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.

I remember using A LOT of vintage effects to all my pictures. But after I gave birth to Melody and started taking pictures of her, I wanted to see them as they really were. I still love black & white (and that's not really vintage for me), but I just don't wanna see a picture of her that looks like it was taken in the 50's. Do I still apply those effects to my clients pictures? Yes - because sometimes that effect really works to some images, but I'm doing it way less.

I'm pretty sure many of you that read my blog noticed that change. My brother-in-law actually was one of the first that noticed. I remember posting an E-Session on my Facebook Fan Page last year, a couple of months after I had my baby, and he said, "Did you change your style?", and I just said, "No, of course not!"... but he was right. I just didn't realize at that time.

I just hope my clients from my vintage days still like my work so I can take their pictures when they have babies! :)

So this is Mruna and Kamal's wedding. I'm so lucky to be able to capture weddings from many cultures and I must say I really enjoy Indian weddings - they are so colorful!! Their reception was full of entertainment - they had professional singers, dancers... speeches were very emotional too - that day I could see how Mruna and Kamal are wonderful people.

Anyways, enough about me. This is Ray and Jennifer. As you might notice, we had this photo session a while ago, since Jennifer would obviously not be able to wear that dress during winter! It was already pretty cold when we shot this, but the images turned out amazing. These are actually their pre-wedding images and they are getting married this February.

January has been a quiet month for me, but my weekends next month are all booked! It was good to take some time off but I can't wait to start shooting again!

p.s.: I don't know if anybody noticed, but I removed that tree from my website background. Finally got tired of it! If you're still seeing it, it might be still in your cache memory; try refreshing the page. If it's still there after doing that, don't worry, what really matters are the pictures. :)

A big THANK YOU to all my clients: thanks for letting me capture so many important moments in your life - some of you even hired me more than once!!

I really wanted to post more of my work of 2011, but unfortunately (or should I say fortunately?) I've been working a lot still and I haven't had the time to choose the pictures for my blog.

Thanks again and happy holidays! See you all next year. :)

I'll be shooting Maria and Dimitri's wedding next May and I really can't wait. I had a great time with them during their E-Session. If I could post all pictures I took from them, I'd definitely would. It was really hard choosing my faves!!