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Congrats to Maria and Dale, an easy-going and fun couple who were recently married at St. Patrick’s church here in Lethbridge, Alberta.

We started out with the guys over at the Lethbridge Lodge to get some photos of them getting ready and then I took some quick, casual portraits of Dale hanging out overlooking the garden area inside. I freaked Sherri out by sitting on the railing at the very top floor to get some of the photos.

Their wedding ceremony was held at St. Patrick’s church in the centre of Lethbridge. After their ceremony the sun came out just long enough to get the family photos and then we ducked inside for most of the other images. We had rain and hail and sunshine pretty much alternating all day! Maria and Dale had the idea to bring a bunch of umbrellas for their wedding party so they could get something fun despite the weather. I had actually been thinking the same thing and it’s really cool when we’re on the same level like that. In the image of Dale and Maria holding the umbrella, if you look closely you can see some white specks in the sky. That’s hail! This is where you really want weather-sealed gear. And maybe a helmet!

Their reception was held at the Grandstand, which had such a cool variety of little locations inside to use for photography. There were rustic-looking wooden areas as well as more modern places. We snuck off during the reception to get a few more images of Dale and Maria. Speaking of the reception, Dale had a surprise planned for Maria. After their first dance Dale and a friend set up a couple of guitars and amps and Dale sung a really heart-felt song to Maria. It was a really beautiful moment.

Congrats to Heidi and Clark, a great fun couple who were married at St. Patrick’s church Lethbridge on a not-too-cold January day.  Well, not cold for us, compared to how it could have been.    The temperature for their winter wedding was a relatively-balmy minus five degrees, with the wind chill.  The week before it had been down in the minus thirties!  It’s days like this I’m glad I’m a photographer and not a bridesmaid, because those dresses can’t be very warm.  Plus, I would look scary.

Anyways, after the service we did some quick family photos and then headed off for some more fun ones with the bridal party.  Heidi really wanted some outdoor photos at the top of the coulees, but it was so windy!  One of the guys kindly volunteered to model while I set up and then when I was ready everyone rushed outside and we took a few quick photos.  After they had braved the wind we moved on to less windy locations around town, like the old firehall, the Lethbridge Lodge, and the new Henotic restaurant and bar.  We had quite a bit of time with Clark and Heidi and so were able to get a nice variety of photos of the two of them.

Their reception was at the Galt museum, which is one of my favourite reception places in Lethbridge, and they had it decorated with their winter wedding theme.  Everything was blue and white, with silver snowflakes.  Sherri and I stayed for the speeches and cake cutting but left before the dancing—which Clark assures me was a good thing. 

The slideshow, featuring a few of their wedding images is below.  Give it a little time to load; it’s a quick-but-large slideshow.  Oh, and check out the cool images we got in an old jail!