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. :)

This photo shoot was given as a gift to Jack & Gail for their 60th birthday (and wedding anniversary as well!). Their are proud grandparents of four super cute litle girls and one baby boy! I remember that on that day, I had 4 (yes, FOUR!!) other family photo shoots and theirs was the last one. And I couldn't have asked for a better family to finish my work day.

Gosh, they were amazing!! Even though it was freezing cold, everybody was so happy to be there. It's been 5 months now that these pictures were taken and they still make me smile every time I browse through them. Let me share some of my favorites with you!

I finished editing their images really late at night sometime last January and e-mail Adrienne saying her photos are ready. I decide to post a few on my FB page before going to bed. 7am the next day, my daughter wakes up, I give her breakfast and decide to check my computer. I had so many private messages from my friends saying they loved the photos I just posted and how good-looking the couple were (honestly, that never happens - my friends are really used to me spamming them with my work, so I was surprised lol). Then, I check the photo on FB and it already has over 20 likes - and it's 7am in the morning!

So yeah, I HAD to post this right away. These are some of my favorites from the day! :)

When I met Tara I felt she was very practical. She and Ryan didn't want an e-session and didn't want to spend their entire wedding day posing for photos. So we did just a few of getting ready, went straight to ceremony, spend about an hour outside and went back inside to enjoy the reception. Can't forget to mention they were super brave about having their portraits done during a freezing and windy windy windy night at the Distillery District.

Tara's and Ryan's wedding was definitely one of my favorites to shoot this past year: their wedding was really intimate - they had about 50 guests if I remember correctly. What I love about small weddings is that you can tell that everybody that is there really matters to them and they are all so into the moment. And that's what photographers love - capturing those special non-manufactured moments throughout the night.

Congrats, Tara and Ryan! Wishing you a lifetime of happiness. ♥

I was super excited to finally go to Parkwood Estate - an amazing venue super close to home (YAY!) and I was dying to share these photos with you! So be prepared, this is a very long post (due to a very long day), but there was no way I could cut out any of these photos I'm sharing with you.

Congrats, Amy and Matt! Love and best wishes, always. ♥