Gad Elmaleh & Joanna Segal: May 17th, 2009

Well, we kick off our summer with Gad & Joanna's wedding that was held this past Sunday at the BAYT Synagogue in Thornhill!
Wow! What a fantastic wedding! Everything and everyone looked absolutely gorgeous! Gad came strolling in to the Shull driving a Ferrari with quite the "bling bling" brooch pinned to his tie -the guy was a stud!
Joanna looked absolutely stunning in her wedding dress -I got some great shots of her getting ready!
The whole day went extremely well and at the end of the night, Joanna did a Father-Daughter Dance with her dad -they looked so cute dancing together! Then her mom joined them on the dance floor...it was so nice and heart-warming to see how close both families were with each other.
Bernard & I had a great time with them -we thoroughly enjoyed and felt extremely priviledged to have been chosen to photograph and document Gad & Joanna's beginning of a new life together!
Thanks so much guys. We certainly wish you a heart-felt Mazel Tov and a wonderful future together!
I hope you enjoy viewing the slideshow of just some of our favourite shots from the wedding!

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The Boadway Families & Babies Portraits: April 20th, 2009

Just last week, Bernard and I had the wonderful opportunity to photograph the Boadway families! They are two brothers with their wives who had two baby girls just a couple of weeks apart and both families are wonderful friends of ours!
The girls are SO CUTE and we got to spend the whole day with them!! =p
We had a great time and it was very refreshing to do something a little bit different from weddings!
I think it's always a good thing to be constantly challenging yourself to try different things and stretch your abilities so that you can grow as a person.
In the end, we ended up taking almost 300 photos, but it was worth every shot!
These are just a few of some of our favourites -there were so many good ones!!
Hehehe....fun times...enjoy!

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Yehuda Marrus & Raizel Rosenthal: March 30th, 2009

Yay! We have finally caught up in our wedding blog posts! Alright, making progress...
Okay, so Raizel & Yehuda's wedding is our latest wedding so far and it took place at the Terrace Banquet Hall in Vaughan.
These two were so much fun to photograph -and their families were just incredible! I must say that I truly enjoyed every minute of their wedding!
They come from such fantastic and loving families -no wonder they were the perfect fit for each other! To top it all off, they're a very good looking couple and love to be in front of the camera -what more could a photographer ask for? Awesome! That's all I can say about these two!
I'm SO excited about these photos that we took at their wedding -it was incredible!! At every wedding, Bernard & I always look for ways to do something different and creative with different camera angles and lighting techniques, etc. So when Raizel came to us and told us that she wanted different and creative poses -we went all out! We love to challenge ourselves to progress and improve and take our photography skill to the next level -we simply had a blast!! =p
Anyway, I certainly hope you enjoy viewing just a taste of what their wedding was like. I definitely had a hard time choosing just these few shots to tell their story -so make sure you savour every moment!!

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Steve & Karli Luke: March 29th, 2009

Wow! We're actually catching up on our blog posts! Cool!! =p
Steve & Karli's wedding was quite a story because they came to us just one week before their wedding to book my parents for the flowers and us for the photography!
The only request they had from us was that they didn't want any posed photos during the wedding -everything was to be caught as it happened. It was awesome because it gave Bernard & I the opportunity to really work on our photojournalism style of photography and be as creative with it as we possibly could.
The wedding was held at the Kehila Centre in Toronto with just close family and friends. Steve & Karli was really looking for a photographer who would be able to capture the real and special moments for them. So Bernard & I took up the challenge and we actually really enjoyed it and had a lot of fun with them!
Check out some of our favourite shots below and tell us what you think!
We certainly wish Steve & Karli all the best in their future together! Mazel Tov!!

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Shmuli Heller & Chanzie Bistritz: March 4th, 2009

Alright! Well,if you've been following our posts here on this blog, you've probably noticed that we have re-sized, re-arranged, updated and added a couple of things here! We are really excited about these changes and think it'll be a huge success!! =p We've made the slideshows appear right here on the blog -and in nice BIG sizes too! WOO HOO!!! It's been a bit of work to get this blog re-vamped but it's definitely been worth it! What do YOU think about these new changes? We'd appreciate any comments and if you have any suggestions, we'd love to hear from you! So please feel free to leave a comment below.

Okay, on to our beautiful couple: Chanzie & Shmuli! Now, I must tell you the events leading up to their wedding...as you can see from the blog post below, we had a previous wedding on March 3rd for Eli & Daniella at the BAYT Synagogue in Thornhill.
Well, we had to prepare ourselves, buckle up and hang on tight because Shmuli & Chanzie's wedding wasn't located in Toronto...it was in MONTREAL! So as soon as we finished Eli & Daniella's wedding, we ran home to catch a wink of sleep and refresh our batteries long enough to be out of the house by 6am and on the road headed toward The Crowne Plaza Hotel in Montreal -a 5 hour car ride! Man, talk about pressure!!
Pictures were scheduled to start at 2pm and thank goodness we arrived at the hotel by 11:30am -giving us enough time to unpack our stuff, set up our equipment and be ready for the bride! WOW! Let me tell you, we've done back to back weddings before, but not in 2 different provinces in less than 24 hours!! Crazy stuff...
But we made it and Thank God, all went well!
It was quite the specatular wedding too! Everything was absolutely stunning! From the flowers to the food served everything was gorgeous!! Chanzie looked absolutely beautiful in her wedding gown and Shmuli was looking as handsome as ever!
Bernard and I certainly had fun with these guys and we really appreciate the opportunity that their families gave to us in allowing us to capture such precious memories for them.
I certainly want to thank the Heller Family for looking after us while we were in Montreal -we had a great time with you! Mazel Tov and all the best to Shmuli and Chanzie in your future together.
I hope you guys enjoy the slideshow below -let us know what you think!

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Eli Shapiro & Daniella Enkin: March 3rd, 2009

Eli & Daniella's wedding was beautiful! Bernard & I had a fantastic time with these guys! They were a lot of fun -especially Daniella who loved doing the fun cool poses we did -Haha! Those were awesome!! =p

The decor looked amazing -of course, since they came from my parents over at Heavenly Flowers!! (hehehehe....) Everyone looked wonderful and I loved the camaraderie and the affectionate bantering that their families had with each other -they were hillarious!! =p

Bernard & I were able to catch some fun and special moments between them...it was tough to choose these few for this blog!

Feel free to check out their slideshow below and let me know what you think!

Yaakov Cohen & Batya Edelkopf: January 22nd, 2009

Well, one week after photographing Azaria & Hennie's wedding, Bernard & I were off to photograph Hennie's brother's wedding (I know it's a little confussing...sorry!) in NEW YORK!! How cool is that?
It was crazy how these two sibblings got married 1 week apart from each other! Wow!!
And it was an awesome experience for Bernard & I too because this was our first time doing a wedding in the USA -even though we have traveled to England and Brasil to photograph weddings there, this was our first in the US! Crazy, eh? (haha! That was so Canadian of me...)
Anyway, so we drove the long 8 hours to get down there, but it was worth every mile!! We had a blast photographing Yaakov & Batya's wedding! These two are awesome -they love taking pictures!!
They got married in a beautiful hall called Ateres Charna in Spring Valley, NY. Everything looked absolutely gorgeous!
Batya looked stunning in her beautiful gown and Yaakov was looking very spiffy too! They make a wonderful couple -they're simply perfect for each other!!
We certainly did not have a hard time taking good photos of these two and their families! Everyone looked great -Batya's dad even sang a solo toward the end of the night!! You can see for yourself in the slideshow below! Enjoy....