June 2nd: Our first wedding of the year took place in Calgary. It was for Tyler and Tricia Kerfoot and it was a great time. Their outdoor location was beautiful, and the weather was accommodating... mostly. Rain fell in the morning, which was fine, but the wind - the wind was tough. Especially when it started to blow just as we began taking our formal wedding party photos! Nevertheless we did our best and ended up with some great photos.
June 16: This time we shot Krista and Scott's wedding (which was featured in a previous post) at another beautiful outdoor wedding. This was a smaller, more intimate ceremony, with just friends and family. It seemed like everyone had a great time. Even their little girl Ruby, who seemed to cheer and clap when Krista and Scott were pronounced husband and wife, despite the fact that she is still too young to speak!
June 23: We then hit the road for Edmonton (Stony Plain actually), for the wedding of Eric and Kendra Jesperson. This one was a little more unique because these two decided to elope a few months back, while saving the photo taking for a later date... which turned out to be a really good idea. This way we had plenty of time to focus on taking photos, without worrying about the tight schedule of an actual wedding day. We started with some family photos, and then moved on to some really cool spots around Spruce Grove. One of which was a really cool alley with a blue graffiti wall that we shot Eric and Kendra in. This turned out to be my favorite shot from the day! Afterwards, we left downtown and found ourselves a little farther into the country. This location featured long grass and an old beat-up barn - two things I love very much when photographing couples. It also featured something else no other wedding had up until this point - guns. Yes, guns. Eric apparently is quite the hunter, so they brought along some guns and used them as props in some of the shots. Great idea! We need more wedding photos with guns in them.
One week after that, we packed up all of our stuff and hit the road for the East coast. Our next wedding was on July 7 in Truro, Nova Scotia, which gave us one week to drive across the country. This is actually a good amount of time considering I have some friends who did the drive in 2 days! Wow. We on the other hand, took our time, stayed with some friends, and stopped at just about every single Tim Hortons along the way. Thanks again to Leah, Brooke, Niko, Saku, Abena, and Paul for opening up your homes to us!
Tyler & Tricia | June 2 2012
