On a beautiful sunny Sunday, I had the opportunity to photograph Stephanie and Jack’s magical wedding day.  I knew right from our engagement shoot together, that these two were going to be an absolute blast to work with.  We laughed a lot, ran around Centre Island and got to know eachother while taking some of my favourite engagement photos to date.

I was so excited when I arrived on Sunday to photograph Steph getting her make-up done.  I was greeted by the sweetest bridesmaids ever, which made everything even more exciting! Steph was all smiles. She just radiated excitement.  I didn’t see one ounce of nervousness cross her face.  She was just excited to see her man.

Then I saw Jack, right before we were setting up their first look.  He was pretty much bursting at the seams to see his bride.  I couldn’t wait for them to see eachother.  We set up a first look outside the beautiful Novotel. Jack’s face was nothing short of amazing. It made me giddy. His jaw dropped, I am sure I saw tears, and he just grabbed her and hugged her and kissed her. He pulled her in close, and then pulled away to look at her again and again. This sequence repeated itself for a while, even well into their portrait session. He just kept looking at her with this big giddy smile in disbelief that this day was actually here.

This was actually my first time photographing a Jewish wedding.  I have friends who have told me that they are the most fun ever, but I never really understood, until this day.  The HORA is the greatest dance in the history of dances.  I knew it was coming, I was actually eagerly awaiting it. BUT nothing could have prepared me for when the moment came where Steph and Jack ran onto the dance floor, and then every other gyest at the wedding proceeded to run onto the dance floor.  Everyone was jumping up and down, and singing, Steph and Jack were raised up on chairs, and everyone was hoisting them up in the air. When that finished, I saw the men all line up, and start flinging Jack into the air – Superman style. For real…. Why doesn’t every wedding have a Hora???

When I said good-bye to these two at the end of the night… Steph almost cried…which made me almost cry, which made Jack laugh at us… but for real, what an amazing day 🙂

Steph and Jack… words cannot express what a pleasure it was meeting you both, and getting to share such a special day in your life.  I feel truly lucky to have worked with you two!  Cheers to lots of love and laughs to come. xo