Laila contacted me the day before her and Ben’s intimate wedding took place (thanks partly to the urging of our beautiful bride from earlier this year, Kim- thanks Kim!).  I am so happy for them that they opted for a mini photo session near her parent’s home at Horseshoe Bay in the freezing cold (and near darkness) before having their wedding ceremony- the memories of their Christmastime wedding will last a lifetime!

PS- maybe it’s just me and my jet lag, but I keep staring at the BC Ferries photo above, and it looks like it’s moving!

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…

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?

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

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!

Cans For Comments: remember we will be donating one can of food for every comment made on the blog for the next few weeks!  We are already at 45 cans in just a few days!!!

1.  The ceremony began with Andy rowing a boat (against the wind) over to the Hart House.  When I heard about this ahead of time, I thought this was a pretty neat idea, but what made it even better was that it was a surprise for all the guests to see Andy row in!
2.  Once again, Hart House did not disappoint with their unbeatable ceremony site.  It’s one of my favs in the Lower Mainland!  Dramatic and amazing light, even in the last weekend of September!… sigh.

Event Planners: Elements Modern Weddings
Officiant: Reverend Marilyn Knipp
Rowboat: Deer Lake Boat Rentals
Decor: Chantelle at Upright Decor
Makeup: Blo Salon at Four Seasons
Florist: Oasis Flowers
Cake: Slavita from Elements Modern Weddings
DJ: Jeff X Productions

1. Tina and Jason have a very special wedding day- it was the same day of the Kanye West fiasco at the MTV awards!  : )
2. The shoes!  Our rad brides just keep one-upping each other for their think-outside-the-box wedding day shoes!  Not sure if anyone will top Tina’s choice for shoes!   On fire!!
3. Tina’s hair required three curling irons and a straightener.  I think her hair stylist had her work cut out for her that day ; )

DJ: DJ Ivan
Venue: Westwood Plateau

1. I love farm weddings because I don’t have to pay for parking : )
2. There were, um, just a few of my couples at this wedding (see below).  So much radness all in one place!
3. I photographed this wedding all by myself!
4. I just loved loved loved everything about Kristina and Brad’s day. Their creative directed photos simply involved walking around the farm- so laid back but endless opportunities.  This beautiful farm is one of my favorite wedding venues to date- but it’s not available to rent! : (

Some of our super amazing couples!!!!!!!!

1. Jess+Cam, class of August 16, 2008 : )

2. Andrea+Matt, class of June 26, 2009.  Andrea still checks the blog to make sure I’m still good : )  Keeps me on my toes!

3. Chelsea+Leroy, class of November 7, 2009 (goodness, that’s this weekend!!!!!)

4. Allison+Kyle, class of January 15, 2010!

5. and of course Kristina and Brad!!!!!!!!!!

Class of 2030?