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Taking over U of G with Jess & Craig

Taylor Jackson — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 14:38:12 +0000

Disclaimer – we didn’t really take it over campus. It’s just, well, if you want to find a vacant university campus – go there at 9am on a Saturday. That said, you’ll probably encounter random haggard looking individuals, blasting Yelle – A Cause Des Garçons from their Acura’s (seriously, click that link. You will not be disappointed. Well, click it after you scroll through the photos.)

We had an awesome time snapping some shots as we roamed around a few city blocks worth of green space and historic buildings – even found a (mostly clean) abandon chair! (See below)

I’m so excited for the wedding, you two are so much fun!

Ashley & Ryan | Engagement

Taylor Jackson — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 00:53:51 +0000

Ashley and Ryan are both from Stratford, but decided to come out to Waterloo for their engagement photos. I didn’t even have to tell them about the petting zoo in Waterloo Park (that just so happens to feature goats, llamas, and mini horses)

They were fresh off their Stag and Doe weekend (which put the venue slightly past capacity) and ready for some engagement photos. Here are my favorites

Brad & Erin | Waterloo | Engagement Session

Taylor Jackson — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 18:25:14 +0000

Alright.

So here begins the story. It started out as a simple engagement session in Waterloo, and then we found two large, sealed bottles of alcohol under some shrubs. We are all completely baffled to how these bottles of alcohol ended up under these bushes. They didn’t appear to be concealed, just placed labels up, under some greenery on Erb St right in front of the police station. *shrug*

Oh, and the keys got locked in the Hummer. Not pointing any fingers. CAA was called, and eventually saved the day.

We’ll start with the serious shots, and go from there.

And that’s all for serious shots. Here’s the rest

The discovery.

The product shot.

Smiles only.

Their brand new Ikea living room.

Random facts about their new Hummer:

The doors will probably lock if you get out while the keys are in (pictured above)
The windshield is pretty flat, and will attract a lot of dead bugs on the 401
It can probably drive over my Corolla

Brooke & Hrag | Kitchener / Waterloo Engagement session

Taylor Jackson — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 19:58:39 +0000

I’m back from Vegas! (again) It was a great trip. First I flew to Houston to meet up with Marathon Oil for some corporate stuff. But I’ll get into that on a later post.

Here’s some shots from Brooke and Hrag’s engagement session in Waterloo. They’re getting married at The Pines in Cambridge just a few weeks from now – AND THEY’RE HAVING FIREWORKS. I’m very excited to say the least.

They brought the youngin’ along for the journey – he likes candy.

Now I’m off to photograph a Sunday wedding in Waterloo at Starlight with my good friend Scott Williams.

Janice & Brad | Webster’s Falls, near Hamilton

Taylor Jackson — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 05:00:14 +0000

Websters Falls (Technically it’s in Greensville, Ontario) – I have lived in Ontario my entire life and had no idea Webster’s Falls existed. It’s a beautiful location to shoot photos at, maybe one of the nicest in Southern Ontario.

Here’s one from Janice and Brad’s engagement session:

It was quite the hike down to this location, a winding stone (somewhat sketchy) staircase, to a dirt path that took us a little ways away from the falls. Though, the hike back up was a little more taxing on the legs.

All in all, I’m happy Janice and Brad brought me to this beautiful location. Very excited for their August wedding!

Todd and Eli | Kissing Bridge (aka West Montrose Covered Bridge)

Taylor Jackson — Mon, 25 May 2009 19:08:51 +0000

I’m currently enjoying Kate’s leftover buffalo chicken fingers from Moose Winooski’s yesterday. They’re delicious. There’s just something about their wing sauce that is so addicting. Once upon a time I worked there, and manged to avoid getting a ‘pie in the face’ for a couple years. Other staff members were not so lucky. I was only 14 at the time, so I bussed tables. They gave me this spiffy little headset to communicate with the hostess’ – we were supposed to tell each other when tables were getting up, and when they were ready to go. Instead, we would use them to try and make each other laugh while the other person was talking to a guest.

This concludes my random lunchtime ramble of the day.

On to more important matters – Eli and Todd!
Yesterday we headed out to the Kissing Bridge in…well, West Montrose. (Is there an East Montrose?) The conditions were absolutely perfect, and it was great to finally get out here for an engagement session.

Here are a few of my favorite shots:

There’s just something magical about that last one.

Back to editing photos for me!

Lauren and Chris | St. Jacobs | Engagement Session

Taylor Jackson — Sat, 23 May 2009 15:17:32 +0000

Yesterday evening I headed out to St. Jacobs to roam the streets with Lauren and Chris. They’re getting married at the Clay and Glass Gallery in Waterloo in September. It was a beautiful cloudy day (photographers love cloudy days – the sky is like a big soft box)

For a city that you can walk entirely around in 25 minutes, there’s a lot of photo options. I’ve just started to look through the photos, but here are two of my favorites for now.

Random insert: I had no idea Waterloo (well, St. Jacobs) had a Walmart! I’ve lived here for a good 4 years, and have never heard of it’s existence until yesterday. I’m not saying that I approve of shopping there or anything like that – I just find it funny that someone that lives less than 4 minutes away from this big store…had no idea it was there. Wonder how many other people in the area are in the same boat.

Anyways, photos:

I have a really busy week coming up with kids shoots, engagement shoots, a wedding, and a few other miscellaneous photo duties, but I’ll get through it all!
Next Tuesday I’m off to Houston and Las Vegas (yes, again!) for some photos, but I’ll be back on Sunday to help a friend photograph a wedding at The Starlight in Uptown Waterloo.

Enjoy your weekend!

Nik and Court | Just for fun | Waterloo

Taylor Jackson — Tue, 05 May 2009 14:10:37 +0000

Yesterday I headed out to Uptown Waterloo with Nik and Court. I’m in the process of filming a promo video, and they graciously agreed to be part of it.

We did the usual stroll around town, and got a ton of AMAZING shots. Some of my favorite shots ever, actually.

Here’s 5 of them for now – you’ll see more on my site in the near future

^ Spiderman.

^ Zoolander

So yes, as you can see..they’re a ton of fun. They like to high five.

Distillery District, Toronto with Christina and Tyler

Taylor Jackson — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 00:58:57 +0000

I headed out to Distillery Disctrict in Toronto earlier today with one of my favorite new 2010 couples, Christina and Tyler. They’re getting married at The Fermenting Cellar in May of next year, and I’m so incredibly happy they have chosen me to photograph their wedding day. Their wedding is going to be phenomenal.

Anyways, they’re fun and cute, and here are a few photos from their engagement session:

Jordan & Laura – Uptown Waterloo

Taylor Jackson — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 16:51:32 +0000

On Thursday evening I headed out with Jordan and Laura for a fun little shoot, mostly around uptown Waterloo, with a few stops in Kitchener. Here’s a few of my favorites from the day:

The story didn’t actually start here, this was just my favorite. It was taken on the back step of a Cantonese place in uptown..that bag to the left is full of eaten lobster claws. We were all a little awkward/jumpy around these shells..I’m unsure why.

Train tracks near Victoria Street. We stopped to snag some shots on the train cars, but I liked this the best.

Back to the Cantonese place.

Cliche orange wall.

Opposite the orange wall.

Alleyway behind the Vault.

Sketchy building.

In the parking lot of Home Hardware…what? The lighting was awesome.