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The last hurrah for the 2012 wedding season. A beautiful fall day to wrap up the season. Even though it was mid November, it was still a warm, sunny day.
This wedding came about for me in a bit of an odd way. I was hired as a gift to Amanda and Steve by a friend of theirs (and a friend of mine). I think thats a pretty great gift! Its the gift of life-long memories.
I was only there for a couple quick hours, but still captured alot of great moments. Here are a few of my favorite shots...
Who knows what pile lurks in the yards of men. In this case... the neighbors know. This gigantic pile represents about 4 hrs of ranking and leaf-blowering. As you can see, there are still leaves on the trees, and while I would have been quite content to wait for them ALL to come down, leaf pickup is this week coming, so I wanted to be ready.
1 broken rake, 2 hrs to collect into 1 massive pile, and then 2 hrs to divide in 57 barbage cans full and shake out over the fence. The picture doesn't quite do it justice. I could easily fit inside this pile standing up. Its probably 7' tall, and 10' across at the base. An epic pile for sure. I look forward to doing this again in 2 weeks when the rest of the leaves have come down, and Mississauga is no longer sending the truck around to suck them all up.
After snapping a few pics of my handiwork outside, I went inside and happened to catch the sunbeam through the door illuminating our decorative sticks, and a scarecrow guy who I dont remember seeing before. Either he's one of those creepy come-to-life dolls and is waiting.... waiting.... or Christine put him there from the basement. I'm guessing the latter is more accurate, but less dramatic.
And after I was finished with the sunbeam, the dog wanted in on the action, so last be not least.... dog (yes, thats his normal face)...
My little sister got married! It was a great day, and all their hard work and planning realy paid off. They certainly did take care of every detail, and it showed. Initially, she hired another girl to take pictures, saying she wanted me there as family and not photographer, and didnt want me to feel obligated to work on her wedding day, but rather be there and just enjoy it. I told her I was more than happy to bring my camera, and give her a second set of photos as my gift to them. Im glad I did. They are a great couple to shoot, and the locations they chose were perfect for a sunny, fall day. And to top it all off, what other wedding has wedding rings delivered by dog!? Now I've seen everything... or at least, something new!
When I started editing these shots the other day, as usual, I only intended to put up 20 or so of my favorites. Perhaps it was because it was family, but I seemed to have ended up with many more this time around. There just seemed to be so many great moments captured that day! Enjoy...
PS. My wife did Krissy's hair. If you need a great hair stylist, go say hello to her...
I got back from a 2 week trip to Italy last week. We spent a week in Rome, then took a train to Florence for another week. I left the standard picture taking to my wife and focused myself on street photography, and some more interesting building and architecture shots. Most of the street shots of people were taken blind, as in I did NOT put the camera up to my eye. I set the settings and would hope for the best as far as framing, focus, and exposure. Most turned out. Some didn't. The first picture below (of the old man) was 1 of the ones that didn't. The exposure was completely off and the image was black. I cranked the exposure in the computer and was surprised the image was still there, but very very grainy. I liked how it looked so I decided to include it.
Here are my fav's....
