We started off this day with quite a lot of laughs. When Dobby and his boys showed up to Susan’s house, they were forced to do things by the girls that could only be described as mean, but in a good way. First off they had to wear some depends diapers, which of course made them look absolutely silly. And then they were given a giant candy ring and were made to dance to Beyonce’s, “put a ring on it”. After that, they had to eat mystery ice cubes. I can not describe how they tasted but the photos are worth a million words.

They had the traditional Chinese tea ceremony at both homes. The wedding ceremony was held at the Wedding Pavillion just off of 16th Ave in northwest Calgary. It was there we did Susan’s getting ready photos in the bridal suite. After the ceremony, we took photos inside the Pavillion. We took advantage of every corner of the pavillion before heading out to Bowness to photograph their wedding party.

Susan and Dobby also have a dog that they dearly love. We all headed out together to pick up their dog at the dog sitter because they wanted a few photos of them with their dog. Their dog was extremely happy to see them!

The wedding reception was held at the Regency Palace in Calgary’s Chinatown. The rest of the night was quite the party with all their friends celebrating the first wedding of their young group.

Congrats Susan & Dobby! You guys are a great example to your friends and everybody around you. You both express love and respect for each other without holding anything back. You both will be a true inspiration for all. Thank you for trusting Ryan and I with your big day. See you at the Dome.  ;)

The day started at Julie & Howard’s home in NW Calgary.  Of course only Julie and her girls were there getting ready.  Soon after all the girls got ready, Howard and his crew had arrived to the house for the tea ceremony.  In true Chinese fashion, the girls didn’t make it easy for Howard to come see his bride.  The first thing the bridesmaids made Howard and the boys do, was eat gummi worms of panties that Howard was wearing.  Yes, that last sentence would be useless without photos, so look below!  They weren’t done after that as they also made the boys spin themselves to dizziness while placing an egg in a bucket without breaking it.  And if that was bad enough, nothing was worst than having to eat marshmallows filled with sriracha hot sauce.   Oh man, pure torture for these boys.  Some of the worst I have ever witnessed.  Once the girls were done having fun with the guys, they let them in.  But before Howard could see his bride, he had to sign an “agreement” that drew many laughs.

Howard finally was able to get Julie, who was hiding upstairs, patiently waiting for her groom.  We all went back downstairs and started the tea ceremony and immediately after that it was ceremony time at the Valley Ridge Golf Course in NW Calgary.  After the ceremony, we stayed and shot a few photos of the bridal party and of course J&H.  Valley Ridge Golf Course is situated in the Bow River valley, which is a beautiful natural area.  There was lots of yellow leaves on the trees and we had a spectacular fall setting to play with.  Once we wrapped up there I took Julie and Howard to downtown Calgary to finish our wedding photography.

Congrats Julie & Howard!  Your wedding was full of energy and the negotiation to see Julie in the morning was something I will always remember!  You guys really worked the camera for us and you both looked amazing in front of our cameras.  I am very happy and proud you both love your wedding photos so much and invested in us.

Another thanks goes to my friend Bao who helped me, last minute, with this wedding.  Thanks for having my back.

My biggest thanks goes out to all my wonderful and amazing clients.  I am truly honoured to have been chosen to photograph such an important event in your lives and to be a part of it.  I really hope you will cherish all the wonderful images we made together, for all eternity.  I know I will!

Once I finished the last wedding of the season, I couldn’t wait to get started on my yearbook and this slide show.  My book hasn’t arrived yet, but when it does, I’ll be sure to share that with you all.  But for now, here are the images that made it in the book in a slide show presentation.  It was hard to narrow it down to 140 images, out the tens of thousands that I shot last year, but I did it.  Well, what are you waiting for???  Hit play!

Congrats on your wedding you guys!  You 2 were made for each other.  Thanks for having Ryan and I capture your beautiful day!