anna & daniel / an indie alehouse toronto wedding
the ache for home lives in all of us, the safe place where we can go as we are & not be questioned / maya angelou
we get to travel quite often for weddings, which is something we always love so much. there is something about seeing a place with the eyes of a newcomer and being able to capture the beauty you see that someone who's been there their whole life might miss or just have gotten used to. well, for anna & dan's wedding the tables were completely reversed. just as much as we love traveling, we are also big fans of 'buying local' in our everyday life, and it couldn't have gotten more local than this one.we love our little neighbourhood where we live... so when anna & daniel were first in touch about their wedding we couldn't believe they literally live a short walk away & loved the junction just as much as we did. on the day of the wedding they both got ready at home with their cats & then we all headed over to the big park just across the street for some photos & quiet time amongst the flowers before things got underway... their ceremony & dinner was held at what is seriously our top favourite place to go for a drink & hang out... we are there quite often actually... they brew their own selection of beers & have the best staff & their food is seriously among the best. the celebration was lovely, cozy, fun, & just right.honestly it was so strange but nice to wake up in our neighbourhood, and to capture a piece of it for a couple who calls it home too... to take photos in both our favourite spots & theirs, that are a part of our every day, but for a wedding... & i love that anna & daniel wanted just that, to have little bits of things they already love to be a part of the day, like their two cats shiloh & arlie, the park where they go on walks, the brewery where they hang out, even riding in their beloved little car miffy was a part of it... it was all just right & our immense joy to document. a peek into their indie alehouse wedding, through a stop-motion video, & images to follow.
august 2014 wedding at indie alehouse in the junction, toronto ontario
song : do you realize?? by the flaming lips / see more recent wedding days here / friends & family, see more photos here
morgan + evan / a guelph farmhouse backyard wedding
she grew up amongst these wheat fields & played among the old stone buildings. the long dirt driveway shaded by trees lead to her blue house. on a cool and stormy august day with thunder rumbling in the distance, she married evan in the backyard of the house where she grew up.their marriage was tied together in the foundations of the old stone barn behind the house. they power-washed the floors with her dad. her mum's garden looked wonderful. their childhood friends helped put together picnic tables & arrange flowers into bouquets, hay bales into rows.their new adventure together is a new city, calgary (hence the cowboy hats!). not too long ago, they moved away from this area where they'd both grown up to calgary, for morgan to follow her dream job, and for evan to find his. on their wedding day she tells the story with a few tears about the two of them leaving home, alone in a new place, but together. coming back was not only a wedding for them, but a homecoming. there was truly no place more fitting to celebrate this down-to-earth & heartfelt day in their story & we are so glad we got to experience it! & to now share it with you below!watch the stop motion video of the day below, & images to follow. a million thanks to you m+e, and all your lovely family & friends who welcomed us in.
august 2014 backyard wedding in guelph, ontario
song : moth's wings by passion pit / see more recent wedding days here / friends & family, see more photos here