A Wedding { Lauren + Jonathan }

Lauren and Jonathan are one of the warmest friends I know. I've had so many amazing weekends at their cottage aka Boogie Woogie, that i'll never forget. Shed-room saunas, brush crew on barge and not to mention the octagonal pound!! True story: we once attended a Superheroes party as "Team Canada", each member as a province with their matching cape / flag.

Amazing people, but I'm digressing. This is the story of how "Alberta" + "Manitoba" throws a wedding party! Just like in our school days with parties, dinners, concerts and the occasional jam session; this wedding had a bit of everything but most importantly, good company. It was a perfect celebration and a great way to reunite our classmates again. Sunnyside Pavillion was an amazing venue, and together with the beautiful warm sunlight the day felt like a vacation in the Bahamas. I also particularly love seeing all captures of the behind-the-scene set up from my trusty second eye, Celine. And as you can see, the party was all day long non stop. Some brought their dancing shoes, some brought their beautiful voices; and I was lucky enough to lend my eyes and camera. Congrats Lauren and Jon, Hooray!

Wedding Portraits { Bill + Livian }

I want to share with you a beautiful little portrait session I had with Bill + Livian earlier this summer, while they were visiting from Hong Kong. Living their daily lives in one of the most densely populated and busiest cities in the world, they were looking for something a little different, wedding portraits in a relaxing and landscaped setting. Photos that reflected their enjoyment for the outdoors and traveling the world. Luckily you can't tell how many mosquitoes were zipping around us and all that was left was a beautiful sunset, bride and groom. Their actual wedding celebration is happening this weekend in Hong Kong, so please join me and wish them all the best!

P.S. speaking about traveling the world; I'm heading to New York City with May next week, Brooklyn more specifically, and for a wedding. Any suggestions on things to do and local neighbourhood places to eat?

A Wedding { Natalia + Danny }

"Szybko! Szybko!" yes, I learned a little bit of Polish at Natalia + Danny's wedding. I picked it up while everyone was gathering for family photos, hehe. It apparently means hurry, or quickly. So probably not-something I should be personally yelling at family, but maybe i'll impress some polish guests in the future.

One of my favourite parts of any wedding day is the moment the couple is presented as husband and wife for the first time and they walk down the aisle in celebration. Its a moment filled with pure joy and sincerity. Bubbles in the background, and rice throwing traditions make for great photos and memories. We definitely got lucky and captured some awesome candid moments.

I knew right from the first meeting Natalia and Danny had a plan and knew exactly what they wanted for their wedding, and I can safely say it came out exactly how they envisioned it. Leave it to Natalia and her superstar graphic skills for the beautiful self handmade invitations, i'm really impressed with the way they turned out. Cute polka dot bridesmaids dresses, and gentleman bow ties are just some of the details that made this wedding both classic and modern at the same time. I'm so glad that big heart cushion from their apartment traveled with us through out the day! Congratulations Natalia + Danny!

Many thanks to my wonderful team, Celine and Titus for their amazing talents.

Our Little Russell

I hope you don't mind me sharing a slightly different kind of love story than you're used to seeing on this blog, I'm talking about feline love. This is Russell, the new love that has blessed our lives.  We named him after one of the greatest explorers of our time (see video).  Never ever, did I think I could love another dude this much, he is the most handsome little ball of warm fuzzyness you could ever imagine and more. And not to mention a stylish little guy, with great taste in furniture.


We've had him for about two weeks now, and he's a little over ten weeks old.


He is a full time explorer, always tracking things around him, the sounds from the outside streets at our window, the shelves he can't reach (yet), and the food he's not allowed to have.



He loves his food just as much as he plays with it.  Every night he will deliberately knock over his bowl and hunt each food pellet one by one, often bringing his "prey" to one of May's shoes to enjoy.  He's as ridiculously cute as he is mischievous, and he keeps May up all night with his running and jumping.  He loves his toys, but he loves shoes and cardboard boxes even more. 


And here he is on the first night we brought him to the apartment, comfortable and sweet as ever, taking one of his many daily five minute naps. We're so lucky to have him, welcome home =]

Bubblebooth

Scenes from Anna + John's AutoFotoMoto booth. Good times! pop pop pop!