Doug and Sarah: Fun to know

 

 It was one of those "it's a small world" moments. Ulrike had arranged for Doug and Sarah to join us in a wedding shoot at Burlington's Royal Botanical Gardens and not only did I recognize Sarah -- we'd met a few years back -- but it turned out that Doug had worked with my son
Gareth, a lighting designer.

The shoot was great. Sarah has a keen sense of fun --we even had to persuade her not to climb a tree in her wedding dress.
Doug, dapper in his tails, was quiet at first but it wasn't long before he revealed a rich, extremely well-developed sense of humour.  He turned the tables on us by shooting pictures of us in action (see my profile picture!) Another of his talents: he's a juggler.
They were fabulous. It was great to see Sarah again and to meet Doug. We thank them for their kindness and wish them a long, happy and laughter-filled life together.

Sunrise, Sunset ...

Okay, I know sunset shots are a dime a dozen. But what the heck, I really like this one that I took in El Salvador during a working visit there with Habitat for Humanity Canada. And at least one person agrees with me. I gave a print to an auction being held to raise funds for a theatre project in El Salvador and it raised a three-figure sum. What's more, I received requests for two more copies of the print.

 Picture from an Exhibition

Capture Oakville is a prestigious annual competition run by the Oakville Camera Club. I have entered the competition once and one of my three entries was chosen  for an exhibition at Oakville City Hall. The exhibition was then remounted in Burlington.
My entry was taken in the downtown park beside the lake -- you could just see the lake in the bottom left-hand corner. It's a worm's eye view of plants and sky -- I was lying on my stomach. I was happy with the result although in retrospect, a touch more lake might be nice.

Paul and Ida

A recent engagement shoot with Paul and Ida at Sheridan College was fun, fun, fun. They are a relaxed, extremely good-looking couple and were more than happy to be posed, and hug and kiss each other on cue. He is Canadian and she is true-blue Swedish and they met while rock-climbing. Gigi, Janine and I spent an exceptionally enjoyable two hours with them and the results were outstanding. Thanks, Paul and Ida, you were fantastic!  And have a wonderful wedding next August.

 St. Luke's

Picturesque St. Luke's Anglican Church in Burlington, Ontario, which opened in 1834, is a popular venue for weddings. St. Luke's is the oldest church in Burlington and was built on land  given to Native leader Joseph Brant  for his services to British-Canadian forces during the American Revolution. There are several restrictions for wedding photographers. As in many Anglican churches, no flash is allowed during the service.  The church is at 1371 Elgin St. and the church office phone number is 905-634-1826.