Hilary and Effi got married on a lovely day in June. The day was perfect, the details were gorgeous, and everyone had a fantastic time. A special thank you to Annie, wedding coordinator extraordinaire, for making the day run so smoothly! Here are a few of my favourites from the day.
Hilary, you are beautiful!
Thank you so much for including me in your wonderful wedding celebration! Mazel Tov!
Venue: Beth Avraham Yoseph Synagogue
Cake: Sweet Noshings
Flowers: Lan from Heavenly Flowers
I love the beautiful purple shoes. Great pics! I really love the jump rope pic
Wow this is a gorgeous wedding Jennifer. You totally captured the emotions of the day – I feel like I’m there! Love love love the jump rope photo!
Really nice stuff here Jen, they must be thrilled with these photos
Your work is spectacular, you capture so much emotion!!…what a great choice the couple made in choosing you to capture such an important day
Fabulous pictures Jennifer, thank you so much for sharing our Hilary and Effi’s wedding pictures with everyone.
awesome pics you did a great job!! i love the one of the dress in the tree super cool 
Looks like such a fun wedding! I love that last shot.
The pictures are stunning… it feels like I was there all over again!
Seba and Chris are two of the kindest, sweetest people I know. You may remember these two from their rainy engagement session back in March. I had so much fun with them and their massive bridal parties I’m not sure I can call this work. The day started with a little drama but not even a videographer canceling two hours before the ceremony was going to get them down! Yeah, that’s right, I still can’t believe that happened! 
I don’t usually blog so many ceremony pictures but this one was a little different. About five minutes into the ceremony a man (who I later discovered was one of Seba’s uncles) motioned for me to come with him. I was a little irked at first because the ceremony was underway and the last thing I wanted to do was go off for a little chit chat. I was stationed down in front of the first pew where the priest had told me to remain for the entire ceremony. A moment before I had taken a step into the aisle to get a better shot. I thought he was taking me off to scold me for stepping into the aisle but no, he was taking me right up to the action. This is a very rare treat as most church pictures end up being of the back of the bride and groom’s head. He was a huge help because not only did he drag me up there, thus, releasing me from blame for going against the priest’s request, but he stood with me throughout the duration of the predominately Malayalam ceremony and whispered into my ear what was about to happen next. A special thank you to Seba’s Uncle!
Seba’s sister, Sneha and bridesmaid, Lysa, made this beautiful cake.
After dinner Chirs’ sister and friends performed a dance that she had choreographed. It was a beautiful dance that they had obviously put a lot of work into in. Part way through Chris jumped up and started dancing. I totally did not expect that! It was a surprise that they had planned for Seba but it was also news to me. Chris forgot to mention this small little detail
Then all the groomsmen joined in. It was quite the production!
I wish you a lifetime of happiness. Thank you for inviting me into your lives!
Church: Christ Church Deer Creek
Reception: Le Jardin
Make-up: gina_makeup@hotmail.com
Flowers: Karen from Eternity Floral Design
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BARBIE SHOES!!!!!!! no way!! me likey and i love the pics jen as usual they are beautiful
i LOVE all of the colors and the bridesmaids dresses lovely work jen!
Jennifer! The pictures from the wedding were absolutely STUNNING! You did such an amazing job making our memory of the day BEAUTIFUL & the turn around! Come on!! That was so quick! Thank you so much for everything- especially for your patience with our huge bunch!!
- Sneha (the sister of the bride)
It began six years ago at the University of Waterloo when Karen and Yunong lived down the hall from each other. Six years later, they are more in love than ever and married! Karen and Yunong now live in Seattle but chose to get married close to friends and family at the beautiful Mandarin Golf and Country Club in Markham, just outside of Toronto.
I first met Karen and Yunong two days before their wedding when I was invited for lunch at her parents’ house. I had returned home from India less than 24 hours before and was still trying to adjust back to reality. They were all so warm and friendly it felt more like I was catching up with old friends than a first time meeting. I knew it was going to be a fantastically fun day, and boy it was!
When Yunong and his best man, Puneet, arrived at Karen’s house the ladies in Karen’s family sure gave him the gears. Yunong was subjected to a whole slew of “Door Games”. I love this tradition in Chinese weddings. It is so much fun! Yunong was promptly handed a guitar and told to sing Karen a love song. Karen and her Dad were inside at the top of the stairs. Judging by the bright smile on her face I think she approvedThen Yunong and Puneet had to dance the Macarena and answer a bunch of Karen related trivia. Finally Karen’s cousin, Maria, who was acting as the gate keeper, deemed Yunong worthy and let the boys in.
The night was filled with all sorts of fun games. In this next one Karen had to correctly identify her groom while blindfolded. She did remarkably well and knew pretty much the moment she laid hands on him!
Thank you so much for having me along on your truly special wedding day. Next time I’m in Seattle I’ll be sure to let you know!
Karen’s reaction to the photos: “LOVE LOVE LOVE them. Thanks, Jennifer! You managed to capture the moments we didn’t want to miss!”
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Fun! Thanks for the wonderful pictures, Jennifer! (The Macarena picture manages to crack me up every time)
They look awesome! Thanks again for doing a fantastic job
When Vishnuka first contacted me about the possibility of shooting her and Ruban’s wedding in India, I was overjoyed. I had first fallen in love with India on a trip I took a little over three years ago and have since been looking for an excuse to go back. Hindu weddings are so colourful – a photographer’s dream.
The auspicious date that was picked for the wedding was May 19th. May in Canada is a lovely time for a wedding but May is the hottest time of the year in Chennai. I don’t think I truly understood just how hot it would be. The books say 38 – 40 °C (100 – 104 °F) for May. This sounds hot but add some intense sunshine and 100% humidity and you get HAWT! I spent 2 and a half weeks traveling around Kerala and Tamil Nadu which were equally as hot with my friend Debra before the wedding (more on that in another post). Every day was sunny except for 5 minutes of rain one day. That was, until the day of the wedding when Cyclone Laila decided to swing into Chennai! When we came down to the lobby of our hotel at 1:30 am to meet Vishnuka’s dad it was pouring. In fact, pouring doesn’t begin to describe how hard it was raining. The wind and rain were so strong that the front doors to the hotel were being blown open and the only thing that was stopping the lobby from getting completely flooded was the doorman who was standing on the inside holding the doors shut with all his might. Yes, you did read the time correctly a few lines back. The ceremony started at 6 am so she started getting ready at 2 am. I could go on for hours about this wedding but I know you are here for the pictures.
Vishnuka, you are stunning!
There is something about the photo below that I absolutely love. This is the procession on the way to the temple. The sun was just beginning to rise and the rain was kind enough to back off for a few minutes.
Part way through the ceremony Vishnuka changed into her red wedding sari. I love Ruban’s expression as he caught a first glimpse of his beautiful bride.
Have a look at the rain in the background of this next picture.
Thank you both so much for inviting me to be a part of your amazing wedding. Your love is so beautiful! xo
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Wow Jen, Beautiful photos, it sounds like you had an amazing time. Glad you had a safe and fun trip, what an experience that must have been. As for the rain, you know what they say “rain on your wedding day brings a lifetime of good luck.” They must have a few lifetimes of happiness with that down-pour.
Great job. Cheers
I love it! you’re so lucky you got to travel and do your fave thing in the world!
Jennifer! I was looking forward to seeing this one! You are absolutely talented and everything looks beautiful! I mean, only you could make a cyclone look that amazing! Beautiful couple as well
awesome and beautiful pics!! colors are amazing, they are all so pretty…. as well as the happy looking couple,
This is a huge accomplishment – the images are amazing, and truly capture the joy and beauty of such a precious day. Amazing work.
how exquisite!!! all the cultural aspects are beautiful!! and how fun you got to travel to India!!
Amazing job Jen – the composition, colours and emotion are perfect! Beautiful wedding!
The 2nd last picture is PERFECT!
I love the artwork on her hands!!
Great work!
The colours! loooooove these photos!
Lucky duck! My dream wedding. So beautiful!
Stunning photos Jennifer! I love her smiles and her henna design. Beautiful photography.
Jen, your pictures are incredible!! You have totally found your calling!! The colours are so amazing!!
The photos are awesome! I feel like I am living it all over again. Can’t wait to see the ones from the rest of the trip.
Gorgeous – I LOVE the colours of India!
Trash the Dress is such a harsh phrase. Maybe I should have called this Stephanie and Guillaume rock it out at the Brickworks, or Steph & Guillaume get down with their funky selves and are smoking hot….hummm. Anyways, you’ll see what I mean.
When Stephanie first contacted me to do these pictures she told me that she had wanted to do this for a long time. Even before her and Guillaume got married, almost 3 years ago now, she had wanted to do a fun shoot like this. I liked Stephanie from the first moment we spoke. She is so full of life and was so excited to do this shoot. Her enthusiasm was delightful. Here are a few of my faves from the day. Enjoy!
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super hot couple!! and super cute shoes! and wow she laid in the water in her wedding dress!! that’s so brave!!
Love this series Jen – beautiful images! And I just love the two portraits in front of the yello background.
Cheers,
Lisa
I LOVE THE LAST SHOT-AMAZING!
Also, gotta love the SATC-inspired blue shoes with the rhinestone buckle.
I LOOOOVE the one with her sitting in the water looking to the side! KILLER! Her shoes, her hair and these images are all so stunning!
LOVE IT JEN!
omg steph c’est telllllement beau!!!!!! vous etes tellement cute!! super belle photos , guillaume est super cute!! miss you guys xoxox i love the before last picture super cute!! and i cant believe u put your dress in the water lol
holy crap SIL, that’s totally brave not to mention super hot!!
OMG… I love love love these! Kind of makes me want to do it now… still got my dress and it’s oh so filthy.
You’ve totally started a new trend on how to re-wear THE dress! You look amazing, as usual
I love these pics, you both look as amazing as your wedding day xoxo
WOW SBBD, these are amazing…….you could seriously be a model in a photo shoot; Canada’s Next Top Model…here comes Stephanie
you are beautiful my sweetie….you look like ??????
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