Weather hasn't been that great so we're also having lots of rescheduling, but I was so glad I was able to work with Kristine and Télcio last Wednesday. I'm completely in love with this photo session - I could literally post all photos from this shoot.

Kristine and Télcio are from Brazil and were actually in their honeymoon when these photos were taken. A friend of theirs had shot a maternity photo shoot with me and told them about my work. They only had one week left here in Canada, I didn't have that many days available, it was raining almost every single day, but thankfully weather decided to cooperate on one of the few days we were both available.

The sunshine last Wednesday was just gorgeous!! Kristine decided to wear the wedding dress that belonged to her mom and honestly, that made the photos even more special! Let me share some of my favorites with you. :)

Kristine and Télcio, congrats on your wedding and thanks so much for letting me capture such a special moment in your lives. ♥

One of the reasons I've been skipping families is that they all want to go to the same location and I feel like you've seen enough Edward Gardens around here. LOL

The question that I get the most when booking families is where to go, followed by what to wear. So I always send a what to wear guide with some tips and list of popular locations among families. Even though the list has over 50 locations, I can say that 95% of my families go with Edward Gardens. I can't blame them, place is beautiful and the kids do enjoy the scenery over there.

Reality is it doesn't really matter where you go! And this shoot is a great example of that. We were actually going to have the photo session at Edward Gardens but forecast was for rain. Rescheduling was not an option in their case and we decided to have the shoot indoors. Rain was on and off and we were able to go the backyard - and look what we've got! I LOVE these photos. In the end, it is really about bonding, playing and having fun - not the location.

Let me share some of my favorites with you. :)

Paul is also responsible for me finally ordering USB Flash Drives for wedding clients. LOL I've been studying getting those during the past year and I'd always forget about it. But during our meeting, Paul made fun of me still giving DVDs to people and I thought that maybe it was time to upgrade my media. Hopefully by next year all photo shoots will be getting USB Flash Drives instead of DVDs - honestly I think my DVDs are super cute, but I know that their end is near.

I really really shouldn't be using my time to blog since I have so many photos shoots lined up to be edited, but I needed to post this (I promise my next blog post will be a family photo shoot, I promise!!!). Let me share some of my favorites with you! :)

And what can I say about these two? This is one of the sweetest couples I've ever met! They have an amazing life story and I'm so lucky to have had our paths crossed. I already shot their wedding a couple of weeks ago at the Doctor's House and had, once again, an amazing time. I'll truly miss them! ♥

Let me share some of the greatest moments from the engagement session with you. Definitely, my favorite one is when H. surprised N. with an engagement ring!! He also brought her family to share this special day with them and I loved all the reactions from N. when seeing all her family there, however I decided to keep those photos private. Enjoy!

This is Christie and Dan's engagement session from this past weekend. We started at a park close to their cottage and finished the shoot with some great sunshine by the lake. My favorite part from the shoot is actually where they first met: the tennis court! ♥

Once I had to choose a major in University, I picked Japanese. Why? Don't ask me, I had no idea what I was doing career wise. Some months later, I decided to study IT. Yes, I have a bachelor's degree in Computer Science. I worked many, many years as a web programmer and although I was pretty good at it, I never really loved that career.

Photography was always there, ever since I was a kid - I used to take millions of photos and had a pretty popular Fotolog. People would tell me how talented I was, however I never thought of earning a living out of that.

If you asked me what was my dream job in my early 20s, I'd say working at Disney World. Doing whatever. Just wanted to be at Magic Kingdom every single day of my life. To this day I love that place and I basically work to support my Disney addiction. Anyways... working at Disney World was not doable for many obvious reasons. However, I have to admit: I'm happy doing this. Really happy. Even though it was never a "dream" I was pursuing. Capturing milestones in people's lives is wonderful and I'm aware of how lucky I am to be able to make a decent living out of photography.

I mentioned Disney World because that was where I got a call from Ashwin asking me if I was available to shoot their wedding day last month. I honestly thought he was joking since he called me in February - yes, February of THIS year. Turns out it wasn't a prank call. LOL

I worked with Anna about 5 years ago and I could not believe she still remembered me. Even though their wedding day was just a month away, they also wanted an engagement shoot (which you can view here. check it out later, it's definitely worth it!). We had the E-Session 4 (yes, FOUR) days before their wedding day.

In the end, everything turn out great - I loved their engagement shoot and can't even start on how I'm in love with every single picture from this wedding.

This was my first 2015 wedding and I could have not asked for a better couple. Be prepared: this will be a super long post. They had TWO ceremonies: an Indian one and a Polish one. The reception was so full of entertainment and great moments that it was hard to pick which ones were going to be here.

Enough talking - let me share some of my favorite moments with you!

Congrats, Anna and Ashwin! I had an amazing time working with you two! Wishing you a lifetime of happiness. ♥

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They are one of those couples that have lots of chemistry - you don't even need to direct them, they just know what to do! Still to this day, even though my style has changed quite a bit (no more vintage filters for me!), their wedding remains one of my favorites. I lost count of how many clients I got just because of their photos on my portfolio!

I was over the moon when Julia contacted me to book a maternity shoot and it was truly an honour to capture another milestone in their lives. I'm in love with these images, especially the lake part - I could look at those FOREVER!

Let me share some of my favorites with you. :)

I won't lie: I was exhausted on Monday - especially when you have to get up super early to take your kid to school. HOWEVER I could not wait any longer to edit this photo session you see right here. I am completely in love with every single picture I took that Sunday morning. Even though most photos on my portfolio look "candid", I do direct a bit and tell clients what to do since most people are really nervous during the shoot. This wasn't the case that Sunday morning - everything you see here is 100% not staged. I LOVE THAT! We just let this super cute little girl do whatever she wanted during that cold morning at the Distillery.

Below are some of my favorites. :)

I'll keep this short since this will be a busy busy week for me - besides working on their engagement photos, just this weekend I have their wedding, a family photo session and a birthday party to shoot. Think I will rest on Monday? I've got another shoot and a meeting. Yeap, the year has definitely started. Everytime I get to a photo shoot I can't help but think how lucky I am do this for a living. :)

It was STILL freezing yesterday, but Anna and Ashwin were brave enough to handle the cold temperatures. I'm honestly in love with these so I decided to take a break from the editing to post a few of my favorites!

[update 03/29] p.s.: go check it out their wedding photo taken yesterday: http://www.facebook.com/YukiNodaPhotography. :)