Aryeh David: June 1st, 2009

Our first event in the month of June was Aryeh's Bar Mitzvah! It was very special for our family to photograph and decorate this event because the David family -especially Aryeh's mom, Mrs. David are very dear to us!
We wanted to make sure we did something special for them so my parents from Heavenly Flowers did a spectacular job at dressing up the room while Bernard & I worked hard to make sure we got some really cool shots of Aryeh and the party after with his friends!
We had so much fun with them!! It was a huge honour for us to be there to capture those important and significant moments for the David family.
Mazel Tov Aryeh on a job well done on your speech! All the best to you and your family with many more Simchas to come! =p
Here are just a few of some of our favourite shots (out of several hundreds!!) that we took that night-hope you enjoy! Let me know what you think....

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Baby Thomas Potraits: May 21st, 2009

Oh my goodness! This baby photo session was pure cuteness!!
Just last week I got to photograph baby Thomas -how precious he is! He was only 2 weeks old when I photographed him, but he's huge for his age! And that hair...WOW!
It was such a priviledge for me to be able to record a piece of history into the life of this little baby boy only a few weeks old!
I had a fantastic time with him and his parents. Fabiana & Stelios were so much fun to hang out with and watch them "ooo" and "aawww" at their baby boy! What proud parents they are!
Anyway, I took countless photos during their session and it was really tough for me to choose these few to show on the blog...these are just some of my faves!
Enjoy....

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Josh & Rachel's Engagement: May 18th, 2009

The following day after Gad & Joanna's wedding (see post below), Bernard & I headed downtown to take some engagement pictures of my best friend Rachel and her fiance Josh!
We had a blast together! Even though Bernard & I were kinda tired from the wedding when we started the session, however as we got things going and we started having fun, I felt totally refreshed and excited to be hanging out with my best friend and capturing some precious moments between her and her fiance together! (It also helped that it was an absolutely gorgeous day with the sun streaming through the trees...) It was just perfect! I couldn't ask for a better day! =p
Rachel had always dreamed of taking pictures of her and Josh with apple blossoms all around them, so she found this really cool park in the middle of downtown Toronto that we went to. We tried to time the engagement session so we could catch the blossoms at their peak time on the trees...and I think we got'em!
Boy, did we have fun! It was awesome!! The trees with different shades of pinks looked absolutely stunning against the green -it just jumped out at you!
Once we took enough shots of the trees, (and believe me when I tell ya, we took tones!)we went down to the Distillery! Now THAT was awesome!
When I discovered the Distillery a couple of years ago, it became my goal to one day do either a bridal session there with a bride & groom or to do an engagement session there for a couple. So it was extremely exciting for me to take these pictures there because not only did my dream become a reality but I was able to share it with my best friend!
Well, I hope you enjoy viewing just a few of my faves from their engagement session below...let me know what you think!

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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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