Kristi + Matt | Engagement Session
A few short weeks ago I had the pleasure of shooting Kristi and Matt’s engagement session. It was a beautiful day at Sunnidale park with lots of great colour but it was wicked cold. By the following weekend the weather was considerably warmer but all the leaves had fallen. I’ll take a few hours of [...]
Toronto Gay Wedding Show Delta Chelsea
I’m going to have a booth at the Toronto Gay Wedding Show! I’ll be running a wicked show special, if you want to find out what it is be sure to stop by and see us on Sunday, October 16 between 11am and 6pm. It’ll be a great show with a ton of awesome vendors [...]
Jill + Scott | Photo Booth
I ran a photo booth at Jill & Scott’s awesome vintage style wedding last night at the Inn at Christie’s Mill in Port Severn. It was my first attempt and it was AMAZING! Everyone had fun. It was super easy to use. I had the guests triggering the booth with a remote when they were [...]
Greg + Christina | Married
Christina was referred to me by the wonderful wedding cinematographer Andrew Sorlie of Honey and Dear. Greg and Christina had booked another wedding photographer who had cancelled on them fairly close to their wedding date. Luckily, I was available to photograph their wedding for them. They had a beautiful ceremony at Bear Estate at Cranberry [...]
Melanie + Aaron | Married!
I’m so excited to share the latest wedding I shot with the magnificent Sarah Guy from Labour of Love Photography. Sarah’s awesome and it’s always a great time shooting with her. Melanie and Aaron were probably the most excited to be engaged couple I’ve ever met. I did their engagement shoot well over a year [...]
Lindsay + Will | Married!
I’ve been wanting to tell you about Lindsay and Will’s wedding for a while now. I showed up at their place to shoot Lindsay and her bridesmaids. I got there as they were finishing getting ready and took some candids before pulling them into the backyard for some fun shots. We trucked it on over [...]
Jeff + Christine | Married!
I’ve been hanging on to this one for a long time. Jeff and Christine already have their album delivered and in their hands, so it’s been a while. I usually try to show you fresher stuff, but I’ve been short on time as of late and haven’t been blogging much. I shot this wedding way [...]
Big Sky
Just a quicky post today, a recent favorite from a wedding that I was second shooting with Adam Belnap at Deer Creek Golf Club in Ajax, Ontario. Enjoy your long weekend!
Katie’s RTD Featured on the Wedding Bells Blog
Recently, I shot a Rock The Dress session with Katie. I’m really happy with the way the pictures turned out and I submitted them to Wedding Bells who choose to feature some of my pictures in an article on Rock The Dress (or Trash The Dress) sessions. A quick synopsis of the article: “Trash The [...]
Sterling | Gown Go Round
Sterling and I got together to do a shoot for Gown Go Round – a bridal gown shop in Newmarket. Tara is the proprietor and she’s a super sweet lady. Her shop is a bit different than most bridal shops. It’s a consignment shop and she also rents dresses. It’s a good choice for a practical bride. [...]
Awesome Wedding Pro – Flowers by Design
Nicole is another fantastic wedding vendor here in Barrie. She has a wonderful little flower and gift shop tucked into the corner of Huronia and Big Bay called Flowers by Design. I’m not going to pretend I know a lot about flowers, but she put together a bouquet for my wife that I’m still getting [...]
Awesome Wedding Pro – Sorlie Arts
I met Andrew Sorlie a while back at a photographer’s pub night. That’s right, we get together and drink beer and talk cameras. Only thing is, Andrew’s not a photographer per se. He’s a wedding cinematographer. And he’s wicked at it. We’ve met up a few times since then, most recently at a workshop called [...]
And the winner is…
At the wedding show at the Monte Carlo Inn in Barrie last Sunday I collected ballots for a draw for a free engagement session. So here’s how the draw went down. Here’s my lovely assistant. We started with a bin full of ballots. Shake – a – shake – a Congrats Whitney! Your gift certificate [...]
Jen & Chester
Jen and Chester are the coolest! First off any bride that wears white Converse All-Stars gets cool points. Second, the inspired choice of venue – an art gallery – more cool points. Jen’s a local high school teacher and Chester’s job is really exciting and top secret, like accountant or something. Anyways, I met them [...]
Cyndi and Johnny
I got contacted by Cyndi and Johnny just two weeks before their wedding. They had decided that they didn’t want to go without wedding photography at the last minute and luckily I was available on their wedding day. They got married in Sudbury on the only sunny day all week. I made the four hour [...]
Hal and Diane
My wife and I flew out to Calgary to shoot Hal and Diane’s wedding. I took a lot of detail shots and here’s a few of my favorites. Diane is a huge Coke memorabilia collector, so I thought it would be appropriate to shoot the rings on a vintage soda bottle. The bride had killer [...]
Erin and Jason
Wow, it’s a long way to North Bay. Especially when you go up in the morning, shoot a wedding and drive back the same night, so you can shoot the MMA Expo the next two days. Erin and Jason are awesome people. Their wedding was a beautiful, intimate affair with only about 35 guests. The [...]
File Naming in Lightroom
I just watched the preview for “Where The #%*! Are My Pictures?” which is a DAM tutorial with Michael Reichmann and Seth Resnick. Before I start, I believe that this tutorial will have a great deal of valuable information for anyone concerned with Digital Asset Management, and I am neither reviewing nor critiquing the video [...]
Digital Asset Management Consultation
I’m proud to announce that I’m offering a new service to photo professionals and advanced amateurs. I’ve been fielding a ton of requests from other photographers to help them set up backup and archiving solutions for their digital photography. I’ve come to realize that there are many more photographers out there struggling with digital asset [...]
Songs for a first dance
How do you pick “your” song? Not always an easy thing to do, for sure. Instead of whatever is hot on the radio right now, please, for the love of whatever deity suits you, choose a song that means something to you. Do you have any idea how many people have to admit their song [...]
Lens Advice
A friend emailed me wanting some advice on which lens to buy. Here’s what I wrote. “There’s a ton of options for lenses. You have to consider whether or not you’ll move to a full frame camera (maybe you won’t). Full frame cameras have a larger sensor, which means that if two camera have the [...]
Katerina
I’ve been doing some fashion photography lately. I took the fashion photography class at Humber, just to play a little. It’s worked out really well, because if I wanted to do this type of thing on my own (and I have) I’d need to rent lights and find a model willing to work for trade, [...]
Wedding Day Timetable
I recently had a conversation with a young bride via the Facebook group “North Country Weddings” (shameless plug) – she was asking if I could recommend a planner that could handle the schedule of the wedding day. She was concerned about when to cut the cake, do the first dance, toss the bouquet and the [...]