Diana & Ryan - Wedding

Man, this was a tough blog entry to make - there were just so many great images to choose from! Diana & Ryan were relaxed and having a great time and it made the photography a lot of fun for everyone.

Here are some of my favourites:





After the ceremony we took a trip to The Historic Bovaird House in Brampton for the photos:








It was a great day for infrared photography:






The people at the Bovaird House were kind enough to let us get some shots inside too (and even sit on the antique furniture!):


Gotta love those great moments in between the posed portraits:




Another nice candid moment captured forever:


Then it was off to the Pearson Convention Centre for the reception:


I just realized, I always take photos of these beautiful cakes but I never actually get to taste them. :( Maybe one day.


And for the last shot of the evening:


Hope you're having an amazing time in Europe (so jealous)!

Cheers,

Michael

Helping to end poverty and injustice...through print sales!

Hey everyone,

It may sound silly, but I've always dreamed of being a millionaire philanthropist. Well, I'm a long way from the millionaire part but I'd like to get a head start by donating partial print proceeds to one of my favourite charities: Oxfam. Starting today, for every 8x10 or larger print ordered, I'll donate $2 to Oxfam Canada. I'll hold onto the donation until the end of the year and will report back here with the total amount we've raised!

For those of you not familiar with Oxfam, here's a brief description of what they do: "Oxfam Canada works with people to secure their basic human rights, combining support to long-term development and humanitarian responses with research, advocacy and campaigning against the root causes of poverty and injustice." For more information about this great organization, please take a look at their website at www.oxfam.ca



On a related note, some friends of ours who got married back in 2006 (Sherri & Lee) had a really cool idea for one of their gift registries. Oxfam Unwrapped has a wedding gift registry option, so instead of just buying the happy couple more household items, you can - in their name - buy safe drinking water for 50 people, food growing packs, text books for impoverished children, care for an orphan or vulnerable child, and lots more. It looks like Oxfam Unwrapped Canada doesn't have the wedding registry option, but the New Zealand one linked above and the U.K. sites do, so if this sounds like something you or your soon-to-be-married friends would be interested, I hope you'll take a look.

I look forward to providing you all with beautiful images of your wedding day and at the same time working together to help make the world a better place!

Michael

Kristin & Mike - Wedding

What a great way to kick off the summer wedding season...the weather was perfect and we were reunited with Kristin who was the maid of honor for Tammy & Randy's wedding last fall.

Here are a few of my favourites from the morning's preparation:






After the ceremony we drove out to The Old Mill (Toronto) for some photos and the reception:














I love it when the bride and groom go up to do their speeches together. I snapped this romantic candid right after Kristin's touching speech to her new husband:






...and one last romantic shot to finish the coverage with a bang:


Cheers,

Michael