I had the wonderful opportunity to work with Laura Jayne Couture Accessories based out of Toronto, Ontario to showcase their Spring 2012 collection of veils, jewelry and bridal accessories. The collection was recently featured on Green Wedding Shoes Blog out of Southern California. Take a peek at some of the photos from our commercial shoot.






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The Ottawa Wedding Show – The Wedding Palace is only a few days away and we will be setting up shop in booth #306 to welcome you!

I am looking forward to meeting you in person and having the oppourtunity to answer all your questions about wedding photography and showcase some of the  professional wedding photography services available for 2012 and 2013.  I love the wedding show for the oppourtunity to meet brides and couples in-person and to make those  personal connections that are not as easily established over the Internet alone.

Last year was a lot of fun and I met many of my current 2011 brides at the last wedding show – some showing up with some wonderful inspiration boards and  others with their eyes wide-open to be inspired! Some of Ottawa’s best wedding planners  and wedding design professionals will be  in attendance and showcasing their distinct flair and inspiration for your stylish wedding. Planning and designing the wedding of your dreams is truly exciting and is an expression of yourselves as a couple – having the best people in your corner to bring your personal style to life cannot be unrrated.

This is also an excellent oppourtunity to speak directly with some of the wedding venues that you may be considering. There are some awesome Ottawa Wedding venues that will be showcased there and they will be availalble to give you an idea of how their specific venue is set-up and how it might fit in with expressing the style of wedding you are planning…

Looking forward to meeting you all!

Stonefields Heritage Farm creates a beautiful rustic and elegant backdrop for your wedding ceremony so it was no surprise that Patricia and Geoff chose Stonefields for their wedding ceremony venue and for their cocktail reception by the pool to follow. It was a touching ceremony with Lynn Langille of Exceptional Ceremoniesand as always the hosts at Stonefields were amazing to work with.

Their ceremony and cocktail were followed by a reception in nearby Almonte at the Heirloom Cafe Bistro. Another fabulous wedding venue for an intimate and unique wedding reception.

Please enjoy some of the images from their wedding album – a compilation of their favorites as they tell the story of their day:

What a fabulous wedding day for Alison and Dennis! It was such an honour to be a part of your wedding day and ring in the New Year  at the chic modern Juniper Kitchen and Wine bar. What an amazing wedding venue for a stylish wedding reception. The couple  hosted everyone for a cocktail rather than sit down reception where the stunning food creations by the Juniper staff just kept revealing themselves. Here’s is a sneak peek of one among many favorite images from the evening – I just love the colours. Happy New Year everyone!

When Kim approached me to do a romantic fair engagement session I was intrigued. The thing is I’ve never been to the Carp Fair and this would be my first visit. As a photographer, I knew it would be visually fun to shoot and I was not disappointed. With her stunning red shoes, pencil skirt and fiery red lipstick and he with his dapper outfit, they looked as if they had walked into another era completely.  It was magical as the sun fell behind the ferris wheel and the true colours of the fair came alive in the night lights. The fair was romantic and glamourous with the faint sweet smell of cotton candy and popcorn and I couldn’t wait to take full advantage of all the colour and atmosphere. I love creating night images – the colours are so amazing and playing with dramatic lighting is so creative.

I just love these images…thank you Kim and Adam for a beautiful, fun and wonderful first visit to the Fair! I am looking forward to your stylish wedding in 2012 at the Brookstreet Hotel!

And I absolutely must show you the save-the-date cards that we created using their engagement photos…

See Part One of this beautiful engagement session.

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A beautiful sneak peek from our recent engagement session here in Ottawa with Stef and Jon. I am so looking forward to their 2012 wedding at the lovely Royal Ottawa Golf and Country Club.

Congratulations!

Kate and Ian are a fun and easy-going couple, so there was no better place for us to shoot their engagement than among the trees by the lake in a warm coloured field. It was a rainy clouded over day, but we still found some beautiful light to shoot our engagement session in some unlikely places. And to add to our unexpected surprise, just before the rain came pouring through the clouds there was a moment of pure and beautiful light of the sunset coming down above the trees and reflecting onto the lake…a wee gift and I would like to think a sign of an amazing wedding day ahead.

Ian and Kate’s wedding will take place at the Westin Hotel Ottawa with wedding planner Liz from Bridal Solutions in what should be a stunning day with the very talented Erin Carmichael of Full Bloom floral design . I can’t wait to see you in your stunning Romona Kiveza wedding dress…and Ian, I hope you can’t wait to share some Maple Bacon Doughnuts to kick off the big day!

I love spending time getting to know my couples and Stephanie and Pete were no exception.  Stephanie had found an amazing couch she couldn’t wait to use in our engagement session – and I have to admit, I rarely shoot with furniture – but this couch was a pretty sweet. “What are they doing in the middle of a field with a couch”? I am certain that’s what the locals were asking at the time as they approached slowly in their pick-up trucks to observe…but in the end, it just looked really romantic…

Stephanie and Pete will be married at the Britannia Yacht Club this Fall and Steph will be wearing a stunning Gown from designer Robert Bullock available at Luxe Bridal boutique in the Byward Market.

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Jennifer and Jason found me through their Toronto-based wedding planner and our first meeting took place over the phone, where Jennifer was completing her medical residency in Winnipeg while Jason was completing a fellowship in Texas. It wasn’t until a few months later that Jennifer and I would get a chance to meet in person to go through the details of their wedding day at Eighteen where we really hit it off. I felt like I had known Jennifer for years not moments. Her quiet strength, warmth and easy laugh made connecting effortless – and when she told me she wanted to have a glamourous, elegant feel to her wedding – I knew we were a match- ’cause romantic, beautiful and classic are what I do best…and Jennifer brought the glamour without question. I would only learn at the wedding that her soon to be loving husband was formerly known as “Mister Creepy Stares” from Frosh week – obviously Jason was smitten, but it would take quite a while for Jennifer to get close enough to “Creepy” to learn he was going to hold her hand into the future. 


I first met Jason a couple of weeks before the wedding for our engagement shoot. We had a fabulous engagement session that was cut short by an abrupt storm that blew my skirt near over my head! I’m talking sudden! Well we were bonded at that point- no secrets there! We sat over a few drinks at The Sidedoor, where I got to know Jason better – I was in intant fan. Jason, it just so happened, used to run a beer tasting website- I just happen to love microbrews and beers from around the world, so we had something fun to chat about. What impressed me most about these two very talented doctors -other than their truly amazing accomplishments – was the depth of their great love for each other – in spite of the trying past few years of residencies, exams and distance – they had finally arrived at the point in their lives where they could take a deep breath, say they “Dog Days are Over” and begin their lives together – in the same city (of Winnipeg) and take in their great new lives ahead.


It has been an honour guys-thank you…this is for you…



Honourable mention to the staff at eighteen for being so fabulous. The food was simply out of this world! Grand Merci Matt Carmichael for your beautiful menu!

Wedding Officiant/Celebrant: Lynn Langille - Exceptional Ceremonies
Flowers: Mill Street Florists
Wedding Venue: Restaurant 18 (eighteen) 
Hair styled by Showpony (Lori Dyck)
Rings: Tiffany


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Recently I had the opportunity to travel to beautiful Kingston, Ontario for an engagement session. Rebecca and Jonathan will be married in September 2012 at the Renaissance – a former church, now converted to become a very cool wedding venue in Kingston, Ontario not too far from the beautiful RMC -Royal Military College.  
It must have been the most beautiful July day which was perfect because they were hosting an outdoor engagement party after our engagement session. It was an amazing opportunity to meet the wedding party, the families and friends before the wedding. Now we have so much to look forward to!


Here are a couple of my favorites from our time together…

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