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Congrats to Brad and Aliya who tied the knot recently in Waterton.  :)  They were a real blast!  In fact, the whole wedding party was a lot of fun.  It’s not every wedding you see the first dance turn into a bridal party chorus routine to the tune of Monty Python’s Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life.  And I have so many photos of Aliya laughing.  I don’t think I’ve ever seen a bride laugh so much!  Aliya also had some fun ideas that we did, like arm-wrestling with her brother, Kareem.  You have to check out the funny, intense expressions in the image I posted from that sequence.  We did a lot of their portraits beforehand, with the family group photos being done at Cameron Falls and the wedding party images being taken all over the place—it is Waterton after all.

Their wedding cake was one of the most creative designs I’ve seen so far.  It was a tropical-themed cake with bamboo-shaped edging and flowers, all in bright colours.  

The sunlight was really quite harsh for their ceremony and I remember commenting that it was one of our most challenging lighting situations so far.  Ironically, we’ve now done three weddings in a row with similar conditions and they’ve got progressively harder!  I’m not sure I like how this is going!  Lol!  ;)

The speeches and slideshow were hilarious.  I’m not sure if Brad is going to live some of those moments down, but at least by now he should have come up with a good excuse for that Michael Jackson pic. Anyways, we wish them all the best in their new life together—even though they are Oilers fans.  ;)

Sarah and Matt are a great couple with a really cool sense of fun.  We did a real variety of photos for their engagement session from fashion to candid.  We started with some more candid-style romantic moments in the Lethbridge Coulees then went to Suede night club for some posed fashion portraits.  The owner and staff at Suede were very accommodating and pretty much gave us the run of the place.  Although it’s normally a busy place, thankfully it was wasn’t filled with customers at that time of day, so we were able to do things that we couldn’t have done with a crowd there.  

We finished with some fun shots in the new fountain at Galt Gardens.  I’ve been eyeing that fountain since it went in and we timed Matt and Sarah’s engagement session so that we could spend the last few moments there as the sun set.  I wanted the lights in the fountain to be as visible as possible, so I knew it had to be dark when we were there.  Matt and Sarah were so up for anything that they were willing to go right into the fountain itself!  I was in there, too, with all my gear to get the shots I wanted.  The thing was, when we got there we saw a sign that said that the water was about to be shut off.  And the water was quite low!  So we hopped in thinking that we were just in for a few final dribbles.  But I swear someone must have been watching us, because right after we got in the water spouted sky-high all around us and we were soaked!  We all started laughing and I was trying to give them some directions for the photos while keeping my gear from getting too wet (pro camera gear is weather-sealed, so this wasn’t too risky for it) and not getting a mouthful of water at the same time.

Anyways it was lots of fun and we look forward to more fun on their wedding next year.  Here are a handful of images from their engagement session.  :)

Yes, folks, we have it all for you this week—partial nudity, tears, laughter, funny signs, danger, romance, and even some wedding photos! What more could you ask for?

Alicin and Andy are a wonderful couple who are just really genuine people.  Wedding days often change people a bit, because of the hectic pace and the crowds of guests, but Andy and Alicin were themselves through all of this and that’s so refreshing to see.  :)  They were married at the Southminster United church, which is one of the larger ones here in Lethbridge, with attractive dark polished wood and a big balcony wrapping around the top level.  It was dark in there, though!  Only a little bit of light came in through the stained glass windows.  

Alicin’s bridesmaids were all her sisters and Andy’s groomsmen were his brothers!  That’s the first time I’ve seen such a balanced, related bridal party lineup.  Andy’s family were a riot; the guys were all joking around and they talked me into playing a trick on Andy, too.  So, when he asked me if I’d come from Salon Quattro, where the girls were having their hair and makeup done, and how they all were, I told him that, yes, I’d been there and the girls were good.  Then I paused and straight-faced asked, “Was Alicin supposed to be there this morning?”  The poor guy’s jaw dropped and his eyes went wide until we all laughed and then it clicked and he breathed a huge sigh of relief.

Alicin and her sisters fed us a great lunch.  Sherri and I always pack something for ourselves, but they insisted and I never turn down food.  Plus it was better than what we had.  Alicin, Sherri wants the recipe for that salad!  :)

Anyways, here are some of their images!