Yves and Rachelle's Wedding

     I remember this wedding very well because it was one of the hottest days of the summer in Ottawa. We were sweating bullets on this day. It was a great time though. The church was a beautiful cathedral in the heart of Ottawa (the name slips my mind). After the ceremony the bridal party all had bubbles and as the bride and groom exited they all showered them with bubbles. That's when I got the first shot. I got low so I could catch the sunlight shining through the bubbles. That is one of my favorite wedding shots in my portfolio.  

    The second shot was taken at the wedding reception in a banquet hall here in Ottawa (the name also slips my mind), these two were having a blast together and they made my job easy by just having fun together. This shot was totally candid. I had to put my ISO up a bit so I could increase my shutter speed to freeze the motion without getting too much motion blur. My aperture was open at 2.8 to let in as much ambient light as possible and then I used a flash at around 1/2 power to help freeze the motion more.

    Thanks Yves and Rachelle, I had a great time at your wedding!

   

Denise and Joel's Wedding

   

    I met Joel and Denise at Ottawa University back in 2003 and over the years we would bump in to each other here and there. Then one day Joel called and said "Hey dude we want you to shoot our wedding." I have to say it was an honor to cover their special day. Their wedding was definitely one of my most memorable! These are a couple of the best friends I have.

    I remember shooting this wedding using a lot of available light. I wanted the photos to look as natural as possible. I did use a little flash to fill some of the deep shadows, but mostly I went natural on this one.

    Of all the weddings I have done in Ottawa I have to say this is one I will never forget!

    Thanks guys and I look forward to hanging out soon!

My favorite shot from Adina's Wedding

  This shot was taken at my good friend Adina's wedding.  I had such a fun time that night.  I was their as a guest but assumed the role of photographer as the night went on.  I love shooting and these days I have a really hard time attending weddings without taking pictures.  I'm officially addicted to photographing weddings!!!

My camera settings for this shot were:  Shutter 1/25, F 2.8, ISO 400 @ 24mm on my 24-70mm F2.8

I bounced an on camera flash off the ceiling in order to freeze the motion and prevent the picture from blurring.

My Grandma

This is a shot I took of my grandma a few months ago. Oh man I love my grandma and her chili and spaghetti sauce is wicked!

My camera settings for this shot were: Shutter 1/200, F 4.5, ISO 100 and it was shot with my 70-200mm 2.8 IS at 200mm's.  The lighting was all available light.  We went in the shade for this shot because the light was pretty harsh that day...

Soon I'll introduce you guys to my other grandma.  She makes the the best cookies!

One of my Original Weddings!

Here is a shot from one of my original weddings that I shot back in the day! Shannon and Dwayne were a really fun and light hearted couple. They definitely made my job much easier. This wedding was at the Chateau Laurier, one of my favorite places to photograph weddings.

This shot was take with with a shutter speed of 1/50 at f 4.5 and ISO of 400. The focal length was 32 mm. I bounced the flash off the ceiling at about 1/4 power.


Now if I had to take this shot again I probably would put my settings at shutter 1/30 (to let in more background light) f 3.2 (to let in more ambient light) ISO would stay the same. And then I would have put my flash around 1/8 power to accound for the extra light reaching the sensor.

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