Sunday, 2 April 2017

Josh & Mercedes - April 1, 2017 with Simply Wedding Photography

It may have been April 1st but this wedding was no joke!

Mercedes and Josh decided on the Butterfly Conservatory in Cambridge (a beautiful setting for a destination looking wedding that isn't a destination!) The green house style ceiling flooded us with beautiful light all day and into the evening, and their families were celebrating the happy couple!

I do have to admit, I may have just gotten back from a cruise wedding, but I am pretty jealous of their plans for a cruise (today no less) through Italy amongst other destinations.

Congratulations to you both!  You and your families and  wedding party made the day spectacular and definitely one to remember!

































































Tuesday, 14 March 2017

Brock & Leanne's Wedding at Sea with Simply Wedding Photography

Wow, Wow, Wow!

Any one else been to a wedding on a cruise before?  This was absolutely stunning!  Not only did we have perfectly amazing weather, but we had SO much fun.  Brock and Leanne are an absolutely amazing couple and they also have amazing families!

We boarded the boat on Sunday March 4th in Fort Lauderdale with a party of about 40 people.  Day one was spent unloading our things and getting to know the crew.  We toured the boat finding the most amazing places for photographs and I'm fairly confident in saying that we found some awesome spots and got some pretty amazing photographs to commemorate the week and the wedding.









The girls got ready in a sweet at the front of the boat.  It put my little stateroom to shame!  I asked Leanne's mom to bring one of her baby outfits and shoes so we could do a few beautiful images 
showing the past, present and future.
































Leanne sewed her fathers tie with the most beautiful photograph of her and her father.






The first look was... stunning.... so... soooo... stunning!










The Ceremony was in Blu - a beautiful restaurant decorated unbelievably beautifully with white rose walls, sparkles, gorgeous chandeliers and a very pretty blue carpet.




Brock and Leanne were married by the Captain of the ship, Captain Kafetzis - one of the funniest human beings I have ever had the opportunity to meet.















Captain Kafetzis.  If you ever have the opportunity to meet him, here is what you will learn.  He is married. He is Greek.  He loves greeks.  Ships that have a letter on them (i.e. all Celebrity ships have the letter 'X') are either made or owned by Greeks.  He will make unfortunate situations funny (somehow, not being able to dock in the Bahamas because of high seas turned out to be not so bad). 




We were able to go up onto the bridge of the ship for some photographs.  It was amazing.  I didn't expect it to be such a large area but it ended up being so beautiful for photos!








It even had a glass floor... somewhat freaky to walk on!




After photographs, we went to Quazar Lounge with their family and friends for cake, dancing and drinks!  
























As you can see, we even had the bartender get caught up in all the excitement!

















These next two... my favourites!💖








And of course.. theres one in ever group!  This group "that guy" was the grooms brother.  Derek - you made the day all that more exciting... 








No Cruise wedding would be complete without a recreation of the famous Titanic shot.  Except the Brock just couldn't be quite serious long enough...




Perfect end to the perfect day!



Sunday, 26 February 2017

Patrick & Elizabeth - February 25th. 2017 - Simply Wedding Photography

Our first 2017 wedding of the season!

 Elizabeth & Patrick were so much fun to work with.  Their friends and family were so sweet and up for anything.  The days leading up to the wedding were warm, spring like weather (my daughters asked me to pull out their shorts!), which meant their winter wedding dreams would have been crushed.  The day before the wedding, it turned brutally cold.. and although that cold and wind continued into the wedding day we are thankful that the rain stayed away and we were able to do the couples photos outside (they were awesome enough to brave the cold!).

The Elmhurst Inn was absolutely stunning.  From the suite that the ladies got ready in, to the grounds and the reception hall.. it was just stunning! Every single detail was so thought out.  Their cake... wait, no.. there was no cake! It was a giant cinnamon bun topped off with little Maskoka chairs! So in love!!!  We had a wonderful time and can't wait to finish these images for them!

Now that our winter wedding is over... the warm weather can come back!!!