Who would have thought that the amazing Northern Lights would have brought these two together? Fariz and Salimah's dad were working together on the construction of the Toronto Ismaili Centre and the Aga Khan Museum. It was then when Salimah took a trip out to Yellowknife to see the Northern Lights. Fariz thought this was really interesting and reached out to her to hear about her trip. After a few coffees, Fariz wanted to move onto a real dinner date with her but Salimah had already friend-zoned ...
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Colourful Downtown Toronto City Engagement: Sheena + Amar
Sheena and Amar are both from Kenya but moved to Toronto a number of years ago with their family. Although both of their families knew each other but they didn't really hang out much until later. After being together a number of years, Amar started to plan his proposal over a number of months. He rented out an entire hall, decorated it with string lights and performed a song for her. It ended up being a huge surprise to Sheena and it just sounds so romantic - like out of a movie! Sheena and ...
Toronto St Lawrence Market Engagement Photos: Tanya + Nikhil
Tanya and Nik met in their first year of university when they were in the same residence. Although they didn't hang out much, they had mutual friends so would cross paths occasionally over the years. It wasn't until after graduation that they started to get to know each other. After some time, Tanya realised how easy it was to talk to Nik and how he always made her laugh. After being together for almost five years, Nik popped the question in April 2018. Nik took her out to dinner at a ...
Toronto Christmas Market Wedding at Distillery District: Erin + Alex
Erin and Alex met through mutual friends in 2011 but then later crossed paths again at a Nuit Blanche party later that year. This time, they knew it was fate. They spoke all night and developed an incredibly close friendship over the following months. By the end of the year, their friendship turned into a relationship and they have been inseparable ever since. Five years later, they took the next step and moved in together and adopted their pride and joy, a dog who they named Polo. When it ...
Toronto Distillery District Engagement Photos: Anna + Vince
When Anna and Vince met over 2 years ago, they bonded over their love of food and hockey. On Valentine's Day of this year, Vince planned a dinner in Downtown Toronto although he works in Hamilton during the week. The plan was to have dinner, go back to Anna's to watch a movie and then drive back to Hamilton. When they arrived at Anna's condo, before she knew it Vince was down on one knee proposing. The engagement was just like Anna had wanted. Upon meeting Anna and Vince, you will ...
Downtown Toronto Engagement Session: Nancy + Peter
Nancy and Peter met through mutual friends but before they officially met Peter had already caught Nancy's eye. They've now been together for two years and have become best friends. One of their favourite things to do together is to enjoy a home date with dinner and a movie. What they love most about the other person is how they love, support and really care about each other. For their engagement session, they chose Osgoode Hall in Downtown Toronto for its beautiful architecture. We ...
Downtown Toronto Tibetan and Chinese Wedding at Canoe: R + P
R + P have an incredible love story in that they first met in the beautiful Himalaya region of Nepal. It was their Tibetan Buddhist guru's 80th birthday celebration and they were both sitting in the monastery. R didn't have the liturgy so she asked P, who was sitting next to her if she could share with her. P had come from India but was Tibetan by descent and was so struck by the fact that this beautiful Chinese girl from Canada could read classical Tibetan! There was an immediate ...
A Sweet Toronto Harbourfront Engagement: Anum + Hussain
Anum and Hussain met for the first time on Queens Quay, right at the Toronto Harbourfront. It was a convenient place for both of them since they both live and work downtown. It turns out that they went to the same university, had mutual friends in school and their community, as well as Anum's cousin, is a close friend of Hussain. Despite all of their connections, it took meeting online over two and a half years ago for their lives to officially cross paths. Anum and Hussain call this due to the ...
Toronto Harbourfront Cozy Winter Engagement: Tera + Michael
Tera and Michael wanted a cozy winter engagement session in their condo that overlooks the Toronto waterfront. It was such a good decision since it was -20C outside with windchill and the winds were blazing out on the boardwalk of the Toronto Harbourfront! Tera and Michael met three years ago on Tinder and I asked them to reminisce about their first date. Tera recalls how Michael was very "impressive", having turned up in sweats. But there must have been a much stronger connection there since ...
Elegant Downtown Toronto Shangri-La Hotel Wedding: Cheryl + Chris
When Chris was growing up, his parents would joke - if it takes him such a long time to find a pair of jeans he likes, how would he ever find a suitable wife? Even his best friend Sam knew that Chris was very picky and especially when it comes to finding his special someone. But one day Chris decided to drive all the way to Ottawa to meet Cheryl. Sam was so surprised because Chris was the kind of guy who liked to, in his words - "maximise the amount of value with the lowest amount of effort". So ...
