Alyssa & Lara

Although we'd talked plenty via email and the telephone, I hadn't met Lara and Alyssa until this afternoon since they flew in just yesterday for their wedding this weekend. It was so great to finally meet them both and they were AWESOME to photograph! I especially love photographing people who smile a lot and they were definately 'smilers' :)

I also found out today that Alyssa is a photographer as well.. what an honour to be hired by another photographer for their wedding!!

Legally Argentine!

I met up with the Consul of Argentina today to sign the papers to become an Argentine citizen (my dad is Argentine).. I even got a new birth certificate, although I'm not sure how that works..? When I started the paperwork for this I was told it would take about 6-8 months and 3 years later it was finally ready! The Argentines loooove their red-tape :) I applied for it after being deported from Brasil a few years back (through no fault of my own, the man at the border crossing put the wrong stamp in my passport) and I thought it would come in handy for travelling in the area..

I haven't been back to Argentina in almost two years now, but hopefully I'll have another chance to go sometime soon.. If ever you get the chance I highly recommend it!

2007 season coming to a close...

My 2007 wedding season is starting to slow down, just one more wedding left to photograph (check back this weekend for Alyssa & Lara!) and a ton of wedding albums to work on. It's been such a fabulous season!! So far dates are booking up quickly for 2008, I'm almost halfway booked for the year, and am already fully booked for August. Looking at all the great couples that I already have booked for next year, it looks like 2008 will be just as much fun as 2007!

Maggie & Matthew

I knew yesterday would be a great wedding to photograph after our very fun engagement session at Playland this summer.

Since the rain didn't want to stop, we wound up changing locations for the wedding party formals but it worked out really well and we managed to get a ton of fantastic images. The poor girls were freezing in their dresses but they were great sports and agreed to all my crazy ideas!


Matthew had to correctly answer a series of questions about Maggie before he was allowed to enter the house for the tea ceremonies.





Maggie had the most beautiful detailing on her dress








Florist: Wayne Louie 604-868-8981 (this guy was incredible! He did an amazing job on the flowers and really seemed to go above and beyond)
Baker: Andy Li 604-232-1188

Moving Day

We're moving!

Initially we had planned to stay in North Vancouver, but when we found this place in Kits we fell in love with it as it is much more central and we loved the look and feel of the place... The almost vertical stairs to the loft where we will be doing all of the post-processing and editing work, the chocolate-brown walls.. I can't wait!

It will probably be at least a few weeks before we're all settled in and able to do client consults and meetings there, but it will be worth the wait!

ps - Please excuse me if I am a bit delayed in responding to emails in the next couple days :)

Kylie & Shawn

Next summer, Kylie and Shawn are having a black, white and granny smith apple themed wedding! So when they asked if I would be willing to photograph their engagement session in an apple orchard I thought it was such a great idea!! I always love fun and different ideas like this, it's always great to try something new...






They also brought along their dog Bandit, who was such a smart little puppy with all the tricks he could do!

Canucks

As an early anniversary present (our 3rd anniversary is Oct 10!) Jin surprised me with tickets to tonight's Canuck's game!! It was SO fun! Normally I'm not much of a hockey fan but actually being at the game was much more exciting than watching it on tv, I really got into it. Even though they lost I got to experience everything from all three periods, to overtime, to a shootout!
Thanks Jin!

Chantelle & Matthew - UBC Boathouse

I had such a great time photographing Chantelle and Matt at their engagement session last spring that I was really looking forward to seeing and photographing them both again at the wedding. As expected, it was a wonderful day!

Chantelle chose the most incredible colours for their wedding - eggplant purple and limey avocado. I think this has to be my new favourite colour combination because I just loved them and the whole wedding party looked stunning in it.




It was a sand ceremony!











Wedding Planner: Betty Chuck
Flowers: Oasis Flowers
Rentals: Lonsdale Events
Cake: Mozart Bakery & Cafe
Caterer: The Butler Did It Catering Co.

100% Digital

Last night I sold my darkroom. It's sad because I used to spend soooo much time in the darkroom, especially after I'd just come back from a trip.. Every spare minute, that is where I would be. It's funny, I had always sworn that I would NEVER go digital :P But of course once I'd actually seen how high the quality was with digital I was convinced and I've never looked back... As much fun as the darkroom is I just don't have time for it anymore, and everything I used to do in the darkroom I can now do on the computer in a fraction of the time.

I am happy though that it went to a good home, this really nice couple wound up buying it who seemed super into photography and like they would be getting a lot of use out of it.. Hopefully they have as much fun with it as I did!

Kate & Kenny - Kirkland House

What a beautiful day we had yesterday, a perfect day to get married! Kate & Kenny had a very unique and personalized ceremony. As Kate walked down the aisle she was serenaded by a beautiful song Kenny sung to her while playing the guitar. They also wrote their own vows!

This was also one of the most punctional weddings I have been to this summer - they hardly strayed from their timeline, and even when they did it soon managed to get itself back on schedule!




There were even goldfish in vases by the alter!








Coordinator: Fairy Godmother Weddings
Florist: Sandra Cosby Floral Design
Bridal Gown – Bryan’s Bride
Cake – Richlea Bakery
Limo – Dream Limousine
Hair & Makeup – Steph Fontaine