When I was in university at SMU I was looking for part time jobs in the summer months and one of them was at a recycling center over in Spryfield. I saw an ad in the paper, called them up and the guys said, “yeah come on over for an interview”. So I roll up […]
I can almost guarantee you that Sarah’s dress was cleaner at the end of her Trash the Dress shoot than it was at the end of the the night on Saturday. To be honest with you, I think Trash the Dress is kind of a bad name but its certainly started a lot of discussion. […]
i have such a good story for you about these guys but it’s late and I’m chasing a rising sun in 4 hours so here are a few grabs from a wedding I shot last Saturday in Annapolis Royal.
I’ve got some really fun images to post from Sarah + Ryan’s wedding 2 weeks ago but I had to put a few of these up first. We kept driving passed this huge canola field in Okotoks all week and each time we drive by I would say to Marse “I just need 10 minutes […]
Malcolm Gladwell (I’ve mentioned this before) wrote about how a plane crash doesn’t just happen because of one error. Most times its a combination of several (7) things that bring down a plane. So if 7 errors bring down a plane, what would something simple like running out of tomato juice do? Would anyone notice? […]
For the last two weddings I shot, both brides cried and did that really cute wavy thing with the hand in front of their eyes. Not as they walked down the aisle. Not during the vows. Both brides cried when they walked into the reception rooms to see what Avril Mulholland, of Update Events, had done. […]
I think it was sometime last year that my friend (and fellow Caper) Scott McIntyre designed a fine art, black and white wedding album for his clients. I just thought, “wow thats incredible”. Its got the be the right wedding in the right place with the right look to pull that kind of album off […]
I was running late for Julie + Aaron’s engagement session and Jessica was running a little behind as well. So I sent Julie an email and said I’ll be 30 minutes late. See you at 7.30. As we roll into this incredible lakeside cottage on Queensland beach Julie says, from behind a glass of wine, […]
I first met Michelle at a wedding (Sarah + Matthew Pickup) about 2 years ago. A group of people were outside of the reception hall ‘refreshing drinks’ and I happened to grab a photo of her that remains one of my favorites to this day. It was just a candid shot but it totally summed […]
I was lucky enough to spend a fair bit of time with Kim + Keegan when they booked me to shoot their wedding. They were willing to be guinea pigs for anything I wanted to do with them for a studio engagement shoot. So with both of them having some military background we decided on […]
at the risk of contradicting myself…I really like it when couples will say, “we’re up for anywhere you want to take us”. I had been driving passed this underpass for months, every time pointing to whoever was in the car with me that I really wanted to shoot there. so we shot there with Lyndsey […]
I know I sound like a broken record but I love the creative collaboration with clients for engagement shoots. I always tell everyone these are ‘no pressure, anything goes’ kind of shoots. Deb + Kevin wanted something a little sophisticated and contemporary for the engagement shoot and they suggested ONYX as a possible location for […]
A quick stroll through the most recent posts on the blog and you’d never know I was a wedding photographer. So here’s a post just to prove that I actually am going to shoot some weddings this year. Jules told me that her and Dave have about 18 years of post secondary education between them. […]
i never know how much to write these days. i want to tell you a long story about how I knew Rachel a long time ago. How we met through a mutual friend when her business, Sexy Girl , was in its infancy and is now recognized by 99% of the female population in Halifax. […]
I don’t know where to begin. Wedding season 2010 started last Saturday with Kate + BJs Shore Club wedding in Hubbards and I’ll tell you what…they set the bar for the next 34 weddings that follow this year. It was perfect. All of it. The people, the venue, the music, the Crazy Booth…and of course […]
I knew from the second these guys got out of the car that it was going to be a fun shoot. They had me with their new Converse Chucks and Amanda’s incredible Vicky Mina makeup artistry. It had the potential to be huge but we got delayed by a few things…like Mall Cops, wrong turns […]
Its the people that make weddings spectacular. Not the location, not the decorations or the food. Sure, it all adds to it but when you’re surrounded by 100 people who are madly in love with the bride and groom and everyone just wants to have a good time, those are the weddings you remember. Rhonda […]
there must be something in the air these days that is making people awesome. i’ve been shooting with a slew of amazing clients that have grand ideas for photo shoots and get totally involved in the whole shoot. As a husband I’m not fully understanding why you need to buy new clothes for a photo […]
This shoot was supposed to take place in a nice quite area of a park but Ewelina called and said she was bringing a few outfits and a couple of heart shaped balloons. Its a lot of fun when couples are totally into the shoot and want to participate on the ideas and locations. Ewelina […]