well…what a difference a day can make.  The typical Vancouver rain reared its ugly head as we knew it would.  Annette and I had a long talk about it earlier in the week and had devised our plan to make the best of what we were given and do that we did!  WE started under cover with some crazy horizontal rain but about an hour into our session, it had eased a bit and we were off to Jericho. Annette needed some green in her photos and with umbrella in hand we were only to happy to make it so!  Photos done it was back to Cecil Green where the skies let up and gave us a fabulous sunset.  Congrats to you both on the dream, the day, and the brief moments of light!

This wedding was a long one in the making…9 years to be exact. Kara & Craig have been together for a very long time and you can tell that these guys are the best of friends. We started the day with Kara for some getting ready shots…

Then it was off to Craigs parents place to grab some shots around the property and with the horses where we met up with Marliss Productions

Now for those who know me, I am not the hugest horse fan…allergies…size…and those eyes that just seem to follow you everywhere…but….I decided to give it a go and give one of them an apple

Then it was off to a great little roadside place we spotted on the way over in the morning

Back in the cars and off to Hazelmere for a great ceremony with Brent Sheppard and then some final shots around the course before a great reception

Head to the website to check out their storybook… HERE

Here is a sneak peak at who will be hanging with me all next season.. Tracey is amazing and I am so stoked to have her on board for 2009.

wedding 3 of 3 for the weekend and the second in the row at the ever popular Cecil Green Park.  I love daytime weddings. They just have a very different feel and for us, it gives us the chance to be there through the entire event and capture great moments. Sarah went very natural with lots of green…from the placecards, centerpieces, favours, and dresses to rocks, and stunning floral.   With a gorgeous dress from Something Blue and the best suits for the guys we’ve seen all season, it was style at its best.  For me, the highlight was without a doubt the touching speech by the eloquent maid of honour. It was the best I have ever heard, and even brought a few tears to my eyes…hard to do after hearing 400 plus of them!  Congrats you guys!

A little story about a girl named megan and a boy named phillipe…continents away from home, armed with backbacks..they found each other in Australia.  Megan from Canada and Phillipe from Switzerland.  Years of long distance calls and pictures carried in wallets went by and one move by Megan to San Fransisco.  Fast Forward to August 15th, 2008 and you will find yourself at the stunning wedding of these two and wow did they do Cecil Green up right.  Everything was amazing and I think they depleted a small countrys’ worth of flowers!  Rather than go on and on about the details, I think the photos say it best!

I have been looking forward to the wedding of carly and steph all summer.  You see, my good friend Danielle left us to teach english abroad for a few years and then decided that rather than come back to Vancouver, she would head back east.  we were sad to see her go as now we get to see her mabye once a year.  Well, just so happens that Danielle is good friends with Carly so she was making the trek out to the wedding…ya!  We arrived early as usual to get the low down from the priest and after a beautiful ceremony, the always fab tracey heppner and I headed off to Hycroft for a intimate reception of close family and friends.  Great food..spectacular cake and just great people all around!

I couldn’t leave without tracey snapping a shot with me & danielle…we miss you here on the west coast!

and then with the talented miss Andrea Miller of Terminal City fame, who gladly gave up her wedding duties today to attend as a guest…see you soon Andrea!

can you say gorgeous?  Lisa was just the picture of perfection and even though we were under threat of rain the whole day, I knew we would get some killer shots!  She just knew how to work it for the camera and she was going to make it easy for me.  It never hurts when you combine a amazingly long veil and some good wind either!  We met up at the hotel for some quick prep shots, made our way over to the ceremony and then it was off to Burnaby village for our first photo location.  The rain held off and with fingers crossed…up we went to SFU.  We arrived to blue skies…YA!  We even got to spend the second day in a row with Marliss Productions…what a great day!

Grace, Arthur, and Huggies flew in for the big day and with their dream team in place consisiting of Paula of Aeyra Cakes, Radke Designs, Marliss Productions, Swaneset, Luis Giraldo, Auto Photo photo booths, and a few others, we set to making it the best wedding of the season…here is how it went down…

Well…the big one is finally over.  I think everyone in the wedding industry was out in force on Friday.  080808 was the biggest wedding day of the year and so we thought we would have fun with it a little….I ask you the question…where were you on 080808

I was at Swaneset Bay for the wedding of Grace and Arthur from NY

Holly Armstrong…of Swaneset was there…

Bobi Radke and Kathy from Radke Designs were there…

Luis Giraldo was there to tickle the ivories…

Kathy & Steph from marliss Productions were there too…

Yes, my groom Arthur was there too…

Where were you?

If there are two nicer people on the planet, I have yet to meet them.  I don’t think I have ever fallen in love with a couple as much as I did with susan and tobin and throughout the day, they continued to be shining examples of how the world would be a far better place if everyone was more like them.  Yup, there is no doubt about it that these two are soulmates and I felt truly honoured to be able to have even a little glimpse into the lives that they share.  Thank you for allowing me to be there!