Thank You ~ Cans for CommentsDecember 20th, 2009 | Full PostThanks so much to all you wonderful folks who made some very fun blog comments to help fuel a donation of $328 to the Greater Vancouver food bank! That’s $984 worth of food because of the food bank’s 3:1 food buying power!
Happy holidays everyone! We are off-line to spend time with friends and family (and a little trip to Paris) from Dec 21-Jan 4. |
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Thanks so much to all you wonderful folks who made some very fun blog comments to help fuel a donation of $328 to the Greater Vancouver food bank! That’s $984 worth of food because of the food bank’s 3:1 food buying power!
Happy holidays everyone! We are off-line to spend time with friends and family (and a little trip to Paris) from Dec 21-Jan 4.
Langley Banquet Centre Wedding: Chelsea and LeroyDecember 19th, 2009 | Full PostChelsea and Leroy hail from the gang of 6 couples whose weddings I have had the honor of photographing (or soon will be photographing) in recent times. It’s now come to the point where I know who the parents, grandparents, siblings, and children of many guests are- thanks to speeches, dinner table chit chat, and friendly guests who now recognize me. It’s so fun to see how each wedding is different, and it keeps me on my toes to make sure each have a unique experience yet still get the consistent results they are hoping for. Chelsea and Leroy’s wedding was perfecto from start to finish. Dark and rainy day? No problemo!
Congrats Chelsea and Leroy! We’ll see the gang again in January and in May! This is the last blog post for Cans for Comments! Thanks to your efforts, we have already had 149 comments since we announced C4C a few weeks ago! We just learned that the food bank has 3:1 buying power, meaning if we donate $2 to the foodbank, they can purchase $6 of food. So rather than us supporting walmart or costco by purchasing their food to donate, we’ve decided to donate $2 per comment to the food bank. Each comment you make is going to allow the Greater Vancouver Food Bank to purchase $6 of food! Last chance to BRING IT ON! Cut off is midnight, Saturday Dec 19. I know some of you are disappointed that we don’t get to make Mark carry a carload of cans to the food bank, but maybe if I exchanged the $300 cash into 30,000 pennies that might be more interesting? If only I had more time on my hands… |
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Chelsea and Leroy hail from the gang of 6 couples whose weddings I have had the honor of photographing (or soon will be photographing) in recent times. It’s now come to the point where I know who the parents, grandparents, siblings, and children of many guests are- thanks to speeches, dinner table chit chat, and friendly guests who now recognize me. It’s so fun to see how each wedding is different, and it keeps me on my toes to make sure each have a unique experience yet still get the consistent results they are hoping for.
Chelsea and Leroy’s wedding was perfecto from start to finish. Dark and rainy day? No problemo!
Congrats Chelsea and Leroy! We’ll see the gang again in January and in May!
This is the last blog post for Cans for Comments! Thanks to your efforts, we have already had 149 comments since we announced C4C a few weeks ago! We just learned that the food bank has 3:1 buying power, meaning if we donate $2 to the foodbank, they can purchase $6 of food. So rather than us supporting walmart or costco by purchasing their food to donate, we’ve decided to donate $2 per comment to the food bank. Each comment you make is going to allow the Greater Vancouver Food Bank to purchase $6 of food! Last chance to BRING IT ON! Cut off is midnight, Saturday Dec 19. I know some of you are disappointed that we don’t get to make Mark carry a carload of cans to the food bank, but maybe if I exchanged the $300 cash into 30,000 pennies that might be more interesting? If only I had more time on my hands…
I LOVE the shot through the car window with the reflection of the umbrella. Gorgeous!!!
Wow! You have outdone yourself again Leslie and Mark! I LOVE all of them!! Getting pinched by my zipper!! Me and the girls, the milkshake shop!! Amazing!! You are the BEST and cant wait to see the rest of them!! 
….Kristina is going to love you for her speech shot!! hehehe
That car shot is unreal!!
Leslie, your photos are just incredible!
Ya I was all excited to see them, like, “maybe I’ll be in some of them!” and then I was…and it wasn’t pretty!!!! Hahaha. Leslie, we love you and definitely look forward to seeing you again! I always love your ring shots and how they’re always so unique!
Absolutely beautiful! I love the expressions you’ve captured, Leslie! Everyone looks like supermodels!
Leslie and Mark….you are so amazing, I love all the photos, they are truly beautiful!Looking forward to seeing many more. The ceiling in our hall looks so gorgeous, the way your eyes capture all those details and angles and make everything look so romatical! You are famous in our eyes!!!
Incredible work!!! Gorgeous gorgeous gorgeous. That shot of the bride in the car took my breath away. Stunning. You really outdid yourself this time Leslie!
WOW! Amazing as usual! Leslie your work is phenomenal! I can’t wait to see the rest!
brilliant photos!!
What a beautiful ring!
The diner shots are so retro-cool =)
that is a very pretty dress
Halloween Wedding!!! Lianne and CorinDecember 17th, 2009 | Full Post1. The shoes need I say more?
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1. The shoes
2. The coat
3. The purse
4. The weather
5. Lianne’s frilly behind (of the dress, that is!)
6. The wedding party and amazing flower girl
7. October 31 at Heritage Hall
need I say more?
Is it okay to say that it looks like an awesome wedding when it is your own?
LOVE THE PICTURES!!! LOVE, LOVE, LOVE IT!!!
And I love that our rings are on the butter! The textured butter made me giggle most of the night!
Also, you guys totally rock. You worked your butts off to make us look good.
We love you guys!
The harmful fumes has to be the thankyou card. Love them!!
TOTALLY wicked BW shot and the fume one LOL!
This is fantastic – love all the images….
this looks fun!
OMG… for real!!?? I SO wanted a Halloween wedding but Heritage Hall was already booked!! Now I know who!!
GREAT shots- as always- LOVE them!
Haha Joanna I somehow thought you knew about this wedding- Hans was at this one too so you have mutual friends
Joanna, Hans told me before Halloween that you had looked into it. Sorry! Your pictures look wonderful too though! Hans has now been in 3 of the Sakura weddings!!
Lianne, BEST accessories seen on the blog yet. I adore the shoes.
Looks like such a fun wedding! I LOVE the black & white shot of the couple’s silhouette under all the trees
Hans can be the Sakura spokesperson Great photos! Loved the flower girl!! the wedding cake looked amazing. That sillhouette shot is fabulous!
Steph – Fluevogs baby, Fluevogs all the way.
And I might add, so comfy my feet didn’t hurt until 1/2 and hour before we left the Hall.
Gastown Wedding: Judy and DerekDecember 11th, 2009 | Full Post1. This isn’t something I’d normally say for a wedding, but I love how serious and stressed Derek looked before the ceremony- those are some of my fav pics : ) But the stomach butterflies went away immediately after he saw Judy coming down the aisle and the ceremony began.
SDE by Love Story Media of Judy and Derek’s wedding can be viewed here |
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1. This isn’t something I’d normally say for a wedding, but I love how serious and stressed Derek looked before the ceremony- those are some of my fav pics : ) But the stomach butterflies went away immediately after he saw Judy coming down the aisle and the ceremony began.
2. This was our first New Kids on the Block themed wedding (will there ever be another?) Their custom wedding guestbook I designed for them had page headers prompting guests with questions such as: “Which is a better boy band: New Kids On The Block or N’SYNC?” and their first dance was NKOTB too!
3. Wedding ceremony, tea ceremony, and cocktail hour was held at Social at le Magazin! I love the alleys of gastown- this is the one and only time you’ll ever see a family formal pic posted on this blog- best location for a family formal if you ask me! : )
4. I think Derek and Judy hired us because I use ‘rad’ and ‘awesome’ in my vocabulary a lot. I knew that would get me somewhere in life! Ha!
SDE by Love Story Media of Judy and Derek’s wedding can be viewed here
wow, wicked pics leslie. I love the couple in the alley shot! They look like such a fun couple. v. cool
These photos are totally amazing!!
OMG.. an NKOTB Themed wedding.. now THAT is original!!
As always, beautiful!!
nothing but love for your guys’ work. its amazing as always!
and thanks for donating cans!! xoxo
So was the sneaker dance their first dance? I love it!
Beautiful photos as always Leslie! I cannot wait to see mine =)
yes part way through their first dance, they changed their shoes and busted out the nkotb!
rad! rad! rad! yeah – you caught groomzilla trying to over the steps in his head to the nkotb song
judy and i love it. the alley photo is awesome!! thanks so much leslie – sakura is rad-squared!
You guys are amazing. I just found you on google while looking for some inspiration, and you are going on my stalk list!!
You really brought the heat on this one Leslie! Congratulations… wonderful shots ALL of them!
Love the couple pictures, especially the one where they’re standing in front of a wall of pictures. What a great backdrop you found!
gorgeous pics!!!! i absolutely love that green dress!
Amazing photos guys!!! So happy for you both… i can’t seem to find the videos though, where are they?
Newborn Baby MatthiasDecember 7th, 2009 | Full Post
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I want his hat!
Love the first pic!!!
My day was just made with the first pic…love it!!
Uhm, wow!! I love these photos, especially that first one!
love the pics!! thanks Leslie!
What a cutie!
incredible.
What a sweetheart! Love love love the first shot!!
Love the little hat! Did you knit it Leslie? Adorable photos.
most knitted stuff is from etsy.com !!!
Oh my cuteness! *__*
love the hat!
That first one has got to be the cutest baby picture I have ever seen!
Are you kidding me? That teddy bear hat is ridiculously cute! Love these!
Cute baby! Cute hats!
Precious!!
Newborn Baby KaiDecember 7th, 2009 | Full PostJust over one month old!
And a proud family member : ) Don’t forget Cans for Comments! For every comment on the blog, one can of food will be donated to the food bank! |
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Just over one month old!
And a proud family member : )
Don’t forget Cans for Comments! For every comment on the blog, one can of food will be donated to the food bank!
The proud family member looks peckish…
great pics!! his expressions are priceless!!
So sweet!!
soooo cute, I can’t wait to meet him in person!
that little spread of Kai is soooo adorable!
Could these pictures BE any more cute!!??
Congrats!
He is absolutely beautiful!!!
Such a beautiful boy – but where are the pictures of Mama and baby?!!
ask Mama where they are She’s blog shy, but I assure you she was lookin’ awesome in the photos!
He’s gorgeous guys! great pictures.
Thank you so much Leslie for the pics. We love them and are so glad we got you to take them. I LOVE the shot of Kai’s face, and daddy looks like a “yummy daddy” .
awwwww! Such a little cutie!
You have a right to be proud. Beautiful.
Karla and EricDecember 7th, 2009 | Full Post
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Love the sky in the third picture!
I just love the quality and beauty of your photos!
Wow! Thank you Leslie and Mark! I’ve been following your blog for so long now, it’s so weird to see US on here!!! Thank you so much! We had such a good time with the both of you
I love the 3rd pic. Such a contrast between the stormy sky and their calm demenor.
these are awesome!!! LOVE LOVE LOVE that 2 & 3
Jennifer and ChrisDecember 7th, 2009 | Full Post
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She’s got fantastic eyes.
ooh, I love that last shot Leslie…v. cool.
Beautiful, love this location…hint hint, haha!
Awesome location, great images. Like the processing too!
holy craaap – there’s something so soft and wild about these. love them.
Heritage Hall Wedding: Joanna and JordanDecember 4th, 2009 | Full PostJoanna’s smile is contagious, so I thought I’d share some of the many smiles from this wedding! : ) : ) : )
Yup, you guessed it : )
Joanna’s sis, Kate, was the one responsible for Joanna sending me a giant checklist of my ever-favorite “questions to ask your photographer” (the largest questionnaire I’ve ever seen of this kind), so as retaliation, here she is folks! The questionnaire forgot to address embarrassing blog photos!!! ahahahahah we love ya Kate!
Congrats Joanna and Jordan! Don’t forget Cans for Comments! One can of food for every comment left on the blog in the next few weeks will be donated to the food bank!
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Joanna’s smile is contagious, so I thought I’d share some of the many smiles from this wedding! : ) : ) : )
Yup, you guessed it : )
Joanna’s sis, Kate, was the one responsible for Joanna sending me a giant checklist of my ever-favorite “questions to ask your photographer” (the largest questionnaire I’ve ever seen of this kind), so as retaliation, here she is folks! The questionnaire forgot to address embarrassing blog photos!!! ahahahahah we love ya Kate!
When will I ever stop the teasing!?!! I have gotten to know Kate a bit since the wedding, and I think she’ll actually like those two air guitar photos : )
Congrats Joanna and Jordan!
Don’t forget Cans for Comments! One can of food for every comment left on the blog in the next few weeks will be donated to the food bank!
WOW!!!! I have been blog-stalking you for months now and I am so happy that I happen to be working a night shift and checking my google reader at the exact moment that you posted this blog!
I am blown away by these pictures — I know that my brother and Jo will be, too! You were such a pleasure to be around. Your retaliation to Kate is classic! Can’t wait to see the full set!!!!
I scoured my e-mail looking for the questionnaire. I thought it would be fitting to dedicate one post per question – I figured that would equal enough cans to feed an army. But alas, it is lost. So I will do my part by starting the conversation: My fave is the one of Joanna leaving the church with her arm/bouquet in the air. It’s so like the LaRues to strike random poses like this when we’re happy, sad, tired, frustrated, annoyed, amused and just generally any time that we are breathing. But all jokes aside, Leslie and Mark, you brought the heat. Thanks!!!
OMG!!!
I don’t whether to laugh or cry. These are better than I could have ever expected. Thank you x a million.
Love the pictures – it was an incredible day and I was honoured to have been able to share it with you.
Hugs
Steph forwarded me to check out what you did for her brothers wedding and these photos are absolutely beautiful!
WOW!!! amazing photos, as expected brilliant work!! So many special moments captured…loved the ice cream pics!!!!
OMG this is the giggliest bride ever! She is so cute! Love the Tide stick shot
LOVE the red & white theme! Joanna sure looks like she’s having fun, too!
Beautiful wedding! Love the blue wall and bright graffitti! And that candy looks soo good!
It’s really a contagious smile! Beautiful pics, Leslie ! Love love love your embarrassing pics!
WoW these are great photos. Love the ice cream ones.
Everytime I look at these, I see something new and wonderful.
I shoudl note that these photos are very true to Jordan’s personality as well.
Note:
Picture # 3- He is stealing my food.
Picture # 11- He is looking at my boobs.
And I don’t know how to describe that “OMG, look at all that Candy” look on his face in the Candy Buffet montage.
My sis said it best, you guys TOTALLY brought the heat!!
Incredible…The wedding day was special-no question-but what you have captured…can make anybody well up again to relive the magic. It was beyond a pleasure working with both of you during Jo & Jo’s celebration. I am looking foward to seeing you both in the near future and I wish you every success during your 2010 wedding season…
WOW, WOW, WOW – I just can’t stop saying that!! Leslie and Mark you two are not just outstanding photographers, you are artists! A fantastic day forever memorialized – Thank you
Love the sister pictures, so priceless! You captured so many happy moments here. I am still stalking your blog!
being able to eat ice cream on your wedding day is totally worth a tide to go pen touch up! great pic!
yay for making a difference this year!!! we’re on the can wagon too
Fun wedding!
That bride has the greatest facial expressions ever! The wedding looks really fun and you really captured the spirit of it. Also, yay for cans!
wow! what a joyously happy bride! awesome captures! love that pink wall! (:
GREAT photos. I can tell it was a fun wedding!
I have been sitting in the library for the last 6 hours, trying to put final touches on an Event Planning project for BCIT when I stumbled upon your site. Your photos are stunning, and have brightened this gloomy library setting beyond words.
Thanks for sharing all these spectacular moments.
Wow. Congratulations on the wonderful number of comments and a terrific donation to the food bank. Have an amazing time in Paris! (Can you see me glowing green with envy??)
Happy Holidays girl! Paris? Have a short travel and a long stay
xoxo
Merry Christmas Leslie! Take some great shots in Paris!
That is so fantastic. Great to see donations instead of just cans too! Hope you’re enjoy your “little trip”!
Happy 2010 and have a wonderful time!