We had the opportunity to meet Meaghan and Brad a while back in a seedy Tim Hortons on Quinpool. Luckily for us there was nothing seedy about them. An absolute riot the entire day and they rocked. Brad even allowed us to play YMCA!

Sometimes you get lucky enough to meet someone who impacts your life for the better, and when you meet this person they earn a special place in your heart. I was lucky enough to meet Melanie Mansfeild about 5 years ago. She was always a happy and upbeat person with knowledge and wisdom well beyond her years. When I ran into her again at the Atlantic Bridal Showcase we talked and did some catching up…

You may have noticed in the paper over the past week a few articles on a lower Sackville family who have found themselves in a struggle and need your help.

The Mansfeild’s, Melanie, Joey and their two daughters Emily and Lily will be headed to Ontario to have lifesaving chemotherapy and bone marrow transplants done for Lily. Lily is 4 months old and her closest matched donor is her older sister Emily…

The Mansfeild’s will have to stay in Ontario for up to six months and will be making daily trips to the hospital for both of their daughters. In order to fund their trip they are hosting a benefit, “For the Love of Lily” which will be taking place at the Roadhouse (961 Bedford Hyw) Saturday, March 6, 2010 8:00pm – 11:00pm. The event will be hosted by Marc Sauvé and will feature a silent auction where all proceeds go to pay for the family’s trip and lodgings while in Ontario. Tickets are $25.00 each and are all for a very worthy cause.

Here are a few photos we did of the Mansfeild family…for a family in need of so much one thing is for sure, they will never run out of love.

Last week some great Halifax wedding minds got together to thump our chests and brag about or conquests the previous year. Or drink No Name coke and eat old Nacho Doritos, same thing really. It seems that once a month a few of us are going to get together, compare photos to just generally shoot for the hell of it. Should be a blast! Above there is my last minute contribution to last weeks discussion. Below you will find some fantastic work by Liam Hennessey, Jeff Babineau, Heather Crosby and Jeff Cook, Check em out!

As the first post of many for 2010 I thought it would be a good idea to show off some of our proudest photos from the past year, this is far from all of them. This is just a taste of what is to come. I’m excited to get 2010 started!

Have I ever told you how much we like Sushi, we really really really like sushi. One of Karens favorite sushi places in town is the Hamachi House in Dartmouth on Portland street. So when we first had a chance to meet Dorothy and Christopher and they told us their reception was being held there Karen squealled a little. A little akward in front of a new couple but what ya gonna do?

Last Tuesday Karen and I packed up the car and headed out to our last wedding of 2009! We were pretty excited as we had only met Dorothy and Christopher a week or so before and they of course like every other couple we have met this past year rocked. Christopher even had a giant paper machete dragon in his house, how cool is that? The wedding was a bit later in the afternoon so photos where done much later then the standards we do. We found a nice place on the side of the road and came up with this dead ringer!

Congrats Dorothy and Christopher, Enjoy your time in Jamaica!

I have to add more posts for you guys to comment on of course! This is the slideshow from Kelly and Ryan’s wedding this past summer. Karen was actually in the wedding.

There isn’t a whole lot that is better then a party down south with the Vardys! Well they are off on their honeymoon, I’ll post some photos of one of the craziest parties we have been at this year. It all started off with a pig roast and ended with the chicken dance at Oak Island resort. Who can beat that? fun times where had by all I can assure you of that.

Thanks Mark and Tina for letting us be part of your special day!

Meet Bruce and Tracy, an awesome couple living out west who wanted to come way out east! Have their special day with family then head back home and party with friends, what a blast! We didn’t meet Bruce and Tracy until 4 days before the wedding, they had booked well in advance and had everything planned and ready for when they arrived. As scary as it was to think that we had had so little time with these two, everything ended up being great.

It’s rare when we don’t get to meet a couple well in advance of the wedding, but you know, things happen. One of the most important things for us as wedding photographers is how are we gonna get along with the bride and groom? They are stuck with us all day of course and if we start a fist fight with them over the bar tab, well that can’t be good. (Brian and Karen would like to clarify we have only been in one bar fight over a tab with a bride and groom before, and we whooped their asses) But luckily we didn’t need to rough these guys up….mainly because we think Bruce could take us.

It was a simple wedding…well as simple as it could be on the Mar tall ship with its energetic crew and wild captain… We took a 5 hour cruse down and around the arm and out past the very scenic McNab’s Island where we took aim and fired on a large cruse ship leaving our harbor…TAKE THAT VACATIONERS!! Nothing beats piracy at a wedding!

Here are two cool cats with a whole lot of life!  Meet Adam and Chelle, Adam plays in a band and Chelle is an aspiring photographer who just finished a degree at NSCAD!

When these two came to us and wanted to do engagement photos they had just starting all the plans do their big day so, we booked the pre-wedding set to get the ball rolling and it was a blast! They even brought along a little furry friend… a fuzzy caterpillar who just had to be a part of the photos. He eventually found a leaf he liked better then Chelle’s cozy sweater and thats when we decided some jumping was in order

Between bright yellow caterpillars and bright yellow shoes I’d sad they were a most colorful couple.. good luck you guys!! Its going to be an awesome ride!