INTRODUCTION:
Debbie and Jason got married a while back on the Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival and celebrated their wedding day with family and friends at The Garden Banquet and Convention Center in Brampton. While not busy looking great in front of the camera the two spend most of their time sharing the responsibilities of running the Yoga Tree yoga studios in Richmond Hill and Thornhill. The wedding was a long one that took us from Markham, to Scarborough, to Newmarket, and finally all the way to Brampton. Me and my assistant John had an amazing time working with the two of them and wish them all the best next week as they head out to their honeymoon in Morocco, Spain Africa. Enjoy the wedding sneak peek!

venue | The Garden Banquet and Convention Center
wedding coordinator | Christine Arbuthnot

PHOTOS:

INTRODUCTION:
Debbie and Jason’s wedding is quickly approaching and we decided to do one more engagement session to fill out their engagement guest photo books. For this session we decided to hit up the largest national fair in Canada. The CNE! Or The EX as they like to call themselves now. We grabbed some popcorn, cotton candy, and candy apples and had a fun time at the midway and exhibitions.

TECHNIQUE:
Low light photography is when my fast prime lens shine the most! Also this was the first time I got to test out my new Canon 5D Mark II which is supposedly pretty good with it’s high ISO noise control. I’d say from this first outing it’s good but not a massive improvement over my old 5D Mark I. I would use 3200 ISO on my 5D1 easily and now I can use 6400 ISO on the 5D2. I haven’t played with 12800 ISO yet but I hear it’s pretty usable as well. Just don’t be afraid to push your camera to it’s limits when shooting in low light as long as you capture the feel and emotions of a scene.

PHOTOS:

INTRODUCTION:
A couple weekends ago I had to pleasure to photograph staff of the Yoga Tree yoga studios based in Richmond Hill, Ontario. The owners of studio are none other than Debbie + Jason who I will again have the pleasure of photographing for their wedding in October. There studios super clean and modern and I can’t wait to enroll and try out some yoga! They even do baby yoga (see photo below). Check out some of the talented instructors of Yoga Tree in the rest of this post.

TECHNIQUE:
For this session in the middle of the day, the sun was out in full force. Normally we as photographers shun this sort of light but if we just embrace it and learn to use it we get many more useful photography hours during the day! All these shots were done using natural light and zero reflectors or crazy light modifiers like the Gary Fong Dong. Just position the subject so that the shadows don’t interfere with your subject’s faces/bodies and you’re good to go! Spend less time worrying about your background, camera settings, or flash output power and concentrate on getting your subject to give you a nice large genuine smile.

PHOTOS:

Introduction:
More photos of Debbie and Jason from another photo session together!

Photos:

Introduction:
I met Alison and Nic through my other wedding clients Debbie and Jason. Their weddings in October are going to be back to back so it will be an exciting two weeks. The engagement shoot we did around the Kensington Market turned out to be a lot of fun and I think it really shows in the images. Even though we got hit by rain and cloudy weather we kept going and were pleasantly rewarded by lots of sun afterward.

PS: Apparently Alison and Nic swear that the Hua Sang Seafood Restaurant is one of the BEST places to eat Lobster in Toronto. Going to definitely check it out next time.

Technique:
Sometimes it’s not all about posing your subjects and you may find you get better results by making people laugh and capturing the resulting hilarious reactions. The important thing is to just have fun with it!

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