On the topic of news, one of our photos along with a great article on Cinnamon & Galib’s wedding is currently out in the January 17th issue of the Georgia Straight! We were honoured when contacted by the reporter looking to feature our work, and these two were the perfect couple for the story.
http://www.straight.com/article-128537/wedding-watch-08
Click “read the rest of this entry” to read the article here!
I just went through the process of applying for renewal and being accepted for another year with the WPJA (Wedding Photojournalist Association). I was talking about it with someone recently and mentioned that I had 2 images place in the contests this year - and was reminded that winning awards doesn’t actually mean anything if I don’t tell people it happened, and to stop being so modest 
While we’ve been having a great time lately with really unique and fun portraits, the core of what we do has always been capturing moments. The real stuff - the tears, the looks, the excited tension in the room while the girls are getting the last of their makeup done. The kind of images that cause people to laugh spontaneously or tear up when they see them, in some cases when they don’t even know the couple. That is the root of what we do.
The two images that I had place are definitely on the lighter side of things as make-you-laugh real moments, and the judges seemed to enjoy them! These images placed 3rd and 4th respectively in their categories earlier this year from hundreds of submissions.
From Sahar & Chris’ wedding - the cake cutting
And from Andrew & Sara’s wedding - the bouquet toss!
(photo by Brian Noppe)
On Thursday this week we had the chance to head over to the vendor kick off party at WED Bridal. In one word, WOW!
WED is Vancouver’s newest bridal store with hot hot gowns and a great atmosphere. They have large private rooms for you to change in with plenty of room for your closest girlfriends to hang out with you to see the show. Needless to say, I *highly* recommend giving Jo-Anne & Gemma a shout when you’re on the hunt for the perfect dress!
It was nice to see so many of our favourite vendors and to meet a few new folks, too. We left our camera at home, but Brian Noppe took these great shots! Thanks Brian for being the photographer for the rest of us 
Check out Brian’s fantastic work at his site and see more of his WED kick off pics on his blog.
Cheers!
(photo by Brian Noppe)
L to R - Leanne Pedersen, Lynn Jaksa of the fab Chris + Lynn duo, Erin Gilmore photographer and Aislewalk publisher extraordinaire, Us!, Tanya Peters of Milestone events, Camille Fortin-Bensler of Jonetsu Photography, and Brian’s lovely wife Regina Noppe.
A very quick note just to wish everyone a wonderful holiday season! We’ve been ultra busy with flying and eating and family and even a christmas eve wedding. Great fun!
We have 2 more weddings before the year is out (one on Saturday and another on new year’s eve!) and I’ll look forward to sharing a tonne of great images from all 3 early in the new year as well as finally getting a bit of a break and a chance to sit back and reflect on what a wonderful year we’ve had.
Cheers everyone! I hope you’re enjoying the last days of the year!
(illo with help from the lovely Cynthia)
I wanted to say a great big thank you to everyone who came out to our open house this Sunday! It was great to see everyone.
Those who made it out were given among other treats a very cute (if I do say so myself!) calendar designed with our images for 2008. As a bonus for those we’ve photographed the calendar contained all images of them!
We’ve been getting a few requests for more - these 5×7 calendars are accented with a fun vintage damaske pattern and are a great way to show off your images year round. They are available for those interested for $40 or 4 for $125. Get in touch if you’d like us to design one for you.
Last week we attended the launch party for the latest edition of AisleWalk magazine! Our friends Erin Gilmore (publisher) and Tammy Lyon (design) really outdid themselves this time.
As a very hush-hush surprise, they joined forces with artist Karen Parker to create photograph inspired paintings showcasing the art of weddings. The show can be seen at the Art and Soul Gallery at the Pacific Pallisades Hotel 1277 Robson St. through January 8th. And, as a neat twist, we actually met Karen earlier this year when we photographed her brother Eddie’s wedding to Tara - such a small world!
The party was a blast complete with great people, great food, and the oh-so-important photo booth. Here are a couple party shots of me and Reilly and me and Kathy from videographer duo Marliss Productions -
Reilly and I were also honoured to be awarded the title of best photo spread for our images in the magazine! We submitted the gorgeous wedding of two of our favourite clients - Sahar and Chris. Here’s what their spread looked like -
We have copies of AisleWalk as well for all the couples coming in to meet with us in the next little while. It’s a great resource!
Just a quick note to remind everyone that our Blue Olive Photography client appreciation party and open house is this Sunday from 1-3pm!
We’re having a party, and we want you to come!
WHAT: Client appreciation party + open house
WHEN: Sunday December 9th from 1-3pm
WHERE: Blue Olive Studio - #410 55 Water St. Vancouver (buzz blueolive)
Let us treat you to wine, appies and gift bags. Meet cool new people, check out our latest stuff, and feel free to bring anyone you know who you think should check out our work!
Past clients, present clients, people who might want to be clients, and anyone who wants to come over to check out some more of our work and meet some new people are all welcome.
Please RSVP by email or on Facebook
We’re finalizing the gifts tomorrow (personalized if you’re a past client and we know you are coming!), so RSVP if you can make it out
Cheers!
First of all, a great big THANK YOU to all of the people who have joined us as a fan on Facebook, and for all of the reviews! I’m so humbled and speechless after reading so many nice things. Thank you for your kind words and for reminding us why we do what we do
Now - for the fun!
As promised, we are giving away 2 prizes, each the winner’s choice of a fabulous photo session with us or a custom designed brag album with images from one of our past sessions (for past clients). Each has a $500 value.
And…. the winners are….
Alexis Larose & Sandi Garus! Congratulations to you both! I’ll be in touch to talk about your sessions/albums.
Thanks to everyone who has supported us so wholeheartedly. See you on Facebook!
Just a quick note to say a great big THANKS to all the amazing photographers who came to our studio this evening for our second annual Vancouver wedding photographer year end studio bash. We had somewhere around 45 people all told with folks travelling in from all directions. It was great to see everyone and to catch up after such a busy year! Cheers!
I wanted to extend a great big thank you to all the fabulous brides and grooms who came out to see us at Lovestruck this weekend! Also, a huge kudos to Angela over at Reflection Events for jumping in to a new wedding show concept with both feet. Can’t wait for next year!
For those of you who missed us, here’s a peak at what we had going on…. come visit us at our Open House to see the goods in person!
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