Both Scott and I feel incredibly lucky to be able to photograph so many wonderful people on what is one of the most important days of their lives. And we just love being able to be a part of so many wonderful peoples lives - period. We are grateful that our couples trust us to have us with them for pretty much their entire day. Often, we are with the bride & groom more than some of their family and friends and as much as their wedding party is. So here, we thought we’d give you a little peak into some of the action, fun and craziness that we bring with us. Remember I tell all of our couples that the most important thing for us is that they have a great day. If they are having a fabulous time than the pictures will reflect that. So we don’t take ourselves too seriously.
Here we go, the start of the day often begins with a phone call from lobby to suite to make sure the bride is ready for us (and really, to make sure someone lets us up to the room). Then when it’s time to take portraits, I often wish I was a little taller or that someone didn’t build a safety rail right where I want to stand to take the shot 
Sometimes, when we’re photographing details, the best angles are in really weird places. Honestly not quite sure what I was photographing here, probably the reflection of the dress. This also tends to be one of my fav places to shoot from if people are using the mirror for make - up. I’ve been in a lot of bath tubs in my career
I’m also happy to lend a helping hand to ensure that the bride’s hair stays out of her make-up and lipstick during touch-ups.
Once the makeup is ready to go it’s time to get all the beautiful ladies together for a happy shot - always one of my fave shots of the ladies.
And sometimes during family shots I help out the other family members to make sure they get their own. (and side note, my camera is the size of my head - yikes)
Oh, and ocassionally, okay, often, I fall in love with the bridesmaids shoes and offer to take them home with me if that makes things easier for them hee hee. Or, I just make sure no one forgets them.
I’ve never had a fear of heights although standing on this little balcony did make me a teensy bit nervous. But, it was a beautiful angle and I had to get the shot.
I love being able to be a part of different cultures and seeing different religions and ceremonies. It was super fun to wear this beautiful scarf at Rajni and Brandon’s wedding.
And, it doesn’t just happen at engagement sessions. At weddings we also ask our couples if they’re brave enough to climb things for great shots. Or we just get the grooms to carry and lift their lovely brides.
Some of our couples are really brave. Love this. These are from Jeff and Jenny’s beautiful day after shoot - still to come on the blog. The water felt nice and don’t worry, no dresses were harmed in the making of this shot.
And every so often we get really gussied up for a fancy occasion. I wore a dress AND HEELS for Heather and Trevor’s black tie wedding. And yes, my feet were killing me afterwards.
Scott got all gussied up for the wedding too - hubba hubba in the suit. Although this is a lighting test shot and posing for them may not be his favourite part of the job.
He’s much happier when he’s taking pictures and having a good time. This is way more of his personality.
He also wants to ensure that the bride always looks fabulous and her absolute best
Scott respects many cultures and religions too and tries to blend in with the crowd
I love this shot. Scott wanted to make sure that Nick had a full beer while toasting tables. So just when he ran out, he made sure to give Nick a full one. That looks like one happy groom to me.
He works hard to find the best angles too, balancing on logs and everything.
Okay, so he might not hate posing for test shots all the time
This is us. We love what we do and we love to have a great time doing it. We get to work with wonderful couples who have great senses of humour and, at least they tell us, have a fun, easy and wonderful time taking pictures with us. This might help you to understand why.
Can’t wait for the 2012 season to see what it brings.
Unfortunately these shots don’t nearly capture how much love and effort went in to this shoot by everyone who was involved, how much work went into the day of, how much fun we had, all the laughs, all the creative energy, all the tired bodies by the end of the day and how amazing our model was to work with… and… and… and… I think you get the picture. Hope you enjoy!
But I just L-O-V-E Peonies so we’ll keep them as long as they want to stay. Enjoy the sun folks. We’ve got lots of pretty pics coming soon.
