08.08.08 - Kelly & Rob tie the knot!

I LOVE Kelly!

I LOVE Rob!

And I'm not the only one who thinks that Rob and Kelly are a DREAM together!

I met Kelly years ago and fell in love with her instantly! She's classy and beautiful and knows exactly what she wants! So I was thrilled to see her number on my caller ID last year and even more thrilled that I was open on her date!

Ok, so I was EVEN more excited when I finally got to meet the man of her dreams! Rob is a kind, loving man who loves Kelly more than anything!

Their wedding was incredibly classy and Kelly had a hand in every single detail!

Here's Kelly's super original bouquet!


The gorgeous couple just couldn't keep their lips apart!


Gorgeous Kelly!





I love how this building has swirls on the window!




Did I tell you how GORGEOUS she is?


Here's the girls hanging out. Julie will LOVE this shot! She LOVES photos of herself and has promised me that she'll take me to Vegas with her whenever she decides to get married!

Go girl!

L to R: Julie, Kelly, Debbie and Candice!



I love how Torin (front) is the only one looking straight at me:



The decorations were done by Madeline's Weddings and as always, they were stunning!





The cake done by Dessert Sinsations! Yum!



Thank You Kelly and Rob for calling me! I felt absolutely privileged to be there on this amazing day!

All the best in your life together!

Celebrity Stalking

That's my mom's name for him: Celebrity. She often comes by and says simply that: Hi Celebrity.

People say you should treat celebrity like your next door neighbour and treat your next door neighbour like celebrity.

I have a little problem: my neighbour IS a celebrity. Steve Bell - Christian singer and songwriter.

About three years ago or so (feels like just yesterday) our old neighbours moved out and "The Bells" moved in. I had no idea who that would be until Steve came to my door to borrow a flashlight and I had a really embarrassing school-girl hissy fit! I behaved like a teenager who had just ran into Ashton Kutcher or something.

Anywho, all embarrassment aside - and years of therapy for Steve, I'm sure, he and his wife Nanci are still our neighbours.

Nanci is simply a stellar cook and gardener and neighbour all around. My kids love tea parties with "Mrs. Bell" and I love finding her weeding my garden!

Steve is allright too. I haven't caught him practicing his guitar outside or anything, but hey, I'll make sure to keep you posted if I do.

Last week we had them over for supper - it was soup with beet leaves that I stole from Nanci's garden when they were out of town. I had just purchased my 50mm lens (1.4) and I was taking some candid shots of everyone around the table.

I took this shot of Steve:


I emailed it to him and apparently they're using it for some stuff. Pretty cool!

He's just lucky I'm not really a freak - or paparazzi - though watch out Steve, I do have a long lens. If I'm ever broke and need some extra cash I can always blackmail you with some shots of you mowing the lawn or something, though I hardly doubt the "Christian Press" would pay me any money for that!!

Shayla & Riley: Married! August 2, 2008!

Shayla & Riley are one of those couples that I met sooooo long ago, almost two years ago when they booked me for their wedding... And though we have kept in touch through facebook we haven't really had to see each other throughout the year...

So it was a great joy to see these guys again! I had forgotten just how gorgeous they were!

We had one of those "Patty" days where it threatens to rain all day but it never really ruins the pictures!

They had some great ideas of what they wanted to do on their wedding day, like visit the old place of work where they met, go to the Bridge where he proposed and finally end up where her parents had their wedding pictures taken years ago...

These two are crazy in love and had to fight back tears of joy and wonder everytime they looked at each other.

Here's some shots that we got on Saturday:

The classic shoe shot: Shayla had worn these quite a bit before the wedding day just to make sure that she could boogie all night in them! They even had a really cool dance routine planned for the reception!




Here's their joy when first seeing each other...


Working the counter at SportMart on Pembina Hwy... What's Riley doing?




The girls were real sports when they agreed to go for a walk down the bridge even though it was starting to drizzle a bit.


A cozy lovely moment right where Riley proposed in the middle of winter almost two years ago...





These two were so good at dipping, I got tonnes of good shots of that...








I just loved Shayla's gloves and flowers.


Shayla has the curliest hair you've ever seen, but wore it fairly straight to the wedding... It looked so good!


Boys:


The girls were singing Spice Girls songs using their flowers as microphones. I swear I didn't make them do that!




I LOVE this shot!


Then we headed off to Fannystelle where Father MacKenzie married these two. It's the cutest little church I've ever seen! So quaint and such beautiful architecture!


Cakes by Maria.


Bridges Golf Course, of course.


Getting some air!


Thanks Riley and Shayla for hiring me to capture your crazy wonderful day! Have fun in Europe! Too bad I was too busy to go along, but maybe next time?

Oh and here's the slideshow! Shayla & Riley's Wedding In Winnipeg


ps - To all my blog stalkers, notice something different? Stay tuned for a whole new look (logo, website) coming soon!

Christine & John: Married! July 26, 2008!

When we met it was one of those things... Love at first laugh...

We connected and we "fell in love". As in love as clients and their photographers get, I guess... When you think of it, it really is a love story... I'm there ALL DAY! I see you get dressed, meet up for the first time, I see his tears when you're walking down the aisle...

I'm essentially involved in your most intimate moments of the day!

Nope, not THOSE moments... But everything before that!

I remember Christine and John had come to see me right before The Wonderful Wedding Show in 2007 and then they ran up to me at the show and told me that they would like to book me for their wedding.

Good thing too. A million other people (I'm soooo exaggerated!) called me for their date after that and when I told Christine, she said: "A-ha! She's all mine!"

I LOVE that reaction! I told her I'd post that on my blog!

Anywho, onto the pictures! These two really hammed it up for the camera and we spent most of the day at The Forks enjoying the crazy heat!


Here they are, Christine and John, madly in love...




Sassy...


They actually got married at The St Boniface Cathedral. I've shot there MANY times, but have never been in a wedding there...

And this is the spot at The Forks where John got down on one knee...


Hot Stuff here:


The boys called this The Cover shot: (for their "Rock Band" band)








I love this one: The sun makes them squinty, I know... but this is the story of their day: It was hot and we were at the Bridge.


What a pretty pretty girl!


Lovely!


Christine, I'm glad you got me too!

Happy Marriage honey! Make the best of every single day!

The Assistant

Stephanie J has been assisting me for two years on and off now... I can't believe it's been that long!

She makes me laugh... She holds all my gear... She carries "The Blanket"... The Water... The Tripod... AND gets alternate angle shots here and there when I let her ;)

This past weekend she came out to John & Christine's wedding (stay tuned for that post next!) after having worked her "real" job all week, running camps at Prov, and doing whatever else she does...

So I thought it might be a good idea to do a little tribute to her...


Here she is carrying my gear:


Doing a one person dip while I test light and depth of field.


Doing the SJ land surf!


Regular SJ:


So I did some "headshots" for her in the end of the day...


LOVE that crazy hair!


Thanks SJ! You're awesome!