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Germany defines FUN in Canada

Candice — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 00:38:42 +0000

mmmmmm….what to say about this wedding couple….SO MUCH FUN! The groom is from Germany, and the bride from Edmonton…they got married a few weeks ago in Germany at a castle and took most of her family overseas…then all of his family and friends came over to Canada, just a few weeks later, to repeat the process! I had the honour of being their photographer along with my 2nd shooter Lukasz Herba and wow was it fun. This couple didn’t want traditional photos like they had in Germany, they wanted to capture their fun bridal party and themselves in a unique and memorable way. This took us through the Garneau area in and out of wonderful places….we had FAR too much fun this day…Enjoy the sneak peek!

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To be married

Candice — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 04:30:04 +0000

This lovely couple is tying the knot on April 30, 2011, and I had so much fun photographing their engagement photos. You can see their love for eachother and their playfulness and their sense of humour between eachother. It was a pleasure to photograph them!

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Great big fun family

Candice — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 15:22:51 +0000

This family I had the pleasure of photographing last year when their twins were still little babies, and came back to do their family photos in June! Their oldest son paid me with paper airplanes and a penny which I still have to this day! So precious! I followed them around the yard, building sand castles, riding toy horses, jumping on a mini trampoline…so much energy and so much fun! Can’t wait for next year!

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Married with baby…

Candice — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 05:09:23 +0000

I met these two last fall when they informed me they were getting married in January, and would be 5 months pregnant at the time of their wedding. They were so in love an d I couldn’t wait to photograph them – you can see their wedding here.

Since then they have had their beautiful daughter, and we got together recently to do a family/baby session! She was so good through the whole session cooing, and smiling and fell asleep towards the end! Thank you for introducing me to your precious new addition guys!!

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new baby, big brother!

Candice — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 16:19:57 +0000

I was so excited when I got the call to come photograph a new baby, from a client whom I had done their first born 15 months ago!!! They had another son, who was just as good as their first – Their first slept through the entire session, letting us do infamous towel photos, etc! We met this time outdoors to give their 2nd child a whole different setting for his photos. Mom was really good on bug patrol keeping ants, no-se-ums and other such insects off the little guy! Here is their sneak peek!

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Small Town – BIG CHURCH!

Candice — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 15:33:57 +0000

AS I drove into McLennan, Alberta for this wedding, I approached a cathedral located in the middle of nowhere – this beautiful church (Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist) built in 1949. The bride and groom looked so amazing and so happy – you could tell they had waited so patiently for this day. Surrounded by all their friends and family, the said their vows, exchanged their rings, and walked out full of smiles. We took advantage of the surroundings in McLennan, such as the local pond at the campground, wheat fields and a relatives house full of trees and old vehicles!

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Precious Newborn

Candice — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 01:32:25 +0000

So a long time client of mine, and one of my most favorite Makeup Artists (brides/ladies looking for an amazing makeup artist – she is the one – Angelina Lang), well, she just had a baby boy! And I had the honour of photographing him at 10 days old, so precious and small. I also did her maternity photos in June. Seems like yesterday I was just there photographing her pregnancy and newborn baby girl who is now over 2 years old. I’ve had fun photographing and watching her grow up and can’t wait to be a part of documenting this baby boy’s precious life too!

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July 31 wedding in Grande Prairie

Candice — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 03:27:05 +0000

So much fun! After one Lisa and Korey wedding I got a Lisa and Cory wedding the weekend after! Just like the first couple – this couple was amazing and so in love. Their friends and family sang and played acoustic music for the ceremony and the formals took place a dear friend of ours beautiful yard and the bridal party was chauffeured around in a huge custom trailer!!!! The theme was peacocks and Dar from Dar’s Decorating outdid herself again creating a beautiful scene out at 5 mile hall! Check out this sneak peek and enjoy!! Thanks to second shooter Lukasz Herba for joining me on this one!

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R O O Y Couture Shoot

Candice — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 05:59:36 +0000

Well I decided to stay up and edit a few for you all to see since I am headed on holidays…. This day took forever to prepare for but so worth it in the end. Our lovely model Victoria went through hair, makeup, nails and dress fittings as one dress wasn’t even finished being created when the day began!! And what a talented team I had! Chelsea Campagna for hair, Charity Hudak from Esteemed Essence for makeup, Nails by Deanne Thompson, Photographer Heather Ballek and of course the most talented Lani Van Rooyen from ROOY Couture.

Enjoy!

July 24th, 2010 – Vintage Garden at its best

Candice — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 16:42:54 +0000

This wonderful couple I had the pleasure of documenting their day (and their engagement photos a few months back). So in love, they themed their wedding as a Vintage Garden, full of old fashioned candies, feathers for the girls hair, mustaches for all the men, antique frames , moss, apocotharies filled with earthly goods – even the bouquets were fill of amazing spelling herbs, ivies, poppy seeds and more! Lana Milner Weddings did an incredible Job with the planning of this event that took place at the University of Alberta Campus, first at the Convocation Hall and finishing up at the Faculty Club. Designer Linda Lindemann created a gorgeous vintage dresser and frames for the props/set for the wedding and as usualy SWISH flowers outdid themselves on the bouquets – It truly was amazing. Sarah Kumar from The Painted Cake. The wedding was followed up with a Day after session at Fort Edmonton Park!

Here is a really BIG sneak peek to tie you all over!