We love shooting weddings in Ottawa since it’s practically our second home. So you can imagine how thrilled we were to be shooting yet another wedding at the Marshes Golf Club which happens to be nearly down the street from Magda’s parents place!

This summer has been a wonderful one for weddings, in terms of weather. None of these typical super humid and steamy Saturdays like last year, but instead sunny, hot, but very very nice! Larissa and Jeff’s wedding day was exactly one of these perfect days this year. Both Magda and I arrived at Larissa and Jeff’s respective getting ready places in the morning and were greeted by warm smiles and all around happy family and friends.

We had an absolute blast spending time with both Larissa and Jeff and their families! The bridal party was large but super amazing to work with and the touching speeches and ridiculous dancing made for an awesome night.

Thank you both for a wonderful time and we really hope you enjoy these photos as much as we liked taking them! Please scroll down and take a look at our favourite frames of the day and don’t forget to view the slideshow by clicking the link right below!

Life has an amazing way of surprising you in may different ways. One of those ways is it’s incredible ability to reunite you with people from your past, even from a life you lived on the other side of the planet many years ago! This is exactly what happened between Ewelina and her family, and us.

I (Bartek) met Ewelina with her parents way back when in Germany after both our families moved from Poland. We grew up together for a few years playing outdoors with all the kids in our building! After some time, our families parted ways and we lost touch. Fast forward many years later and our families are now living 8 hours apart in Canada! Fast forward even more years and Ewelina is engaged to a wonderful guy named Erik, and both Magda and I are photographing their wedding in London, Ontario! I remember having my mind blown on the dance floor when Magda, Klementine ( our daughter) myself, Ewelina, my mom and her’s all holding hands dancing in a circle enjoying themselves. As I said at the start, it’s amazing how things like this can happen and you honestly never know what life may throw at you and who you will reunite with tomorrow. Onto the wedding!

Ewelina and Erik invited us down to London, Ontario to spend time with their families and of course photograph their special day. They were married by a Polish priest whom Ewelina had asked to marry her when she was just a little girl! And as the maid of honour announced that she is actually standing in for the real maid of honour, Ewelina’s much loved sister Camila who couldn’t be there that day, we all choked back tears. It was a beautiful sunny day with a lot of laughs at the photo booth and an incredible amount of dancing.

Both Magda and I were incredibly touched for many, many reasons. Some of which include being asked to be the photographers for the day but also guests, so we were able to bring Klementine down with us for the festivities, and finally that we were able to reunite with old friends who now feel like family. Ewelina and Erik, thank you for having us in London for that fantastic weekend! We wish you the best life has to offer and we leave you with some of our favourite images of the day below. We hope you enjoy…and don’t forget to click the button right below to view the slideshow!

Being hired to photograph a couple of ceremonies within a family over the years is one of our favourite honours in our career. Not only is it flattering that people like us as well as our work to keep having us come back, but we absolutely love reconnecting and seeing old friends again! This time we had the pleasure of photographing Zoe and Jonathan’s wedding in Vaughan, Ontario which is essentially Toronto. We first met Jonathan at his brother Nathanael’s wedding a few years ago here in Montreal, check it out how time flies here!

We’ve never been to the Vaughan area aside from Canada’s Wonderland when we were teenagers, but after visiting this time, we were really taken by the beautiful rural village landscapes it had to offer. Specifically the little beautiful village of Kleinburg which was the setting for Zoe and Jonathan’s photos after the ceremony! The day was quite beautiful so we planned out our photos to start at the McMichael Art Gallery and just walk around the Kleinburg area finding gorgeous little nooks and crannies.

What can we say about Zoe and Jonathan’s wedding other than it being really personal and very touching. The family bonds we witnessed in both their families is not something you see every day, and the words said at both the reception and ceremony had everyone choked up. Oh, and if anyone didn’t know this already…the Greeks know how to party!

Zoe and Jonathan, thank you for bringing us down to Ontario to capture your beautiful day. Not only did we end off with some beautiful photography for you, but we had a blast spending time with you and enjoying your friends and family. We wish you nothing but the best. And with that, we leave you with a slideshow as well as our favourite images from the day…