That was ALMOST the case with Maria and Dimitri. On our first meeting, Maria did all the talking and Dimitri was really quiet. So I must say I was quite impressed during our E-Session. He was so nice, always listening carefully to my directions so we could make amazing images for them to keep. Also, he never complained about being tired of taking pictures (guys usually do that)! The photos came out so nice I wish I could post them all here! Although it was really hard to make her laugh, there's something about her eyes that say so much! At that moment I just knew her wedding pictures would turned out great and here are some for you to see. A LOT of emotion going on!

Talking about the actual wedding, they had the cutest bridal party EVER!! You'll see what I'm talking about when you get to scroll down the page.

These two are a perfect match! I truly wish them a lifetime of happiness - Maria and Dimitri are both wonderful people. I was impressed with how they got along so well with their little nieces and nephews... they need to become parents soon! :)

Anyways... while I still have those links, please visit both Sash and Satin and Toronto Mom Now to view a bit of my work. :)

An year has passed and she contact me to book a family photo shoot since Lucas would be turning 1. This time I was available and I'm really happy she remembered me. Lucas is such a cute baby!! I'm completely in love with this photos. :)

The wedding was in my home country, Brazil, and although weddings over there are starting to look a lot like the ones we have here, you'll notice a lot of different things: wedding bands usually match and they are actually given when you get engaged - so yeah, there's no diamond ring (awesome if you're a guy)! There are no bridesmaids as well and no pause for portraits. So there's no waiting between ceremony and reception - I know nowadays everybody is doing the "reveal" thing so they can have the reception right after the ceremony, but over there there's something called "day after" photo shoot where the bride and groom take their portraits the day after the wedding. It's a new thing and not everybody does it. Honestly, I prefer the north american way where everything happens in one day. I must admit that when I first started here I thought that was a bit weird leaving guests waiting for the reception.

Even though we were not able to schedule a day for their portraits since they were leaving for their honeymoon right after the wedding (and I was coming back to Canada!), we have some amazing pictures to share and I'm pretty much sure they will make a beautiful album anyways! :)

Then, when I get to Dan's house, his computer (or iPod, whatever) is playing Britpop. I mean, who really listens to Some Might Say in 2012? I do! Their place was filled with things I like as well... and whoever gave them a book and quoted Michael Scott is also really cool. :P

I loved her bouquet - she decided to go for tulips... my favorite! It was really fun to shoot a couple that has so much in common with me (except for Justin Bieber - and no... I won't be explaining that here). Let me share with you some of my favorite pictures - originally I intended to post over 60 images, but that's just too many for a single blog post... so compromising pictures of the Biebs with some guests will be left out of this post. ;)

As I said before, every wedding is unique and what I loved about this one is that Stephen brought their dog to the ceremony! It was a surprise to Tara and you can definitely see that they were able to keep it a secret - just look at Tara's reaction when she sees her dog. Isn't it an "awww" moment? :)

They get bonus points for not playing I Gotta A Feeling from the Black Eyed Peas during the reception. I have nothing against it and I can definitely see why it's played in every single wedding I've been to for the past couple of years. However it would be interesting if another song came out to replace that one! ;)

Jade was featured on this blog two years ago, when she was turning 16. She's now 17 and prettier than ever.

I remember we were freezing on our first photo shoot, but this time the weather was quite nice - despite the rain!! This time, she decided to bring all her cousins for this shoot - isn't that sweet? I love it when I meet teenagers that like to hang out with their family. :)

Despite the cold, I had a lot of fun shooting this e-session. They are such a cute couple and Jennifer had this awesome idea of going to an ice rink!! I can't wait for their wedding day! :)

And just letting you know, my blog probably won't have any updates for the next month - I'll be crazy busy editing some weddings from this February and then I'm off to South America to shoot another wedding! Yes, I am going to warm Rio de Janeiro to shoot one of my best friends wedding.

Although I would love to post more stuff from 2011, there is a high chance that if your photo session was shot last year and it hasn't been published so far, I won't be posting it here anymore - mainly because they are not in my computer anymore and I just don't have time to go through my DVDs. Oh, I wish I had more hours in my day! I know I've been a bit lazy when it comes to updating the blog with non-wedding/couples material, so if you're coming to this blog searching for maternity, kids and babies photo shoots, I suggest heading to my Facebook Fan Page. Not everybody gets featured in here, but I do post more pictures over there. Even from e-sessions/weddings that I didn't get the chance to post on the blog.

The box set finally arrived and I decided to watch some of the episodes again. Then I realized I was too old for it. I can't relate to any of that anymore - therefore, it's no fun wasting a whole hour watching Dawson, Joey, Pacey and their whole drama.

The next day, I decided to give it a another try. For my surprise, the episode I chose did not play on my DVD player and since I read that lots of people had trouble with that box set, I decided to return it and just get a refund. Goodbye, James Van Der Beek.

I can't believe it's been 13 years since the 1st season of DC. 10 years ago I was leaving high school and starting university. Wow.

And talking about years, the couple from this post has been together for a long time now and I couldn't believe how they were still so sweet to each other. This is one of the cutest couples EVER! They were sooo in love - their e-session was great. I love every single image of them! I have so many photo shoots from last year I still want to post in here, but I just had to post this one right away. :)

p.s.: this post was updated on 02/15.