Dearly Beloved

Cheers Wendy! And not only do they have beautiful churches in Montreal, you can get great espresso just about anywhere if you know enough Italians… so I know you`d love it there!

Thanks Barbara, she had a totally different look at the Brussels wedding, but here she looked stunning as well. Thought Art scrubbed up pretty well too!

Kimmie, I don`t know how long that`s gonna take me to get the rest done and dusted… so bear with me. There will be a link too the rest in the fullness of time and I`ll shoot you a heads-up. Thanks for the comment!

Thanks for noticing that paul… stayed with her pretty much all day long…

Marion, the light was totally gorgeous in that church… it just made the colors and the woodwork glow. They couldn`t have picked a more fitting place for a fairytale wedding. Thanks for stopping by!

Cheers Rhana. You`re so busy, thanks for taking the time to comment.

Thanks Dave… guppies will start breeding in Montreal before we know it!

Hey Vonne, thanks for Lovin’ it… I see you`ve got lots of new posts so I`ll be catching up with you soon as I can.

Angela, what a lovely comment. Everything that day was full of magic, and yeah, there was nobody prouder than Daddy BB. When she and Art walked into the reception, the band played Disney`s “When You Wish Upon a Star”... I swear to you, there wasn`t a dry eye in the house!

Shanina, that glow is what was providing the awesome light. Well spotted!!

Thanks Catnip, they had a great pro photographer on the day so I could take it easy and go for some less formal shots. Will be posting more of those soon…

Cheers Sharon, beuatifully said!

Thanks Tess, you doo some great wedding shots yourself!

Jerry, you`re Italian yourself… surprised you didn`t show up!

Jeeze yeah, this is my first posted shot with my new toy!! Mel, I`ve been lovin’ it. Took a while to get to know which apertures and shutter speeds work best with it, but now I`m so stuck on it… think I took two shots with my 100mm, then put the 16-35 back on and kept it there. Total fun… you`ll be seeing lots more…

I was gonna wait till I got home to reply to all these amazing comments, but couldn`t resist telling you how many pictures I took at Basilique de Notre Dame… this is the most amazing church by far I`ve ever seen in my life. It will take me a while to decide which pic is best and post it, but keep your eyes peeled! Mary Queen of the World was pretty grand too (got pics of that too), but Notre Dame totally blew me away. Thanks for commenting!

Barbara, I so love the way you look at things and put so much thought into your comments… just been to your pf (embarassed at having not been back in so long) and see you`ve totally nailed the photography of your work. I`ll go back when I`ve got the time it deserves. Thank you so much for looking so deep, and I won`t have to tell them anything… they`ll see it for themselves! XO2U

Joseph, I have to admit I held my breath. At 16mm, 1/20 sec shouldn’t be much ofn a problem, but that big sensor on the 5D is pretty unforgiving if you want print big or crop. I was lucky with this one as some others I took at that speed were a bit less sharp. Thanks for the compliment!

Thanks Varinia, I was amazed when they showed me the church before the event. Couldn’t have made a better choice!!

Yeah, those eyes… think they’re what does it for Arthur too!

Don’t let that relaxed look fool you… to me it said “I was at the hairdresser at 5 AM this morning and the party’s gonna last till 3… help…”

I was actually amazed at how relaxed everyone was considering the size of the event. But the organization was flawless, and this was mainly down to Mel and Art themselves, and Art’s mom, the amazing vicky. Awesome how 6 months of planning comes together… the hairdresser for all the girls on the morning was booked last January. That was before the first wedding!!

Thanks for that Hans. I would have liked a bit more DOF but as the shutter speed was on the edge I didn’t want to lose any more light.

Thanks so much jan for the kind words and encouragement. I’ve told Art many times how lucky he is, but it doesn’t hurt that you tell him as well! There was one little girl at the reception who stopped and stared at Mel in awe in the welcoming line… thought she was actually Cinderalla!

Bride & groom will so appreciate your wishes.

OK, I’d already given her away officially in January… but that doesn’t mean I didn’t shed a tear at one point. There were some truly beautiful moments, this being one of them. Thanks so much for such a lovely comment.

Cheers David. I know the official snapper’s pictures will be awesome, but I would never have considered leaving my camera at home. And there were of course some shots he didn’t get so the kids will truly have the whole event covered!

Don’t think I know the one you mentioned. And in fact, I also missed an amazing thing that my cousin Diane pointed out… if you slip along the side of the alter in the Basilica and go behind it, there is a beautiful chapel, also with amazing carved wood. I was so pissed off I missed that even though it wasn’t obvious… you sort of had to know it was there. BUT, next time I visit, I’ll check out that and the one you mentioned… with those amazing directions. Could take me all day…

Hey Chrissy, thanks for stopping by and lovin’ the happiness!

Celia, I was hoping you’d notice the change… still got the mischievous look though, yeah?

Fine compliment coming from the all-time grand master of wedding shots. Melissa, your spontaneous, ‘capture the moment’ photography is an inspiration to all us mere mortals!

Thanks Tracey, that`s a beautiful beautiful comment!

Cool you noticed the window Mechelle… and as I’m in a Catholic church, I need to confess. The exposure on that window was totally blown out so I had to take a pic of the outside and collage it behind the window, then blend the layers through the glass. Probably could have got it better if I’d spent more time, but I thought it looked OK in the end as it’s actually the way it looked on the day. This was my fav shot of the whole event and Photoshop saved it. Go figure. And thanks for losing your breath!

Rachel, it was really cool to see your comment here… hadn’t heard from you in so long! So does this mean you’re getting married? That church is gorgeous on the outside too. I’ll have more shots soon with a link to them so stay tuned!

Hey Mia! Thanks for your comments on this and the other wedding pics. And since you mentioned the church, thought you might want to see what the outside looks like. Lots of the churches in Montreal have their steeples covered with what looks like aluminum foil… don’t exactly know what it is, but reflecting in the sunlight it looks totally stunning. Here’s a wide angle shot that shows the cute out buildings as well. It’s the oldest church in Montreal, and definitely the sweetest. Perfect plave for a sweet wedding!

Hey Jan, so cool you found this… was wondering if anybody would! Cool thing about this church is that crossing over the bridge from Laval (where our hotel was) to Montreal, you could see the spires over the tops of the trees glistening in the sunlight. So every time we drove into the city we had that lovely reminder both before and after the event. Hard to capture the true beauty in a photograph.
Thanks for the comment!!

You are SO observant… the guy on her right just does NOT get it and is seems oblivious to the secrets. That look she’s giving me is our whole history, both good and bad, summed up in a single glance and I’ve got a tear in my eye now that you’ve made me recognize it.

Of all the hundreds of pictures I took over both weddings, this is the one that has always touched me the deepest. Trust you to single it out and make me realize why. x