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Dave and Barbara got married at The Norland in Lethbridge, which is my favourite place in Lethbridge for outdoor wedding ceremonies. In summer the gardens are so lush, with beautiful flowers dotting the vibrant greens. On this day the skies were very hazy, due to fires, but the grounds were still really attractive.

I started my photography just before they saw each other for the first time that day, which was prior to their ceremony. It was a great moment—they looked so happy! In fact, Barbara hardly stopped smiling all day. Come to think of it, the only time she did stop smiling was when she was wiping away tears of happiness. There were a lot of great, real moments from this wedding and although I did do posed portraits I tried to keep a loose feel to some of the group images, to show them hanging out with their friends. I love the images I have of Barbara making her entrance at the wedding ceremony. So many new expressions raced across her face as she walked up—anticipation, love, happiness—a different look every few steps.

Barbara’s new father-in-law said during his reception speech, “When Dave told me he had met a girl and she was a welder, I expected someone completely different. When I met Barbara I thought, ‘She’s not a welder; she’s a model!’”. I have to agree that Barbara made a stunning bride and they were also such an easy-going couple that the photos almost took themselves.

For their reception, Dave and Barbara had hired the awesome local band Hippodrome, who we saw perform at a couple of weddings last summer. They’re really entertaining and the live music and crowd rapport definitely adds a cool atmosphere to receptions. Barbara and Dave had a different kind of reception schedule, where the band played a song and everyone danced, then there was a speech or two, then more music. It was an interesting way to do things and gave the reception much more lively feel by breaking things up this way. Dave and Barbara also played a few songs themselves and sang really well together.

Congrats, guys!

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I got together with Lethbridge boutique bridal store Once Upon A Bride and wedding venue The Norland for a bridal fashion shoot. Some of the staff of Once Upon A Bride were involved in the shoot and they were so awesome to work with—and that’s just in helping me during the photos, so the customer service in their store must be incredible! And the Norland is always a great place to shoot at. It is the nicest outdoor venue in Lethbridge and they are always friendly there as well.

I won’t be putting the images on my wedding site in my portfolio, because although they look like getting ready photos from a wedding, they were taken in a more controlled environment, but I wanted to share some of my favourites here on my blog.

We first met Corey and Chelsea last winter when we did their engagement session and I’m going to post one photo from that session below, followed by one from their wedding day. I think the contrast in the seasons between their engagement and their wedding is cool.  :) There is also a short slideshow below the two images, so make sure you take a look at that as well.

Corey and Chelsea were married at the beautiful Norland bed and breakfast here in Lethbridge. It was cloudy before the ceremony and there were a few spots of rain just before Chelsea walked down the aisle, but thankfully the weather cleared up. Corey and Chelsea and their wedding party were a really easy-going and up-for-anything group and we did a lot of random fun stuff for the photos.  Actually, from the stories at the reception, these guys really have some wild moments.  We didn’t do anything crazy for the photos, though you should see the jumping-in-the-air shot in the slideshow.  I haven’t done this shot very often, because I like to try new things as much as possible, but Chelsea requested it.  And, man, they really got into it!  This is what a jump shot should look like.  :)

The reception was over at the Italian-Canadian club and their speeches were funny and touching, with a lot of past stories revealed.  Sometimes I laughed so much I had to make sure my shutter speed was fast enough to stop the camera shaking.  All the best to Corey and Chelsea!  Enjoy the photos.  :)