Wedding of Keren and Birsha at the Ottawa Westin and Andaz Ottawa in October 2016. When the bride can rap all of Notorious BIG’s Juicy, you know it’s going to be a good one. Photographs by Blair Gable

Last night, I received a little surprise before rolling into bed. Five of my images from weddings last year received awards in the Wedding Photojournalist Association’s (WPJA) Q4 wedding photography contest!

1st place – Wildcard Portrait

Wedding at the Britannia Yacht Club, portrait taken at the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa.

7th place – Ceremony

Wedding at Thompson Hotel, ceremony at Little Trinity church in Toronto.

11th place – Ceremony

Wedding at the Glebe Community Centre, ceremony at Pleasant Park Baptist Church in Ottawa.

12th place – Details (Found)

Wedding at the Glebe Community Centre, getting ready at Hampton Hotel in Ottawa.

20th place – Getting Ready

Getting ready and wedding at the Thompson Hotel in Toronto.

These ones also placed in the Professional Wedding Photographers of Canada and International Society of Wedding Photographers Winter 2017 wedding photography contests.

11th place – Emotion (PWPC)

Getting ready and wedding at the Thompson Hotel in Toronto.

19th place – Emotional Impact (ISPWP)

Wedding at the Glebe Community Centre, getting ready at Hampton Hotel in Ottawa.

Last year ended great, and 2017 is off to a good start!

Amy and Alan are the kind of people that I love getting to know; fun loving, quirky, romantic, and easygoing. They held a beautiful Great Gatsby-inspired wedding at the Museum of Nature and Sala San Marco last summer and I was very excited to photograph their big day. It was a real pleasure to get to know them and photograph their engagement session and wedding. Their images are presented in black and white because I felt it complimented there timeless and intimate qualities.

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I’ve known David for many years and know that one of the last places he wants to be is in front of the camera. Also a photographer, I know it was difficult for him to turn off that switch that makes you want to have a camera in your hands. Alison, I only really got to know few months before the wedding. After speaking with the two of them together, I knew this would be a wedding that reflected their personalities perfectly. Quiet, understated, admittedly a little awkward, full of love and appreciation. The ceremony and reception were held at the Courtyard Restaurant in Ottawa’s ByWard Market. The paper cranes, sprinkle-crusted cake, and penis balloons? were just a few of the subtle symbols and mementoes that made their wedding authentic to them.

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Neala and Mike hosted a fantastic wedding for their family and friends at the Gladstone Hotel in Toronto. The iconic Gladstone brought lots of its own character to the party and the wedding was full of details that were important to the couple. Neala even surprised Mike by having the lead singer of Wooden Sky, his favourite band, perform their first dance song. It was a really wonderful, charming and stylish wedding.

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