This is Rachel and Michael's wedding and my first time at the Black Creek Pioneer Village - what an amazing venue! Actually, it was my first wedding of the year where we could go outside for pictures. Yes, weather is pretty nasty this year and I'm really tired of having to reschedule shoots and, with weddings, shooting indoors! Hopefully, summer is here to stay and all this rain should be gone soon!

The truth is I shouldn't really be working on my blog since I have a bunch of shoots to edit - so I won't talk much. Please enjoy their beautiful wedding day! :)

Congrats, Rachel and Mike!

I also have something to confess: right before the E-Session, I take a look at the wedding agreement to get the groom's-to-be name. Most of the time I don't remember just because they usually never talk during our meeting - I can say 80% of grooms just say "Whatever she's happy with". And although I knew Ashley's fiancé was called Chris because she mentioned his name several times on our e-mails exchange, I had to pause several times when talking to them because everytime I looked at him I wanted to call him Ryan [Gosling]. Ashley could be easily called Katy [Perry] if I didn't know her name. :)

These two are extremely photogenic and it was really hard to edit out images. I basically just removed some images from the end of our shoot because they looked tired - that's the disadvantage of shooting on a work day: they already start our shoot kind of tired. =/

Iris and Daniel are expecting baby Sophia - due to arrive pretty soon! It was my first time shooting at the Kelso Conversation Area and I must say that location is pretty nice! Weather could be better, but as of now I already gave up on the idea we'll have a great summer, so I'm happy if we just get a day with no rain.

Please enjoy my favorite photos from their shoot. Congrats, Iris and Daniel! May you find babyhood a wonderful experience filled with lots of happiness and great memories.

This shoot is from a couple of months ago and they're already in their camper driving through the greatest sceneries! They actually have a blog and you can checkout their adventures on this link.

Good luck, guys! Hope you have the time of your life in this amazing trip!

A while ago I shot one of my favorites E-Sessions on a place I absolutely loved and, apparently, more people did. Every time some client asked me where that was I just took them and then, in my eyes, that dreamy cliff didn't seem so dreamy anymore... I don't know why. This time I pinky promise I won't be telling everybody where this hidden gem is so they're the only ones with these images. :)

Lo and Chris were such a fun and easy couple to photograph! They decided to bring their dog to the shoot and although I did work with some dogs walking down the aisle, this was actually my first e-session with a pet. :)

Congrats on your engagement, Lo and Chris! Can't wait for your wedding next year! ♥

I've been really busy this month, but I hate to leave the blog with no new posts. And when I say busy, I mean it. I just came back from work and, this week, I'm shooting every single day till next Sunday. This means I'm taking pictures 9 days in a row! Still I can't really complain - I got to do what I love and there will be plenty of time to rest during the winter. I'm actually writing this post while I export some wedding images on Lightroom. :)

This is Shannon and Graham's E-Session - we started at the UofT and finished our day at the Humber Bridge - two favorites of mine! Although we spent more time than planned sitting in traffic and got to the Lake Shore way after we were supposed to, we still got lots of great shots over there. Do I need to say how much I loved Shannon's dress? Gorgeous bride-to-be and I'm extremely excited to be shooting their wedding this Fall at the King Edward Hotel!

Colin was really good making Michelle smile and I must say I'm really lucky to get nice grooms-to-be most of the time. In the end, I can tell couples what to do during their e-shoot, but it's up to the couple to make the "magic" happens. It's funny that during my meetings EVERYBODY stops on the same picture from my wedding album sample saying how they love that particular photo (one couple's first dance) and, the thing is, YOU gotta give me that moment. And that was exactly what Colin and Michelle did: I told them all the poses they were supposed to do, and it works so well because they look so in love. I call that chemistry. :)

Oh... and this was my first engagement shoot here in Whitby! Although I have many couples getting married that live around (thanks to Aileen and Brandon!), all of them choose to have their engagement pictures done in Toronto. It was great working 5 min away from home! :)

Really excited about their wedding this August!

I never had a client so worried about what to wear - I lost count of the number of e-mails we exchanged discussing outfits. In the end all the hard work that this mom had thinking of combination of colors, etc. paid off... the family looks beautiful!

This year I've been thinking of not shooting families anymore since I'm getting really exhausted shooting weddings almost every weekend, dealing with a two year old, editing photos till 3AM in the morning, and taking family shoots on weekdays, but it's hard to say no to families wanting their pictures taken after we see these results.

Between feedings and putting baby furniture together (yes, that rocking chair you see below was assembled during our shoot!), we got some amazing shots. Let me share my favorites with you. :)

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