middle of the night on Saturday after I finished up the wedding we were shooting and headed to join them. Betty is my favorite Auntie and I knew that I had to be at this event.

Wagon Rides - Bubbles - Clowns - Magicians - Pinatas - Musicians - Exotic Birds - Balloons - Star Wars Characters and even Santa Claus - These are some of the things that were included in this special day.

Their names sound normal enough; Betty and Jeff - until you know that this is the day that BJ the Clown and Jeff the toy store owner were tying the knot! This day was filled with children, fun and laughter. Betty and Jeff are blessed with many wonderful foster children that they have taken care of through the years and they invited them back to celebrate this occasion with them. They are such a giving couple that I felt compelled - as did many other business owners and even strangers - to contribute my gifts to their event. They are not a couple that is rich in money but they are millionaires in love and it shows in everything that they do. Betty deemed this a rainbow wedding and even had a choir of children called the Betty Spagetti Choir sing the song "I can sing a rainbow". I have used this song along with IZ's "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" as I felt them soo appropriate for their slideshow. Here is the link - Betty & Jeff's Slideshow. Note Jeff taking pics of Betty coming up the aisle - he is soo cute. Thank you both for including me in your day it was a privledge to share it with you and I am grateful for the time you gave me at the end of the party to get my "romantic" shots :) I have never been to a wedding that was anything like yours and I doubt that I ever will again - as always Auntie you are soo unique and special!! I wish you both many rainbows and lots of laughter and sunshine in your future together.



Teresa & Osman


Last Saturday we spent a wonderful day with Teresa and Osman. I was soo thankful once again that my prayers were answered and we had another sunny day! It was a busy afternoon with 2 tea ceremonies, a trip out to the Devonian Gardens and a stop at the museum. The day went quite smoothly though and we got some fantastic images for them to remember the day. We were told that they wanted us to have their wedding as one of our memorable ones and they really made it onto the list when they requested getting their picture with both Omari and I. This is our first couple that actually wanted pics done with us :) Thank you to both of you as well as all your family and friends for making us feel so welcome. I am sure you have a great future ahead of you with alot of love and laughter.

And here is the sneak peek to their wedding pics...Teresa & Osman's Slideshow.

It's here...

Yeah, I have Brad and Anita's Slideshow up and running now. Hope you enjoy it :)

This past weekend I had the honor of photographing two weddings. Both were fantastic in their own way and both will stand out in my mind for different reasons. More info to come soon as I'm working on the slideshows in between retouching...still working on Cathy & Glen's wedding...it's a big one so it is taking me quite awhile.