This wedding is a special one, because Jessica is my second cousin and best friend from pre-school throughout elementary school. I distinctly remember one day in grade one being sad at school because she was home sick with the flu. :)
Jessica actually switched her wedding date so that I could be her photographer (I already had a wedding booked on her original date) so the pressure was on to do a good job. ;) I had so much fun, and the day went so perfectly. We had a later ceremony and so hit some killer light for portraits, and Jessica and Curtis pretty much gave me free reign on our portrait location – meaning I of course dragged the entire wedding party through an abandoned lot – long grass, prickles, bugs and all. And I love love love how they turned out.
Here are some of my faves:
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I think that wedding hair in progress is pretty awesome . :D
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The ceremony and reception both took place at the Langley Golf Centre, and the ceremony set up looked beautiful! I love outdoor ceremonies – they are so pretty to shoot.
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Caught a smile from one of their super cute ring-bearers.
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I’m pretty happy with this ring shot because you can see both rings in it (check out the lower right corner). I didn’t even notice until my second round of edits.
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These were all taken in an abandoned lot in Surrey – I’ve used it a few times now and it always manages to look different (depending on the light of the day). This time it was just glowing – perfectly romantic.
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I was in love with these super cute mini-cupcakes at the reception. Adorable! Yummy too.
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Jessica & Curtis – I had so much fun. Thank you for trusting my crazy abandoned lot and for traipsing around in the grass and bugs! I can’t wait to design your album – it’s going to be extremely purdy. :)
Check out the slideshow of Jessica & Curtis’ day on my Facebook Page HERE.


by Rebecca | Photographer
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