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July 1, 2010

Engagement session – Bala, ON

Its finally summer around here, and it starting to get really busy. Its wedding season! and we have so many amazing weddings coming up. Jen & TJ’s wedding will be this August in Bala at Jen’s family cottage in the Wahta Mohawk Territory. They are going to have a traditional Native wedding ceremony. We are so stoked for their event, and to share with you some of their engagement photos from last weeks session in Bala.

Thank you Jenn & TJ for coming all the way up from Vegas for your destination engagement session, your guest signing book is going to look awesome!

Cheers

E & R

engagement photography Engagement session Bala, ON

by Erika Hanchar

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July 15, 2010 - 11:13 pm

alimac - wow, absolutely gorgeous photos in a place i remember from our highschool summers! can’t wait to be there on the big day! xo ali

July 7, 2010 - 7:32 pm

Debbie Griffith-Brown - What lovely pictures. Lots of happy tears from your mom. Can’t wait to see you both next month. LOVE YA!!!!!

July 5, 2010 - 12:44 pm

Michele Mead - Fabulous pictures for a fabulous couple!
Jim may call Jennifer smiley but in these pics TJ & Jenn are simply GLOWING!

July 5, 2010 - 1:13 pm

Joan Olsen - These shots are amazing! You look so sassy at the Balacade, Jennifer!

July 3, 2010 - 11:55 pm

TJ Mead - Amazing photography. I cannot wait to see the photos after the actual wedding!

July 3, 2010 - 11:31 am

Carol Griffith - Beautiful, I love the pictures. As I told Jimmy I had tears in my eyes. What do you think I will do at the wedding??

Mom Mom

July 3, 2010 - 12:42 am

Elaine - “Beautiful Engagement Pictures!” They are absolutely lovely, classy & beautiful.

July 2, 2010 - 8:10 pm

Erika Hanchar - We are sooo happy you love the shots Jennifer & TJ! We had such an amazing day, I really love the first photos of you guys by the water, the blue is so vibrant and pretty!

July 2, 2010 - 6:10 pm

Jennifer - Gorgeous work!

July 2, 2010 - 12:47 pm

Diane - The pictures are great, can’t wait to see the wedding photo’s they will be awesome.

July 2, 2010 - 3:58 am

Jennifer Dewasha - Thanks Erika and Ryan! We love the pictures and are so happy you will be at our wedding to capture all of our special moments! The ceremony is coming together now with our Oneida officiant planning the event. Can’t wait! Happy Canada Day!

June 28, 2010

Backyard wedding – Hockley Valley, ON

Weddings

A few weeks ago we had the pleasure of working with Rachel A. Clingen Designs on a gorgeous back yard wedding in Hockley Valley, Ontario. Don & Alexandra were married at their summer home among their close friends and family. I absolutely love that Alexandra wore orange on her wedding day, and that their wedding colors were pink and lime green, its so bold and fresh. We hope you enjoy these images from this Hockley Valley back yard wedding.

Congratulations Alexandra & Don!

Cheers

Erika & Ryan

wedding photography Backyard wedding Hockley Valley, ON

by Erika Hanchar

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June 29, 2010 - 9:49 am

Rowell Photography - Thanks everyone, I loved these color they were so bright and they looked good against the backdrop of clear blue skies.

June 28, 2010 - 4:55 pm

John Matthews - Hi – Any chance you guys got an email from John Matthews … oh that's me. Any chance you would share a photo for my blog? Cheers!

June 28, 2010 - 1:24 pm

Michelle Luttrell - Stunning as always…your work is always amazing!

June 28, 2010 - 1:19 pm

Ellie Kistemaker - what fantastic colours! great pics guys!

June 22, 2010

Blue Mountain Wedding at night

Blue Mountain, Weddings

Kim and Chadwick looked stunning at their Blue Mountain Resort wedding this past Saturday. Enjoy this sneak peak from our late night photo session overlooking the village.

blue mountain Blue Mountain Wedding at night

by Erika Hanchar

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July 8, 2010 - 7:52 pm

Amanda McLean - WOW!

June 23, 2010 - 4:54 pm

Hannah Warburton - I have no words to describe how much I love this photograph… but I still wanted to comment!

June 22, 2010 - 6:11 pm

Kevin Lam - That is a magical image!

June 22, 2010 - 6:35 pm

Laszlo Alt - amazing!

June 22, 2010 - 4:44 pm

Della Hanchar - BEAUTIFUL

June 22, 2010 - 2:19 pm

Rowell Photography - It was a really magical looking night!

June 22, 2010 - 12:06 pm

Amber Ziegler - Beautiful!

June 22, 2010 - 11:07 am

Malinda P. Watt - gorgeous work as always! love this shot :-)

June 18, 2010

Pre-Wedding Session – Port Credit, ON

Engagements

Tonight as I wrote this blog post, it is pouring rain, and I find that rather fitting because the lovely couple in the photos below seem to bring on the rain. Rabeea & Sameer are getting married this summer and asked us to photograph their engagement session in Port Credit Ontario and at Humber College. It rained the day of their engagement session, which is funny to Rabeea and Sameer because it seems to rain on every important occasion in their relationship. It rained the day they met, and it rained the day Sameer asked Rabeea to marry him. If rain is the force that brings these two amazing people together, than I hope they have a lifetime full of rain. Now their wedding is happening soon, and they are praying for sunny skies, but expecting rain. With the track record these 2 have with weather and special occasions, I may have to put my money on rain for this one. But we are really hoping that the 2 weeks they spend in Tahiti on their honeymoon are full of sunshine!

Thank you again for choosing us to capture your pre-wedding photo session, we had so much fun getting to know you.

Enjoy the photos! Happy Birthday Rabeea!!!

Erika & Ryan

engagement photography Pre Wedding Session Port Credit, ON

by Erika Hanchar

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June 24, 2010 - 3:32 pm

SANDRA TILLEY - These Photos are beautifull, they really capture the happy couple. Beautiful and Romantic.

June 24, 2010 - 11:44 am

Sameer - Erika and Ryan,

Thank you for these absolutely gorgeous and timeless photographs. They have come out exactly as hoped and even better. Hope to capture many more memories like these with you guys again. Thanks once again.

June 23, 2010 - 10:10 pm

Smeeta Meechem - Hey these are amazing photo’s. Very professional and I love the bursts of colour.

June 23, 2010 - 7:43 pm

zara - wow Rabi…these are beautiful yaar :)very loving and caring 2…God bless u both …u look perfect 4 each other mashallah….wish u both a very happy future together…very happy 4 u…TC sweety hugzzzzzzzzzzzzz x x

June 23, 2010 - 4:15 pm

TANYA - OMG! these are so nice!!!!!! Congrats!!!

June 23, 2010 - 12:29 pm

Niyati - Oh my God!!!! Is it reall you Rabeea???? I mean i just can’t take my eyes of from yours and Sameer’s pics :):) They are simply supurb :D God Bless You…

June 22, 2010 - 11:20 am

Sheryl - Beautiful! Absolutely beautiful! … the pitures are amzazing. The clarity and the definition of the pictures are wonderful. All the best on your special day!

June 21, 2010 - 5:38 pm

rebecca - The love between the two of you beautiful to see in these pics. Soooo beautiful!!

June 18, 2010 - 7:56 pm

Rabeea :) - Erika and Ryan,Thank you so much!!! These photos are incredible!I’m so awestruck, you have no idea.Thank you for highlighting us in such an amazing way. :)

Sameer & Rabeea

June 18, 2010 - 7:53 pm

zishee - i just saw these pics … speechless….i knw havent idea about wat is love but after this i can say this is love

June 18, 2010 - 7:40 pm

zishee - out of the worls supperb rabi n sameer u rock guyz

June 18, 2010 - 6:03 pm

ROXANNE - Beautiful photos. You can see the love & passion through the photos.

June 18, 2010 - 5:17 pm

Neysa - These Pics are so amazing, it captures the love shared between 2 kindred souls…..Congrats Rabz & Sam

June 14, 2010

Documentary portraits of Patrick Brown M.P

Profiles

Last year Ryan and I were hired by Pie Magazine in Barrie to photograph a day in the life of Barrie’s Member of Parliament Patrick Brown. The images were used in an article that described his job and his day to day duties as our M.P. This was our first editorial piece for Pie Magazine. We photographed portraits of Patrick Brown for an entire day starting at 8am where we watched him participate in the swearing in of 50 new Canadian citizens at Barrie’s City Hall. We sat in on 3 meetings, visited A Channel News to preview his commercial for his charity event Hockey Night in Barrie. Then enjoyed a BBQ at Patrick’s house with his huge team of volunteers and supporters.

It was really interesting following around a member of parliament for a day, Patrick is a machine, he talked to more people in one day than I talk to in a week! These images only capture a few moments throughout the day, he days started a lot earlier, but Patrick was nice enough to let us sleep in a bit. Even after the BBQ at the end of the day Patrick still had 2 dinners to go to. He is the busiest man in Barrie.

Here are the images we captured from the day. Thank you to Patrick Brown for having us tag along for the day.

Erika & Ryan

profiles business commercial photography Documentary portraits of Patrick Brown M.P

by Erika Hanchar

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June 27, 2010 - 3:00 pm

Jennifer Ballard - Awesome! I attended a French program at l’Université Laval in the summer of 2000 with Patrick! Wonderful to see him again, and in this way. Great photos guys!

June 14, 2010 - 6:18 pm

Kevin Lam - These are really good. I like the moments you have captured throughout his day.

June 10, 2010

Sweetopia’s cookies & cupcakes

Photography

A few weeks ago Marian from Sweetopia contacted us to photograph her cookies and cupcakes. Since we have yet to turn away photographing such sweet content we decided to meet with her in person and check out what kind of work she does. After checking out her blog (which is so stunning, you have to see it!!) and finding out she was from Barrie, and lived only a short drive from our studio, we just had to photograph her work and hear her ideas and inspirations.

“Sweetopia is a site about women’s lifestyle, home decor, fashion, finding balance and living a fulfilling life, and lastly but especially, my passion with sugar art. It also covers topics on fitness, cute things, recipes and tutorials related to sugar crafting.”

You will be seeing much more from Sweetopia on our blog, so stay tuned.

Thanks for contacting us Marian, we can’t wait for our next shoot together!

E & R

P.s- for more details on any of these delicious treats just check out Sweetopia.net.

photographers life Sweetopias cookies & cupcakes