He ate a giraffe for a little while, and I took some more photos.

We took a lot of pictures in the 30 minutes we were together. He ate some grass, ate some plastic, and attempted to eat his hand. All and all, a successful mission.

Saturday afternoon we headed out to Tony’s Kaufman Penthouse to start the day off.
When we arrived he was spreading some Vegemite on processed cheese, inside of a hamburger bun. This confirms that he is, in fact, a legit Australian. A lot of girls seem to call him out on faking the accent. It’s not fake.

Here’s Katie, for a product shot:

After a few photos there, we headed to the building across the street. It’s sketchy. Really sketchy.

From there..we did the cliche model shoot thing..and got McDonalds. No idea why this happens, but 90% of model shoots that I’m involved in either start or end end at McDonalds.

Oh, Friday afternoon I headed out to the Kitchener skatepark for the first time in ages.

I’m off to Ottawa tomorrow for the day. Driving there, shooting photos for an hour, and driving home. Should be an exciting day.

If you’re getting married here, I want to be your photographer. I love this place.

Updated September 28th, 2009:
If you’ve just come across my blog for the first time ever, check out my little 2009 video:

If you’re looking to book La Hacienda Sarria, you can contact Lara Jack at 519-744-1231 519-744-1231 ext. 2234.

Back to business:

A little bit about the place – It’s a converted factory down at the east end of Union St. in Kitchener, and it’s divided up into 2 sections so far: the house, and the hall. From what I hear you can rent just the hall, or the hall and the house – rent the house if you want even more photo opportunities. From what I understand the back section is to be converted into a ball room sometime in the future. Right now it’s the catering area.

The thought that went into this structure is ridiculous. From finding trees at the side of the road to convert into hard wood flooring, to the converted basement / water storage system that runs the fountains…it’s just over the top in every aspect.

If you’ve stumbled upon this from Google, feel free to check out the rest of my portfolio – www.taylorjacksonphoto.com

(Update: I finally have contact info for La Hacienda Sarria! It’s in the comments section below)

Some photos from Britt and Brad’s wedding at the Hacienda:

Outside at the front.

House entrance

There’s not a lot of information around the web on this venue, but I’m sure your wedding coordinator can dig up anything you need to know. Don’t have a wedding coordinator? Talk to me, and I can suggest one or two.

Kitchener Wedding Photography

Warning: Here comes a slew of disconnected paragraphs.

During the course of the week, three new amazing couples signed with me, and I’m so happy to get to photograph all of their unique weddings. The ideas range for Centre in the Square – to The Children’s Museum, or on top of Talisman Ski Hill (complete with gondola rides) – to the possibility of a wedding in Brazil.
Unique weddings need a unique photographer I suppose.

Tomorrow, I’m doing a trash the dress session with 2 brides. Hint: It involves paint. Lots of primary coloured paint.

Later in the week, it’s off to Las Vegas / L.A. – I’ll bring back pictures, lots of pictures.

I’m getting really excited for Anna & Matt, and Kristen & Josh’s weddings. They’re my two winter couples for December (Dec 20 – Cambridge, and 27 – Niagara Falls). I’m hoping for just a touch of snow, with warm temperatures in the afternoon.

Tonight is my first Saturday off in quite a while (that’s the life of a wedding photographer), and it just so happens to be one of my good friends birthdays. So, in celebration, 18 of us are taking a Hummer limo to Hamilton. I don’t think any specific plans have been made past that. Anyways, happy birthday Andres! (Aka Fes – stemming from a resemblance to Fes from That 70s Show..which just so happened to be his Halloween costume this year)

Oh, I should add a few photos here. This is a photography blog after all. Last weekend I took some photos of Hollie and her beautiful puppy, Jake.

Jake has more energy than any living being probably should. He calmed down for thirty seconds, and I snapped the above. Hollie is a wonderful hairdresser that works at Cowboys and Angels in Uptown Waterloo.

That’s all for today! Thank you for following my scattered thoughts. I’ll get the trash the dress photos up as soon as possible, because I know a ton of people are looking forward to them. My good friend Marshall Angus is coming out to video tape the experience, so you’ll get all the sights, sounds and ..well, I guess no smells, but you probably know what paint smells like anyways.
I called up my brand new 2009 assistant to ask if she wanted to join in the fun tomorrow, but apparently she’s in New York City! Julie and I went to NYC for the Easter Weekend this year, so I will use this an excuse to post a few photos from my travels there.

From atop the Rockefeller Center.

Outside in Greenpoint Brooklyn

Walking across the Brooklyn Bridge in January. Cold.

Surreal water under the Brooklyn Bridge.

Textures.

Leaving from LaGuardia x 2

January, I drove down with KW band named Gran Casino, to photograph their journey recording with Alex Newport (Mars Volta, At The Drive In, System of a Down) in Brooklyn. Over Easter, Julie and I nabbed the last room of an AMAZING hotel room sale, and drove down. 8 hour drive from Kitchener, and it only took my Corolla about a tank and a quarter of gas. Impressive.

Ok, that’s all. I swear. This has been my longest blog to date. My next post will likely come from Toronto’s Pearson Airport.
See you then!

Taylor

Here’s a few quick favorites from the day.

We did a little pin up session that I can’t show yet – but when her site is complete I will post a link.

Taylor

Our first stop was A Fine Romance, a furniture store downtown Preston (Cambridge). They sell a lot of beautiful antique furniture, and were happy to let us shoot some photos there. From there we headed over the GCI, over in Galt, and then to the old train station. Here’s some of the photos we got.

That’s all for now. Round 2 is this Sunday!

I love fall. I wish it was fall all year round. (I guess that would open the whole, ‘you never know how good it is unless you have something to compare it too’ can of worms, but whatever, I like fall.)

Anyways, here’s a quick shot of Jordan from last week. WARNING: this photo is really happy.

The Power Ranger photo?

In other news, my 2009 wedding photography season is really starting to book up, and it’s looking like it’s going to be the best year yet.

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Kitchener Wedding Photographer