Happy New Year everyone! We are very excited to show you some of the weddings we photographed in the last half of 2012. This unique wedding took place on a bridge in a forest surrounded by a small intimate group of guests who huddled under umbrellas as the raindrops started to fall. This past october Jeremy & Charlene had a Midhurst wedding in the Simcoe County Forest, just outside Barrie, Ontario. The bridesmaids, the bride and I Â () took the long way through the forest on a beautiful little hike right to the ceremony. Jeremy & Charlene love the outdoors and this is the very park they walk their dog in, who also attended the wedding, Â and couldn’t imagine having their wedding anywhere else. The ceremony was to intimate and relaxed. The autumn colours looked spectacular as their wedding backdrop.
After the ceremony as we all hiked back to taking photos and taking in the scenery, it started to rain. We had limited options for bridal party photos. In Barrie we knew there was an empty parking garage that we could get some cover in for some photos, but would the bride and groom want photos taken in a parking garage? I was a bit nervous to ask, and just as I was about to Charlene piped up and suggested the parking garage. “You can be creative in there, right?” she asked. I am sure my eyes lit up a bit, because we really do love to shoot on this brand new parking garage, but have never shot a wedding there. “YES!” I said, and off we were. A lot of what you see on this blog is beautiful nature shots with couples in it, and thats because in Canada we really do nature best. But once in a while we like the challenge of a space like the Collier Street Parking garage in Barrie to get the creative juices in us flowing. We looooooove these photos! Since the place was pretty much empty we were able to set up lights and run this giant open space like a studio. It was a great time, and everyone stayed warm, dry and happy.
Later on that evening at The North Restaraunt in downtown Barrie Charlene & Jeremy did stand in the rain for us for just a few shots. The results were better than we expected. Thank you to Jeremy and Charlene for being troopers in the rain for photos, and being so easy going which lead us to taking some photos we are truly proud of.
Congratulations!
& Ryan
