Me and Graham finally got a chance to shoot Sandra and Jeff’s engagement session. Weather, cats, and long week-ends kept getting in our way! We are photographing their wedding at the end of September, and we always like using the engagement session to get comfortable with the bride and groom. See what images they like, see how they interact together, and just build rapport. Anyways, Sandra and Jeff were extremely friendly and easy to shoot….they didn’t complain once, even though we were posing them in beetle or caterpillar laden gardens, and wobbly rocks on the side of a waterfall!

We had a great time shooting you guys, and we can’t wait until your wedding day!

Another thing I forgot to mention was that my friend Kavin Kowsari (http://kavinkowsari.smugmug.com) lent me some lenses to test out. Now we are not just talking about any lens…..we are talking about the mother of all lenses. It’s the Nikon 400mmF2.8 for you camera buffs. I am not sure if anyone has ever seen or attempted to hold one of these things, but it looked like a bazooka! Seriously, it was half the size of me! I normally get comments about my usual lens (70-200mmF2.8) being “large”…haha. So thanks guys for not freaking out when I pulled this thing out of it’s “own knapsack”!

The above image was taken with the mother lens, as well as these ones:

After that my arm was essentially falling off, so I switched to my tried and true 14-24mmF2.8, or my 70-200mmF2.8

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Isn’t the flower just adorable?

Since it was their 1 year anniversary of getting engaged, we got Jeff to get down on one knee and re-live their big moment. We found out that they got engaged after going to a nice restaurant, and then he took her out back to the gazebo and popped the question!

Congrats again guys and see you in just over a month!

Marissa and Carlton hosted their family and friend’s for their wedding at Berkley Church, one of my favorite downtown Toronto venues.  It has the charm of an old church, and is full of little nooks that are a photographers dream!

I started my day with the ladies at One King West Hotel, and my partner Graham started with the men. Here are some of my favorite shots of the morning!

The beautiful bride Marissa getting ready in her hotel room…

The Berkeley Church, inside and out.

Musicians that were 30 mins late, and held up the ceremony!!!!

Here comes the bride…..

Some favorites from the ceremony!

Here are some favorites from the family and bridal party formal session…

Their romantic first dance..

And then we got to explore the church and field house and take some couples shots….look how romantic these two are!

There were soo many colors so I had the idea to do this!…the yellow bells were on some sort of an old-skool dickie-dee bike or something!

A few more fun shots out on the roof of the Field House…..and let me tell you, that place is not safe! Floor boards were cracking, there was poop of various kinds all over the place…..but we had a blast attempting to find places to walk/sit while dodging these various obstacles!

Thanks again for having us Marissa and Carlton! We had a blast shooting your wedding, and wish you all the best in your life together!