Yesterday I had the pleasure of attending a Wedding. It was held in Montréal, Québec at the Birks Heritage Chapel, McGill University. This wedding was special to me in so many ways. Not only was the Groom a family friend, but his Father officiated my own wedding ten years ago. In addition to that not only did his Father babysit me when I was a small child, but I babysat the Groom when he was a baby. Add to all of this that I got the opportunity to photograph not only the Bride getting ready but, the ceremony and parts of the reception. All in all it was a fabulous day.
I was brought close to tears several times throughout the day, but held on tight and only let them fall after reviewing the photos today. Both the Bride and Groom were stunning and I hope that I was able to capture many fun moments for them to remember for years to come.
Here is just a taste of what I got to witness.
A beautiful dress.
A beautiful bouquet
And a beautiful Couple
I have recently been introduced to a site called iHeartFaces. They call themselves “a photography blog showing faces around the world”. I love this concept.
Each week they have a contest with two categories, children and adults and this week’s theme is laughter. I don’t often submit photos into a contest, but as soon as I saw this I remembered this photo of J below. I took it of him last summer on the Fourth of July. We were visiting an old Church in Delaware and it was hot, very, very hot. By chance the couple that took care of the Church passed by and let us in for a tour. At the end, despite or maybe because of the heat of the day J was laughing himself silly. I managed to capture this photo.
Although not entirely perfect in clarity, whenever I see this photo I remember him laughing and swinging himself around the Churchyard. I love this photo, most likely because I love J so much. And for the fun of it, I am going to enter it into this weeks contest. Be sure to pop on over to I ♥ Faces and take a look at some of the other entries.
Friday night had our skies painted a gorgeous pink, I had to get a photo.
Saturday night brought our first Rainbow of the season, we were able to see both sides. All of us made it outside, teenager included.
Sunday we made it to the Tulip Festival. The news made it seem like more of the flowers were out, but next weekend should be even better, so we will be going again. It was still a nice day to get out.
J, in his tree. This is the second year in a row that he had to climb this tree. And Apple being a cheeky little girl, not wanting a picture taken.
Finally got a smile out of her.
There were a few patches of daffodils that were just stunning. I tried to get some pictures of the kids with these as a backdrop, but Apple was just not into the photo op at the time.
J was intently watching some Buskers perform. In this photo he just looks like such a little man, reminds me that he is growing up so fast.
