Herman and Sinan | Sep 26, 2009

Before this summer, I hadn't been to a wedding since I was 6. Then, all of a sudden, WHAM, I think I've been to 10 weddings this summer (assisting/second shooting/shooting etc). Haha, funny how life works out.

Anyway. Herman is actually the only son of one of our family friends. (Hm, hopefully that wasn't terribly convoluted..) He met Sinan at work, in Fort McMurray in Alberta! But his family was here, and hers live in China (and had to travel anyway), they decided to get married in Richmond- on a perfectly sunny and crisp late September date! I was super impressed by all their coworkers who also attended their wedding <3 So sweet.

On to the photos! (Get ready, because there are tons)


The ring bearer- Sinan's nephew. Haha, he had the bowtie on his head :D


Arriving at the church


Before the ceremony, I found a piano. Jackpot! I've always wanted to do a shot like this!


Recessional <3


This cake is quite possibly the best cake ever. It was a mango mousse/ice-cream hybrid...


CAKE CUTTING! I love this moment. (And the gorgeous window light)


The traditional Chinese character meaning double happiness. Ubiquitous at all weddings! Herman's mom tacked the work in the awesome rose wreath.


We didn't have a ton of time for portraits, b/c they had to prepare for the reception. But this one of them with balloons is too cute to pass up!


Also one of those shots that I've always wanted to do.


Oh Herman, you're hilarious. Hahaha. (Completely unstaged photo...)



At the reception, there were tears...


...and laughter


The laughter had everything to do with Herman's dad, getting on stage and doing an AWESOME rendition of an old Chinese song. In disguise and all...
The moment of revelation:


This was a long wedding, but it was also FUN! So glad and grateful that I got to partake in Herman and Sinan's special day. Also, the sunny day was just perfect. It was a super fun wedding, especially since Herman and his dad are such comedians. All the best to the both of you! (Can't wait until they have kids!!)

Kyla and Rahim | Sep 06, 2009

I was supposed to assist/second shoot this wedding, but Jordana texted me at 5am, informing me that she was in the ER due to some gastrointestinal virus... We settled some details, and off I went, to cover this wedding solo (eep)! It was raining in the morning, and I was pretty nervous. But we definitely lucked out for the portraits. It would rain when we were getting from place to place, but the rain would let up when we arrive at a particular destination. It ended up being pretty awesome. Their ceremony was at a mosque- which was a first for me. Portraits at the mosque, Deer Lake Park, Gastown, near Canada Place, then finally the reception at the Executive Inn.


Outside the mosque; since there were these cool columns.


Close up ring/henna shot! So pretty...


I love this candid photo!


There's just enough wind to pick up Kyla's hair. <3 <3 <3 .


Another candid




Favourite!


Who doesn't love cake cutting? ;D

It was a great wedding, it being my first Ismaili wedding and all. :] And it was awesome working with Kyla and Rahim! Hooray on being married!

Chryah | Aug 30th

Again, this is a long time ago ;D But Chryah and I got together and shot her in her old wedding dress :] She happened to be coming to Vancouver for a weekend, so we got together and made it work.

Chryah is amazing; seriously, there is nothing this girl wouldn't do. Climb in a tree? Sure. Sit on a fence? Done. Kick around a soccer ball? Yep. She was a sweetheart to work with :] And we had a blast!

Without further ado, here are the photos:


I loved the wind picking up her hair!


Field of DREAMS. For sure. It was gorgeous! (And a little bit itchy)


What did I tell you? She climbed in a TREE. In a wedding gown! So amazing!


I just loved the light in this one.


:D Reminds me of Anne Geddes babies in flowers.


Yay for twirling!

It was so much fun working with Chryah, since she was willing to do pretty much anything (even in a wedding dress!) What a trooper! Thanks for creating these stunning images with me!

Katie and Carlos | August 15th

Katie and Carlos (my couple from the previous post) got married on Aug 15th at the Burnaby Mountain Golf Course! :D I was lucky enough to share this day with them. It was forecasted for 40% rain, but we lucked out and the weather held out for us. It even got sunny right after the ceremony before we did portraits at Burnaby Mountain Park! They are moving back to France in less than a week, so I edited like mad, and will be able to give them their images before they leave. It was a super fantastic day on the 15th, and I'm super pleased with the Vancouver weather!!

:/ All these images are BACKWARDS (from the order that I uploaded them in). Sorry about that. Haha. The beginning of the day is actually at the end of this post. [still haven't quite figured out how to upload properly right in Blogspot...]


The lovely bouquet!


We did some standard posing, but I thought the owl eyes would be pretty sweet...


The rings. <3 (on a park bench, no less!)


This is when we heard music being played, and they both started swaying to it.


Katie's dress had a GORGEOUS back!


I think I love this shot. The light is PERFECT, and the bokeh is just LOVE LOVE LOVE.





The car ride from the ceremony to the park :)


Haha, Katie's siblings decided to pull funny faces for this hilarious photo!


The very delicious cake! The top/bottom tiers were mocha flavoured, and the middle layer was lemony.








Katie's sister lacing her up.


Katie looking at her dress in the yard.


A really old pearl necklace. I believe it was Katie's family friend's grandmother's... (or something like that...)


Shoes! Hanging out on a window sill.


Katie's sister getting read in the morning.

Like I said, the photos are in the complete OPPOSITE order. Oops. :/ But I had a BLAST that day. Thanks again for letting me be a part of your lovely wedding- Katie and Carlos!