GTA Wedding Photography - Hanh and Tom

Back in October, I had the absolute pleasure of photographing Hanh and Tom's fine affair. I still remember meeting with Hanh the first time and asking her to describe to me what her vision was for her wedding. Simply put she said, "Just picture, silver trees, lights and diamonds. Everwhere." And everywhere they were, from her sparkly Badgley Mischka heels and her ballerina-style sequinned wedding dress to the diamonds draping from the silver branches of her centrepieces and sprinkled around the head table candles. There was not one detail that was missed.




Hanh and Tom seriously looked like they walked off the set of a bridal magazine shoot. Gorgeous. A big thanks to Jennifer Lo and Myra for their fab make up and hair styling.




The ceremony and reception were held at the Paradise Banquet and Convention Centre where it felt like we had been whisked away to some private garden villa. With Joy Wedding Services did such a beautiful job with the wedding decor and bouquets.



Just when I thought that I couldn't be any luckier to be working with such a sweet and easy going couple, Hanh made my night when she walked up to the band, The All Day Breakfast, grabbed a mike and rocked it out on stage. *swoon



If you just can't get enough and want to see more images from this wedding, head over to the wedding highlights video here.

To Hanh and Tom - thank you for showing me what love is all about and for letting me be a part of your special day. I loved every minute it of it.

Special Event Photographer - Dhanisha's Bridal Shower

I hope everyone's been enjoying the lovely weather from the past few days. I couldn't stand to spend a day like this indoors so I brought my office to my front porch. Here are some images from Dhanisha's cute and intimate bridal shower.

Although I only got a chance see Dhanisha with her fiancé, Raffi during the final few minutes when he came to bring her flowers, anyone could see right away how madly in love they were with each other. Congratulations Dhanisha and Raffi!

They are so cute together!

Check out the video below for more highlights from the day.

GTA Wedding Photography - Vicki and Mark

Trying a bit of a different layout for this wedding, hope that you all like it! And just like a good wine pairing enhances a meal, here's a song by the Plain White T's to accompany this post. I had this song on repeat for most of my post-editing so I guess it's only appropriate. :)

More photos from the entire day can viewed in Mark and Vicki's wedding highlights slideshow.

Second photographer for this wedding was Chan-Ra - thank you, for doing a stellar job with all the details, candids and bringing in a different perspective. Full vendor list and more candids can also be found on my Facebook page.

The Offbeat Bride Photoshoot

More photos in Bridal Shoot Set.

This, definitely, is not your everyday bride. A little behind the scenes from our Bridal Photoshoot at the Evergreen Brick Works...

Our model actually found her funky bride's dress at a thrift store and bought it figuring it'd be useful one day (she was right!). And oh what a dress, it's so eighties-retro-awful that it's awesome! I mean, check out the 'wings' on the shoulder! For this shoot, we decided to go with some crazy make up and hair - to match the dress of course.

The hair being built, one strand at a time.


Close up of the hair creation - yes, those are feathers.


There's Sora, working on Roxane.


And here's Jen, doing some touch up on location.


That's me! Thanks, Jen, for taking this pic.


My two favourite hair and make up girls.

Oh and going with the thrift theme here, unless you are doing a magazine photoshoot with budget of a few thousand dollars, you'd obviously want to try to keep the expenses low. Especially when doing TFCD shoots. Don't underestimate the Dollarama! For this shoot, those black beads you see in the model's hair and around her bouquet (I think she also wears it as a necklace in some shots) were found in the Hallowe'en section - 3 for $1.00. The dried up flowers, also $1.00. The ribbon around the bouquet were leftover from some X'mas supplies and the pack of feathers, another dollar. So, that's the Photoshoot-on-a-budget tip of the day - visit a dollar store. Lol. Just make sure you choose "tasteful" items and props that don't actually look like you paid a dollar for them. Finally, once you start shooting, if you find that the props aren't quite working out as you envisioned, do yourself a favour and toss it. Hey, it was only a dollar!

That's it for the behind the scenes. Don't forget to check out the final photos on my Flickr page here. Also, if you haven't already, find me on Facebook and become a fan to keep updated with my latest shoots! See ya.