This morning I woke up to a nice surprise. Junebug Weddings posted their choices for the best of the best wedding photos of 2009 and one of my photos was selected. Also on this list are many photographers that I admire, including the photographers who photographed our wedding, Ben Chrisman and Erin Reed. It is truly an honour to be included on a list with such wonderful names. This shot is from Jane and Roberts wedding on vancouver island in September.

Last night I attended another fabulous Girls Night Mixer, hosted by the beautiful Veronique Da Silva. One year ago Veronique held the first mixer in her own living room. The mixer quickly grew in numbers and is now held at the much loved Union Pacific, with 75 women attending! Last night’s anniversary mixer was the 4th gathering, and I think it was the best one yet. This time we even had some mini-networkers join us! I was more than happy to photograph the event again, and share with you what I got from the night.

Back in June Tristan and I spent a weekend in Vancouver photographing Sonia and Jason’s lovely Indian wedding. You might remember their engagement photos earlier on the blog. I had mentioned that I was looking forward to all the good food, and I was NOT disappointed. I had my fingers crossed that there would be homemade chai tea, and there was… everywhere! SO yummy. It was such a fun weekend with them, as i’ve mentioned before they have such a great sense of humour and are incredibly easy to talk to. There is so much from this wedding that was wonderful to document, so i’ve included my favourite candids from day two in the following set of shots. Tristan has also blogged about this wedding as well, so you should check out his post as he has stunning photos from this day if you ask me! This was our first Indian wedding and it was an incredible experience. I love that we get to be apart of such important times in people’s lives, and have the opportunity to be immersed in the various rituals that come with each different culture. So thankful that we met this wonderful pair!! 

This August my buddy Ben Benvie flew me to Ontario to shoot a few weddings with him. It was a fun change to be a second shooter for a while, and it’s always fun hanging out with Ben. Our first wedding together was Andrea and Chuck’s in Toronto. They are such a lovely couple and very laid back, which made it easy to hang out with them all day! The best part though is that they were also so flirty and cute with each other! Here are a few of my favourite pics, and check out Ben’s blog to see his shots!