Once in a while I get good news, last night, I got GREAT NEWS! I received an email from the editors of Bride.Ca a leading provider of information for Canadian Brides, bride.ca is the flagship property of a much larger national network of wedding websites (BridalNetwork.ca). They have chosen the photo below as one of the Top Picks in the engagement photo category for the year 2009.
If you haven't read the story about this shoot, click here, this is my most unforgettable shoot by far and the most fun. I was extrememly happy enough by how the couple appreciated this E-Session done in Oakville by a secret pond in Bronte, now I get this, I am stoked! What can I say? So if you are looking for a photographer to do your Engagement Shoot, you know who to call if you are in the GTA, Mississauga, Brampton, Toronto, Vaughan, Woddbridge up to Markham, call me, Red Andal, a wedding photographer : ).
Digital storybook wedding albums in flush mounts is one of the products I offer to my brides here in the GTA, Oakville, Toronto, Markham to name a few. Doing these wedding photographer albums is a teamwork between me and the couple, after the wedding photographers coverage of the wedding ceremony and once the photos are available for online proofing, the bride will have to choose the photography that will go into their wedding photographers album, on average, I ask them to have 3 photos per page, e.g. a 30 side wedding album needs around 90 photos from the wedding photographer, we section the book into preparation of the bride and groom, the church wedding ceremony, the park portrait shoot and then the reception. Once I get the chosen photographs I lay it out, I prefer the classic style of square frames and clear borders in designing these customized wedding albums as I find these are timeless, I can however be more creative if the bride and groom wishes, after all wedding photography is a collaboration but what looks impressive now might look cheesy many years from now, this is why I prefer the classic boxed design. Once the final design is approved by the bride, I send it off to the printer in Downtown Toronto where it takes 4 to 6 weeks to ship back to me. This whole process from photo selection to design to print and deliver takes around 3 to 4 months and is available for wedding couples in Oakville, Milton, Mississauga, Vaughan, Woodbridge, Toronto, Markham and the rest of the GTA.
"Thank you so much for everything Red. My father-in-law loves it! Mom's very excited to see it as well, I know she's going to love it. By the way, we forgot to tell you, we blew up one photo of yours and put it on our bedroom (It's actually the one that we have in our profile picture right now -dennis carrying me on the train tracks). It turned out so well! Even the guy who we asked to print it our find it very beautiful! We love it! We'll keep in touch and take care! -Joana "
"All your work and effort you put in made it worthwhile for Joana and myself. Appreciate everything you did for us. We'll keep in touch my friend. - Dennis"
I am ending this year's wedding season with photography for Mike and Jen of Oakville ON. Jen is one of the most organized bride I have worked with so far, everything was planned and arranged for the wedding so it's only fitting that her wedding was a glorious November day, perfect! Photo coverage started at her house in Oakville, then at the "" Catholic Church, we proceeded to Gairloch Gardens also in Oakville for the park shoot and ended the day at the "" Reception Hall in Oakville. I am happy to have met and worked with Mike and Jen and I guess they are happy too.
"We got our pictures and we couldn't be happier.
You did an amazing job!  We especially like the pictures that you used the flash while we stood on the rocks with the lake and clouds at our backs...wow...it looks like a page out of a magazine.Â
Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for going the extra mile and being so patient and fun to be around.
You have captured our memories that will be cherished forever.
Thank you
Jen & Mike
P.s. If one day you decided to have a section on your web page with compliments to your work, let me know.
You definitely deserve the credit!!
Your dream of being the best photographer in T.O, in our opinion you already are!!!!"
My coverage for Rob and Michelle's wedding started at the St. Christopher's Parish Church in Mississauga near Lake Shore. This wedding is particularly challenging for me as lighting at that day was really bad due to the weather, our park shoot literally was over in minutes as we were trying to dodge the rain. Oh well, I did the best that I could with the condition presented to me. Reception followed to Le Dome in Oakville. Props to Michelle for still being a happy bride despite the bad weather and having a cold at her wedding day.
I will be covering Rob and Michelle's Wedding on October 3. Her maid of honor and sister Nikki got me to do my new idea, a Bachelorette Photoshoot Party, a great gift idea to start of any Bachelorette Party. We did the photoshoot at their house in Toronto. Basically, I set up a mobile photography studio and shoot the ladies while they were doing the pre party ceremonies. Some of the photos from the Bachelorette party.
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Dennis and Joana wedding in Markham photographer Red Andal
It's been 14 months in the making but now Dennis and Joana's wedding was successfully held. They are the organized type couple with everything from flowers, reception to wedding photography and video planned and executed to the T. Over the months since they contracted me, we have been in constant communication. I can say this wedding was a successful, fun and emotional one especially for the bride. The itinerary for the day was fluid, we started at the Delta Hotel Toronto East for the preparation then Holy Spirit Catholic Church in Kennedy Road for the ceremony, proceeded to Unionville in Markham for the park shoot and finally at the Markham Entertainment Center. We will be working together on the flush mount digital album and parents album, they already have their digital files and as they said when they picked it up, "Thank you very much for the great job! We are more than satisfied and happy to have hired you, you did not work for us, you were with us".
