When I got a call from Roseanne at Wedding Bells last year to tell me I was going to be a part of the Top 25 Inspiring Wedding Photographers in Canada I was overwhelmed. It was an honor to be on the list with some of the super talented and creative photographers on that list, including […]
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, […]
Do you own a wedding dress? Is it somewhere wrapped up in a box under a bed? Have you ever wanted to voice your opinion about Trashing the Dress? Check out the Trash It or Treasure It discussion live online at Smart Boutique tonight at 9pm Atlantic time. Here’s a few images and the PEI […]
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. […]
Secrets. I’m the worst person in the world to have to keep a secret yet I find myself in all kinds of situations where everything photo related is a secret. Leslie’s engagement shoot was a surprise for Chris and it has been one of the hardest to keep so far simply because I really wanted […]
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 […]
I love it when clients say ‘we want to do something different’. It leaves the door open to so many possibilities. Different from what? The more everything tries to be different the more it all ends up being the same. So I try to grab on the the obvious things that are different. Meg + […]
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 […]
Allie + Ryan are not planning a wedding. Nor are they engaged. They’re just two (self proclaimed) cheesy love birds who wanted to have some photos together. We met up in the middle of a field and just watching them walk toward us as we met, Jessica and I could tell they were just simply […]