Maitreyi & Shane // Archeo Wedding // Toronto Wedding Photography

“We are all a little weird and life’s a little weird, and when we find someone whose weirdness is compatible with ours, we join up with them and fall in mutual weirdness and call it love.”

Mike, the best man at Maitreyi & Shane’s wedding read this quote by Dr Seuss, which I adore.

Maitreyi & Shane got married on the last weekend of 2012. Maitreyi, or affectionately known as Tree by those who know her, and Shane met at Chapters where they both worked. That’s also where I met them. So we go way back =) I was thrilled when they contacted me and told me they were getting married! They flew in a few days before the wedding from India, where they had been working and living for the past few years. The wedding ceremony was an intimate affair with just 12 guests and it was followed by a beautiful Archeo wedding reception in the Distillery District. Both days were filled with love, joy, laughter, and reunions.

Congrats you guys! Wishing you nothing but the best for the new chapter in your lives! Thank you for having me along – it was amazing to be able to document the story of your wedding days.

Patrick taking a photo of me taking a photo of him.

We had a mini Chapters reunion!

Maitreyi & Shane | Married

“When Shane and I finally decided to get married, we were looking for a photographer to capture the intimacy of the event. Janice did just that, with the utmost grace, professionalism and sincerity. We had wanted a photograph to post at the wedding table – Janice happily traipsed around wet, slushy Toronto with us to take a few perfect shots with the city in the background. At the reception, at the Archeo in the Distillery District, Janice was able to use the rustic location beautifully and has given us some gorgeous, warm photographs of candid moments with family and friends whom Shane and I haven’t seen in a year as we live in India. She was absolutely non-intrusive, as well! She even knew about this one particular nook in the DD with fantastic light where she took our portraits. I have no hesitation in recommending Janice to anyone who may be looking for that perfect person to tell the story of their wedding day :) Thank you Janice – our friends and family have raved about how beautiful the pictures are!”

See the photos from their lovely wedding here.

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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!

 

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

Karla & Steve | Married

We are so thrilled that we chose Janice to be the photographer for both our engagement and wedding shots. She is attentive, creative and very dependable. Our shots are beautiful and really captured our special day. She took the time to meet with us multiple times before the wedding and also developed a timeline so that we would get all the shots we wanted and still have time to be with our guests. She has a great eye and never once did we feel we were “posing” for the camera. Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful!”

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Document Love: Simona & Daryl {Sneak Peek}

Did I say that a few summer weddings were coming up? and some babies too? Well, they’ll have to wait a bit longer. =)

Here’s a sneak peek from a really sweet couple’s Document Love session. More to come soon!

Congrats you two! I’m really excited for your wedding in June!

Daryl got some kisses right in the eye – aww!