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Hockley Valley Orangeville Wedding | Alicja & Ryan | +bridal!

Taylor Jackson — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:56:14 +0000

It seems like forever ago that Alicja and Ryan first booked me for their wedding! It’s been quite the ride – an engagement shoot, photos with their little (killer) dogs, their wedding, and now a bridal shoot! It’s always a pleasure hanging out with them (camera in hand).

Last Sunday I headed out with them for a little pre-sunset bridal shoot – Kate Ostner did hair and makeup, and my buddy Mark did some filming. I edited together this quick little behind the scenes video to show how we got some of the shots. We shot everything within a few blocks in Waterloo. Columbia Lake, the old La-Z-Boy factory, and back to Columbia Lake for the final minutes of the sunset.

The first few shots (and video) are from the bridal shoot, and the photos shortly after that are from their beautiful October wedding at Hockley Valley in Orangeville.

Leave a comment if you’d like! I’d love to hear from you.

Now onto their wedding images! – Hockley Valley, in Orangeville.

Andrew Sorlie from http://www.sorliearts.com/ was there to capture video of the wedding day!

Check out their amazing wedding cake!

Getting the party started.

Parking Garage Trash the Dress

Taylor Jackson — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 07:51:46 +0000

Alright, so the dress didn’t really get trashed – that wasn’t really the intention. The idea was just to make some fun images, in a really grungy dark location.

Trash the Dress Video

Taylor Jackson — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 16:02:38 +0000

So a little while ago, Robyn of Bella Wedding and Event Planning and I did a trash the dress session. Marshall Angus came out and took a little behind the scenes video that I cut together and forgot to post on my blog.

Well here it is!

Trash The Dress!

Taylor Jackson — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 13:46:54 +0000

Trash the dress — The plan? Throw paint at Robyn in a wedding dress.

We shot these less than 24 hours ago, and I was excited to share them, so I stayed up all night editing. (Disclaimer: I did not actually stay up the entire night)

Robyn is a wedding coordinator from Cambridge. She’s not a model, but did an amazing job yesterday! I’m thinking she watched some America’s Next Top Model to get prepare. It’s funny, T.V. can actually teach you things you can apply in real life! (Other than how to run around Amsterdam on go-see’s)

Things started out with a regular little photo session. Then little Olivia painted Robyn’s dress for her. I can’t show pictures of the process just yet, as Olivia’s mom has to approve the photos first.

We shot this all at an industrial building in Kitchener. It was November, and it was cold out, so everything was done inside. 90% of the shots here were ambient light only (no flash), which is my preferred way of working. I just look for good light coming in through windows. Easy.

Marshall Angus videographered the entire adventure, and I’m excited to see what he captured.

Anyways, on to the photos:

This one is my favorite of the day.

Alright, so that was Sunday’s trash the dress session. We have an amazing plan for TTD#2. Oh, and if any of my previous (or future) brides are contemplating this, let me know, and we’ll get some ideas on the table. I want trash the dress shoots have to become part of my weekly photo schedule. They’re so much fun. If you don’t want to use your own dress, with some modifications, Value Village dresses can cut it.

That’s all for now. Look for some photos from my Vegas / L.A. adventure sometime later this week!

Taylor