Ryan Ritter (featured above) is one of the coolest guys I know. He was his sisters maid of honor (man of honor?) and changed into this stylish jacket after the reception.

Going to start off with a video of 173 of the photos we took over the 54 minutes we were together yesterday afternoon. Taken in the Distillery area of Toronto.

In case you missed the Honk 4 Love reference:

Hey all – it was just announced that I’ll be teaching at the Awaken Wedding and Portrait Photography workshop in Toronto this March 20th and 21st (2010) alongside of some of the top photographers in the Southern Ontario area.

From the moment this workshop was first conceptualized, the main purpose has been to create an environment for photographers to come together and open their hearts and minds to explore new realms of creativity.

We support photographers wanting to create fresh, heartfelt, meaningful images. We will do our very best to open new areas of consciousness and invite you to break out of established paradigms.

Each of the speakers have been carefully selected based on not only their extreme proficiency in creating outstanding images, but also their ability to communicate their passion, philosophies and beliefs with enthusiasm.

Check out the site! And I hope to see you there. I’ll be speaking on the Saturday.

http://www.awakenworkshops.com/

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.

Before the ceremony we headed out to a beautiful water location along Lake Huron. It felt like a Caribbean location – nothing close to Ontario. After a few minutes with them, we headed to the girls place. The salon / makeup was all done on a full size RV that has been converted into a salon.

From there..we headed back to the lake with the girls….
They said they wanted to go to a place called Lonely Man Island…little did we know that they had to walk there through 2.5 feet of water to get there. The dresses came up, and without warning, they headed into the water. I’ve never seen anything like it, and I’m so happy they chose me to photograph their wedding.

After that, it was off to the ceremony in some classic cars. The rain clouds rolled in for an afternoon sun shower, and it poured until Justine started to walk down the aisle. Such perfect timing.

At some point during our walk, we came across a trampoline, and Justine did a few backflips in her wedding dress.

We had free reign of the city for photos, and eventually headed to The Oliphant Pavilion for the reception. It’s an old dance hall, that had been restored to its original look after years and years.

Here are some photos from the amazing day:

Kate and Colin were married at Hassenland Country Inn up in Zurich, along Lake Huron. I took a shot of the groomsman that really reminded me of an Oceans 12 movie poster…so I attached it here:

We went to the Sunlife Manulife building at the top edge of Kitchener for a few photos – followed by a nice industrial type building. I love that my couples are open to stuff like this!

If you’re getting married in Cambridge, the Hespeler Library is great rain location for photographs. The walls are glass, so there’s plenty of natural light, and there are a lot of nice textures and places to get creative.

Anyways, on to some photographs:

Here are a few images from the day!

I had a blast at Brooke & Hrag’s wedding.

The ceremony was at Hauser Hall in Heidelberg, followed by the reception at The Pines in Cambridge (Preston)

Here’s a quick summary of the day in a random order:

• The guys did some shots at Wilfong and Son gas station out in Doon (Kate’s great grandpa + grandpa’s old gas station)
• Kate did makeup for Brooke, her sister, and a few other girls.
• Hrag has a spiffy new watch
• Brooke has a spiffy new sound system that features Jai Ho
• The girls got ready at the Waterloo Hotel in uptown (near Symposium)
• Their reception had a full length firework display.
• We ran a photobooth, and printed/framed 5x7s for the guests. (Thanks for helping, Marshall Angus)
• The entire day was amazing.
• I’m so happy they chose me to document their wedding day.
• They’re in Paris right now. Lucky.

Alright, on to some pictures:

Hauser Hall in Heidelberg

The Pines, Cambridge