Pat and John were married at the beginning of the month at Hycroft Manor (The University Women’s Club). Hycroft is probably my most favourite wedding location here in Vancouver… the architecture is stunning, and I love that there are so many rooms and places both indoors and out for guests to mingle in and wander through. Love it!

Highlights of the day started with the gorgeous red gown and extended right to the individual cakes for each table of guests. I decided to pull together a bunch of photos to give just a taste of the day through our eyes!

Congrats again to you both!

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We met up with Vicky & Dave over the weekend for their engagement photos. We completely lucked out with spectacular skies! We chased the sun around for a while and captured some great stuff with the city lit behind them in addition to hitting the beach and a couple urban spots. Love it!

Some of my fav images were for a project for the wedding, but I’m keeping those ones hush hush so the guests will be the first to see them. I’ll share those after the wedding in June

Take care, guys! Chat soon!

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Tara and Ian are busy making plans for their destination wedding, and they got in touch with us to capture some engagement images in the process!

Tara and Ian are both so much fun - I love how playful they are together!

My favourite images were those with the car. As we are all VW fans we got along famously, and the car just couldn’t be left out.

Of course, Reilly also took the opportunity to climb something, so I’ll share yet another Reilly-climbing-things-to-get-the-shot pic!

And what a great shot from that angle!

And my fav car shot - this one taken from the much more stable ground!

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Wow.

You know, we go to a lot of weddings and we’ve seen countless different venues and types of celebrations. And sometimes, things really just click for us. This was one of those times.

We were married 7 years ago (as of last week! weu!) and I can absolutely say that if we were to do it all over again right now, this would be the exact way to do it.

Small, destination wedding. Not very far away though - Tofino/Ucleulet is so very close and yet feels like it’s worlds away. A big house to hold the wedding and reception as well as to provide accomodations for a sizeable group of friends and family. Beach and rocks and waves and trees. Amazing food served all night long. Mingling. Drinking. Gorgeous details and decor. And most importantly, an incredible group of family and friends to share it with.

The Dress and the View from the master bedroom

The rings on the pages of the Prophet - later to be used as the source of a ceremony reading

My favourite ceremony shot. Deanna hugging her father after they’ve walked down the aisle

Some of the amazing food, flowers, and other details

The Bride

The Groom

Together

The View

The Cake

Congratulations again to you both, from the bottom of our hearts. It was such an honour to be there to celebrate with you!

Kudos to Camilla at Crabapple Floral in Tofino who blows me away each time we do a wedding in Tofino or Ucleulet with her gorgeous work, and to our friends Albertine & Brina from Blue Skies and Daisies who did their magic with invites and website goodies here as well. It was great to see you both! Here’s one final shot of the Blue Skies clan!

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What a perfect day for a perfect couple!

To start - a shot of the dress and ultra long veil

Just one highlight from the ceremony, although I could do an entire post of just that. Held at Ryerson United, Joey’s dad officiated a beautiful ceremony culminating in some heartfelt words delivered to each set of parents before they were officially announced. I don’t think there was a dry eye in the house!

Even before that though, Joey is a musician, and he surprised Rebecca by playing his guitar and singing to her as she walked down the aisle. Swoon!

Hot Hot Hot

The lengthy veil and the clouds at Iona Beach

The happy couple

And two amazing group shots! Rebecca & Joey had let us know they wanted to do some very epic group shots of their huge bridal party, so we made a plan and delivered these two shots. Either would be great up on the wall! I love the first one as an extended panoramic and the casual nature of the scene. The second, I adore the girls and how they are posed together. Stunning!

For our upcoming clients if you want to take some extra time to capture similar dramatic group shots, let us know. We have many ideas!

And, finally, a few shots of the many heartfelt toasts and speaches delivered at the reception at Fisherman’s Terrace!

Congrats Congrats!

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Of course, more than just the 3D movie, we all want to see how it went, right?

It went off without a hitch! Now let’s get to the pics, shall we -

Stef getting ready

One of many details - the sandwich board. I LOVE the sandwich board!

When you get married on Zombiewalk day, you are pretty much obligated to get a photo. Well, you are if you’re into that sort of thing. Having been active Zombiewalk participants in the past, it was only fitting that we plan their session around grabbing a few shots with the zombies.

Reilly and I have been shooting under bridges for years, and we hit up 2 with these guys. The light is amazing and perfect for portraits, and especially for cars. Having shot our ‘69 beetle under this bridge and many others in the past, we knew just where to head with the ‘53 Ford that Kevin just finished! Isn’t it gorgeous?

And one of the bride here too, for good measure

For bridge #2 we ditched the car and climbed a steep hill - for an amazing image that was totally worth it. HOT!

And one more from the same location

And, finally, I’ll finish with my favourite reception detail - the record cupcake towers, handmade by Kevin & Stef.

I haven’t even touched the surface with these guys, so I’ll be sure to share the finished slideshow in a few weeks when all is said and done. I could probably do an entire post of all the guests who’d dressed up as well, not to mention the dancing, but that will all have to wait until the end!

Congrats again, we had a blast. See you both soon!

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Alexa & Gary tied the knot atop Grouse Mountain on Saturday. The kind of people who don’t tend to take themselves too seriously, we had a lot of laughs with them and their crew taking pictures around Coal Harbour before heading out for the ceremony.

Gary seeing Alexa for the first time

The Gorgeous Bride!

The Crew

Gary & Alexa atop Grouse Mountain

The Venue at Night

And then there were the details - oh, the details. I loved the details. Fancy papers and ribbon were hiding if you looked - everywhere from the menu at the bar to the reserved signs on the chairs.  The favours became a game as instead of names they had pictures of each guest, some recent and some not so recent, prompting a game of “where the heck am I?!” for each person as they came in. The cake table was decorated with colour coordinated buttons, mimicing the candy buttons in each cupcake. And, finally, Alexa and her mom sewed the cutest little teabags for her favours out of the coolest fabric I’ve seen in a while. Not a single piece of the decor was your typical wedding fare, and after spending some time with these two I can say that it was exactly perfect.

Cheers!

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On Saturday Sandy & Wes were married! The bouncy castle (yes, bouncy castle!) unfortunately had to be cancelled due to the rain, but despite the forecast the rain held off for most of the afternoon allowing us to head out to Iona Beach for some photos before the evening ceremony, which was a treat. Here’s Sandy out on the beach -

And again before the ceremony, with her bridesmaids at the Hart House

Married!!

Amazing flowers, decor, and cake

The Hart House at night

And the first dance - proof that these two didn’t let the rain outside get them down! We’ve never seen a crowd with more amazing dancers than these two had, and the night was kicked off by a well rehearsed number by the bride & groom.

Sandy & Wes are already well on their way to South Africa for their honeymoon. Congrats again, guys, we’ll see you when you get back!

Kudos to the team at Hart House for the location and amazing food, Unique Boutique for gorgeous flowers and decor, and Cakewalk for the cake and cupcakes! Together you guys put on one heck of a gorgeous wedding!

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This weekend held two weddings and two great engagement sessions for us!

First up on Friday night we met up with Jennifer & Colin at Jericho for a walk on the beach. The weather had threatened to continue raining but held off, allowing not only some great images but an almost empty beach! These two are getting married in August at Brock House, so we’ll be back again soon

And then, after our weddings on Saturday and Sunday (pics to come shortly!), we met up with Marsha and Cuong on Monday morning. They will be getting married next month in Edmonton but were in town for a friend’s wedding, making the perfect opportunity to grab some photos of their own

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Last weekend we travelled to the Sooke Harbour House on Vancouver Island for our 3rd destination event in a row! Rob & Jill travelled there with their close family and friends for their weekend away. What I love most about their choice in location is that it will be the perfect place to escape to for years to come for their anniversaries! The perfect retreat.

A few of our favourites so far - first, the flower girls!

Rob & Jill just after the kiss. I’m standing below them on the path, and Rob is looking out over the ocean. I can only imagine all of the wonderful things he is thinking of as they officially start their life together as husband and wife!

The Champagne Toast!

Portrait of the newlyweds

Walking along the path in front of the Harbour House

And - of course - just a few of the amazing dishes served up by the chefs for the evening dinner.

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