You may remember Jess and Mike from their engagement shoot posted earlier on the site. I was an invited guest to their wedding but was hired to shoot their reception so essentially I had a half day off and got to enjoy the meal while working! The wedding reception was held in the main banquet hall of the Great Northern Hotel and Conference Centre here in Sault Ste. Marie and everything was perfect. The details were just right, the cake made by Jeannette from Jeannette’s Custom Cakes was awesome (she also made my wedding cake so I might be biased!), and everyone had a great time partying with the newly married couple. Here’s a sample of what we shot that night.

Some shots of the first dance:

Mike “representing the 90s” right after the bridal party full on dance extravaganza:

And then what I have made a custom of mine, I stole Jess and Mike away from the party for a few minutes to get some night shots of them:

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Two weekends ago Elaine, Jason and myself went for a mini road trip north of Sault Ste. Marie towards the Pancake Bay / Batchawana Bay area of Lake Superior. We only had the one day to work with as Jason just became a constable with the RCMP and was being stationed in British Columbia. Because of this we were a little leery of the stormy weather moving through the area but it held out long enough for us to get our shoot in. The shores of Lake Superior are like non-other and provide a great natural environment for shoots.

Elaine and Jason were able to break my streak of getting injured on engagement shoots so high five on that! Although I wasn’t injured I did stand in the freezing late June waters of Lake Superior to get some of the shots. It’s all about getting the shot and if standing in water to where you can’t feel your feet anymore is what you have to do then that is what you have to do.

Good luck in BC guys and I can’t wait to see you again in October!

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Last Thursday Cait and Curt met up with me at the Soo Locks to run through their engagement shoot. We made our way through the Canadian side of the lock and White Fish Island. When I was a kid we used to ride our bikes through the Island quite a bit. The beavers have taken it over now and there is a lot more growth and water in areas where there wasn’t before. It was a nice quiet place with many different opportunities and settings for shots.

Keeping up with what has become tradition on my engagement shoots I injured myself. It wasn’t nearly as bad as when I rolled the ATV but my shin did swell up quite a bit. I also ended up laying in some water to get a shot – I wasn’t planning on laying in water but ended up slowly moving into it.

Thanks for the great morning Cait and Curt and I can’t wait for your wedding at the end of July.

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