Kelly and Eric said their “I Do”s in front of family and friends at the historic “Celebrations” in Lindsay On, in the Kawarthas. https://www.celebrationslindsay.com/
Well, Kelly and Eric, it was a looooong time coming if I do say so myself.

As Kelly’s friend and official family and wedding photographer, I was so happy when I got the call that she was engaged and had officially set a date. Eric swept Kelly off her feet instantly. Kelly and Eric met at a wedding many moons ago. Kelly was there and was expecting to meet someone her friend had set her up with. Instead, she met Eric, danced with him, and immediately got in touch with her friend and told her to “abort mission”.

Kelly knew in that moment…she had found THE ONE. Life is funny that way, or interesting, or AMAZING. But God knows what He does, and these two special, kind, wonderful people met, blended their families together – three girls between them….POOR ERIC! as you’ll see from some of these photos! But, not poor Eric. Anyone with eyes can see the love, and anyone with a beating heart, can feel the love between all of them.

Kelly, as your friend, I am so happy you found your true love, and even more importantly, Eric, you are the luckiest guy on the planet for finding someone like Kelly, but obviously you know that because you married her. SMART MAN!

Just when you think the craziness that was Covid weddings was over, along comes Brandon and Brittany’s wedding! Their wedding venue cancelled on them last minute and of course as anyone getting married can imagine, that threw them into a chaotic spin, just weeks before their scheduled June wedding. But of course when you have a bride and groom destined to get married and an even more determined mother of the bride, not about to let her baby girl’s wedding fall apart, you end up with a beautiful venue called Clearwater Farm, ready to step in and take over. On a gorgeous, hot, joyous June day, as scheduled, Brittany and Brandon said “I Do”, in front of friends and family, who by the way, couldn’t wait to get to the bar and play some Jenga! Game on!

Brandon & Sierra were married last week at the Kingdom Christian Church in Brampton. Sounds like a typical wedding day…but nothing typical about these two. Brandon & Sierra met in their teens/early adulthood through online dating. Their first date seemed to be going awesome and then Brandon, for whatever reason, decided he could possibly make a bigger impression on Sierra by licking her face. And so he did just that. Maybe for any other girl a slap to the face would ensue. But for Sierra who seems just as fun and carefree as Brandon, to her it signified a potential long term match.

And long term it was. After close to 7 years of dating, Brandon finally popped the question. The road wouldn’t be easy, as Brandon proudly serves our military and only gets leave a couple of months a year to see Sierra, his beloved. But when your love is that strong and your faith in God even stronger, mountains can be moved and love can conquer all.

Congratulations Brandon & Sierra.

Please have a scroll down through the photos or enjoy the slideshow to music! Either way, enjoy!

1. Get engaged, pick a wedding date, plan wedding, send out invitations, book vendors for said wedding, book a hall – Columbus Event Centre, buy dresses, get excited.
2. Covid. Reverse. Postpone wedding, call vendors hoping to reschedule, pick another date, call Columbus Event Centre to see if new date is available, shorten wedding attendee guest list drastically, humbly make calls to those family/friends who unfortunately have to be cut from the guest list.
3. Covid again/still . Postpone wedding again, call vendors again, pick another date again, call wedding attendee guest list and cut some more players, buy different dresses because people change within 2 years. (ie flower girl grew!) Pray that the third time is a charm and wedding can actually go off without a hitch.

It does.

In the first week of October, Ian and Sally FINALLY said their “I Do’s”. Surrounded by their family and friends, outside in fantastic fall weather, Ian and Sally may not have had the wedding they had originally planned but regardless they had a wedding of fun, laughter, happiness and love. I can now say congratulations to the happy couple! It’s been a long time coming!

Click this link to watch their wedding day slideshow, or view it below, or scroll through this blog post for some of their photos from their perfect wedding day!

As far as photographing weddings go, it’s been awhile! Feels like forever. But it was well worth the wait. Under a beautiful array of colourful string lanterns, in their gorgeous backyard, Anya and Rocco said I do. Their wedding was followed up by a sparkler exit and bonfire. Intimate is always better and Anya and Rocco nailed it! Congrats to you both.

Vaishakhi and Varun…the wedding that wasn’t…then WAS!! As luck(?) would have it, Vaishakhi and Varun were scheduled to be married in July. And then, BAM, pandemic strikes, and weddings have to be cancelled. All brides and grooms scheduled to be married go into panic mode. I don’t blame them. All that planning and excitement and anticipation. Gone. Poof. With no indication of when things can go back to some normality.

Then the word gets out that gatherings are allowed, we can socialize more, weddings are allowed to be had outdoors and all of this rule making happens to coincide with the month that Vaishakhi and Varun wanted to get married in in the first place. Different date, but same timeframe. So why not. The plans may have changed, but the couple hadn’t. So why not go for it?? And they did. In the midst of the COVID19 pandemic, Vaishakhi and Varun declared their love for each other and I’ve never seen a couple happier then they were on this day!

Day 2 of Michelle and Derek’s wedding took place at Sala Caboto Ballroom, Columbus Event Center in North York. The party continued on from their Hindu Wedding and although the bride and groom may have been partied out from the night before, they didn’t show it! Once again Michelle looked jawdroppingly gorgeous and Derek held his own too! It was a fantastic two day wedding and I was honoured to be a part of it!

Family Photography in Oshawa is never boring when you have a sweet subject like this. Who can say “NO” to this face?!?! Ask her parents cause I surely don’t know how they do! Too cute for words. Having fun in Oshawa Ontario with Family Photography!

What will you decide to do before you get married? Whatever it is, let us capture it!

Friendship is love set on fire. I couldn’t agree more. Michelle and Derek, started day 1 of their two day ceremony with Michelle getting ready at her parents house. It then worked its way to the Vedic Cultural Centre where they would be surrounded by friends and family and engage in traditional Hindu Wedding ceremony traditions. Michelle wore red, a fire burned brightly while Michelle and Derek made offerings to the fire in the center of the Mandap. They then had their garments tied together and made their way around the fire to signify their love born out of friendship.