We 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.
Michael proposed to Bhavya at Peyto Lake, a beautiful spot in the Rocky Mountains that they had spent time at together. When it came time for their engagement photos with us, Peyto Lake was the perfect choice. We met them there on a beautiful spring weekend to celebrate and recreate the proposal. Watch for their wedding on the blog very soon – they’re getting married next weekend!
This was my favourite engagement shoot of the year so far. As I walked back to my car afterwards I literally did a fist pump in the air because I knew it had gone really well. Michelle & Greg are like a lot of couples – not much experience with have professional photos taken, not sure how to pose/act in front of the camera. But man oh man, did they ever knock it out of the park. I tell my clients just to relax, and trust me, and have a good time. We always make the best images when they do just that.
Hi everyone,
We’ve just returned from an amazing relaxing 10 days in Phoenix. Sigh. It was a great way to recharge our batteries and prep for an incredibly busy time meeting with new clients.
Of course, we can’t go anywhere without a camera (or can we? More on that later…) so Michael met up with the incredible Justine Miller from Phoenix to second with her on an engagement shoot with Jenna & Marc (you can see Justine’s blog post of them here).
Here are some of the shots Michael nabbed during the shoot. Hot!!
And here’s Justine working her magic.
Speaking of magic, we went on the craziest road trip ever. It all started with a cold. Andrew had the sniffles and he fell asleep in the car while we were driving to the science center. We decided to keep driving and let him have a good nap. Well, 6 hours later we found ourselves in Disneyland! Here’s an iPhone snap of the wind farms in California.
We had nothing with us. No change of clothes, toiletries….camera…. (Now don’t worry, we had plenty of clothes and diapers for Andrew. At least one of us was prepared!). It was the most spontaneous thing we have done in a long time. We picked up a little Canon from Target, spent the night at a Best Western, and took in Disneyland the next day. It was amazing! It was raining a bit, and so Disneyland was absolutely dead. There were no lines, and we walked right on to every ride. Andrew loved the rides. He would cry when we got off the rides, try to squeeze through barriers to get to more rides, and kept saying ‘ride?, ride?’. We left when Andrew was ready for bed, and drove all night back to Phoenix.
The whole trip was so surreal, and it was a great break from my normal sensible, organized, well-thought-out self. And that’s the story of Andrew’s first trip to Disneyland! Here are a few snapshots.
To cap off the trip, we had a celebrity sighting in the Phoenix airport! This is Michael and Andrew with Nick Stahl, the star of the HBO series Carnivale (sadly, I was watching the luggage at the time, so didn’t get to meet him). For anyone who hasn’t watched this show, I suggest renting it. It was a short-lived series, but like any HBO series, immaculately produced. (And yes, it’s super blurry, Nick’s wife took it on our iPhone – thanks!).
Joanne & Colin travelled from Lethbridge to find some nice white snow for their engagement photos. They are SO cute together! I love the nod to the Olympics – I need to get a pair of those gloves! Next time we see these two it will be much warmer, so look for their wedding this summer! Thanks you two for braving the cold with us.
Leanne & Brody are getting married in Kelowna next year, and it sounds like the wedding is going to be incredible. While the weather is still good and the leaves are still (mostly) green, Michael met them for some romantic engagement photos.
We just wrapped up Neha & Sumit’s outstanding wedding, and we’ll share those images with you soon. Sumit only arrived in town shortly before the wedding, and despite a busy schedule we managed to connect with Neha & Sumit for engagement photos in the river valley.
“Welcome to your scavenger hunt. To pass the game you will have to solve a series of clues I have thought of and find out where the secret locations are before reaching the final treasure.”
You might think that the longer we are in this business, the less emotion we feel at weddings and engagements, since we’ve seen it so many times before. On the contrary, the longer we do this, the more special each wedding feels – each glance, each touch, each kiss. Even more special are the unexpected moments we get to be a part of, like tonight when Deepak asked Poonam to marry him.
Deepak planned a scavenger hunt for Poonam at West Edmonton Mall. The clues led her to Booster Juice (where they first started dating),
Old Spaghetti Factory (where they once went on an interesting date),
Icing by Claire’s (where Poonam likes to buy her bling),
and then to the Ice Palace (she spotted me, but she had no idea what was up!) They have skated at Rockefeller Center together, and the Ice Palace was a good substitute.
Finally, Poonam skated to center ice, for one of the greatest moments of her life. Deepak presented her with this ring (isn’t it amazing?) and she very enthusiastically said yes! There were people cheering all around the ice.
It’s easy to see how overjoyed Deepak was.
We spent some time exploring the mall as they enjoyed their first few moments as the newest engaged couple in Edmonton.
Here is an excerpt from one of the clues, which shows how deeply Deepak loves Poonam, “I can only imagine spending my life with you. I want to grow old with you and spend each and every day with you by my side”.
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