Monthly Archives: March 2010

Alesis and Matt’s Wedding | Ottawa, Ontario

Some of my favourite photos from Alexis and Matt’s wedding at The Courtyard Restaurant in Ottawa, Ontario. This wedding also featured the most awesome cupcakes, by Little Cakes.

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Madeline and Kevin’s Wedding – Liuna Station Hamilton

Here are a few of my favorites from Madeline and Kevin’s rainy day wedding at Liuna Station in Hamilton Ontario.

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Power of Real Workshop | Toronto | June 8-9, 2010

Just wanted to let local photographers know that two of the best wedding photographers on the planet, Huy Nguyen and Sergio, will be in Toronto for two days in June with a workshop called The Power of Real.

Some of the highlights of the workshop will include:

- the photojournalist’s mind : seeing beyond the obvious, understanding the moments, shooting powerful imagery

- clients : falling in love with your clients, setting expectations, developing relationship, managing the wedding day

- spontaneous portraiture : keeping it fresh, maintaining visual diversity, empowering individualism

- critical thinking : evaluating images, cropping, storytelling

- understanding your badass self

- intensive discussion of wedding photojournalism philosophy and Question & Answer session

- lighting demonstration – using the lightstick for distinctive reception and portraiture- review and critique of participants’ work

Dates: June 8-9, 2010 (Tue-Wed)

Location: Still Motion Studio at 133 Queen St. East, Port Credit, Toronto, ON, CANADA L5G 1N1

Registration Fee – $1,200 per person ($800 for spouses or additional persons from the same studio)

Limit: 20 participants

Please contact our workshop coordinator Scott Williams for more information : scott@capturingthelight.com

To register : click here to download the form

SPECIAL OFFER #1 : Register before March 15 and receive 10% off.

SPECIAL OFFER #2 : Participants will receive $500 off the registration fee for Yin Yang Workshop 4.

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WPJA Winner | Capturing the Light Photography

The WPJA Q4 contest results were released today and I’m proud to say one of my images placed 13th in the ‘Bride Getting Ready’ category.

It’s one of my favorite images from 2009 from Sarah + Phil’s wedding in August in Elmira/Mississauga.

WPJA contests are truly a worldwide affair, so to place against some of the best wedding photographers in the world is an honor.

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