Posts filed under 'Engagements'
It isn’t too uncommon these days for an engagement shoot to actually be a family session as the couple getting married already have one or more kids. This is the case with Alisa and John who have been together for approximately, oh, forever, but recently became inspired to get officially hitched after they partipated in Cara and Brock’s wedding last year. (Normally we would link to the blog entry where we posted Cara and Brock’s images, except we never made one. What??? How could that be? Did we have a baby that sucks all our spare time? Well, at least they made it as a featured wedding in our main website.)
So back to Alisa and John…. Back in June we took a trip out to White Rock beach to photograph them with their two boys (Carson and Brendan) and here’s a sample of what we managed to get….
September 27th, 2008
A recent engagement session we did up at Burnaby Mountain Park (where Horizon’s restaurant is located, up on Burnaby Mountain next to SFU).Jessica really wanted to take advantage of the cherry blossoms that bloomed really well this year, and of course we knew of just the spot (ok, it’s one of dozens, but the park has some really nice majestic views.)
July 3rd, 2008
We met up with Sandra and Rohan at Prospect Point out at Stanley Park on a gorgeous Saturday morning.We grabbed a nice variety of shots of the love birds all in the general vicinity. There is a really nice variety of locations, shots, and angles to chose from there.And here are just a few of the many we took.
July 3rd, 2008
Actually, we’ll include some of their engagement images as well….
Rick and Marlene were married in March, and living in the Tri-Cities area they kept everything local (which was fantastic for us as everything was close by and it was our first wedding since Alexia was born, so being near her was comforting.)
The engagement session was a nice sunny day in February in and around Newport Village, especially in their favourite pub/eatery St. James’s Well. They were gracious enough to let us photograph Rick and Marlene grabbing a quick bite to eat.
The wedding was another rain-free affair, sunny with a few clouds, and a little on the cool side. It’s always nice when the winter weather can cooperate like that.
The ceremony was at St.Clare’s Parish while the reception was held at the always great Westwood Plateau golf course.
May 19th, 2008
Another of our engagement sessions earlier this year. I figure on finishing posting this year’s weddings at some point in mid 2008. And we haven’t even gotten to all the family and studio stuff. Ahhhhh. And it’s almost Christmas and a certain guy hasn’t finished buying gift stuff for a certain girl…..
On to Cara and Brock. Nice young couple. Good looking. Love each other. Already have a family (via two precocious, yet wonderful, chocolate labs).
We met up with them at Fort Langley and followed them as they played with the dogs, held hands, talked and kissed, dodged oncoming trains and stood in front of random walls and buildings just because they thought it was the thing to do. It may appear that we stalked them, but we didn’t. It just appears that way.
And now let’s listen in on their day…
Aren’t we all so cute….
I think we’re on the right track for a long life together
Kissing you while standing on the edge of danger is very exhilerating
Hey buddy, read the sign…
Oh my gosh, look at what our parents are doing.
I am soooo hot… (couldn’t agree more with you Cara)
I love you. No, I love you.
I’ve always wanted to stand on the sidewalk in front of an old green building and kiss you passionately.
I’m glad the camera can’t see my other hand
Hmm, just cause kissing and walking at the same time is pretty hard is no reason for that guy to laugh at us
Brock: It would be funny to haul the dogs in these red wagons
Cara: I can’t wait to pull our 6 children in a set of these wagons, all matching…
Thanks for letting us watch and listen in guys. Friendly, relaxed and outgoing. Just our kind of people….
Up next… wedding bells.
December 14th, 2007
As we continue to catch up on some of this year’s sessions, we move on to Nick and Stefanie with whom we had a July engagement session at New Brighton Park near the Second Narrows bridge. It’s a picturesque park with a great view across to the North shore mountains.
We actually started out in one of the parking lots. Naturally being a dog-friendly park we had to include the dog as part of the session (a common request - it seems lots of our couples get parenting practice by owning dogs first. Or budgies. But it’s hard to include a Budgie in an outdoor session. They tend to fly around and get confused, invariably then getting lost only to be eaten by a wild possum or some such creature.)
Here’s Nick with his best bud..
Stefanie teasing the camera
Posing on the steps, cause that’s what normal people do
One of the great views
A mix of the tough and the tender
Stefanie giving us her best supermodel look
Dogs get thirsty during summer evenings
These next couple are really cool.
We call these the “CD Cover” shots. Either that or Nick is just playing the role of bodyguard.
November 25th, 2007
When Shannon and Keith hired us, they were living in Coquitlam but the allure of Toronto (and cheaper housing) beckoned - so before we could get to their engagement session they had moved.
But of course they came back. Maybe it was for the non-muggy weather, the kinder-gentler people, the trees, the beaches, or more likely it was ’cause they needed to do the engagement session.
So they flew back just to spend some time with us (hmm, now that we think about it they may have also visited some family to kill two birds with one stone).
At any rate, here’s a selection of images from White Rock beach on a rare sunny Sunday this past summer….
November 4th, 2007
OK. The world is a small place. We have proof.
Lisa’s father attended (the MC actually) a wedding of ours a few years ago. When his favourite daughter snagged herself a man, he immediately recommended us to her. The catch was that she was living in Australia with her Australian hunk and everything had to be arranged through her Dad.
Now it just so happened that we had already planned our Australia trip and hey, they happen to be in Melbourne - one of the cities we were visiting.
We had hoped to actually shoot the engagement session in Melbourne, but the timing of our coming and goings didn’t mesh with their comings and goings, so instead we had to settle for a quick very late-night get-to-know-you meeting. You know it’s a small world when the hotel you are staying at is a 7 minute walk away from where Ben was working.
We got along famously, did some planning stuff and later co-ordinated when to shoot the session - which turned out to be earlier this summer near Canada Place.
November 4th, 2007
And now for something completely different…
Sarah and Kevin met while in Air Cadets. Sarah was smitten, Kevin played it cool. This recipe resulted in a wedding a couple of weeks ago (yes, this is their Engagement session - done a while ago - umm, yup - just a little behind)
Naturally of course Kevin has his pilot’s license - so what better way to spend another warm June day than to fly from Boundary Bay airport to Chilliwack. Now I love Chilliwack, I have family that lives in Chilliwack - but there’s only one reason to fly all the way out there. Err, two reasons - the first is to take some wicked cool shots at the airport and with the mountains as a backdrop. The second is for some west-coast famous pie at the Airport Coffee Shop. Apparently it is the thing to do when flying into Vancouver - stop at Chilliwack first for some apple pie. It’s also a common destination for Vancouver pilots as it represents a quick hop to keep the ‘ol reflexes sharp. These quick-hops are so common that there’s even a publication called The $100 Hamburger that reviews fly-in restaurants.
So with flight plan filed, it was into the wild blue yonder we flew….
Don’t try this at home folks - Kevin is a seasoned pilot so we could get away with this shot, but you should always keep your eyes on the road, err sky, um air?
We don’t often do this affect to photos, but when it works it’s very retro cool…
A small strip of green grass at the airport
These last three images are actually from a quick session at Rocky Point Park in Port Moody.
They really wanted a sunset shot and sunsets are usually hard to come by before noon.
July 11th, 2007
Bella & David are another great couple getting married this month. We actually did their E-Session last month, but we’re a bit behind in the whole blogging thing - it usually gets that way in the summer with all the shoots going on.
It was a perfect June evening out at Deer Lake Park in Burnaby. We laughed, we posed, there was some romance with deep gazes into each others eyes, the odd kiss here and there - and finally a bit of rolling around in the grass … all good clean fun…
July 11th, 2007
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