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Engaged! Carley & Graham

I had SO much fun with this engagement session! Carley contacted me a few months back about doing an engagement session and I was so stoked that she wanted to do a vintage theme as, as you may have noticed, vintage is my favourite style to shoot! I loved how much thought Carley put into her shoot and the creative things she brought to incorporate like her and Graham’s vintage-style bikes (how cool is the turquoise one!?) and her favourite camera that she got at a second hand store for $15! The two outfits she got for our shoot were super stellar as well. It’s amazing how much more pop a well thought out outfit can give a shoot!

Carley and Graham (or “Gray Man” as Carley calls him), are a very cool, very adorable couple. They’re happy personalities are infectious and they seem like they have their own little world going on when they’re together. The two of them are getting married next summer.

Here’s a little paragraph they wrote for me of how they met:

“The first time Carley saw Graham it was the first week of college. She thought he was cute, so she covertly took a picture of him. The second time she saw him, they were in-line at the OUC dorm cafeteria waiting for breakfast. He was talking about music with a friend, and looking for an excuse, she piped up saying “I like Dashboard Confessional too!” (Keep in mind this was 2002). Though nothing romantically bloomed, they became best friends and spent the next few months with each other nonstop. Carley thought they were just platonic, while Graham had a major crush (he thought nobody knew about ). It wasn’t until Graham left to visit home for Reading Week that Carley realized that she loved him too, and kissed him promptly upon his return. He says he wasn’t surprised that finally she came to her senses; unrequited love no more! Graham proposed on Tuesday October 13th, 2009 and they will be married September 24th, 2011 at The Laurel in downtown Kelowna. ”

Thanks for Rock ‘n Roll Bride for featuring this shoot!

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Published on Style me Pretty!

I am so thrilled to be featured on Style Me Pretty today! Style me Pretty is one of the top bridal blogs on the web so it’s an honour to have a cover feature. They did the post on the Vintage Wedding mockup I did with the decor genius of Stage Right Etc a few posts back. Thanks so much to Chantale at La Belle Bride for guest blogging the feature for Style Me Pretty and putting it on her own awesome blog as well!

There are lot’s more photos to be seen from the vintage wedding mockup I did with Stage Right Etc– view the full post here on my blog!

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Shabby Chic Wedding Mockup

Seriously people! I can’t get enough of Stage Right Etc‘s decor!! I absolutely love collaborating with them and this Shabby Chic mockup was no exception. Last mockup we did was the Vintage Wedding mockup which was phenomenal and a joy to shoot, now, if it’s even possible, Stage Right, Etc has topped themselves with this shabby chic wedding. The Vintage mockup was a bit spontaneous and came together within 3 days, whereas this Shabby Chic one was more like a few weeks, so Danielle and Ria at Stage Right Etc had even more time to let their imaginations roam! My friend and fellow photographer Simone Wittenberg joined forces with us this time as well to get in on the photo action! None of her photos are on here but she did her own post as well that you can check out here!

As I mentioned in the Vintage Wedding post, the goal of these mockups is to try and make people think out of the box and be a little more daring with their wedding decor. It helps to be able to show people what can happen with you let loose and have fun with it! We decided to also make sure the clothing was unique to show the potential of getting a unique kind of wedding dress and groom attire to stand out as well! Danielle worked her magic again and found this AMAZING vintage dress at a thrift store for $25!! $25 dollars people and it looks incredible!! Ria and Danielle also made a beautiful bouquet out of seasonal flowers including sweet-smelling lilacs, and wrapped the handle in ribbon with chandelier glass drops from the top of the base. Melissa Craven did makeup again to complete the look. She is so fantastic at matching the right makeup to the look. She doesn’t feel the need to over do the makeup just to make a statement- she knows that the makeup is there to compliment the model and the theme and not overpower it.

We found the perfect location after a day of searching (an almost being attacked by “wild” dogs multiple times as Simone would probably say, right Simone (like the mild mannered golden retriever)? hehe- I tease I tease- the girl has a fear of dogs, I shouldn’t joke!) It was really fun scouting around though and when we found the right spot, it was pretty awesome. I was just like, “Wow! Could this get any more perfect??” The owner was so nice as well to let us use his barn (luckily he didn’t have livestock this year to take it up) and we repaid him with some delicious cupcakes made by the talented Sarah of Sweet Art Cakes (not before we took a couple for ourselves too of course- who could resist really)!

The day of the shoot, Ria and Danielle got to work, setting up and working their magic. A lot of planning goes into the process on their part! They went over design ideas together, and set up the table at home a couple weeks before hand to work out any kinks. They put a lot of care into each project. And ooooooo- the details! Where to start!  On the walls of the barn, they hung window frames, antiqued empty picture frames, and draping material from the beams of the barn. The table top was a really neat old door (how awesome is that?) and they put elegant white candle sticks galore with moss as the table runner. The rest you can see in the photos!

The portraits photos from the day are just down past the decor shots too! : )

Thanks so much to Ruffled for doing a feature on this! Click here to view it.

Sweet Art Cakes yumminess.

So, after taking some decor shots and getting the bride and groom dressed and ready, we set off on our shoot. Simone and I took turns with the couple as well as collaborating on shots as well! It was definitely a different experience having two main shooters rather than a primary and second shooter but we managed to work out the kinks and still have a good time (besides Simone’s eye puffing up towards the end from allergies- ouch!)! Simone is so easy going and has a very graceful personality. One of the coolest voices too- I think she should be a radio talk show host on the side.

Let me say, we lucked out with  SUCH an amazing couple. Kristen and Anthony were a dream to shoot. You will see from the photos how great they were at being connected and showing their love for one another in front of the camera. You just can’t pose that- in the end, the couple is what really makes the shot special! Thanks so much for making our shoot extra great you two!!

I’m so thrilled with the result! Thanks again so much to everyone involved! Let’s get to the rest of the photos…..

Thanks for letting me use your neat purple chair for some shots Simone! Wish I had a van too so I could bring neat stuff like this along!

This post was featured on Ruffled!  So excited about that! Ruffled is a hugely popular bridal blog that posts all kinds of wedding ideas, DIYs and Real Weddings! I was so pleased when I received an email from them asking permission to post it. Thanks so much to Abby at Ruffled! : )

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