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Posted on January 25, 2012
As always, I’m too involved in the juggling act that is photography and my life to blog and write about it so this a bit late. This wedding was is Orillia on what should have been the perfect October fall day but turned out to have hurricane like weather. It was a challenge but Alexis MacDonald, my friend and second shooter, was remarkably strong holding up an oversized umbrella for me to shoot outdoors in such gusty winds, even Dorothy would have been proud!!
I just love the intimacy of a small wedding. By the time the engagement session is complete and the wedding into full swing we are so familiar with family and friends that we able to capture some of the greatest moments ever.
Posted on January 20, 2010
As I slowly ease back into motherhood, work and school after the holidays, I realize I need to make some changes in the up coming year. It will serve me well to reflect on what is working well, what I didn’t do well and decide the new plan. As a parent, photographer and student I crammed so much into last year that by mid December I was just exhausted!! Don’t get me wrong, I accomplished so many great things and more!! I’m grateful that I did because truly I believe this year will be even better because of the foundation that was laid, but I’m still trying to figure out the workflow of how to make my family and photography a priority and still fit in things like workouts, date night, reading books for fun and diner with our friends!!
More on that later but for now I’ll share with you the way 2009 ended for me. I was driving down to Florida with my taller half and the kids when I found out that the much anticipated Toronto Life Wedding Guide 2010 was on the stands. Ricki Horowitz Photography & Kristina of Sugartree Photography, if you recall, teamed up for the wedding of Ilana Landsberg-Lewis & Lorraine Sagato of Parachute Club in September ‘09 and that wedding is now featured in the The Toronto Life Wedding Guide on page 68. It was a great way to end a photographic year that was full of excitement, hard work and great new friends!!!
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Posted on September 21, 2009
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When Ilana Landsberg Lewis & Lorraine Sagato told me they were getting married and asked me to help plan their wedding and be their photographer I was overwhelmed with love, joy and happiness for them and sincerely honored that they would want me to document such an important day in their lives. I was deeply touched when they told me they loved my photographic style and the intimate candid images I love to capture and that it was exactly what they wanted for their wedding. Sitting at an informal diner by Lorraine the gourmet, Ilana, Lorraine’s sister Carla and myself, we discussed countryside locations, white billowing table cloths, simplicity, intimacy, good food, great friends & family, artisan Italian breads and good wine….the stuff romanticized Tuscany family reunions are made of.
It was to be a simple wedding, and my photography, my contribution to the “budget wedding” and a labour of love to one of my dearest friends, her partner and children, all who hold an incredible place in the hearts of myself and my children. I am completly overwhelmed by this wedding. Overwhelmed by the hugeness it became. Not only am I overwhelmed by the love, admiration, respect, excitement, awe and lust these two beautiful people have for each other, but also for the deep love, joy, respect, admiration and loyalty their friends and family have for them! The generosity of their love and spirit for family and friendship was returned to them a hundred fold by the attendees of their wedding and especially, without question, the magnificent host, Salah Bachir, who I imagine would rival, if not outdo, Coco Chanel, Anaise Nin, Gertrude Stein, and Gianni Versace. Yep, you guessed it – I ended up having nothing to do with the wedding plans – but there were white table cloths! The wedding was ordained by the couples good friend Eve Ensler, playwright, performer, and activist, and author of THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES.
If you know this couple and their families you know words are their lives. The playful brilliance of words, the intellectual and motivational power of words, the melody of words, the sexiness of words. This wedding encompassed them all. The true love that was expressed by friends and family for Ilana and Lorraine was overwhelming and at times I forgot that I was supposed to be taking pictures. I wiped my eyes, tried to focus and resume my task of the day. I sincerely appreciate and thank Kristina of Sugar Tree Photography for joining me for the day. She is such a pleasure to work with and contributed not only with her photographic talent and charming persona but also helped me with the delicate balance of being emotionally involved with the couple and their families and still having to do the professional job of a photographer.
It was a truly magnificent, unique and special day for all involved and I can just imagine that the Landsberg-Lewis-Sagato households around the GTA are all still celebrating and recounting every beautiful detail!!
So here I leave you with a sneak peak into the most beautiful wedding I have ever had the pleasure of witnessing!
Posted on May 25, 2009
How did 20 days go by without a post? I had vowed not to let this happen. But it did. Wedding & Prom season started and I’ve been fortunate to be a part of both. Its funny, I have seen a number of children and family photographers slowly drift into weddings and I wondered, could this be a money thing? Could the family portraiture business be plummeting in this economy? Well I have my answer folks….
Its crazy fun and exciting !!!
I looove shooting weddings!!!!!
Its the most happy day of someones life and they have planned months and months for it, if not a whole year. All those details that were pondered on again and again by countless people and finally chosen, have all come together for this one brief day. I love capturing all the things the bride, groom and their families put their heart and soul into choosing and yet on this day may not have the chance to fully appreciate their coming together. Thanks for a very special and wonderful day N&C (and of course David). I am grateful I was able to be a part of your day. My best to you both.
