Love is in the air

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!

Vardy Party!

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!

Bruce and Tracy sitting in a tree! (or in a boat)

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!

Nauss Wedding in song!

The Princess and the Bog of Eternal Stench!

If there was one technology left to be discovered it would be the technology of internet sense of smell. There is nothing like finding the dirtiest, most disgusting vile smelly place on the earth (or well, in Halifax) and tossing a lovely white pristine bride into it!

The best dude in the world Liam Hennessey had invited me out to a trash the dress shoot last week and I sadly missed it due to other obligations. This week the invite was extended to the second part of the shoot and I wasn’t about to make a repeat mistake. What Liam hesitated to mention was that it wasn’t a trash the dress but a absolute obliteration of the dress.

What a riot! The bride was awesome, the dress was awesome, the location was awesome, the light was awesome, everything was just over all awesome! I’ve never had so much fun on a shoot before.

Liam and Tanya have to be two of the most amazing photographers I have met in the past year. Amazing talent and just great people to know. Definitely two people you should look into at some point! I have a few of the behind the scene shots I’ll post later on, but thanks to Liam and Tanya for having me a long, it was an absolute blast!

Making the Leap!

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!

My photo friends wedding

This past weekend we went up to Cape Breton to spend some time with our good friend Kelly Martell and partake in her special day with her special guy. I offered to help shoot her wedding along with Erin Dibben and Mark Ramsey. Between the three of us I am sure the photos she will get will be pretty over whelming. The weather held off just long enough to make the day absolutely perfect.

Congrats Kelly and Walker!

Mark and Tina sitting in a … corn field

I’ve met the occasional wedding couple who will come to me to speak photography but sometimes just don’t see them selves in my photos. Be it the price, the place or even the shot, they just can’t see them in the photos. I have to say that it is one of the most important things about wedding photography, well any photography really. You need to be able to see your self in those places, in those poses and looking just damn good.

That’s actually the secret to great photos, no really it is! I can position the light where ever I like, change the depth of field to what ever I please. But if you don’t want to be there in that photo looking absolutely fantastic then that photo is going to turn into trash.

My photos turn out great because I have great clients. They are fun, exciting and just a little bit crazy…just like me I guess. Mark and Tina are no exception of course! We drove up to the valley where they live, ate smoked salmon off the BBQ and had an amazing home cooked meal before going out to shoot.

Did I ever mention I love my job?

Wedding on a boat!

Erika and Todd rock! We had the opportunity to hang out with them all day and I can’t say enough how much of a fun couple they where, laid back and relax the whole day. Smiles all around. Their wedding even took place on an awesome boat! How cool is that? It’s pretty damn cool if you ask me.

We spent the earlier part of the day shooting their wedding photos, family photos and everything in between before hitting the boat for an evening cruise around the Halifax Harbour. We as wedding photographers have gotten stupidly lucky this year by there being fantastic weather ever date we shoot. And Saturday night was no exception. It was perfect weather in every way!

Level up!

We spent last week on vacation in the Cape Breton Highlands. Now we where not up there for fun and games the entire time. We did shoot two weddings after all! The first wedding of course was the lovely Luchador photos, and the second was with our good friends Clint and April. Fun times where had by all! Of course they where had by all, we were in Cape Breton after all!

Gorgeous country side, gorgeous couple…what could go wrong? Well we being the evil villains we are, we had a lot of plans up our sleeves!

We met them Saturday down at LeNoir Forge on the Isle Madame in Cape Breton. We did a couple fun family photos and then when no one was looking we kidnapped them in our chariot (Santa Fae) to fly about the tiny island a google (it’s a number. really) of awesome photos where ever we could sneak into. Isle Madam is very very tiny place! Every where we went Clint and April knew somebody. We got a lot of calls from across the road, and horns honked everywhere we went!

Eventually we had to return them to their loved ones of course and the night carried on into an awesome reception! And the rest is history!

Woohoo!