Langdon Hall Summer Wedding

Veronica + Brandon

Veronica + Brandon had a lovely summer wedding at the always charming Langdon Hall in Cambridge, Ontario.

Veronica and the girls began the morning in the Spiral Room with hair and make up by Pearl Group Makeup while the boys spent the morning getting last minute preparations for the wedding done.

Everyone met quickly by the pond where Veronica presented everyone in the wedding party with these amazing framed charactiure portraits that she created herself!   I was blown away by how good these were!

From there, it was a touching ceremony in Langdon Hall’s Summer House that was officiated by Martti Pajunen.  If I was ever to get married again I’m pretty sure Martti would be the one running it.  :). The florals were done by Petals Flower Company.

The ceremony featured several brilliant and personal touches including a knot tying ceremony and ‘pom-pom’ confetti made by Veronica!

The ceremony was followed by pictures on the stunning grounds of Langdon Hall and then a lovely cocktail hour on the lawn of the Summer House… there were some fierce games of Cornhole going on!

Veronica and Brandon surprised everyone at the start of the wedding reception in the Firshade Room with a formal and very well done first dance that they had been practicing for quite a while.   There was an awesome wedding cake by The Cake Box and wedding favours by Ann Haw. The rest of the reception was filled with some touching speeches and dances led by the great Chris from CM Entertainment and was finished off with a cute ‘teddy bear toss’.

Veronica and Brandon had Minosca from The Event Firm helping them out while I had the amazing Ben Benvie helping me out with the photography.

You can see some of my favourite pictures from Veronica and Brandon’s Langdon Hall wedding above as well as their full wedding slideshow below.

If you have access to the full wedding gallery, you can see it here.

Langdon Hall Spring Wedding

Damon + Greg

Damon & Greg had a beautiful wedding at Langdon Hall this spring… the day was filled with many touching moments.

We started with Damon and Greg getting ready in one of the Stable Suites at Langdon Hall, these rooms are some of my favourites on the property.

We headed out for some pictures on the grounds of Langdon Hall, taking advantage of quite a few quiet and intimate spots apart from the main part of the hotel grounds.

The ceremony was held in the old orchard and started with two of the cutest flower girls ever who did their job perfectly! The floral displays from Urban Jungle were really stunning.

A real highlight of the day was when everyone was serenaded during cocktail hour by a couple all the way from France… nothing like some love songs in French to set the mood!

The reception was held in Langdon Hall’s Firshade Room and Summer House.

I say this every time I photograph a wedding at Langdon Hall that the food and service were exceptional and this time was no different! Damon and Greg have a real passion for food and wine so obviously Langdon Hall was the perfect choice for their wedding.

Damon’s family has a Pension background so there a few traditions incorporated into the night including a sugar rubbing ceremony and a knife dance. There were so many great speeches that night from their friends and family including all the doctors in attendance (Damon and Greg are both doctors!)…. I joked if there was one time in my life to have a heart attack this was the night!

After dinner in the Summer house the night moved into the Firshade room for an amazing party led by Chris from CM Entertainment!

Love is love.

You can see some of my favourite wedding pictures above and the full sldeshow of wedding pictures below!

If you have the password, you can see their full wedding gallery here.

Langdon Hall Summer Wedding

Tiffany + Zoubin

350+ weddings and sometimes I still get a first… remember that huge storm that rolled through a couple weeks ago? Yeah, that day!

Tiffany & Zoubin had a beautiful wedding at Langdon Hall even with having such a curveball thrown at them.

Things were going great, Tiffany and the girls were up in the Spire room doing hair and makeup. Earlier in the week, the forecast had called for rain on the Saturday but closer to the day the forecast was looking pretty good. Then, without much warning at all some people got a severe weather warning and then just before 12:30 the front hit us at Langdon Hall. Windows were blown open, full length mirrors were smashed to the ground and of course the power went out… the power went out for the next 6 hours.

After the emergency generators kicked in we spent the next 30 minutes looking for an working outlet for a hair dryer and curling iron so Tiffany could finish having her hair done… we found a working outlet in a random emergency stairwell!

I have to say that the staff at Langdon Hall handled all this with their usual professionalism and skill, making everyone there feel safe and cared for.

Once everyone was finally ready (Zoubin essentially had to get ready in the dark!), we had the couples first look in the elegant Orchard Room and then some portraits around the beautiful grounds of Langdon Hall… it was kind of amazing how fast the staff had cleaned things up.

The ceremony was held in the Summer House with Tofu the wedding dog ring bearer stealing the show!

The rest of the night was held in the Firshade Room with a beautiful dinner (of course, it’s Langdon Hall!) and some wonderfully touching speeches.

Thank you Tiffany and Zoubin for allowing me to be a part of your big day!

You can see some of my favourite wedding photos above and their full wedding slideshow below.

If you have the password for their full gallery, you can view the entire set of wedding pictures.

Langdon Hall Summer House Wedding

Elizabeth + Stephen

Really had an amazing day at Elizabeth + Stephen’s beautiful Langdon Hall wedding!

Not too many weddings where the bride gets upstaged but in this case I think even Elizabeth will allow it… these two had an adorable son who stole the spotlight without even trying!

Theirs was one of those COVID weddings where I think we were on our 2nd or 3rd postponement date by this point but I can say it was well worth the wait!

Langdon Hall has always been one of my favourite wedding venues in Ontario but I haven’t had a lot of experience with their new Firshade Room and Summer house but I can now see the appeal… I absolutely love the Summer House as a wedding venue… It combines rustic and modern and indoors and outdoors like nothing I’ve ever seen before!

I started the day at Elizabeth’s parent’s house and then it was off to Langdon Hall for a beautiful outdoor ceremony (no rain!). We followed that up with some timeless family portraits and as well as wedding party and couple photos around the grounds of Langdon Hall… even managed to get some nice golden hour pictures!

The reception was filled with some beautiful and touching speeches and some amazing food… Langdon Hall had a sweet onion puree soup that was to die for.

The evening was capped off with some lovely parent dances.

You can see some of my favourite wedding photographs from Elizabeth and Stephen’s Langdon Hall wedding above as well as the full wedding slideshow below!

If you have the password to Elizabeth and Stephen’s full wedding gallery you can access it here.

Langdon Hall Wedding Open House

This Saturday from 10-4pm!

I hope you can join me this Saturday at Langdon Hall for their annual wedding open house!

I've been one of the preferred photographers at Langdon Hall for years now and it is hands down one of my favourite wedding venues in all of Ontario!

The open house runs from 10-4 and will allow you to see all of the different event spaces at Langdon Hall from the small, intimate Colonel Langdon room to the brand new and beautiful Firshade Room.   You'll also be able to meet all kinds of great wedding vendors (like me!) and see how they can help make your wedding day absolutely perfect!

Langdon Hall will also be providing light refreshments.... sooooo you know, AMAZING free food!  :)

And if you're considering getting married at Langdon Hall but you can't make it this Saturday fear not!  I've actually just finished a great information page all about Langdon Hall to help you get a feel for this amazing wedding venue!

Check it out here, at Langdon Hall Weddings

Langdon Hall Winter Wedding

Amanda + Rob

Amanda + Rob had a beautiful wedding at the always amazing Langdon Hall in Cambridge, Ontario.

It was a nice relaxing later start to the day in the beautiful bridal suites at Langdon Hall with Amanda and her sister having their hair and make up done.  Making things really easy on me, always a plus but not always a reality, Rob got ready in the room right beside Amanda's!

They deciding to have a first look before their wedding ceremony so they could get all their pictures done ahead of time and before it got dark... but we still went out for some great portraits after dark too!

Once we finished up with portraits of the wedding party and the families it was time for the
ceremony which was held outside in the beautiful new outdoor Summer House that was part of Langdon Hall's recent additions.  Don't worry though, everyone kept warm surrounded by space heaters and snuggled in fleece blankets.

The ceremony was officiated by the good folks at Kettle Creek Weddings who always do a great job.  It's always great working with them!

Unfortunately, Rob's mother broke her leg a week before the wedding and was unable to fly out from the west coast but I though it was a really nice touch that they set up a live stream so they could watch the ceremony and still be a part of everything.

Cocktails after the wedding ceremony were held in the new Firshade Room and then everyone headed up to the Orchard Room for the wedding reception where Amanda & Rob were introduced and a beautifully choreographed first dance.

Every wedding I see something new and this time it was the kissing game... you know the type, you have to do something to get the bride and groom to kiss instead of clinking glasses.  This time it was 'Mean Tweets' and let me say that their guests came up with some good ones that they forced Amanda + Rob to read.  :)

At this point I shouldn't have to say that the food at Langdon Hall was amazing as well as the service.

Amanda + Rob are big karaoke fans so it was inevitable that everyone was singing during their reception... I'm not going to lie, I've heard better versions of Piano Man.  :)

You can see my favourite wedding photographs from Amanda & Rob's wedding up above and their full Langdon Hall wedding slideshow below.

 

Toronto Wedding Photographer Year in Review

2016 was a great year for me. Amazing clients, fantastic moments and some stunning weddings.

I had the pleasure to photograph weddings at some of Toronto and Ontario's best wedding venues including Malaparte, Fermenting Cellar, Langdon Hall, Liberty Grand, Sunnybrook Estates, SteamWhistle Brewery, Paletta Lakefront Mansion, Art Gallery of Ontario, Ancaster Mill and Graydon Hall
 

I had a really hard time picking these pictures, and I'm sure I forgot about a few, but I hope you like them and here's hoping 2017 is just as good!
 

I love this image from Christina + Tim's wedding at Malaparte in Toronto.  All their guests surrounded them as they had their first dance by candlelight.  After shooting over 300 weddings it's always great seeing something new!

This year I've really been trying to capture wedding details that have a human element to them.   I don't know about you but I think a wedding dress looks so much better on then on a hanger. This is Danielle's beautiful dress from her wedding at the Fermenting Cellar. 

I love simple window light.  On any wedding day you'll find me dragging people towards that beautiful soft window light but in this case Jing was already standing there and I grabbed a quick candid portrait of her before their Chinese tea ceremony.

Not the Mediterranean... this is actually Lake Ontario.  We grabbed this beautiful portrait during Laura + Chris' amazing wedding at Paletta Mansion in Mississauga.

It's better to be lucky than good!   (it also helps being good).

Sometimes when you have an uncooperative ring bearer you turn lemons into lemonade.  As we were trying to get a big extended family picture the groom's nephew decided he was going to do his own thing.

This one is from Alex + Bobby's small, intimate wedding at Langdon Hall in Cambridge, Ontario.   

There were only about a dozen people at the wedding but even so it feels like these two are the only ones there.

I love this casual, relaxed portrait of the wedding party from Danielle + Felipe's wedding at the Fermenting Cellar in Toronto's Distillery District. 

Love this portrait of Jenny + John from their autumn wedding at Graydon Hall. 

Even when I'm shooting portraits I try and keep things very relaxed, letting the couples just interact with each other in some nice light and see what happens!

Always helps to have a classic Rolls Royce too!

Always looking for a different angle, I got this picture during the Tea Ceremony at Haidee + Martin's wedding at the Estates of SunnyBrook in Toronto.

Love the joy and laughter on Jing's face after their backyard wedding ceremony in Toronto.

This was one of the best moments of the year as Melanie and David were surprised by their theatre friends with an amazing flash mob at their wedding!

I love this small, intimate moment as Laura + Chris walk back to their wedding at Paletta Mansion after we did some wedding portraits down by the lake.

Christina + Tim dance the knight away late into their reception at Malaparte in downtown Toronto. 

A beautiful sunset portrait from Alex + Bobby's intimate Langdon Hall wedding.

Whenever I can, I always try and sneak my couples out of the reception for a few minutes of portraits during the golden hour.

I'm always looking for a different angle, especially during wedding ceremonies. 

Sometimes you have to get right down on the floor for that different angle.   This one is from Jenny + John's Catholic wedding in Toronto.

Love the look from mom as she looks on during the Orthodox wedding ceremony of Christina + Tim this past September.

This is one of my favourite first dance images from this year, I love the contrast of the Danielle + Felipe with the warm tones in the background.

Plus, check out his expression.... that's one happy groom!

I love a good, classic wedding portrait with some nice window light.

This one is from Haidee + Martin's spring wedding at the Estates of Sunnybrook in Toronto. 

This is from Sherry + Jonathan's wedding during their Chinese tea ceremony during their wedding in Toronto.  I love the expressions and framing in this picture!

I'm a sucker for emotion in pictures so I live this one as Augusto's mom gives him one final hug before he marries Mashael during their outdoor wedding ceremony at Ancaster Mill.

Sometimes you have to go a little abstract... this one is from Jing + Rene's backyard wedding in Toronto as Jing has her makeup done.

I snuck Danielle + Felipe away from their wedding reception at the Fermenting Cellar for some quick, intimate portraits of them.

We didn't go far, this is just at the entrance way to the Fermenting Cellar.  I love their expressions in this one.

This one is from Melanie + David's wedding in Toronto.   Whenever I have weddings in ballrooms I always try to get back from my subject and try and show the entire scene.

In my mind, this kid is thinking 'Dude, don't do it... girls are gross!' but him and his brother were two of the best behaved ring bearers I've ever seen.    The stood still and kept quiet even during a long Orthodox ceremony... better then my kids would have done!  :)

It's not much of a secret that my favourite part of the wedding is the party at the end of the night... I'm one of the few wedding photographers in Toronto that cover the entire day from start to finish.

Haidee is having an amazing time with her friends on the dance floor during their wedding reception at Estates of SunnyBrook in Toronto. 

I grabbed this shot as I was leaving Alex + Bobby's wedding from outside at Langdon Hall.

Indian wedding ceremonies are amazing to shoot!  There's so much going and such vibrant colours.

This image is from Shilpa + Rishi's wedding at Liberty Grand this pst autumn.

MMMMM... Golden hour portraits.

Whenever I can I try to get my couples out at sunset for a quick portrait session.  The light at that time is amazing and we can get so many great pictures in such a short time!

This one is from Savanah + Bernie's wedding at the SteamWhistle Brewery in Toronto.

I love photographing joy.  And I think it's safe to say that Jenny + John are enjoying their big day at Graydon Hall.

This one is from Najwa + Trevin's wedding at the Art Gallery of Ontario. 

I always try to get a casual, relaxed portrait of the wedding party along with a more formal one.

Langdon Hall Wedding

Alex + Bobby

This was such a great little intimate wedding at Langdon Hall!  

Alex and Bobby were joined by some of their closest friends and family for the ceremony and then dinner in the Colonel Langdon room at Langdon Hall in Cambridge, Ontario.  As you would expect, the food at Langdon Hall is second to none.  The presentations are a work of art!

In a former life, Bobby was an assistant OHL coach so it wasn't really a surprise to anyone there that he had the staff at Langdon Hall set up a TV during dinner so they could all watch some World Cup of Hockey!   They even had a custom hockey stick made up with their wedding date and his team colours on it!

It was a beautiful autumn day and we got an amazing sunset for pictures.    

I really love shooting these smaller, intimate weddings at Langdon Hall!

Langdon Hall Wedding

Renee + Senem 

Here are some of my favourite wedding photographs from Renee + Senem's intimate winter wedding at Langdon Hall, one of Ontario's premier wedding venues!

Langdon Hall Wedding Album

Here's the wedding album design from Sharlene + Greg's beautiful, intimate Langdon Hall wedding in Cambridge from this past summer. 

A lot of times I get inquiries for smaller weddings that think they only need an hour or two of coverage... I always ask 'why'?  To me it really makes no difference on how small (or large) the wedding is, I still photograph it the same way.  I think this album design is a great example of that, there were only 9 people total... including the bride and groom!  But it really didn't change anything... I still photographed the getting ready, the ceremony, some nice portraits on the grounds of Langdon Hall and then a beautiful dinner with speeches and even a dance or two.

Follow the link to see more this intimate Langdon Hall wedding!