Ashley and Jason were united together as husband and wife on July 10, another lovely summer day. They were married at St. Gertrudes Roman Catholic Church in Oshawa.

Check out their engagement session photos we did last November in Collingwood:

http://staceywightblog.ca/2010/02/collingwood-engagement-session-ashley-jason/

A & J kept things nice and simple (yet elegant) for their special day - I loved their backyard bbq reception - some really scrumptious food was partaken during the evening which you’ll see below.

This was Ashley’s “something blue” - the beads on the bottom of her shoes - “I” and “Do”.  Cute and creative.

Really nice and meaningful stain-glass at the Church.

We did all the post-ceremony photos at Cullen Gardens in Whitby.

Meet my competition ; )

Ashley and Jason requested ample detail photos to use as art in their home (particularly from their reception) - I was pretty excited about this because I’ll never say no to more detail photos. I love them!

If you are getting married and can’t decide between a veil or hair piece, do what Ashley did and get both!  You can change into the other just before the reception for a different look.  Ashley’s feathered hair piece was awesome.

Congratulations to Ashley and Jason (who enjoyed a honeymoon in the Dominican Republic)!

Well it’s that time of year when my computer decides to protest against me and decides not to start one morning. It seems to do this every year. It’s back from being serviced and thankfully running much much nicer now.

Carolyn and Nathan took a break from the oil in Alberta and flew to Ontario to be married at Blue Mountain Resorts in Collingwood on July 3. That was a really HOT day, but anything is better than rain (or snow).

The ceremony was at St. Mary’s Catholic Church.

Waiting for his bride to arrive.

Their reception room was totally WOW! Beautifully decorated to say the least.

Candy Buffets have become increasingly popular over the past couple of years.

Carolyn and Nathan’s cupcakes had sparkles in them. Pretty.

The Signature Drink of the evening.

Congratulations to Carolyn and Nathan! (who enjoyed a honeymoon in Greece!).

June 26th was one of those days with soaking wet gray clouds lingering in the sky that looked like if you poked them with a needle they would just gush out buckets and buckets of rain. Miraculously enough, that didn’t happen - it was actually hard to believe.

Jillian and Mike were married at the Georgian Bay Club - it was a wonderful day for the two of them along with many of their family and friends.  Here is an overview of their wedding story.

Mike and his boys got ready at The Village at Blue Mountain so I stopped there first for photos.

Jillian and the girls got ready at her parent’s cottage.

Loved this photo of Jillian’s mom helping her with her dress and her dad watching.

Bridesmaid in a mirror.

Finishing touches.

Voila - Jillian.

This is Jillian’s fraternal twin Leah (P.S. I’m going to be an aunt of twins in November/December!). When Leah answered the door I thought to myself “Oh, Jillian is wearing an orange dress - that’s different”. But then I quickly found out it wasn’t Jillian - hehehe.

Everyone.

Funky hor d’ourves.

Jillian’s younger brother was actually a bridesman (or groomsmaid).

By the way, I totally loved Jillian’s dress with the one shoulder only strap (as did many other people).  It was so suited for her.

Twin love.

Fireworks were a surprise later in the evening.

Congratulation to Jillian and Mike!

I will be posting more weddings soon but first…..Lauren and Cameron’s engagement session.

We met on July 16 at Blue Mountain Resort in Collingwood. Lauren and Cameron both ski/snowboard so Blue Mountain seemed like an appropriate location as part of our session.

We didn’t venture up the ski hill because a nice person that worked at Blue came along on a four-wheeler and stopped to tell us that there was poison ivy up on the hill. Lauren and I definitely weren’t too into risking it so we just hung out in the grass at the bottom of the hill.

After we finished at Blue Mountain, we drove to the Collingwood Airport for some photos.  Cam is an Aircraft Engineer at Pearson which is how he met Lauren because she used to work there.  Since we were so close to an airport, it made sense to do some photos here for the significance factor.  I learned some interesting tidbits from Lauren and Cameron about these types of planes (I was looking at alot of them wondering how anyone had the guts to fly some of them - they were all totally cute, but seemed more like life-size Fisher Price toys than something that actually flew in the air!).

We finished our session at Sunset Point Beach.

I am looking forward to photographing Lauren and Cameron’s wedding day in Muskoka this coming fall!

Jennifer and Tom were married on May 29 at Golden Beach Resort which is located on Rice Lake just outside of Roseneath.  This was not the original location for their wedding though.  Less than 3 months from their wedding day, they found out their wedding venue closed their doors and were no longer in business!  Imagine looking for a new wedding location so close to your wedding date - stress.  Jen and Tom, however, found out about Golden Beach Resort and when they visited in person, they were absolutely thrilled!  PHEW!  So…it all worked out for the better in the end.

Golden Beach Resort is on the south side of Rice Lake.  If you look straight across the lake, you see Peterborough.  I arrived the evening before the wedding.  Remind me not to travel on the 401 eastbound on a Friday afternoon again - yikes.  It took me over 5 hours to get there - the 401 was slower than molasses in January.  It took me just under 3 hours to come home on Saturday night so I essentially sat on the 401 for 2 hours on the way there.  It was hot and aggravating - but that’s life.  When I arrived, I had a great night’s sleep in one of the beautiful resort homes - I was extremely thankful Jen and Tom were able to put me there for the night.

This is the sunset before the wedding day.

The wedding day begins.

Jen & Tom’s dog Lucy was carrying the rings on her back. This was the first time I had ever seen a dog wear a wedding veil : )

Jen’s grandfather walked her down the aisle.

I love dove releases.

Tom wrote Jen a (very special) song and sang it to her a cappella. You’ve really got to give a guy credit for doing that, especially in front of so many people.

Congratulations to Jen and Tom!

I met with Crystal and Denis at Dundas Square in Toronto for their engagement session on June 15. It was a nice day - not hot and not cold.  City sessions are rare for me so it’s always fun to make the trek to downtown Toronto for a photo session.  Urban shoots are actually somewhat challenging for me because I’m so used to shooting in secluded areas with sand, water, rocks, lots of trees and no high-rise buildings.  I’m always up for a good challenge though.  There were a kazillion people at Dundas Square which always seems to be the case there - another challenge for a country girl photographer!

Crystal and Denis are tying the knot in the GTA later this summer.  For now, here are some photos from our engagement session together!

We came across this alley way just around the corner from Dundas Square with all these cool coloured walls - red, orange, yellow, green and purple. Loved it!

And of course it’s easy to find some good old fashion graffiti in Toronto.

Looks like someone’s been working out!

Loved this funky floor inside some building.

We ended the session in the parking garage.

Happy Canada Day! Just got back from the good ol’ Priceville fireworks and thought I would blog.

Feast your eyes on Julie and Darren’s wedding book! I dropped it off to them last night just before my tennis lesson. It’s a 9×12 Fine Art Book with 23 spreads - a nice thick book!

It arrives in a cute and nice black box.

Front and back covers.

My favourite thing about these books is the nice thick spine so when it’s sitting on a shelf you’ll be able to really see the big “Julie & Darren” from across the room.

Fine art archival matte paper to last a lifetime.

A few of my favourite spreads.

This one might be my fav - I love Julie’s shoes!

Julie and Darren gifted me with a 3-pack of tennis balls! Now I have no excuse not to practice outside of my lessons!  I’m going to be practicing my serve against the shed doors as I don’t have a tennis court at my house.

Here is the design of the book from start to finish:

Front cover.

Opening spread.

We added their vows into the book.

Back cover.