Uploaded by Shivani Varma on 2020-01-14. I was a bit of a last minute add-on for this couple. This wedding features some really amazing sweet tender moments, mixed with some great bloopers. The bride literally gave birth to their first born 5 months ago....
Uploaded by Shivani Varma on 2020-01-14. I’m fully aware there are an assortment of videographers out their who produce cinema quality videos that are perfect. I prefer showcasing the couple’s personality and feature real elements of their day. Not staged....
Uploaded by Shivani Varma on 2020-01-14. Just starting out in wedding video, and this will likely be the hardest wedding I will ever do. A 4 hour Hindu Ceremony… longest one to date in my career even as a photographer. I was exhausted by the end of it....
I have known Jenna for over a decade. So when she asked me to take part in her wedding day and photograph the big event, I was thrilled. I even drove down to Ottawa to do it. Bit of a reunion with all of our high school friends so there is the occasional...
Photos created during an engagement shoot are quite different then the ones made on the wedding day. Without the restrictions of a large wedding dress and high heels getting in the way, it opens up a lot of doors when it comes to posing. When the couple...
Best reason to have an engagement shoot is to use it as a trial run. It's not everyday you're thrown in front of camera with a stranger watching. When I first heard of Chris's hesitancy with a professional wedding photography, I figured this would be...
Welcome back Katy and Erik. Their engagement shoot was last spring. They are one of the few high school sweetheart weddings I have ever photographed. Its getting incredibly rare this day and age since most parents don’t support such things. But these...
Every once in a while I’ll get a really quirky couple who brings their entire personality into a wedding. Ceremony in a church to keep the parents happy. But once that was free and clear, everything else had a casual feel including the bride’s sneakers....
Generally when I get booked for a wedding, I make it a point to place all my concentration on that one couple. But every so often, another wedding will come up that is so original that I can’t resist. Keith and Neelu were the first couple I have ever...
I loved these two right off the bat. Jamie and Michelle were this fantastic couple coordinating a full wedding production on their own budget. The best advice I can give any couple, win over your photographer early. If they’re happy, they will accommodate...
Every so often I’ll get a style of wedding I’ve never done before. Couples with unique cultural backgrounds will want assurance that an outsider is up to par with the traditions observed within their family. That was the key factor with Biljana and Zhive....
Lena and Tim are planning their destination wedding in Mexico next year. The engagement shoot is obviously a lot more personal and low key. Photographed on Toronto Island, the site of their first real date. Just a simple day of walking around and getting...
Biljhana and Zhive have been together for so long that the idea of an engagement shoot in the Distillery District seemed overkill. So instead, they brought their 2 girls along to share some of the camera’s attention. The teasing and smirking definitely...
Sometimes you have to go pretty far to find the person you want to be with. Aisha found her’s all the way in New York. After 5 years of long distance travel and communication they are finally getting married. She’s leaving her old life behind to start...
Traditionally mehndi ceremonies are considered the prelude to a wedding. Small event to get the bride’s family together and celebrate on her behalf. This definitely surpassed that. With more colour and sparkle than a lot of weddings I’ve done. And if...
When I originally wrote about these two for their engagement shoot, it was about how crazy they were for each other. Come their wedding and not much has changed in that regard. So to provide a different perspective on this story, I’d like to start out...
The biggest fear couples have of winter weddings is if the weather will hold up. Snow fall usually comes with salty dirt, wind, and flakes everywhere. The question usually falls on the photographer on what happens in situations like this. But it’s not...
A two month engagement. Doesn’t seem like much, but when you see what these two accomplished in such a small time frame, it will leave you in awe. With a new born baby in hand and most wedding vendors out for the season, they planned every detail down...
Set in the Royal Botanical Gardens this wedding had elegance written all over it. A bit late in the season did leave a chill in the air but the benefit was having the whole place to yourself. Taking our own sweet time through the shooting process and...
One step at a time. Thinking of the wedding day as a whole can be a bit daunting. Breaking it into segments is a technique I use as a wedding photographer to get through the day. Having a couple that shares the same sentiment is rare. Considering the...
When Catherine married George, she did it the traditional way in Greece with his family. She never got to share it with her loved ones. So when they got back home, she did it her way. She did her hair/makeup, got into her wedding dress, and did it all...
Definitely one of the craziest weddings I’ve ever done. This wedding was oozing in personality. Sure there were some tearing eyed moments from both sides but fun was by far the biggest element. While most couples would preset their wedding day by learning...
One of the best parts of engagement shoots is encountering the couple at the peak of the wedding process. Planning is a stressful overbearing experience. Yet this early in the game, I get to see them simply in love. It doesn’t matter what they wear, where...
The beauty of eloping is avoiding the family drama and just getting it done. But why wait in line at city hall to sign a piece of paper. I give you, the one hour wedding. When Zulf first told me this idea, I was skeptical. All the elements of a wedding...
Rafeena and Younes were from two different worlds. They met abroad, and fell in love. For them, it wasn’t just planning a wedding, but coordinating visas and a full relocation for Younes. Most of the engagement was spent apart. But when Younes finally...
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