Wednesday, June 28, 2017

Your Wedding Photos Can Be Taken Anywhere…

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Your Wedding Photos Can Be Taken Anywhere…

A few weeks back we had a conversation with a couple getting married in 2019. They were surprised when we mentioned that it is possible to have your wedding photography taken anywhere. It could be a park, garage, hotel, alleyway or any and every place you can think of. In order to feel completely comfortable with this statement we decided to make it happen as often as possible. So when we have a little more time to capture wedding images we will seek out the obscure or the none traditional wedding locations.

This past Saturday we thought we should give this a try. While downtown in Toronto for Victoria and David’s wedding day we had a few extra moments to take a stroll down a street that we barely ever traveled. A street in which we normally turned right we turned left instead. It lead us to a rather empty parking garage were we entered not knowing what to find. Not knowing what you can find is the best part. it could be nothing at all or it can be a real eye opener which is what we found on this day.

In a lonely corner of the garage we found one little light. and all of the images below were captured under this one little light. Now I know this looks like a high end light source but I kid you not we were in a parking garage. Our new friend whom allowed us access thought we were crazy and to be fair our bride and groom may have thought so as well. After catching a glimpse of the back of our camera not many called us crazy after. Below is proof that your wedding photos can be taken anywhere and everywhere, with pretty awesome results. All that is required is an open mind and sense of adventure.

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Tuesday, June 27, 2017

Manuel & Margaret Engagement Session Caledon

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Manuel & Margaret Engagement Session Caledon

We met up with Margaret and Manuel on a very hot Wednesday afternoon in Caledon for their engagement session last week. All we knew was their would be a motorcycle on hand, we were excited about that. Not that we have any experience with motorcycle, but it sounds cool. Name a guy or girl for that matter who wouldn’t like the idea of having a motorcycle in any or your photos. Instant cool points, am I right? But to this couple they love riding their motorcycles in this area as do most I am told.

While driving through rolling hills and side roads we found a few awesome locations to capture images for this cool couple. Many of which we stopped in the middle of the road for, which I suggest is not really a great idea. But for photographic purposes I feel that you may understand. While off road driving and suspect parking spots may not be what tickles your fancy, this couple was cool with it. Plus the images captured turned out pretty awesome as well.

Although I may not be buying a Ducati anytime soon, I did find motorcycles a little cooler after this engagement session. A motorcycle is an awesome prop to use on a photography session of any kind although I do recommend be able to ride it and or owning it. Sometimes adding a prop that is yours or means something to you adds value to the importance of the images. Or this engagement session would just be a couple with a cool motorcycle. Which is fine but to them means more that they used something within their images that represents them and something they each love to do.

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Tuesday, June 27, 2017

Philosopher Kings At The Mod Club

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Philosopher Kings At The Mod Club

As one of the photographers for Best Version Media there are a few perks. Once and awhile we get invited to pretty cool events in and around the Toronto area. This past week we were invited as guests to catch the return of the kings. The Philosopher Kings to be exact, at the Mod Club on College. If you are Canadian and were listening to music a few years back you would recognize the band. The are getting ready for a new record release and threw a special event for friends and family. We went to join in on the fun, camera in hand, being honest most of the places we go a camera is in hand.

We showed up a little early but that meant we had a choice spot to sit down, although once the show started our sits were useless as we spent the night standing. The show kicked off with new emerging artist Ryland James opening up for the Philosopher Kings. He got the crowd warmed up for the main event with a few of his songs. When the main event arrived it was worth the wait. I just didn’t think I would be as excited as I was to capture this on camera.

The band played most of their hits. Hurt’s To Love You, Charms and You Don’t Love Me were my favorites. As I could actually remember going to HMV and buying the CD for the album Famous, Rich and Beautiful in 1997. It was difficult trying to sing along and photograph at the same time. I am looking forward to the release of their next album which they are working on right now. I wanted to share the images with you all because as a first attempt at concert photography I thought I did pretty well.

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Thursday, June 22, 2017

Samantha & Wesley Eglinton Grand Wedding

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Samantha & Wesley Eglinton Grand Wedding

We had an awesome day capturing both photos and video of Samantha and Wesley’s wedding day. With a full staff on hand including 2 photographers as well as 2 videographers we left no stone unturned. On top of all that we also had a same day edit AND photo booth at the reception held at the Eglinton Grand. Too much to handle? not for us. This year has been one great event after another and we are just getting started.

Our day kicked off bright and early in Caledon at 7am for the groom Wesley with team one form Studio Cabral. Complete with Bab Socks for all of the groomsmen we knew we were in for a fun day, and we were right. Wesley looked like your favorite British spy James Bond with white jacket but it was in honor of Samantha’s father who also wore a white jacket on his wedding day. Studio Cabral team two had the pleasure of getting the bride Samantha ready for her big day. Before the bride could get her dress on we decided to take it outside and hang it from tall trees to get the shot we wanted. We even played with her veil both on and off the bride, with that size veil you can tell we had some fun all day. Before leaving we needed to get a few cool shots of the bride’s Badgley Mischka shoes.

Their 11am ceremony started right on time at St. Clare in Toronto despite a long drive in from Brampton. We love capturing wedding ceremony images at this church as it is easily in the top 5 within Toronto for photography. It gives us a great advantage in having the steps to have all in attendance in one priceless image. Once we choreography where all 4 of us will be within the next few hours Studio Cabral team 3 (a mix of team 1 and 2) headed to the Distillery District for some more top notch image capturing. While there we actual witnessed a gentlemen proposing to his girlfriend. Judging by the applause I think she said yes. After a few more flying veil shots we headed back uptown to the Eglinton Grand for the reception.

Studio Cabral are big fans of the way the first dance is done at the Eglinton Grand. They really take the movie theme and run with it. By introducing the bride and groom on the dance floor behind curtains is just awesome. You have to see it to truly appreciate it, it was outstanding. Once our great dinner and touching speeches were complete the dancing began while Breakfast at Tiffany’s played on the big screen. With the photo booth running non stop and Tiny Tom donuts being eaten (mostly by me) the night rolled on. We now will always a fondness for the song Baba O’Reilly by the Who, those guests that were left know why.

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Wednesday, June 21, 2017

Pinterest Shot Lists Are A Great Way To Miss Capturing Candid Wedding Photos

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Pinterest Shot Lists Are A Great Way To Miss Capturing Candid Wedding Photos

Before we get started let me say that Pinterest is awesome. You can get allot of ideas on how to get things done and make it look great. Things from furniture, decor, food and even photography. I know this because my wife is really into DIY projects and much of her influence comes from Pinterest, although 80% is her on internal drive. But as a photographer who has been to a couple weddings in his time Pinterest can be a bad thing. In only one aspect and that is a “shot list” that is inspired from Pinterest or the internet in general.

Once and awhile we get emails from brides with images attached that they have seen on Pinterest that they would love to incorporate into their own wedding day. This sounds great and for the most part we do our best to include these ideas, but photographed our own way. However you should never expect these ideas to be the one and only way your wedding photos are to be captured. If your “shot list” is extensive and you tell your photographer to follow the list they may miss out on candid moments that happen naturally through out the day. This candid moments become the images that truly tell the story of your wedding day.

If you have an idea of how you would like your wedding to be photographed, that is wonderful and usually can be captured photographically. But a list will hinder the photographer and make he or she feel like they NEED to get the list out of the way prior to capturing the wedding their way. The way you loved and the reason you hired this photographer. A few props are an awesome way to bring your personality and creativity to your wedding photos. But if you see a photo on Pinterest taken in Southern California on the beach at sunset, is this really a possibly on your wedding day her in Southern Ontario?

In conclusion there is nothing wrong with a shot list of wedding photography ideas. As long as you understand that your photographer will use it as a starting point and take the shot list ideas and capture the wedding images from it their way. Who knows your wedding images may be on the next person wedding’s shot list. Which it should be as it will be unique and not a copy of an image seen online randomly.

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