Vancouver wedding photographers blog by d'Soleil Studios

Granville Island Winter Engagement Session | Jen + Daniel

Daniel — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 22:51:08 +0000

Jenny and Daniel are having a Brock House wedding in Vancouver this year. For their engagement photo session, we spent a few hours at Granville Island around’s Vancouver False Creek. It may not look like a winter day in Vancouver from the photos, but it was – a chilly, but sunny, afternoon, one of few this past February. It rained the day before and in the days following, but not on the afternoon they picked for their engagement session. It was simply uncanny how they were able to find one of the more beautiful winter days, and plan it all weeks before even knowing. Jenny and Daniel did an amazing job expressing their relationship in front of the camera. I had such a great time creating these photos with them and look forward to seeing them on their wedding day.

Daniel Ha is fast becoming recognized as one of the most creative and trust-worthy professional wedding photographers in Vancouver. You can check out some of his latest photography work here: Granville Island Winter Engagement Session | Jen + Daniel

Swan-e-set Bay Wedding in Pitt Meadows | Anna + Shawn

Daniel — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 07:31:06 +0000

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Anna and Shawn were married this past fall at Swan-e-set Bay Golf Resort in Pitt Meadows, BC, a 45 minute drive from Vancouver. It was a damp day as most Autumn days are in Vancouver, but that didn’t stop Anna and Shawn from celebrating like there was nothing but clear skies and sun. They decorated the venue to the nines and had simple, but beautiful center pieces and a rich gold, brown, and orange color theme (with the brown the orange coming mainly from their wedding favors boxes). I know how busy Shawn and Anna are in their professional lives, so I was blown away by how much planning and work they had put into their wedding. It was clear that every guest was impressed and some even in awe. They held their ceremony indoors due to the light rain, and the location couldn’t have been more perfect – tall windows on two sides of the room and it felt bright and spacious. The wedding photos were taken on the grounds of the resort, and despite the damp outdoors, the wedding party looked happy and comfortable the whole time. Vancouver wedding photographers don’t comment too much about wedding bands, but the band Shawn and Anna chose for their wedding was one of the best I have ever seen. Side One band is a Vancouver based group founded by Ron and Erin (Erin does wedding planning too). I think it was Alvaro who did music for the wedding ceremony, while the whole band played later that evening. The vocals and beats were awesome and got almost everyone out of their chairs dancing that night. No one could resist. They played rock and pop hits that are familiar to just about everyone at the wedding. The band kept the dance floor going til near the end. It was a splendid event and Swan-e-set did an excellent job once again hosting another beautiful wedding. Congratulations Shawn and Anna for such a amazing wedding celebration!

Daniel Ha is fast becoming recognized as one of the most creative and trust-worthy professional wedding photographers in Vancouver. You can check out some of his latest photography work here: Swan-e-set Bay Wedding in Pitt Meadows | Anna + Shawn

Tea House in Stanley Park Wedding on New Years’ Day | Linnie + Nico

Daniel — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 07:15:42 +0000

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Linnie and Nico just moved to Vancouver and now have the distinction of being our first wedding of 2012. Beginning their life together in a new city, they decided to have a New Years’ Day wedding in the most iconic of places, Stanley Park. Their day began with Linnie having her hair and make-up done by the talented Ai Nagasawa, then getting ready at the Westin Bayshore Hotel in a room that offered spectacular views of the the inlet as Linnie put on her white sari dress. Linnie and Nico traveled separately to the Brockton Point Lighthouse in a vintage white Rolls Royce. The weather report had indicated rainy skies all week and we had pretty much expected that was what we were going to get. But Linnie, being the eternal optimist, predicted sun, and that’s exactly what we got. Just as Linnie and Nico finished their vows, the sun appeared through the thinning clouds: it was magical.

After the ceremony, Linnie and Nico held their first dance at Brockton Point and sent photos of the wedding to their families in Berlin, Germany, where they had their own virtual wedding in honor of Linnie and Nico. There were several emotional moments during the wedding, but one of the most memorable was when Linnie read a letter from Nico’s parents welcoming her into their family. We spent the rest of the afternoon taking photos in Stanley Park before retreating to the Tea House in Stanley Park for their lunch reception. The wedding was small and intimate, but everything turned out as perfectly. Videography was provided by Geoff and Naomi from Weddings in Motion Below are just a handful of photographs from their New Years’ Day wedding.

Daniel Ha is fast becoming recognized as one of the most creative and trust-worthy professional wedding photographers in Vancouver. You can check out some of his latest photography work here: Tea House in Stanley Park Wedding on New Years’ Day | Linnie + Nico

And the winner is….

Daniel — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 01:00:11 +0000

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Congratulations to Bailey Grose, who is the winner of our 2011 Comments Draw for a professional portrait session with d’Soleil Photography.

Bailey left a comment on the blog post titled “UBC Thea Koerner House Wedding Vol 2 | Diana + Ryan” and sent us an email to enter our comments contest shortly after.

The portrait session prize includes:

A 2-hr professional on-location portrait session
An DVD archive of high resolution images edited by d’Soleil Photography
And online gallery for sharing the images with friends and family

Once again, congratulations Bailey!

If you would like to enter to win a portrait package in 2012, simply leave a comment on our blog and respond to the reply email we’ll send your way.

The next prize draw will be at the beginning of August and this year and a second draw will be taking place at the end of December 2012 so leave a blog comment and enter for your chance to win!

Christmas in Cabo

Daniel — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 05:32:49 +0000

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This Christmas, we traveled down to Los Cabos for a vacation and visited a number of amazing places. We literally, only saw the tip of the Baja peninsula, touring destinations such as San Jose Del Cabo, Cabo San Lucas, and Todo Santos. Baja California Sur is an amazing place; actually, it’s a magical place – dry dessert surrounded on both sides by two bodies of water, the Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Cortez – The well known “El Arco” is only beach on the planet with two major bodies of water on either side. Try driving on the highway through the cactus-filled dessert while listening to the “Drive” movie soundtrack, it’s pretty trippy.

Spending Christmas in Mexico was quite a strange treat. On the one hand, it’s warm, with blue skies and dessert-like conditions. On the other hand, there are Christmas decorations everywhere to remind you of home and you see people in Santa outfits despite temperatures in the mid-20s. Spending time in Todo Santos was the best part of the trip. It’s about an hour and a half drive from Cabo San Lucas, but well worth the trip to this sleepy artsy town, made famous, in part, by artists such as Charles Stewart (1922 – 2011) and Hotel California (which is famous for some reason, but not really because of the the Eagles song by the same name). We also attempted to do some celebrity spotting, but no luck (although I think I saw Wolf Blitzer at the airport on our way home), maybe next time.

The last few photos are some of my favorites. Liam somehow figured out there was a ice cream parlor in Todo Santos and peeked through the window – That’s actually him trying to pull himself up to take a peek inside Rocco’s. Sophia just had to get him an ice cream bar after that, which he pleasantly enjoyed on a bench just outside the parlor.

Save the Date Engagement Video | Stacey + Brennan

Daniel — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 15:00:05 +0000

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Stacey and Brennan are getting married in 2012, and for their engagement session, we did something a little different. In addition to creating photos, we also captured video of them hanging out at Cleveland Dam in North Vancouver and produced a short “Save the Date” video of their photo session. If you’re interested in doing a ‘Save the Date’ video with us, send us an email and let’s do it! Here’s how Stacey and Brennan’s video turned out:

In fields of gold | Jen + Patrick Vol 1

Daniel — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 05:48:10 +0000

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Who says it rains all the time in Vancouver. Apparently not this past autumn. We had some amazing Indian summer days in late October and Jen and Pat took full advantage of one beautiful afternoon, where we hung out and took these photographs. Jen and Pat are having a destination wedding next year, so they’re going to have plenty of sunny photos to look back on in the years to come. Jen and Pat created a ton of awesome photos and I just don’t know where to begin to show them all. This is just volume one, and there’s more to come.

Celebration Pavilion Wedding | Sam + Simon Vol 1

Daniel — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 05:51:31 +0000

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This set is part one of portraits-2/”>Samantha and Simon’s wedding. They held their ceremony at the Celebration Pavilion at Queen Elizabeth Park in Vancouver and after taking photos of friends and family, we did a photo session at a nearby elementary school where Samantha once worked as a teacher. Their reception was held at Dragon View Restaurant in Richmond, and there will be more photos to come.

Stanley Park Pavilion + Tea House in Stanley Park Wedding | Lindsay + Jason

Daniel — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 05:13:06 +0000

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Lindsay and Jason are two television producers who tied the knot at an intimate wedding celebration this past summer at Stanley Park in downtown Vancouver. The afternoon began with both of them getting ready at the Fairmont Pacific Rim Hotel, located just minutes from Stanley Park. We were in complete awe at Lindsay’s massive hotel suite at the Fairmont, the spectacular views of the north shore mountains just outside her window, and of course, how beautiful she looked that day. Jason got ready just down the hall; showing off some retro styling with his classic black bow tie tuxedo, suspenders, and vintage watch. We later met up at Stanley Park Pavilion for a first look, before riding the limousine around the park for photos. Their wedding ceremony happened in the early evening on the main lawn of the Stanley Park Pavilion. It was a short and intimate ceremony that led to photos with friends and family in attendance and then to a beautiful dinner reception the Teahouse in Stanley Park just steps away from Third Beach.

Daniel Ha is fast becoming recognized as one of the most creative and trust-worthy professional wedding photographers in Vancouver. You can check out some of his latest photography work here: Stanley Park Pavilion + Tea House in Stanley Park Wedding | Lindsay + Jason

Terminal City Club Wedding | Diem + Joe

Daniel — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 19:47:36 +0000

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Diem and Joe celebrated their wedding day in early September at the Terminal City Club. Upon our arrival at the Club, Jani and I were blown away by the classy and opulent decor that Diem and Joe chose for their reception space. We started the day in the President’s room following Erica from White Dahlia Wedding & Events around as she magically transformed the room into a thing of elegance. The striped-black chair and table decor and shiny candelabras that Erica arranged through Absolute Events & Rentals and All Occasions Chic Decor Rentals made the space shine. These objects of old-world opulence, accentuated by touches of red, purple, and fuchsia floral centerpieces, were a feast for the eyes. Diem and Joe chose to do a first look on the patio before we headed off along the West Hastings area for photos with their wedding party. Diem looked amazing with her vintage feather and lace, along with the amazing makeup and hair, and of course her birdcage veil (gotta be my favorite kind of veil). Joe was sporting a black tux and sneakers, which added that little touch of personality to his look. Officiated by Rev. Brent Sheppard, the wedding ceremony on the patio was perfect that evening; the weather and lighting were ideal, as the soothing modern renditions from the string trio carried in the wedding party for a intimate outdoor ceremony against a downtown Vancouver backdrop. The dinner reception hosted by the Terminal City Club staff was fabulous as usual, and we particularly loved the heart-felt speeches that even brought a tear to Joe’s eyes on an occasion or two. The evening continued with dancing, a photobooth, and further celebrations well into the night. Congratulations Diem and Joe on a beautiful wedding!