Love love love this wedding (and couple) so much! What an amazing day! I just love photographing beautiful weddings at the Calgary Zoo!  The surroundings feel magical with the animals humming in the background.  Inesia & Colin planned a gorgeous outdoor wedding ceremony and of course we all prayed to the sun goddess!  As you can imagine we were a little worried as the days leading to their wedding as it was alternating between sun & rain for the whole week prior! Thank you SUN GODDESS!

I arrived at Inesia’s on Saturday  all revved up for a beautiful wedding. Inesia  is one of the most calmest brides I have come across so far not to mention beautiful. She has a angelic, classic look about her. Her dress was exquisite (loved it)! She is stunning ! The look on Colin’s face when she walked down the aisle was the look of emotional bliss.

This wedding pretty much left us speechless. Everyone was amazing and fun to be around. The speeches were fantastic and hilarious. Let’s just say Colin has his fair share of funny stories that were told about him!  The decorations were thoughtful and simple, and the wedding party and their family were so laid back and easy going it didn’t feel like we were working at all.

Thank you guys for this opportunity – it was a fantastic day and sooooo stress-free (which is always refreshing!) Inesia and Colin you are just wonderful people! Judith and I are so happy for you. Cheers and congratulations in your happily ever afters!

Lots of love – Shawna & Judith

The story of Jeff and Lisa began five and a half years ago…

Jeff and Lisa met through a mutual friend, Dave McGillivray. Lisa went to high school with Dave, and after high school Dave and Jeff became friends at Acadia University. After completing University, Jeff moved to Calgary. Being new to town, one summer night Dave invited Jeff to meet up with some of his Calgary friends. This is where he first met Lisa.

It was after a few months and many hours of courting that Lisa agreed to go on a date with Jeff. She brought her best friend with her and requested that he bring along a friend as well. Jeff arrived late to Joey Tomatoes as he was frantically looking for someone to come with him on short notice.  Luckily he has a number of accountant friends and it didn’t take long to find someone eager for a free meal.  The date went longer  and better than Lisa had expected, so much so that she received a parking ticket.

Jeff and Lisa had finally met again.  They continued to meet, eventually needing to buy only two meals and no longer pay parking fines.  Their relationship developed into the love and friendship they now share.

Lisa & Jeff I am looking forward to your big day! We will make sure that when we are shooting the formals we will throw a bit of extra change in the parking machine! Shawna

Kendra & Mark are not  your typical couple. Sure, they’re in love with each other and like doing all the lubby-dubby-things, but they also love to laugh with each other. And at each other. We all spent many moments laughing at one another and that’s the kind of fun we love to have at our wedding shoots.

The day started photographing Kendra in her beautiful home in the South of Calgary. There were very few photographs taken of Kendra where she wasn’t laughing and simply embracing her day. As you know I love shoes! Well Kendra surprised me with wearing a pair of ballet slippers. When she was a little girl she used to dance and it still holds a very special place in her heart today. As you can see I just loved photographing them! It made her dress and the day seem even more magical!