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 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 ...
Estates of Sunnybrook Fall Wedding: Samantha + Richard
On Samantha and Richard's first date, they headed to Niagara. When the server at Peller Estates asked them whether they would like to have some wine, Richard's response was "it's always noon somewhere". It was the line that got Samantha and they now love to regularly take trips to Niagara together. We arrived early in the morning to capture their Chinese tea ceremony at Samantha's home. Unfortunately this October day was a chilly and a little wet, so they opted to have their wedding ...
Sweet Summer Engagement Session: Krystel + Bosco
Krystel and Bosco met on Tinder back in 2014 - which is over 4 years ago now! Soon after they met, Bosco started working in Hamilton and Krystel started working in Toronto. But after two years of dating, they both moved in together in Burlington as a middle ground so they both could get to work. In the summer of 2017, Bosco proposed to Krystel 10,000 feet high on the Swiss Alps of Switzerland. So romantic! Krystel and Bosco love spending time together visiting wineries in Niagara and having ...
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 ...
Toronto Forest Engagement Session: Samantha + Richard
Samantha and Richard have been together for more than a year a half, getting engaged on the escarpment on New Year's Eve in Niagara-on-the-Lake. When I photographed their engagement session, they seemed so happy together being in love. It was so easy to capture their love because they are both so down to earth, kind and loving. Their smiles came so naturally to them as they breezed through the tall forest trees and the wildflower fields. Samantha wore a gorgeous pink floral dress which ...
Sunnybrook McLean House Wedding: Julia + Colin
Julia and Colin wanted a simple and intimate wedding and so they chose the beautiful McLean House at the Estates of Sunnybrook in Toronto. They incorporated white, silver, lavender and light green with their wedding colours but still incorporated Julia's Chinese traditions by having a tea ceremony at home with her side of the family. A week ago, Julia called me worried about rain on her wedding day and I encouraged her to have hope and to not look at the forecast! In the end, there was ...
A Summer Sunflower Engagement: Vanessa + Vito
Vanessa and Vito met volunteering for a conference but it would take five years before they started dating. Vanessa says it was because she had a lot of growing up to do and limiting beliefs around love. They kept in touch as acquaintances and were brought back together again via Match.com Vito proposed on the beach in Greece, close to her mom’s hometown. He timed it right then because he wanted to tell Vanessa’s grandparents the news in person, since they live there full-time and would not ...
Beautiful Jewish Fusion Summer Wedding: Brookie + Matthew
By looking at these photos, you totally would not have known that most of their wedding day was planned by Matthew's parents. Brookie and Matthew live all the way in Japan - where they met and still live together. Having an overseas wedding myself, I completely understood the difficulty with planning a wedding from afar! Brookie is actually from Thailand and moved to Japan for work while Matt works as a high school math teacher at an international school in Tokyo. Having lived with each ...
