Another tale of international love…Mandeep is from Chicago and Sandeep is from Edmonton. The wedding will be in Chicago next year, and we wish them a wonderful wedding.
Archive for the ‘Engagements’ Category
Jill & Marlow – Sunkissed Engagement Session
August 13, 2010Jill & Marlow will be married in October. The Shandro Family and Jill’s family have crossed paths a lot, Michael grew up in a house built by Jill’s family company, and we bought our house from the same company as well (and her sister was the real estate agent!). Needless to say, we’ll know a few faces at the wedding.
Meet Marlow (left) and Jill (right).
If you look closely, you’ll see two engagement rings!
Michael noticed this awesome lens flare/ball of fire from where he was shooting, and had to use it. He placed them this way, and Jill and Marlow had no idea until they came in to see the photos. It turned out to be the biggest print they ordered!
Simply beautiful.
See you in October!
Holly & Ben – Engaged in Edmonton
August 12, 2010Holly & Ben are getting married this weekend! Michael will be helping them celebrate in style. He is looking forward to working with the fabulous wedding planner Jennifer Bergman.
We’re so lucky to live in such a beautiful city with its extensive river valley. These engagement photos are particularly special for Holly & Ben due to some recent news in their life. Ben has accepted an excellent job in the states, and unfortunately he and Holly will have to live apart for a time. Luckily, they will have these beautiful pictures to look at, hopefully they will make the distance a bit easier to bear.
San Francisco Engagement Photos
August 10, 2010We had an amazing opportunity recently to travel with one of our couples to San Francisco for their engagement photos. For privacy reasons we won’t be posting their faces on the blog, or sharing their wedding next year, but they were gracious enough to let us take a few ‘blog’ shots to share with all of you. They understood that we couldn’t go and shoot in San Francisco and keep it a secret! Too exciting!
They wanted a shoot that was typically San Francisco. We had been down there for vacation before Andrew was born, and remembered this beautiful beach with a great view of the Golden Gate Bridge. It was perfect, and the weather held up enough to see the bridge.
We then took a trip to the famous ‘Painted Ladies’, Victorian style homes built between 1892 and 1896. These particular houses are a symbol of San Francisco and have appeared in countless movies and TV shows (including the opening credits of Full House).
We had such a great trip to San Francisco – for anyone in Edmonton who hasn’t been, it’s a very reasonable vacation from Edmonton with a lot of culture and history. We were only there for 3 days and managed to cram a lot of sight-seeing in. I’d like to give a shout out to Mr. Toad’s Tours especially – we had a really fun evening driving all over the city and hearing amazing stories.
Nina & Hardeep – Engagement Party
August 9, 2010We are lucky enough to have some great former clients who love to talk about us and bring us new clients. Thanks to Renu for recommending us to her cousin Hardeep for his engagement party. It was awesome to recognize so many guests from different events that we have photographed.
The party was held at the Meridian banquet hall, and the couple chose a few awesome decor touches such as the beautiful white couch for the two of them to sit on during the ceremony.
It’s really beautiful for family and friends to be present and watch the ‘official’ engagement.
Nina & Hardeep will be getting married in Toronto next year, and we hope they have an amazing wedding!
Nitu & Jessie – A Bollywood Love Story
August 6, 2010So, obviously the recent post we put up of Nitu and Jessie in wedding clothes was from the winter time. Friends and family will know that they just recently married, so here’s the real story.
Nitu had this amazing idea to do two engagement sessions with two completely different feels. Nitu of course has friends outside her own community, and has seen friends married in ‘the big white dress’. Although she loved her big Indian wedding, she wanted to be able to wear the white dress for at least a moment. So she found a beautiful dress, Jessie rented a tux, and they did a bridal session as their engagement session. And what could be more fitting for a Canadian-Indian princess than a winter session!
So here is part two of her idea. Jessie’s family is a farming family in Indian, and his uncle here in Edmonton also owns a farm. To be true to Jessie’s roots, and as a nod to Bollywood, Nitu & Jessie took us out to his uncle’s farm for a super fun shoot. Their actual wedding post is on the way shortly!
The plot: Jessie is trying to win Nitu’s affections, and convince her to marry him. Nitu takes a bit of convincing and romance before she agrees.
Jessie: “Look at my beautiful tractor, Nitu!”
Nitu: “Not interested…”
Nitu: “Well, OK, I guess it is pretty awesome.”
Some romance in the field.
And a happy Bollywood ending.
Robyn & Dan – Engagement Photos in Edmonton
August 5, 2010Robyn & Dan are getting married this weekend in Jasper! Robyn was the winner of our prize in the 25th anniversary issue of Wedding Bells and won an engagement session and guest book from us. Michael met up with them in the river valley.
First, can I just say WOW about Robyn’s legs? Dan is a very lucky man. These two are so cute together.
We hope you two have a fantastic wedding!
Rehana & Shameer – Whyte Ave Engagement Photos
August 5, 2010We’re catching up! Today you’re going to get two engagement sessions and maybe a wedding. We’ll see how efficient we are before our shoot tonight.
First up, Rehana & Shameer, who just got married this past weekend. We hung out on Whyte Ave a couple of weeks ago, and they trusted me even when I took them into a sketchy back alley.
These next two are just too cute. Shameer definitely wins.
This photo was hands down all of our favourites from the session. I think it’s made so awesome by the cameo by ‘random whyte ave dude #1′ on the left. Thanks buddy!
Their wedding will be on the blog shortly!
Shantel & Desirae – River Valley Engagement Photos
July 7, 2010Shantel & Desirae are our first same-sex couple, and the perfect couple to demonstrate that love is love, no matter what label you might try to put on it. They share a warm affection for each other, and were definitely not shy to snuggle for the camera. I was really happy when I showed Shantel & Desirae their photos – a few times they commented ‘that’s SO us!’ When my couples feel that way, I know I’ve done my job right. I can’t wait for their wedding at the Devonian Gardens later this month!
Kristy & Pat – Engagement Photos in Evansburg
July 7, 2010We always love the challenge of shooting in new locations. We jumped at the chance to visit Kristy & Pat near their place in Evansburg and we had such an awesome evening with them. It was relaxing to get away from the city for the evening and enjoy nature.
Andrew came along with us on the road trip, and wanted to help out with posing Kristy. He also enjoyed such fun activities as playing with the dogs, and throwing mud, rocks, and sticks into the river.
