Megan and Andre get official credit and recognition as being my first couple who brought a wardrobe change along for their engagement shoot. In hindsight, one can possibly say that the idea of the change may have been a little silly but who is really able to predict that heels just don’t work on a snow covered path on a nature trail in the middle of a Sault Ste. Marie snow storm? As a plus we were able to say hi to the nice couple who were snowshoeing.

One of my favourite moments of shooting engagement shoots is when the couple actually becomes comfortable with you there and start acting how they normally act with each other. You are able to capture moments that they aren’t even aware that are happening.

After our mini-adventure at the Soo Canal we headed downtown to get a more urban feel for our shots. We started out behind Loplops on Queen St, made our way onto Queen then into some back parking lots and alley ways to find things that interested us.

Megan and Andre were great throughout the day. Even if Andre became extremely cold he persisted on. They were willing to do any of the ridiculous things I asked of them without even questioning me or telling me that I was completely nuts and there was no way that they’d do it. This included walking through about two feet of snow to get to the fire escape seen in the shot below.

As a back story to the next shot I just had an idea for it as we were walking. Knowing that Megan and Andre were already up for all of the dumb ideas I was having during the day they ran with it. The premise was that we were reprising the shot from The Notebook – now this was hard for Andre and myself as we never ever ever saw the movie – sports or something was on when it was out. The first alley we turned down had the graffiti on a wall seen in the shot. Andre joked about shooting it there so we did.

Megan and Andre were simply awesome throughout the day. They rolled with the good and disregarded the bad. They humoured me and went along with any of the off the wall situations I wanted to put them in and they also offered their own suggestions on what they thought would be a shot that represented them.

I’m looking forward to shooting their wedding on August 1st of this year. It should be a great time and I’m already thinking of crazy situations to put them into.

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Here is a sneak peek into the Dugas-Orazietti wedding shot on December 27. We were all hoping for cool temperatures and a nice snowy day instead we ended up with warm temperatures above 0C which is extremely rare for us at this time of year and a rain, snow and sleet mixture. The day was still awesome however and the bridal party were troopers and ventured out into the elements for some fun shots.

We started early in the morning at the salon with the girls. For any guy venturing into a salon for multiple hours with girls getting ready for a wedding it is a very daunting task. Luckily I’ve known most of them for over ten years as we all went to high school together so lots of laughs were shared.

After the ceremony we drove north to shoot our unformal formals. I semi-guilted Jeannette into heading outside as I just bought a new pair of snow pants and I was already wearing them so they couldn’t be returned. It worked and I think Jeannette and Anthony were extremely happy that we did head out.

From there it was warm-up time and time to head to the reception. Once again the reception was a blast and the hall decorated by Miranda Porco looked amazing and fit the theme of the winter wedding perfectly. I was also able to steal the happy couple away for about 30 minutes where we were able to do a couple of fun shots in the basement of the hall.

To Jeannette and Anthony, thanks for the awesome day and for the laughs through out. As I mentioned above their decorating was done by Miranda Porco, the guys suits were from TipTop Tailors in the Station Mall and girls were hooked up by the Bridal Closet. Jeannette made all the invites and other printed material for the day. She also makes some sweet looking and tasting cakes. You can check her out at Greenleaf Studios (a new site will be coming soon for her I am told completely updated). The Marconi Hall was the location for the reception and the meal was fantastic.

Thanks for the great time to everyone involved.

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To say the last few weeks have been incredible would be an understatement. I shot the awesome wedding of Jeannette and Anthony to close out December, had an amazing engagement shoot with Megan and Andre, I’ve been contacted by a number of new couples and now I finally have my complete website up. Okay there will still be some adjustments here and there but it’s more than the simple one page site that was up before.

In the next few days I will be making a number of posts featuring my most recent work as well as some of the shoots that I did in the last half of 2008. There will also be posts simply about me. I believe a photographer and his couples or families should get to know each other on a more personal level to be able to get the true authentic candid shots that I love shooting.

Feel free to roam the rest of the site (parts are still being perfected and probably will be for as long as the site is running), add me to your RSS feed if you’re geeky and have one of those or just keep checking back here and there for some fun updates. I have some plans up my sleeve and you will want to be around for those, I promise.

I’d like to end this first message on the new site by thanking those who I have already worked with, those who have booked me and who I’ll be working with in the near future, those who are now thinking of booking me, my fellow photographer friends who have supported me (there’s too many of you to name but I’m sure you know who you are) and my girlfriend Jes who has put up with my nutty ideas over the years.

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