WedLuxe Bridal shoot @ WEDBridal

On Friday, I did a shoot for the Summer edition of
WedLuxe Magazine. WedLuxe is a beautiful high-end, invitation-only magazine that raises the bar for bridal magazines here in Canada and features the best wedding vendors in Canada. Gemma and JoAnne of WEDbridal at 3882 Main Street kindly let me use their 'Alexi' dress by Palazzo and also a 'Chunky Pearl Necklace' by Tigerlilly. We commandeered the use of one of their fitting rooms for the shoot. They were very patient with me! Lana Nelson did the Hair and Makeup Design. As usual, her professionalism and great work made my job much easier and, frankly, even possible! Lovely Lia Holberg came on board as our model and hung in there with my constant adjusting and twiddling with the lights and posing.
Thanks Lia,
for working hard in some awkward positions (and to your Mom 'n' Dad for making you beautiful)!
These images were taken during the first part of the shoot. One never knows what point during a session will yield "the shot". For us, this happened near the end, using natural window light as a main light and a small softbox (thanks, Lana... I hope your arms aren't still sore ;-D ) as a fill light to the side. None of these final images are posted here; you will have to wait for the summer edition of WedLuxe to see... :-D

WED Bridal Opening

~WED Bridal Salon~ Beautiful Gowns @ 3882 Main Street, Vancouver







On Thursday evening, many of the Shining Stars of the Wedding Scene gathered to celebrate the opening of WED Bridal at the Salon on 3882 Main Street in Vancouver. The Owners, Jo-Anne and Gemma put on a great party!

My wife Regina and I were lucky to have a few hours to attend. Our friends Lorena and Ian Chatwell {check out Lorena's great workout wear and lifestyle clothing} played Auntie and Uncle to our little sweetie Saphira, so we could have a night out and drink some wine with friends old and new.

The Gowns at this stylishly minimalist store are just GORGEOUS and can be customized to reflect the tastes of any discerning Bride.

Left to Right in the photo with the dresses are some amazingly talented people:

Photographers Leanne Pedersen,
Lynn Jaksa, Erin Gilmore, Miranda and Reilly Lievers, Wedding and Event Planner Tanya Peters, Photographer Camille Bensler and my LOVELY wife, Regina Noppe.

Some more talented friends that left before I took out my camera that I want to give a shout out to, are: Wedding and Event Planners Sarah Shore and Tara Thorp of Dreamgroup, and Photographers Angela Hubbard and Tobyn Ross.

There are several people I've forgotten but we have to leave to go to our friends Camila and Jason Parks' Welcome Home Party (from Brazil) in Burnaby.

Thanks again, Jo-Anne and Gemma, we wish continued Success!

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