I met up with Jenn and Christian for a morning shoot a few weeks back. We started the shoot off at Hiawatha Highlands on the Red Pine trail, it was a gorgeous morning to be out, the trees were all nice and green and the temperature was perfect, it wasn’t too hot and not too cold. This sounds like the perfect situation for shooting and it seemed like it for the first five minutes and then it happened. No matter where we were, we were getting attacked by killer mosquitoes. Jenn and Christian were starting to swell up from the bites and my hands started to bleed. It wasn’t a pretty site and it’s kind of hard to look like you’re enjoying yourself when you’re swatting at the bugs every few seconds. After enduring enough of the attack we decided to move the shoot to the Sault’s downtown core, we hit up some of my favourite little spots and even took a little refresher at Dish.

Thanks for the great morning guys, can’t wait for the wedding next year.

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Here’s Mel and Ryan, we got the great surprise of the first spring snowstorm to make its way through the Sault. For me, I found the actual day quite nice and warm and was contemplating shooting it sans coat; Mel and Ryan however found it cold and commented that it was the coldest day they’ve probably experienced all year. This is what you get when you have spoiled BC weather couples. Okay I’m jealous a little.

Mel and Ryan were up for anything and humoured me when I came up with some of the crazy ideas that I usually think of during a shoot. They also didn’t mind the fact that it seemed like everyone who was downtown on that day knew who I was and stopped and talked.

Thanks for the fun morning guys and see you when you’re back in town for the wedding.

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One thing that I really love about shooting weddings is that even though they are generally “the same” with ceremony/pictures/reception/food every single one is different in the way they approach that concept. What makes them even more unique is when the bride and groom attach their personalities directly to the entire theme of the events happening. If you remember from Mary and Steve’s engagement shoot they brought a couple of ukes along and I said they were into music; they took that to the next level for the wedding. I’m not even going to try to name the instruments that were out and being played by pretty much anyone in attendance but it made for one awesome day. Music was involved so much that Steve himself (along with some accompaniment) played Mary down the aisle. That’s right ladies; Steve was at the bottom of the aisle behind the cello playing while Mary was escorted down by her father. Throughout the reception as well different groupings would hop onto the stage and bust out into another song which created an enjoyable atmosphere for anyone there.

My safety was put at extreme risk during Mary and Steve’s first dance and memories of when I was probably between 5-10 came flying back. Traditionally (locally anyway, I’m not sure how far the tradition spreads) at an Italian wedding during the first dance money is thrown at the bride and groom for good luck, all of the children in attendance then rush the dance floor and collect the money. Kids don’t look for photographers when there is money on the line and ripe for the picking.

Thanks for such an awesome day guys and for putting up with the rain any time we tried to go outside!

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