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Royal Botanical Gardens Wedding // Simona & Daryl

As featured on Wedding Obsession

Remember this sweet & relaxed engagement session? Simona & Daryl had a beautiful Royal Botanical Gardens wedding and I went along to document the day.

What can I say about these two? They are easy going, funny, genuinely kind and so perfect together. Simona wore an incredibly beautiful Victorian-inspired gown with lace trimming and Daryl was dashing in a three-piece suit. Even their pup little Oreo got dressed up with a special collar. Despite the fact that there were around 200 guests at the wedding, it was still a perfectly relaxed celebration. Love, family, friendship; these are the common themes I see in all of the weddings I photograph, and it was no exception that day.

Thank you Simona & Daryl, for having me as a part of your heartfelt celebration at the RBG, and for trusting me to capture it all.

‘In these bodies we will live, In these bodies we will die, Where you invest your love, You invest your life.’

Vendors:

Venue: Royal Botanical Gardens, Burlington

Ceremony music: Hamilton Children’s Choir

Flowers: Westdale Florists

Bride’s gown: Promises & Lace

Groom’s attire: Burrows

Vintage rentals: KJ & Co.

Bride’s makeup: Makeup Worx

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The Most Important Things in Life Aren’t Things

When I first entered the wedding photography world, I was compelled by a desire to capture all the magical moments that happen on a wedding day; when two people make that commitment and take the leap into a new chapter of their lives. Somewhere along the way, I lost sight of that desire a little, clouded by details, and things that I saw all over the internet, on wedding blogs, in wedding magazines. I submitted one of my favourite weddings from 2011 to a popular wedding blog and was turned down. They said on their submission page that they like something a little different. I felt this one was different. And they even had some pretty details, but after looking through some of the weddings they featured, I realized mine didn’t have enough of those details. I thought to myself, is this how we measure a wedding, and ourselves? By the things that are there. Then I read the Mason Jar Manifesto, stumbled across Moment Junkie, A Practical Wedding, and articles like this. And I thought deep and hard. I started to pay even more attention at weddings, and realized that the most important things about a wedding aren’t and can’t be represented by things. It’s about love, and the celebration of love, it’s about your story, and the stories of your loved ones. And it’s about the little moments, the ones where you open up, you are authentic, vulnerable, at your truest self, caught off-guard. These are the moments that tug at our heartstrings, that make us tear up, or laugh-out-loud. And when those moments are captured, we can look back and experience that wondrous and joyful day once more. I love a pretty thing as much as the next person (just look at my Pinterest boards), but, you, your love, and these little moments are why I do what I do, and why I love what I do.

So I’m really happy, and proud to say that one of the photos from Karla & Steve’s wedding was featured on Moment Junkie on Friday. It was a little moment, but what a sweet moment it was.

 

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Document Love: Simona & Daryl {A Relaxed Engagement Session at Home}

If you missed the sneak peek from Simona & Daryl’s relaxed engagement session, it’s here.

What can I say about these two love birds? They are so in love and so cute. They make each other laugh and absolutely adore each other, and their cute Boston Terrier, Oreo. From the first time I met them, I knew that we would work well together. :) For their engagement session, they really wanted something unconventional and non-posey, which is exactly how I feel about “engagement photos” as well. So we crafted a custom session for them that included a walk in the park where Daryl proposed, as well as some down time at home doing things they love and just hanging out. I really enjoyed documenting all of it.

Thanks guys, for letting me share a little part of your Sunday and I can’t wait to photograph your wedding at the Royal Botanical Gardens in June! You are perfect together and your home is so lovely. Enjoy the photos!

Their sweet engagement session at home has been featured on The Wedding Co!

 

Update: The awesome for-like-ever sign is from KJ & Co.

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