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As promised, here is part 2 of the wedding, the details! It looked so elegant and romantic in the old Grenfell Hall on friday. The arrangements were so unique, with the pine branches and white tulips. Like I said before, if you need a florist, check out the bride’s store, Buds & Blossoms in Regina on Dewdney.
On January 1st, I photographed an incredibly chilly wedding to start off the 2010 season. At -30 plus windchill, we only did a handful of outdoor shots. It was impossibly cold, and I’m sure the wedding party was cursing me by the end of it! I’m so glad that you all went along with it though, because you all looked amazing in your wraps! We ended up back at the studio very shortly, and did some shots against my new red kitchen walls! I think they turned out pretty cool.
Because it’s been such a long time between posts for the last little while, I’m going to do quite a few shots from this wedding. The bride is owner of Buds & Blossoms in Regina, Sk. (on Dewdney, near the Pasque hospital), so the flowers were absolutely incredible at the reception. More to come on that in a day or two. For now, here’s a snippet of what we got accomplished that day. 
Well, a season has come to a close. This was my last wedding of 2009, and it was awesome. I was a little worried in the morning when the bride called at 7:30 a.m. to say that there was still a foot of snow on the ground. In a bigger town, I might have been able to scope out some locations that would be usable. Langbank, as anyone who has been there knows, is pretty little. Well, that’s an understatement. Langbank has 3 streets in town, none of which are paved from what I could tell. The mud was thick and the streets were a slushy mess! I love my rural weddings, and this is a cute little town, but the possibilities of shooting outside in that type of weather would have been incredibly limiting! Luckily the snow all melted off by later afternoon, and the sun shone! We went a mile out of town to an old stone church an shot everything in the yard. The wedding party was fun, the couple was fun and the day was fun. It was an great way to end the year’s wedding spree. Congratulations you guys!!
Fun, fun, fun. I had so much fun with this couple and their wedding party. The bride is this totally crazy, hilarious, spunky woman. I got such a kick out of her! And like I said, the wedding party was great too. They made the pictures so enjoyable, even while combatting the less than ideal weather. Thank you for keeping me entertained all day. It was a pretty long day of shooting, but I had a great time. You guys were terrific to spend the day with. Hope Vegas is perfect!
If you’re in or around the Whitewood area, check out this salon, Rustic Funk. They’ve got an awesome space and the hair was gorgeous.
Bustling had to be done, and as any photographer knows, our job go waaay beyond just taking pictures. The lovely Marcy Hekkila got this shot of me helping out. Thanks again for coming and keeping me company and carrying my accessories!
When the bride saw me shooting the dancing pictures, she reached around behind her new husband and gave him a good squeeze, and made sure to look back at me to make sure I got the shot. Nailed it!
Ending off my night of shooting, I captured the bride and some friends doing the Chicken dance with the kids. What a great sport.
For today’s wedding, we did things a bit differently. The bride wanted to do some studio shots, and I very rarely do that with weddings, unless the weather is awful, and I’ve got a local one. I am sooooo glad that she wanted to do some here! She let me try some old hollywood lighting, and I LOVE how it turned out! We definately got some different images from my normal style.
After the studio pics, we headed out to Wolseley, one of the prettiest towns in Southeastern Saskatchewan. It’s got some great old buildings, and we took advantage of alot of cool architechure. Hope you guys had/are having (since I’m posting this while they’re likely dancing the night away!!) a great reception.
I also want to say a quick thank you to my wonderful, observant assistant today. She is one of my august brides and it was great to have her with me helping out. Thanks so much Marcy!
I had the wonderful opportunity to shoot a very unique wedding on saturday. The post may look a little backwards, as the ceremony pictures are close to the end. This couple chose to have an outdoor 8:00 p.m. ceremony. It was the most breathtaking scene. Weather could not have cooperated any better. The air was still warm and the breeze was just enough to keep the bugs away. There wasn’t a cloud in sight, so the starts danced like diamonds in the black sky. It was a spectacular event.
We started the day by doing some pre-bridal shots, then met up with the groom to do some pictures of the two of them together. It was so relaxing and wonderful to share some time with them before the hustle of the day began. They were such soft gentle people, and were so easy to be around. We met up with the wedding party later on, then family, then off for the evening ceremony. A live band was playing instrumental Beatles music, which just set the mood perfectly. If anyone knows me, they’ve probably seen me in any number of different Beatles t-shirts, so I was in my glory! I just can’t describe how beautiful and romantic the whole day was. The ambiance was like something out of a movie. Thank you so much for choosing me as your photographer. I was honored to be a part of your day.
We had a terrific September day for the Regina wedding on saturday. You never know in the fall what type of weather you’ll get, but it couldn’t have been a more perfect day. We did all of the shots at the University campus. I’d never been there, and I thought it was beautiful! I love how the reflection of the sky showed in all the buildings that we shot against. It made for such bright fresh images. This couple met on campus, so that’s what influenced their decision to do their photos there. I’m so glad they chose it. We had a great time with them. I keep saying we, so I should explain that my awesome friend, and fellow photographer, Lindsey, came with me. When I stepped on a nail during a session earlier in the week, I was worried that I might have trouble keeping up to a wedding. I asked her to come shoot with me, and it was so much fun. She took off with the groomsmen for awhile, and they got some crazy shots! If you’re on Facebook, look for Lilyfield Photography, and you’ll find her stuff. She’s great, and if you’re in the city and need a photographer for anything, look her up. She’s expecting baby #3, so she’ll be a super busy business woman/momma.
Lindsey in action with the boys.
Because this is family, I kind of went a little haywire on the images. I know there’s probably too many posted here, but they’re getting special treatment. I had a completely awesome time with them, and I’m so glad that I was able to photograph their wedding. We’ve been so excited for this day to come, and it was a perfect one. The church service was very spiritual, the afternoon was fun, the supper was tasty (especially the desserts!) and the reception hall was abolutely gorgeous. It was a very Ukranian evening, and I got to hear more polka music in one evening than I’ve ever heard in my whole life. If I knew how to dance to it, I would have loved to, but I spent most of the evening swinging my 4 year old in circles on the dance floor. Thank you, thank you, thank you for such an incredible day guys. I hope you’re having a fantastic honeymoon in Mexico and a beautiful life together!! We’ll be stopping by to see the newly renovated house.
“Hello, this is Wendy’s. May I take your order?” …… “Yes, we’ll have 20 burgers please”…… As you can see below, the wedding party was a bit numerous. And hungry. 
I have to throw in a little story about this above image. Our Sean Penn look-a-like groom proposed to his future bride in this very tractor. Of course that was pretty special, and was a must for a photo op.
I know I do this shot alot of girls, but I just love it. Always, always pretty.
Here are just a quick handful of pictures from today’s wedding. This is my wonderful cousin in law and her equally wonderful new husband. I didn’t get home from the wedding until after 1:00 a.m., but I couldn’t help it. I’m still up at 3:24 a.m. , downloading cards and flipping through images. I wanted to post a few in case anyone who recieved a blog card at the wedding was checking! Anyone who was at the wedding knows that these two are two of the greatest people you’ll have walk through your life. They’re warm, caring, compassionate, on fire for God, and just generally a blessing to be around.
Be sure to check back in a day or two, as I’ll be adding a TON more from the day. But for now, my bed is calling me…….
I recieved this e-mail yesterday from the bride from last weekend (the last wedding post on here, from August 22nd). I had been uploading her wedding pictures last week as I was finishing editing them. On wednesday I uploaded all the pre-bridal, ceremony and family pictures for her to view, then the main pictures a few days later, and then I finally finished editing the wedding sunday night and posted the reception pictures for her. This was what she wrote to me…..
