I really love capturing Unionville engagements but better yet - in fall Unionville engagements! Brendan is a civil engineer and Sam a high school teacher, but they both share a love for curling and met at the Unionville Curling Club. Being avid curlers they became friends. Then a year later, they started dating. Brendan ended up proposing in their backyard. When I asked them to describe each other, they both said that the other person is funny which I think is really cute since I think ...
Engagements
Gorgeous Fall Colours Engagement Photos: Yaoyi + Valen
Yaoyi and Valen met six years ago during their post-graduate program. They were friends first but eventually went on a couple of dates later that year. Just before Christmas of 2013, they officially became a couple. After graduating, Yaoyi moved to Saskatchewan to pursue her career and they did long distance for about a year and a half. Eventually, Yaoyi ended up landing a job in Toronto and they decided to move in together. Fast forward a few years later, Valen proposed to Yaoyi while ...
Romantic Sunset Engagement Photos: Alyssa + Michael
Alyssa and Michael first met in 2013 at the University of Toronto when she was in Pharmacy School and he was completing his Undergraduate Science degree. Their first unofficial meeting occurred in the Pharmacy Building since Michael was hanging out with a mutual friend who was in Alyssa's class. In the summertime, they attended a party where they officially met, and bonded over peanut butter, hockey and traveling. It was then when they started dating and fell in love! At the beginning of ...
Sunset Engagement at The Bluffs: Barbra + Darren
Darren and Barbra's love story began online and it was totally meant to be! Darren first messaged Barbra on POF but she had accidentally deleted the message. She searched high and low for Darren but ended up not being able to find his profile. In the end, she accepted that this was her loss. But then a few weeks later, fate brought them back together again and Barbra stumbled upon Darren's profile on OkCupid and sent him a message as if nothing had ever happened! On their first date ...
Toronto Edwards Gardens Engagement: Danielle + Tim
Danielle and Tim met six years ago during orientation week at university. They quickly became friends in an "opposites attract" way - Danielle was very serious but Tim was much more outgoing. Over the next several weeks, they grew closer together and that's when they started developing feelings for each other. One day, Tim asked Danielle if she wanted to watch "Lost in Translation" together and the rest is history! They've gone through so much together already. They've motivated each ...
Dreamy Summer Beach Engagement: Sheryl + Alexander
Shortly after university, Sheryl and Alex were set-up through mutual friends. Their first date was a double date and Alex took it from there to set up the second, third, fourth date and soon enough Alex officially asked Sheryl to be his girlfriend. It was so much of a success that the couple who set them up are now going to be their matron of honour and best man! Sheryl and Alex get along so well but Sheryl really loves how kind and generous he is to others. They always have a great time ...
Romantic Beach Sunset Engagement: Joanne + Andrew
Joanne + Andrew met through the app Coffee Meets Bagel and had their first date at a coffee shop. The date went so well that they ended up going for dinner as well! Joanne and Andrew have now been together for two and a half years! They just love spending time with each other going to a bakery for some breakfast and coffee and then later going for a hike together. Their engagement caught Joanne completely off guard. Andrew sneaked into her condo and decorated it with flower petals and ...
Toronto Spring Blossom Engagement: Joanne + Perry
Spring is SO my favourite time of the year and this shoot is a perfect proof of why! This year spring came so late. Joanne and Perry booked their spring blossom engagement session a while back and we patiently waited and waited for these beautiful pink spring blooms to arrive. And it was so worth the wait! The spring blossoms are so better than the much-anticipated cherry blossoms because of their rich pink colours. I could have photographed Joanne and Perry with these pink spring blossoms all ...
Toronto Island Airport Engagement: Salimah + Fariz
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 ...
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 ...
