Blair Gable
Summer wedding of Ashley and Cory at Notre Dame Basilica, MacKenzie King Estate, and Museum of History in Ottawa and Gatineau. My favourite moment was taking a water taxi with them across the Ottawa River; from the base of Parliament Hill to the Museum of History in Gatineau. Photographs by Blair Gable
Wedding of Cynthia and Bryan at the newly renovated National Arts Centre (NAC) in Ottawa. This might have been the first wedding in the new space, so we tried to use it all, the glass rooms, the tulips chairs, the staircase, and the patterned floor. Photographs by Blair Gable
I figured, if anyone would let me experiment on their newborn, Michelinne and Darren would. They are first-time parents to Ada and I am a first-time family photographer.
I’m testing out this idea where I hang out with your family for a few hours and just shoot you living together – playing, struggling, making a mess, watching TV, whatever – just normal family stuff. It doesn’t matter to me if you are laughing together or yelling at each other, playing video games, or running through the sprinkler. I don’t want to shoot a fake-perfect family day, I just want to document normal-ass families being normal-ass families. If you hired me to shoot your wedding, I think you know what I’m talking about.
Congratulations Michelinne and Darren – good luck Ada!
Stephanie and Randy’s waterfront wedding at Pinhey’s Point on the Ottawa River and at the Holiday Inn Kanata on a hot summer day west of Ottawa, July, 2017. Photographs by Blair Gable | @blairgableweddings
Laura and Aaron didn’t want a typical set of engagement portraits, which is great, because that is something I try very hard not to do! The best engagement portraits for me are the ones that highlight something about the couple – something that gives relevance about their relationship to the pictures. They play a lot of ultimate frisbee and wanted to take photos that captured some iconic places in downtown Ottawa. Nothing says love like sweating it out while playing catch on the front lawn of Parliament Hill. After their frisbee-scrimmage, we ducked into the Chateau Laurier for a costume change before heading down past the Rideau canal locks to the Ottawa River to take in a beautiful sunset.
