Every single time I am asked to be someone’s wedding photographer, it makes me insanely happy. I am one of the few lucky people on this earth who found a job they love early in life, and gets to spring out of bed every morning eager to edit, email, and photograph. It’s important to me to establish a relationship with all of my brides (and grooms). If you are going to have someone following you around with a camera for the entirety of the most important day of your life, it seems to me, that enjoying the person is not a bad idea at all. Before most weddings we have numerous coffee dates, we talk through every detail of the wedding and we have a chance to bond. However, with Alisha and Jonathan, things were much different. A mutual friend put us in touch about her wedding. I was actually in Newfoundland at the time, and Alisha was at home in Fort McMurray. We chatted a little through email messages, and she took a leap of faith and booked me- having never met me in real life. I call that faith, and I am incredibly glad she had it.
I enjoy every wedding I shoot. It’s why I do what I do. If photographing weddings ever because something I don’t love to do, I won’t do it any more. It’s simply too important a day to mess around with not being excited about. So, when I rolled into Fort McMurray less than 24 hours before I was supposed to meet the ladies at Spoiled Rotten Hair Salon, I was a little nervous to meet Alisha! We met for lunch with the aforementioned mutual friend, and I like to think we hit it off well! We quickly talked through the details of the day, and I got a feel for this beautiful lady who kept telling me, ‘I am simple, I just like things simple’. Well Alisha my dolly, if simple is as beautiful and as radiant as you were on your wedding day, this world could do well with a whole lot more of it.
Jonathan and Alisha have a beautiful little girl. She looks like a perfect mix of the two of them, and she was one of three beautiful flower girls at her Mommy and Daddy’s wedding. 
I am not a shoe fanatic. I prefer comfort to fashion every day except New Year’s Eve. However, these Steve Madden shoes were to die for! I could never stand up in them, but they were gorgeous! My good friend and fellow photographer Chrystal Stringer of Chrystal Stringer Photography was available to come to shoot this wedding with me. Our styles couldn’t be more different, and I am looking forward to seeing her take on the day. She is a total shoe fanatic (she ones encouraged me to try heels, gasp!), so I am sure she got a good one of these as well! 
Now… for some silly! 
I might have posted this Blog post days ago, except for a small detail. I couldn’t narrow down my favourite images. At All. The couples photos are always my favourite to shoot, and I am so thankful that when she did her timeline, Alisha left me loads of time for couples portraits. Chrystal and I were stoked to have so much time shoot these photos. Another amazing factor was that because they were driving in their own vehicle that day, the bridal party got to go relax when they were finished group shots, while we worked with the Bride and Groom alone. It made it a whole lot more comfortable for the couple I think, not to have a limo full of onlookers hooting and hollaring (as fun as that is!) while they posed for some intimate portraits. 
The bride and her father shot is always the heart breaker for me, and in this case, it was no exception. However, just before I left, Alisha’s mom asked me if I could please shoot her dancing with her Grandfather. Holy smokes. If that isn’t pure love and pride on that Poppy’s face, I have no idea what is.
Jonathan and Alisha, thank-you, thank-you, thank-you, for asking me be part of your special day! You are both amazing, your families and friends are incredibly warm and friendly, and I truly enjoyed every minute of photographing your wedding. I hope you enjoy these images as much as I enjoyed creating them for you. Of course, these are just a preview and there will be more to come, but I just needed to share how amazing your day was, so I hope you enjoyed the highlights!
