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Tanya + Nathanael – Baby Bump

bartekandmagda — Sat, 25 Jul 2020 00:27:33 +0000

We met Tanya & Nathanael in 2010, a year before their wedding. Our daughter was 4 at the time and now she’s 14 and 10 years later they are blessed with expecting their own little bundle of joy! As usual, we absolutely adore when couples we worked with in the past, come back to us and we get to see into their lives once more. We have seen them through their engagement, wedding, at other weddings and now here we were photographing the two of them just before they will be 3! With Tanya and Nathanael, it felt like seeing old friends after many years. In fact, we do feel a special connection with Tanya and Nathanael because whenever we hang out on a photoshoot, we really do connect and laugh like time never passed. We almost forgot we are on a photo shoot, from talking about babies, homes, pools, and about this covid-19 and just overall catching up! We will let the photos do the talking, but we wish you a happy and healthy birth, and we cant wait to see you three soon! xox Bartek & Magda

Baby Laurie

bartekandmagda — Sat, 11 Jan 2020 01:16:44 +0000

As photographers who are lucky to develop relationship with wonderful people, we are lucky to be invited back into peoples lives over the years. Such is the case with the lovely couple, Bich-Han and Louis-David!

Having photographed them on numerous occasions, including their beautiful vineyard wedding, we are thrilled to blog photos of their new addition to the family. Little precious Laurie! Just weeks old, we carefully captured the little one with her new mom and dad in their gorgeous waterfront property just west of the island of Montreal. Laurie was a real treat to photograph (not to mention her parents too!).

Here are our favourites from the day. Bich-Han and Louis-David, thank you for once again inviting us into your home. We are fortunate to have gotten to know such caring and wonderful people as yourselves. We wish you nothing but the best with little Laurie, and we look forward to seeing you soon.

xox,
Bartek & Magda

Nina + Angelo + Milena – A family photo session in Montreal’s Old Port

bartekandmagda — Tue, 24 Sep 2019 00:43:57 +0000

Nina and Angelo have been a part of our photography world for the past few years. Getting to spend time with them is one of the highlights of our business, so you can imagine our excitement when we got a call from them to photograph their family with their newest member, adorable cutie pie, Milena!

Starting with their engagement session five years ago, then their beautiful Le Mirage wedding four years ago and then fast forward to last fall with a baby bump session…to end up today, with a brand new, gorgeous Milena joining Nina and Angelo’s life adventure. Here are some select images from our time spent with the young family in Montreal’s beautiful Old Port. Nina and Angelo, thank you for always trusting us with capturing timeless memories for you. We wish you a wonderful life together and congratulations on the most photogenic and best behaved little girl we have ever had the pleasure of photographing.

xoxo,
Bartek & Magda
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Nina & Angelo & baby bump – A beautiful fall Photosession

bartekandmagda — Thu, 04 Oct 2018 20:34:59 +0000

One of our favourite things is when we get to work with our couples through their milestones in life. Nina and Angelo happen to be one of these wonderful couples! From their engagement photo shoot in the Atwater Market in 2014, to their beautiful wedding at Le Mirage Golf Club in 2015 to today…a fall photo session at an apple orchard with a baby bump! Montrealers absolutely love apple picking season, so it was very fitting that Nina decided to have the session at an apple orchard. Avoiding the crowds, we enjoyed looking for every moment with Nina and Angelo among apples and pumpkins and we leave you with our favourites.

xoxo,

Bartek & Magda

Mai & Phil’s Family – A magical photoshoot in Ottawa’s Arboretum

bartekandmagda — Fri, 21 Sep 2018 16:52:46 +0000

Mai and Phil’s story continues to grow and we are so happy to witness it all. Two years ago it was just the two of them plus their little boy Khai-Tri, and now, they are five! Adding Maitri and baby Che Kien-Tri into the fold and we’re thrilled to see everyone through the lens once again!

Mai chose Ottawa’s beautiful arboretum for their family photoshoot. The sun was very bright that day, but we found some gorgeous shade and took advantage of it. Bubbles, laughter, music and sun and we have the perfect recipe for a family photo session. Here are some of our favourite moments.

xoxo,

Bartek & Magda

Nancy + Greg + Keira

bartekandmagda — Fri, 31 Aug 2018 23:37:09 +0000

It all started 5 years ago, on July 24th, 2013. We met Nancy & Greg at their charming family cottage where we did a very intimate and romantic engagement session with them. It didn’t take long for us all to click and by the time we knew it, we were photographing their wedding that October.

Fast forward to a couple weekends ago and we are back hanging out with not only Nancy, Greg and family, but also with adorable little precious Keira! The new addition to this lovely family has made Nancy and Greg so happy. Thank you guys for having us come back and capture your wonderful little girl in the company of your loving family. Here are some of our favourite photos from this day and we cannot wait to capture her when she grows up. Congratulations!

xoxo,

Bartek & Magda

Kim + Jeff – A cozy hudson engagement portrait session

bartekandmagda — Thu, 14 Jun 2018 18:27:10 +0000

This beautiful Hudson engagement session was one of the most romantic and charming sessions we’ve done in a while! The session was set at Kim & Jeff’s lovely home & garden and surrounding areas here in Hudson Quebec. Planning this session came quite naturally for Kim! Complete with Champagne, marshmallow roasting, matching mugs with their initials on them, & a beautiful fire! Kim & Jeff snuggled up and got nice and cozy for us. Some couples need a little more guidance and direction, but not these two. As soon as we pointed our cameras at them, they just melted into each other as you can see! It was a pleasure!!
xox, Magda & Bartek

Eve + Zach – A sunny engagement on McGill campus

bartekandmagda — Wed, 24 May 2017 01:18:42 +0000

Eve and Zachary are two of the most easy going and pleasant couples we have the pleasure of photographing this year. Not only do we get the opportunity to photograph their wedding later this summer, but we also just had a blast with them on McGill’s Macdonald Campus here on the West Island. They met at McGill downtown so it was fitting place for their engagement photos. Armed with some cute props, we photographed them under beautiful blooming apple trees and surrounding areas. We can’t wait for your wedding you guys! xoxo, Bartek and Magda

Marta & Greg – a romantic, day after photoshoot in Andrew Haydon Park

bartekandmagda — Mon, 17 Oct 2016 19:58:15 +0000

As promised, here is the day after photo session we did with Marta & Greg! Literally the day after their awesome wedding we headed out to a (Yummy) brunch at the Nepean Sailing Club in Ottawa. After filling our bellies with delicious Polish perogies, we walked over to Andrew Haydon Park next door to take some pictures. The sun gave us such pretty light to work with, and combine that with two beautiful people who are in love, and gorgeous scenery, we had the perfect recipe for these photos. I’ll let the photos speak for themselves. xox

Bich-Han + Louis-David – Engagement Session at Finnegan’s Flea Market

bartekandmagda — Tue, 20 Sep 2016 17:31:06 +0000

We are so fortunate to work with so many lovely people. People who are genuinely in love, who are kind and just a pleasure to get to know and be around. Bich-Han and Louis-David are those kind of people and we were so happy to have been able to take them to Finnegan’s Flea Market here in Montreal for a pre-wedding photo session! ( Bich-Han’s genius idea!)

We have never done a photo shoot here so were excited! We visit this flea market with our family during the summers and with all the beautiful artisan crafts, treats and antiques, it was the perfect setting for our wonderful couple. Walking around, while we were able to take some photos with Bich-Han and Louis-David, we also took in the sights and sampled some delicious food. We’ll be back in a very short while with photos from their wedding! But in the meantime here are our favourite photos from the flea market shoot! We can’t wait for your wedding.