In 2016, I was lucky enough to have a number of photographs place well in several of the Professional Wedding Photographers of Canada quarterly photo competitions and placed 25 th overall. Here are the goods.

PWPC Fall 2016

Wedding Dress: 9th Place

Wedding of Danielle and Joey at the Brookstreet Hotel in Ottawa September 3, 2016.

Wedding Dress: 11th Place

Wedding of Kate and Donovan at The Thompson Hotel in Toronto June 6, 2016.

PWPC Summer 2016

Bride & Groom Portrait: 5th Place

Wedding of Kim and Darren at Britannia Yacht Club in Ottawa May 14, 2016.

Ceremony: 11th Place

Wedding of Amanda and Kevin at the Glebe Community Centre in Ottawa June 18, 2016.

Wedding Details: 3rd Place

Wedding of Amanda and Kevin at the Glebe Community Centre in Ottawa June 18, 2016.

Wedding Details: 9th Place

Wedding of Kate and Donovan at The Thompson Hotel in Toronto June 6, 2016.

PWPC Spring 2016

Bride & Groom Portrait: 5th Place

Wedding of Ashley and Jason at the Canadian Golf and Country Club in Ottawa September 27, 2015.

Bride & Groom Portrait: 6th Place

Wedding of Ashley and Curtis at Saunders Farm in Ottawa September 11, 2015.

Humour: 7th Place

Wedding of Whitney and Karam at the Fairmont Chateau Laurier in Ottawa August 16, 2015.

Reception: 10th Place

Wedding of Laine and Bryan at Wilderness Tours west of Ottawa September 19, 2015.

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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I had the pleasure of photographing the beautiful wedding of Diana and Marc at St. Anthony’s church in Little Italy and the Visitation Banquet Centre in South Gloucester this past weekend. Her family is Russia, his is Italian, how much trouble could we possibly get in? When the table wine is paired with a bottle of vodka, you know it is going to be a good one. After their ceremony, we jumped into a mustang convertible and raced to Suzy Q Doughnuts for a quick fix before getting on with the rest of the day. This wedding was another beauty – Zazdarovje!

Diana’s dress was from Renewed With Love and her hair was by Lucas Nault, Essence Catering kept everyone fed, and In Touch Media got everyone on the dance floor before Suzy Q Doughnuts put them into a sugar coma. Congratulations Diana and Marc!

Samantha and Mark got ready with their best friends and family members at the Brookstreet Hotel and were married by Keith Langille from Exceptional Wedding Ceremonies at the Marshes Golf Club this past weekend. On top of being a very fun couple, they are also fantastic parents to their young children who were heavily photographed throughout the day. There were lots of unexpected moments throughout the day. Between Samantha’s beautiful wedding dress from Renewed With Love, their family breakdancing session, their son singing Uptown Funk on the dance floor, the groomsmen all wearing Nike Air Force 1’s, and the torrential downpour, this will certainly be a wedding that is not soon forgotten.

Congratulations Samantha and Mark!

It can be a time of calm or chaos, but photographing the moments of preparation before the wedding ceremony or a first-look always makes for beautiful pictures. The getting ready process is about more than having your makeup done and putting on an amazing wedding dress, it is about being in a room with the most important people in the brides life – her best friends, mother, sisters, etc. Being there to photograph the moments between the moments is one of my favourite parts of the day. Please enjoy some of my favourite photos of brides getting ready from the last few years.

You can check out more of my work at Third Floor York weddings.