This couple wanted some edgy pictures  so we went to The Brickworks, which turned out to be a great location.  As I’ve shot their engagement session at The Distillery last year, I knew they would OWN this location too 

It was a great day with lots of laughs and a few happy tears.

A few pictures from that day are shown bellow.

Bellow are about 50 images from 2 days of shooting. While 1st day was more about the wedding and traditions(Chinese tea ceremony,games,family,friends,reception, dances,etc), the second day was all about the couple and the gorgeous city of Rome.

There’s so much more I could write,but because pictures can tell you 1000x more, I will let you all experience a TINY portion of those 2 days.

It’s a photograph of Jen, whose wedding I photographed earlier this year in Varadero, Cuba.  This particular image was taken during the Trash The Dress session, a day after the wedding in the beautiful city of Havana.

Link –>  National Geographic :: Dmitri Markine

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The whole issue of this educational photography magazine is all about wedding photography!

Big thanks to Felix Russo for the opportunity and Lara Wheeler for a lovely article!!

April-May issue of Photo life and Photo Solution magazines are out and it’s a feature on 5 wedding studios in Canada.  It definitely felt good to represent Ontario and be among 4 other great wedding studios from all parts of Canada.

I am also happy to mention that  one of my images  is on the cover of Photo Solution Magazine.

Thanks to Valérie Racine & Véronica Gill from Photo Life  and all my clients who always inspire me!

It rained  a bit on the day and the ceremony location had to be changed.  However, everyone kept laughing the whole day and enjoying the warm weather.

A day after, we took a taxi to Havana for the TTD session.   Upon return to the resort a few more shots were taken on the beach at sunset and in the water.

My goal for this wedding was to try and capture a part of the history,culture,beautiful landscapes and architecture; to make sure it’s all well incorporated into the images.

Often I was taking an image of just the scenery and then trying to figure out where to put the bride and the groom.  Also, with some luck we were allowed to take pictures in a number of forbidden places where no one is allowed. YaY!

As always, thank you so much for sharing your day with me and allowing me to capture all the great moments.

They will be forever and ever with you in the pictures.

A few images and a 4-minute slideshow are bellow 

This couple got married on Valentine’s Day!! Next Valentine’s day weekend will happen in 2015.
Their ceremony and reception were held at the beautiful Atlantis Pavilion Hall. It was a real joy photographing this fun wedding.

It was hard to choose my favorites,but here are a few from that day

I get emails from students/sport photographers asking for settings and the cameras I am using.  Settings don’t mean much. They always depend on your camera,lenses,lighting,distance to the subjects and effect you want to achieve. There’s no magic setting that works for every condition!

The best way to do it is to take that camera out of your  bag and go out and shoot. Come home,evaluate your images and then go out again and re shoot, until you get what you want.  These days cameras are pretty advanced and can give you a good number or keepers.  Back when I was with 10D/20D, 30% was the maximum numbers I could keep(I love sharp photos!).  I wasn’t playing it safe though and always pushing myself to try something new every day.  Your basic setting would be to shoot in Servo mode as you would be dealing with moving subjects. If your camera can do 5-10 frames per second then set it in that range. Learn smooth panning.  Get a monopod or a tripod if you have/need to.  If you are new to the sport you will be shooting, it’s always a good idea to learn as much as you can. Learn to anticipate before anything happens as at 100-260km/h things do happen pretty fast.

Here’s 100% crop of a Canon 20D 8mp file ::  f4,  1/500, ISO200, taken while being about 12 feet away.   1/500 helped to put some motion into the wheels.

Anything over 1/1000(as in the example bellow) would probably freeze any motion. While it “may” result in fewer number of blurry images, motorcycle(motard) in this case appears to be standing still.  f2.8, 1/1000, 180mm,ISO100

Some more images:

And it can only help you if you have some interest in the sport you are shooting.  Although I wasn’t that good at it, I loved!!!

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We had 2 gorgeous models on the day and 6 amazing wedding gowns from Adele Wechsler’s new Eco Couture IV collection.  I think it is  really cool how some of the dresses are made of 2 pieces and within seconds it is possible to transform a formal gown into a mini skirt, suitable for the evening cocktail reception.

This wedding took place in Milton, Ontario in some  cool locations.  I was really impressed with Diana and Mark and how they handled the weather(-11C).  It was also great getting some ideas from them too.  In return, I think we got truly great photographs and lots of memories to keep.

Later that day we drove to the Grand Chalet Banquet Hall in Milton, where all fun continued through the night.

We were blessed with a warm winter weather(-2c ) and the whole day was full of excitement and smiles. Reception  was held at the Crystal Fountain Banquet hall in Toronto.

Here are a few images from the day:

You can read more about this here:  Top 10 Canadian Wedding Photographers

In addition to that 3 more of my prints received Accolades of Excellence from WPPI 2009.

None of these awards would be possible without my amazing couples and their help in creating all of the images.

India - a land of contrast, thousands of temples and colors. A country that can shock even experienced travelers. The farther away you go from the touristy spots, the better and more unique your experience gets. Weddings in India are very big, loud and colorful. It was such a pleasure being part of one of them.

It would’ve been great if they had iced tea!! It’s impossible to find Nestea Iced tea anywhere. I was really surprised as cold flavored teas are popular in most of Asia.

I wish I had time to post all 500 images that I have,but how about just a few:

It was a trip of a lifetime,but I can’t wait to go back to this amazing country in the near future.  Some images from the trip are bellow and I created a 3 minute video with 50 images from the trip as well.

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