Lorie and Kory are Engaged!

Lorie and Kory are everything you want in a couple.  They are fun, funny, energetic, totally in love and absolutely gorgeous!

We went out in the freshly fallen snow at Sunnidale Park.  It was beautiful but it was COLD!   I love the fact that it didn't stop them from rolling around in the snow, throwing snowballs at each other and just having a good time. 

It's such a contrast to their summer wedding they are planning and I'm so excited to capture their big day.  Lorie is going to knock Kory out!  Plus their love story sounds like it is ripped out from a movie script:  Pilot falls in love with beautiful Flight Attendant and they are a match made in Heaven ( or the skies).  I can't handle it!

I love these photos of this amazing couple, I hope you do too.

 

Happy New Year!

2012 was a year of a lot of changes for me and my family.  But one thing that remained a constant was the loyal friends who asked me to capture their most precious moments.  I met a lot of new friends over the year, and had so many incredible moments with Brides and Grooms. 

I can't thank you enough for allowing me to photograph your big day, and for welcoming me the way you did. 

2012 was also a year where some of my former Brides and Grooms welcomed new babies, bought new homes, adopted new puppies...some even moved to different cities to begin exciting careers. 

I am so excited for what 2013 has in store.  It has to be amazing, because it's starting with a wedding on January 4!  I'm in Heaven!

May this year bring you much happiness, I know it will for me!
 

 

Stacie and Chris are engaged!

I've known Stacie and Chris for about three or four years now, and every time I see them laugh my butt off.  They are goofy, loving, fun, sarcastic and very, very warm people. 

Stacie found me on facebook of all places and traveled from Lindsay to Barrie to have me photograph her and her new boyfriend, Chris.  I had a blast and somehow knew this boyfriend was a keeper.  Now, years later we are shooting their engagement photos in preparation of their 2014 wedding!

We went to the gorgeous Guildwood Park in Scarborough and spent two afternoons running through the ruins and monuments and the many leaves that fell in the area. I could have stayed there forever.

I honestly can't wait for this amazing couple to get married.  Now that I've been able to get to know them and their family, it's really special for me to be able to capture their day for them.

Enjoy!

 

Jacqui and Lee are Married!

I can't express how much I loved the wedding of Jacqui and Lee.  I loved how both families were such a big part of their lives.  How all of the wedding guests got into the fun trying to make the Bride and Groom kiss.  Oh, if you could only be there!  And I just love Jacqui and Lee together.

Jacqui and Lee are the most down to Earth, loving couple.  The way they feel about each other radiates, and you just feel it!  Not to mention they are so much fun. 

We spent the afternoon running around downtown Barrie.  This is one of my favourite things to do with a wedding party, and these guys were the best!  They were not shy to do fun poses in the middle of the five points.  They were game for everything!

I shot so much at this wedding, because there was so much to capture.  Unfortunately I can't show them all, so enjoy the few I am adding here.   I hope you can tell just how special these two are. 
 

And this next shot was the last of the night, and one of my favourites.

 

Courtney and Mark are Married!

 Courtney and Mark's day was truly blessed.  The sun was shining, but it wasn't scorching hot.  The bride was gorgeous, the groom was handsome, the families were proud and shedding tears of joy.  This was the quintessential wedding where two gorgeous people meet, fall in love, and the whole world falls in love with them.  It's the stuff Disney movies are made of....and I LOVE it.

The reception and photos took place at the Credit Valley Golf and Country Club in Mississauga, and I felt like I had died and gone to photographer's Heaven.  It was gorgeous, and I could have shot there all day.  It was the perfect recipe!  Gorgeous bride and groom, gorgeous golf course.

My favourite part of their big day was how Courtney kept saying, "this is really happening."  She had a few moments where she cried a little, and because she said she was "marrying the man of my dreams."  Amazing.  I've never heard a bride say that before. I knew it was true.  They are perfect together, and so in sync.  Made forever. 

Courtney and Mark are truly going to live happily ever after.  Enjoy!

 

Cake Smash! Aiden turns one

Cake Smash photo shoots are hands down one of my favourite shoots to do.  There's nothing more funny, cute, delicious or adorable than seeing a little guy have his or her first taste of sugar, and then smash the cake into little mushy bits all over a white backdrop.  I swoon!

 

Aidan did just that with his John Deere Tractor cake.  His parents, Ashley and Shawn have been in front of my lens many times, and I love that they asked me to capture this adorable guy's first birthday shots!

 

A huge thank you to Anke at Uncaked for making the amazing cake.  She always does my cake smash cakes and she's AMAZING!

 

Enjoy!

 

 

Karinna Trashed the Dress!

 For as long as I've known Karinna she has always talked about trashing her dress after she got married.  I'm so honoured and excited that she chose ME to photograph it! 

You couldn't have a better bride to do this with, because she has such a fun personality and was game for everything!  We jumped in the lake, played in a playground, and ended with a water fight at a car wash with her husband.  I think he liked that part the best!  Pure perfection.  I think our stomachs hurt from laughing so hard.

Enjoy the photos!