natasha + jon || that's my girl

You ever meet those people who instantly make you feel so comfortable? Like too comfortable? Like you start calling them by nicknames you were never given permission to call them? Jon and Tash are those people. They are good people. They are funny people. They are generous people. People who take their cinematographers and photographers out for wine and cheese at the reception venue a couple weeks before the wedding just so they could all meet and get on the same page. My favourite kind of people. When we first met Jon and Tash about a year ago, Tash was… a little stressed about the wedding. I immediately loved and understood Tash (planning your own wedding compared to shooting other peoples? Not at ALL the same. Planning is the worst!). BUT you would never have known on the day that Tash had stressed for a second - it was perfect! Both the ceremony and reception were held at Brix Restaurant in Yaletown - the ceremony in the courtyard and the reception inside. Bea-utiful decor, awesome food, solid dance crowd. Nuff said. This wedding was FU-UN!

We love love loved this couple and had the most fun shooting their wedding day. These two have so much heart and are madly in love, as their film shows.

Thank you Jon and Tash so much - we had an amazing time and hope you find your wedding film captures just how beautiful and fun your wedding was.

P.S. thanks for the wine and cheese :)

We had the best time working with the lovely women of Sweet Heirloom Photography. Check out their site! Also Fairy God Mother Weddings knows how to throw a party. They did an amazing job planning and coordinating the wedding. Loved working with Kate! Take a look at their site too!

Rebecca + Geoff || I'm The Lucky One

They met at university where they were both in engineering. Geoff is a lucky man. He found the most beautiful female engineering student in the whole school and kept her forever. Rebecca is lucky too, Geoff is an awesome guy who completely adores her. Mac and I are big fans of these two. This wedding was something else. Exactly what I imagine Beauty and the Beast's future wedding to be (after the Beast changed back into a man of course). The ceremony and reception were both at the Fairmont Hotel Vancouver, and the reception was in the big ballroom, the one I already refer to as the Beauty-and-the-Beast room - and so it begins.

Everything about Rebecca was Belle-like to me: her hair, her face, her dress and her flowers (red roses). Also Belle and (Man)Beast-like was this couple's ability to dance. Amazing! They made a new years resolution last year to learn to dance and man oh man did they do that. It was really beautiful. I would never have guessed they hadn't been ballroom dancing their whole lives.

The ceremony was really personalized which I LOVE. They said their own vows and included a number of Jewish traditions (Rebecca is Jewish)- like the glass breaking! The best part was just watching these two, it was as if no one else was there but them. That's the very best kind of ceremony.

The reception (besides being held in my favorite ballroom in all of Vancouver) was decorated beautifully! Red roses, candles, mirrors, open bar... Good wedding!

My favorite part of the whole day was 12:00am. At that time the couple was being lifted up on chairs, as per the Jewish wedding tradition, while everyone was dancing and wearing new years hats and crowns - HAPPY NEW YEAR!

We were so lucky to be able to work with the lovely Michele Davidson of Modern Celebrant who created a custom ceremony for Rebecca and Geoff. So awesome!

Also we had a blast shooting with Scott of Contrast Studios. Be sure to check out his work!

Alice + Tristan || Like a Panda

June till the end of October has been crazy for us - CONSTANT weddings but so much fun! BUT this lovely month of November we were free!!! So we went to California! Mac and I are BIG on Disneyland so we obviously hit that up - for TWO days - and man oh man was that a good time. First day was totally dead and we got to go on e-ver-y-thing. Classic day in the happiest place on earth. Second day was poop. It started off sunny and beautiful then just dumped rain! I made the worlds biggest mistake of wearing a light sweater and toms - toms just suck up the water and NEVER dry off. It took an hour watching a live performance of Aladdin in California Adventure to convince me to stay. Musicals can always convince me to do stuff. Two days before we left for California we shot a really cool wedding in Vancouver - Alice and Tristan's.

My first time meeting Alice was on her wedding day during her hair and makeup and I learned a lot about her in that time: 1) She is super hilarious but you really have to listen because her tone NEVER changes (which makes it all ten times more funny); 2) She doesn't like makeup; but 3) She LOVES pandas! I laughed like crazy when she asked her make up artist to do a more dramatic smokey-eye so she could look like a panda! At first I thought I had misheard her cause she said it so matter-of-factly but I misheard nothing- that was her request! And it looked great!

Alice and Tristan got married in the Celebration Pavilion at Queen Elizabeth Park. It was perfectly clear but FREEZING! (Obviously you can't see the temperature in the film so I thought I would fill you in on that little tidbit). About 50 guests and it was so sweet! Their reception followed at Season's in the Park. The food was great, the speeches were funny and the couple gave their guests a giant bag of favours each! What more can you ask for? SOLID wedding. My favourite part was the chalk speech bubbles the couple had for guests to take photo's with - so creative!

Congratulations Tristan and Alice - your wedding was so beautiful and we had such a fun time! We wish you the best as you begin your new life together back up in the interior!

kaelin + erick || you can't see me

When we first met with this couple, the first thing I noticed about Kaelin was her insane organization! She came in with a monster sized binder with tabs all over the place - I LOVE organized people and I LOVE tabs! The first thing I noticed about Erick was that he ordered his frappuccino double blended. I don't' know why, but it stuck! There were two things Kaelin was set on for her day - 1. They were going to have a first look at Crescent Beach and 2. It was GOING to be sunny for that first look. She got both! When the boys came to pick up the girls in the limo, Erick wore a blindfold so they could wait to have their first look at the beach. My favourite part about this was that Kaelin did NOT have to wear a blindfold and she reminded Erick of this saying "You can't see me!" (in that singsongy way a kid would taunt another kid on the playground) as she stood right in front of his face hahaha!

Kaelin and Erick were married at Minoru Chapel in Richmond. Not only is this church the cutest little church you've ever seen, but Kaelin's parents were also married in it! So special! The reception followed at Mayfair Lakes Golf and Country Club and it was gorgeous! Kaelin planned her pants off and it paid off! My favourite part of the reception was their cake - I LOVED this cake. I did not eat any of this cake, but it looked so pretty! I did however eat my favour which was sugar cookies in the shape of a wedding cake - oh man. I get sad when I remember I can never eat one again… so good.

Kaelin and Erick you day was SO beautiful and SO much fun! Thank you so much for including us - we had so much fun with you both and wish you the very best in your lives together! Congratulations!

We had the pleasure of working with the lovely Larissa of Luxe Photography... check out her site!