Simon & Polly - to
be married on May 27, 2012 After this couple met when Simon was invited to Polly's Christmas dinner
in Hong Kong, they had kept in touch for many years via Facebook,
long distance calls, and many many postcards, which are featured is
some of the photos below. They are now together in Calgary and
inseparable. They are seriously the cutest couple and it was
such a blast to photograph them!
The shoot started in
the late afternoon on one of the last warm days of fall. Polly
envisioned her perfect engagement session to take place out in
nature with horses, so I organized a ride with
Okanagan Stables up
at Heartland Ranch.
I photographed a wedding at this location many years ago and have
been to a couple of concerts there as well, so I know the area very
well and had a vision of the beautiful images I could create at
sunset on the bluff overlooking the Okanagan Valley. After an
introduction to their horse Remington or 'Remi' for short, we headed
out across a beautiful golden field with Simon leading Polly on the
horse. Simon brought along his Polaroid camera and shot many
pictures of Polly riding and self-portraits of the two of them shot
at arms length. I seriously love goin' old school with
photography and really appreciated the unique quality of the shots
that Simon captured. Katherine set up a special picnic for
the sweet couple including a bowl of fresh organic strawberries,
French lemonade, and European chocolates from
Annegret's Chocolates;
suitable as Polly works at a chocolate shop in Calgary and dreams of
opening up her own pastry shop someday. The shoot ended off with an
incredible sunset that exceeded my expectations and I am thrilled
about the portraits that I created.
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This beautiful
collection of pictures is a small testament to their amazing love
for each other. I am so excited to photograph their
traditional Chinese tea ceremony at their wedding in May and look
forward to getting to know them more.
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Jen & Don - married on
October 1, 2011 Living in one of Canada's driest climates, we were a little
shocked to see how much it rained on the first Saturday of October. We were expecting a little rain here and there but no, it
rained...relentlessly...the entire day; however, our fabulous and
brave couple from Calgary embraced it. Don, his best man, and
future brother-in law started the day, old school, with a straight razor
shave downtown at Kelowna's coolest barber shop, Plan B.
After
getting ready with Jen and her maid of honour, we headed off to West
Kelowna to capture their First Look at Gellatly Nut Farm. Being
optimistic, we convinced ourselves that the large numbers of trees
were going to protect us from the majority of rain, but really it
was wet and we all looked on in amazement as Jen elegantly
maneuvered her way through the rain in her Christian Louboutin
heels. After some drinks at The Cove Resort next door, Jen & Don
bolted off in a vintage white Corvair convertible to Summerhill
Winery for their ceremony and reception. Their ceremony commenced in
the pyramid at Summerhill Winery, which was lit with hundreds of
candles amidst the barrels of organic wine. We love the pyramid and
the beautiful limestone that lines the inside hallway. It totally
exudes an old world ambience steeped in mystery. After the ceremony,
the couple ventured outside to saber some champagne, Napoleon style,
with a sword. And OMG, Jen totally rocked it on the first try (see
image below). Escaping the rain, we headed back into the pyramid
with the two of them for a series of candlelit portraits. Before the
reception, we quickly took some images in the intense rain and
impeding darkness around Summerhill's property. Although
challenging, we created some dramatic images. At one point the rain
and darkness was so intense that I couldn't see what I was shooting!
As we entered the reception, I think
we were all relieved to be out of the rain and immediately were
greeted by their family & friends and the warm smell of candy apples
that they made for their guests. Jen & Don totally wowed us on the
dance floor with their super fun moves and got everyone groovin'.
A beautiful, exhilarating day! Congratulations Jen & Don! We hope
your
mini-moon in San Francisco was filled with awesome times and
adventures!
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