My heart leaps at the word theme – anytime anyone pulls together something a little different, you know it’s going to be a good time. And, for this UBC Boathouse wedding, the theme was Carnival – and pulled off perfectly. Goldfish topped each table, there was a (semi-successful) balloon drop during the first dance, and the balloons and theme-specific candy table rounded out the room.

The scene was set for everyone to have a great time – and that they did. It’s easy to capture images of everyone laughing and enjoying themselves when the night is as fun as theirs was!

We haven’t seen everything from these two as we’ve got a second shoot planned for a day that’s *not* pouring rain, so we’re looking forward to getting to more portrait time in a few weeks. For now, enjoy just a few of our favourites!

There’s always so much I could focus on when I pick photos to blog – in this case, the awesome flowers (by Flower Factory) and decor (love the pink accents and colour everywhere!), the memphis style BBQ cooked on-site and served up with bibs and wet wipes for fingers courtesy of Memphis Mike, or our friends at Photobooth Vancouver (for the photobooth, of course!) and Lotus Events for awesome coordination to bring it all together. I could talk about how Shari joined us on the Blue Olive side, and I could even get into the fact that we are SUPER ECSTATIC that she’s an official Olive for the upcoming season so you’ll all be seeing a lot of her stuff. While I COULD talk about any of those things, I always go back to the same thing – we’re there for the people. And the moments. And the smiles, and the laughter, and the tears, so the rest of it is secondary.

So – with that – I bring you just a few of the happy, celebrating people that made up this reception. Regardless of how amazing the room looks and how much goes into the flowers and favors and chair covers and whatever… while we capture all of that too, we’re there to freeze the laughter and joy of happy celebration for years to come, so that’s what I’m sharing today. Cheers to you all!