Leilani & Stephen {Wedding Day} Westwood Plateau

Finally I have a tiny bit of time to reflect on the past 5 months and start putting up some wedding photos!

We start on May 1 - the first summer wedding of the year and I'm asked by my friend Cathy who's a photographer in San Francisco to take photos at the reception of her friend Leilani and Stephen in Vancouver. You see, Cathy is a superwoman. She's a talented photographer (http://www.ckamphotography.blogspot.com) who moved to San Francisco for her regular job. I don't see her too often but when I do it's endless hours chit chat on life and photography. Cathy was also super pregnant, almost 8 months at that time so she photographed the first 8-9 hours and I photographed the reception portion. Yup, she is indeed a superwoman.

Leilani and Stephen's reception was held at Westwood Plateau Golf & Country Club in Coquitlam and the night was filled with love and tons of kids! All the details were amazing as everything was handcrafted to perfection and each child had a personalized gift at their seat that kept them busy, which I'm sure was great for their parents. The night was capped off with a hilarious game of musical chairs with a twist which got quite competitive and it was won by the beautiful bride herself :)




yumminess in a cup

amazing handcrafted details

Mommy to be and photographer Cathy and hubby Randy... now proud parents of baby Tyler born 6 weeks after the wedding!




All children had a personalized bag of gifts and toys from Leilani & Stephen...boys supporting their new shades






Congratulations to Leilani & Stephen!

Wedding Season Updates!

Happy Fall everyone! I thought I'm due for a quick update as I feel like I'm neglecting my little blog.

Wedding season is officially over and what a great and at times crazy wedding season it has been! I've met so many wonderful brides, laid back grooms and the nicest wedding parties, worked with so many awesome videographers, DJ's, limo drivers, musicians and makeup artists and early in the wedding season I had the chance to assist 2 extraordinary photographers whom I adore.

Here's a summary of my wedding season:

-my longest wedding day was 16 hours long
-the largest wedding I photographed had 400+ guests
-the funniest wedding game I've ever seen is the twisted musical chairs game and the bride won, and the most unique thing I saw was the grand entrance of a Yoshi mascot
-we had 11 glorious days of weather and only once did it sprinkle for a few minutes
-did my first destination wedding on the Sunshine Coast surrounded by complete serenity

I'm looking forward to sharing many of these photos on my blog and as well on my upcoming website (crossing fingers & toes!)

I'm finishing up on the post processing of the last couple of weddings now and I have one more wedding for 2009. I've started booking prime summer dates for 2010 and I'm definitely looking towards another great wedding season!




Photo of the stunning Ingrid during bridal preparations.

Leona & Tom {Wedding Day Sneak Preview}

Here's a quick preview from the beautiful wedding of Leona & Tom from last Saturday.

Hope you guys are having fun on your honeymoon in Spain!




This weekend I'm going up to Sunshine Coast to photograph a very intimate wedding... my very first destination wedding!

Leona & Tom {Engagement Session}

Leona & I started emailing each other about 9 months ago and I finally got to meet her and Tom in February. We talked literally for hours...I felt like I've known her for years. Poor Tom didn't know what he had gotten himself into as he was with two very giggly girls that day.

So fast forward 7 months and here we are 2 days before Leona & Tom's big day. I want to share their engagement photos which we took in Steveston, a day that was filled with laughter and fish n'chips.

Ingrid & Kaizad {Wedding Day Sneak Preview}

Just a sneak preview from Ingrid & Kaizad's special day....

Ingrid & Kaizad {Engagement Session}

I met Ingrid & Kaizad through a friend of a friend of a friend of a friend and I find out that Ingrid and I live only a few minutes apart! Weird how these things happen.
Here are some photos from their engagement session back in July. Their laid-backness is contagious and their love for each other is simply undeniable.

I will be photographing their wedding tomorrow and I'm so happy that Ingrid and Kaizad are going to get great weather!

Happy Back to School?

I never know if back to school time is a happy time or sad time for parents...

Happy Back to School everyone to all the kids and teachers out there!