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Yesterday I posted a “Question and Answer” about the process of photography. I went into some detail about why professional photography costs what it does, based on experience and my perspective.
Toronto Wedding Professionals has featured it on their website. Check it out here.
Wedding Photography Demystified
Wedding photography can be a bit of a mystery for people. It makes sense; it’s not as if one gets married every day of the week, so why should you be expected to know all there is to know?
I’ve prepared some updated information on the process of wedding photography based on my years of experience [...]
Allison + Iannis: Gardiner Museum Wedding Day
Allison + Iannis FINE ART Wedding – Images by Dean Oros
Allison and Iannis live in New York, and came to Toronto for their big day. The wedding and reception were both held at the Gardiner Museum, which is Canada’s only ceramics museum. If you’ve never been, I’d recommend it as it’s one-of-a-kind and will provide [...]
Nerissa + Ron: Skyscraper Wedding
Ron and Nerissa had a lovely wedding ceremony at Toronto’s Sutton Place Hotel, followed by a reception at the Panorama Restaurant, atop the Manulife Center. It has a fantastic view of the city!
The happy Newlyweds have requested that we respect their privacy and not post their wedding images to the general public. If Ron and [...]
Rohini + Kunal: Traditional Hindu Wedding Ceremony
Indian weddings are wonderful to photograph because of their rich, colourful traditions, much like Chinese weddings.
Rohini and Kunal’s was a traditional Hindu Celebration. The rituals of the Hindu wedding ceremony are based upon the hymns contained in the Veda, which are sacred Hindu scriptures, and have remained unchanged for over 5,000 years. The proceedings are [...]
Angela + Robin: A Greek Orthodox Wedding Celebration
Over the Thanksgiving Weekend, I had the opportunity of photographing Angela and Robin’s Wedding Day. They flew in to Toronto from Vancouver. Their special day was a lovely Greek Orthodox ceremony followed by a fantastic reception at the Deer Creek Golf Club in Ajax.
If you’ve never attended a Greek wedding, then you haven’t experienced a [...]
Tayna + Chris: A Fantasy Wedding
With the sun arriving after a morning of rainfall, Tanya and Chris were able to enjoy an outdoor wedding yesterday at Toronto’s Fantasy Farms. Nestled off Pottery Road off the Bayview Extension, this quaint venue was an ideal spot for their special day.
A sweet day for a sweet couple.
Chris and I had done a location [...]
Wedding Day Celebration: Liz + Kelvin
Yesterday Liz married Kelvin & Kelvin married Liz. It was a beautiful day. Everyone was in the moment and laughter was filling the air on more than one occasion. And yes, there were some happy tears sneaking out of sparkling eyes.
I met the happy newlyweds a year ago. Earlier this year we had a great [...]
Thalia + Trevor: a beautiful, hot & colourful Wedding Celebration
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Exactly 17 hours ago I finished photographing Thalia and Trevor’s Wedding Day. It seems like 17 minutes ago. It was one of those days when it’s hard to pack up the camera gear and leave because the people are just so lovely. I was touched by how [...]
Daphina + Charles: What a Beautiful Wedding Day!
Yesterday I had the pleasure of photographing Daphina and Charles’ Wedding ceremony and celebration. The day commenced with a traditional Chinese tea ceremony and ended with late night dancing.
There were many highlights, so many in fact, that I almost don’t know where to begin. I’ll start with the newlyweds. We first met in November last [...]
Melinda + Alex: Wedding Celebration
Congratulations to Melinda and Alex! The beautiful newlyweds tied the knot this past weekend during an intimate service followed by a lovely family dinner in Unionville. And did it ever rain! Almost non-stop. The sky did clear just after dinner, and though we only had a few minutes, we enjoyed a portrait session on Unionville’s [...]
A lovely moment between mother and son
One of the things I love about photographing wedding celebrations is capturing the spontaneous, and often quiet moments, between people. This recent image is one of my favourites: Mother and son enjoying a moment while they dance at his wedding reception.
Wedding Celebration: Natasha + Marcelo
What a day: Beautiful, sunny, and very hot! Full of lovely people with happy smiles and lots of laughter. Yesterday was Natasha’s and Marcelo’s Wedding Celebration, and it was awesome.
Thank you for making me feel so welcome. It was a pleasure photographing you and your family / friends.
Here are just a few highlights. I hope [...]
Wedding-Story Celebration: Sokha + Steve
Yesterday was Sokha and Steve’s Wedding Day! And what a day it was; full of laughter, family, friends, and rushing around. I had quite a fun time with the bride and the girls as they prepared themselves for the day’s festivities. Sokha’s Mom, Hieng, made me laugh on more than one occasion! The entire day [...]
Vera Wang
In terms of capturing sentiment, few things are as enduring as wedding photographs, so the choice of photographer will have lasting consequences. ~ Vera Wang
Thalia’s Wedding Gown Fitting
Thalia’s dress fitting at Becker’s Bridal was a surprise affair. What was meant to be a quiet fitting with bride, mom and photographer turned out to be a family event due to a mix-up in scheduling. So the entire family was there for the event!
During a private moment, I captured this image of Thalia seeing [...]
A Lovely Hindu Wedding Celebration
This past weekend I photographed a Hindu Wedding Celebration.
The day was full of ceremony, dancing, laughter, food, family and friends.
As part of our D.A.M. Photography Collective, I along with Matt, worked together to document this lovely affair. The Ceremony and Reception took place at Le Jardin Conference & Event Centre in Woodbridge, Ontario. Here are just [...]
A toast to all our wedding couples
I’d like to toast all the newlyweds I’ve photographed. It’s such an honour to have been entrusted with photographing your wedding day. I’m sincerely moved by all the heartfelt words of kindness you’ve expressed. Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Louis de Bernières
Love is a temporary madness, it erupts like volcanoes and then subsides. And when it subsides you have to make a decision. You have to work out whether your roots have so entwined together that it is inconceivable that you should ever part.
Because this is what love is.
Love is not breathlessness, it is not excitement, [...]
Weddings: How guests and their cameras can affect the commissioned photographer
Who do you know that doesn’t own some type of camera? Probably very few. Almost everyone has one. But owning a camera does not a professional photographer make.
There were a few wedding celebrations I photographed last year, where 100+ guests had their own camera, and wanted to take photographs of their own. Dozens and dozens [...]
New Wedding Collections!
I’m very pleased to announce our new Wedding Collections are now in effect. We’ve listened to what our clients this past year have told us. We know you refer us to your friends and family. We’re very appreciative and we thank you. Our new Collections are based on your feedback.
As great as our previous collections were, [...]
Going Old School: The CNE & Polaroids
Toronto is lucky to have not one, but two Amusement Parks. The oldest of course, is the Canadian National Exhibition. Marking the end of summer, the CNE (also known as “The Ex”) runs for about two weeks from the last week in August to the 2nd week in September, just in time for kids to [...]
The AGWPJA has invited me to be a member
The AGWPJA – Artistic Guild of the Wedding Photojournalist Association extended an invitation to me to become a member of their Association.
I truly appreciate the invitation because its members are selected not only for their photo journalism skills, but also for their post-production image enhancement and interpretation of a captured moment.
In their own words: The [...]
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