Donna and Brad’s Wedding – Woodstock, Ontario (July 25, 2009)

It was a pleasure to meet up with Brad and Donna again – this time on their big day! While you could feel the excitement, all of their planning meant a nice calm start to the day. The ladies were dedicated to capturing the day, and despite the rain, followed me outside for some photos prior to the ceremony.

After a beautiful ceremony, the clouds finally parted, and I was able to take Donna, Brad, and their wedding party around Woodstock. They were a happy, friendly and fun group to work with!

Finally, we made our way to the Polish Hall in Woodstock. While I have frequented the hall many times over the year, it was the first time I had seen it so beautifully decorated!  A great meal, touching and funny speeches, and lots of dancing made for a great party.

Congratulations Donna and Brad. Thanks for allowing me to spend the day with you.

A sample of photos from the day are posted below.  As always, comments are welcome.

I just love this last photo, this is the high note on Bon Jovi’s Livin on a prayer. Can you feel it?

Dave & Caroline Engagement Shoot – St. Thomas & Port Stanley, Ontario (July 19, 2009)

It has been a good three years since I met Caroline at her sister’s wedding so I was very honored that she remembered my work and wanted me to shoot her and Dave’s wedding. I had such a good time at that wedding that I am getting excited to spend the day with the family once again. 

Dave and Caroline are such a welcoming and fun loving couple, this alone made their engagement shoot so much fun for me. We started out in St. Thomas to take advantage of some great architecture and then moved on to Port Stanley beach for a more relaxed atmosphere. The love between these two was very apparent and it showed through naturally in all the photos . Keep checking back to the blog as I will be documenting Dave & Caroline’s special day in September.

Comments are always welcome.

- Damian

 

Greg and Sharon Engagement Shoot – Woodstock, Ontario (July 7, 2009)

After all this rainy weather we’ve been having, I was lucky enough to be able to meet with Greg and Sharon on a beautiful, warm evening, complete with a lovely sunset.

Upon the couple’s suggestion, we traveled just outside of Woodstock to Greg’s grandparents’ farm. WOW – what a great idea! It was a charming farm, full of character, which made it easy for me to come up with creative ideas. Greg and Sharon were great to work with, bringing to life all of the shots with ease … and a few laughs!

I’m looking forward to meeting with these two in a couple weeks, as their wedding fast approaches.

Check out a sample of their photos below. Comments are always welcome.

Shawn and Honorata E-Session – Grand Bend, Ontario (July 5, 2009)

Well it took us a long time to get to Grand Bend for Shawn and Honorata’s engagement photography session. I kept stopping the car, putting the 4 ways on, and jumping out of the car when I saw something interesting that we could use for our shoot. Yes, fields and small towns with one intersection amuse me!

We ended up getting to Grand Bend in perfect time for some fun photos and we had an amazing sunset to cap off the shoot.

Honorata and Shawn were fantastic to work with, Honorata has worked as a model for me a few times so she knew what to do and Shawn had no trouble keeping up with her.

Thank you guys for suggesting this location, it was well worth it.

 

I will be documenting Honorata’s and Shawn’s wedding in January of 2010 so watch out for it.

 

The ring shot:

Sunset beach shots:

Thanks for looking! Comments always welcome.

Evan and Edyta Wedding – Woodstock, Ontario (June 27, 2009)

What an amazing wedding!

I had such a great time at this wedding! It was a fantastic blend of people who really knew how to party it up together. Evan’s friends and family came down to Woodstock from the east coast of Canada, blended in with the fun loving locals of Woodstock and Edyta’s Polish family, everyone ended up having such a good time.

Evan and his friends jumped on the wedding band’s gear right after coming into the hall and started playing some great tunes to get the crowd going at the beginning of the night. They claim that they have not played for a long time but it sounded great to me!

The food and service was amazing at the reception, a big Dudek Photography thumbs up to Maximillian’s from Brantford, Ontario!

Enjoy the photos and comments are always appreciated!