I first heard about Chelsea through my best friend Ben’s sister Amanda. :) I have known Amanda since she was knee-high to a grasshopper, and so when she said that her friend was getting engaged and that it would be AWESOME if I shot her wedding, I agreed! (and we both jumped and giggled like little girls…except she IS a girl, and I’m just…weird.) Finally Chelsea contacted me and immediately we hit it off. She and I had talked for MONTHS in emails and on the phone about her wedding, making sure everything was going to be absolutely perfect! We never really actually met in person until the day before her wedding :)

The wedding day was absolutely perfect! The weather was amazing, everything was on time, and everyone was so extremely caring and welcoming! They really did make me feel like family in the few minutes they met me! During Chelsea’s mom’s speech at the reception, she even thanked me in front of everyone for bringing her a raisin muffin from Tim Horton’s in the morning lol. (Ya, I was in the drive-thru on the way to the salon in the morning and thought it would be best to call everyone and double check that people were eating lol).

I also have to mention a quick little thing about Vance. He’s a pretty cool dude. He had me in stitches a few times, and thats pretty hard to do, as I am usually the one TRYING to make people laugh :) Also, for the record, his speech to Chelsea at the reception?….brought. the. house. down. Not a dry eye in the bunch. Rock on, bud!

If you would like to see Chelsea and Vance’s slideshow, click here. If you would like to BUY the slideshow on DVD, click here. :)

Thank you so much guys for letting me be a part of your big day! I had an awesome time with you at your wedding, and I am STOKED to see you guys again at Amanda and Ryan’s wedding next year!!!! :)

When I got to The Brock House for Kelly and Dave’s intimate wedding I remember thinking how amazing the next few hours were going to be. I met Kelly over a year or so ago through a mutual friend of ours, Carrie (who worked on the cruise ships with Grit and I). Kelly is an extremely positive, beautiful, caring woman, that just lights up the room and all around her, and so when she had asked me to photograph her wedding I was beside myself. HOWEVER, I hadn’t met Dave yet… formally anyways. When Grit and I met up with Kelly and Dave for their Engagement Session in Queen Elizabeth Park a few months ago, I was a WEE bit nervous… Luckily, Dave is one of those guys that you can get along with instantly and immediately feel like you are best friends! We had an absolute blast shooting their esession that night, which then made me EXTREMELY excited for their wedding! Everyoen was pretty mellow and relaxed when I arrived for their wedding, but when the music came on and Kelly walked down the aisle, there was this feeling of energy and love and happiness, it was SO amazing! Everyone had a tear or two when she walked towards Dave with her father, (including yours truly, but I was fortunate to be able to hide it with a camera in front of my face lol).

Here is their wedding slideshow. We all decided that the best song would be the song Kelly walked down the aisle to. So beautiful! :)

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LOVE this dress shot! :)

Joanna’s Mom seeing her for the first time in her dress!

Favorite! (one of them) :)

Hello Ladies! ;)

Richard and the other Gents! (and Best….Lady) ;)

FAVORITE (another one of them) ;)

Pretty dapper, DUUUDE ;)

(below) I keep coming back to this photo and getting a whole new feeling for it every time! There’s just something about it that is so powerful and yet has such an ‘old time’ feel to it. Love it! :)

Hi, so um ya… Tyra called, she wants her FIERCE back.

Note:  I have to give props to my my amazing 2nd photographer Nick Beaulieu. The next 4 shots were all done by him. I absolutely love these dance photos! Good on ya, Nick! :)

I really could have gone on forever posting individual photos (and I kind of have, its getting late lol) so instead I am posting their slideshow up as well. Yellow themed wedding? The slideshow song: “Yellow”. Naturally. :)

When the day came I couldn’t help but have a little extra bounce in my step. An intimate wedding with a handfull of people at Rockwater Resort with an amazing couple. Honestly, I couldn’t ask for anything more, and it was absolutely perfect. The entire day was exactly what I hoped it would be, and from the look in Kelly and Liz’s eyes, the day really REALLY could not have gone more perfect than it did. Great people. Great place. Great times.

Re: The above shot and the below shot… ahem… ARE YOU FREAKING KIDDING ME, LIZ?! Fashion Model or what?!!?!? :)

(below): Glad no one caught the faces *I* was making while coaxing these two fairly crazy mugs! :)

Grit caught this one (below) while I was shooting the guys. “Dear Grit, EPIC. Love Michael”

Melissa and I have known each other for a LONG time… like, wayyyyy back in “the day”. Her and I used to go to school together in Brooks, Alberta!

Although I just met Jim at the session, I could already tell how great of a guy he was. He is funny, friendly, basically the kind of guy that you’d want to hang around with!

These guys look like they have so much fun together and its so apparant how much in love they are with each other! Oh, by the way, both Melissa and Jim have extremely contagious smiles, I mean come on!!! Show me a person that can look at these photos without smiling!! I dare you!

No?

…I thought not. :)