Out with the old, in with the new! {Halifax, Nova Scotia}
2009 was a crazy year for Karen and I. We pretty much started our photography business together shooting weddings. It was a roller coaster of ups and downs, fun times and slaving away to make it all work. Over all we are happy to report it was a rip roaring success! Bring on 2010 baby!
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!
Last Wedding of 2009!
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!
Walker Wedding!
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.
Family fun times!
When we shot the Nauss wedding we knew they had kids…what we didn’t know was how much fun these two kids were… not only are they cute as buttons but they are also a riot to be around. Aiden and Mackenzie are like two peas in a pod, no fussing and no feuding just loads of fun!
This family loves to keep active so when we decided to do family portraits we thought it was a good idea to go do something energetic. So we went for a nice hike in the woods around Long Lake… The choice of venue was also in part because of the newest addition to the Nauss family, Dexter (the world’s cutest beagle puppy). The paths around Long Lake are a semi well kept dog lovers secret. Anyone who loves to walk their dog through the woods and socialize with other dog owners knows, this is the place to be.
Todd and Erika had the family dress all in matching white (how cute!), except Dexter, he stood out in a fashionable brown coat with a small fuzzy hood…although…I suppose his fur did match everyone’s sweaters…
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!