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Welcome to our website! Let's start by introducing ourselves... We are Dave & Charlotte. We're photographers. Our passion is photographing the relationships between people just like you. We call this lifestyle photography. Often people arrive on our blog looking for wedding photography in Toronto or surrounding area, but we also take on destination weddings around the world. Over the past couple of years we have photographed weddings in places as remote as Australia, India, Mexico, England, Barbados, Jamaica, Puerto Rico to events closer to home, like Montreal, New York and The Muskokas.

If you're newly engaged and in search of two fun loving, easy going wedding photographers, we're sure you'll love viewing our engagement & wedding photography portfolios. If you like what you see and want to find out more, please drop us a line and we'll be happy to answer any questions you have.

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Muskoka Engagement Session

By Dave Biesse \\ August 26, 2010

Tomorrow is going to be a great day! We’ll be photographing the wedding of Melissa & Dan… An awesome couple that we got the chance to get to know recently on a trip to their cottage. Their wedding is here in Toronto at stunning Casa Loma. It’s one of Toronto’s renowned tourist attraction and land mark sitting on a hilltop looking south toward the CN Tower.

From the first moment Mel & Dan walked through our studio door we really connected with them.. The more we chatted the more we realized a Summer get away to their cottage in Muskoka was going to be the ultimate solution to their engagement shoot location.

I absolutely love the feeling to this shot… and Charlotte LOVES Melissa’s amazing engagement ring!! Good job Dan!

We began the photo shoot with the two of them sitting on their dock and hanging out with the boat, looking forward to going for a spin later on! Don’t you just love these relaxed shots of them? They really make each other laugh all the time – You can tell they are best friends.

I love this next series of images Charlotte created of Mel with a daisy she found, and the two of them relaxing in the boat. Cute eh.

After a gentle warm up, we had a quick wardrobe change and decided to go for a walk… As we were heading out the driveway we spotted a virtual meadow of ground cover. Charlotte posed up our gorgeous couple and I proceeded to grab this high point of view. Such a cool shot though – I’d love to have a shot of my fiance and I like this!

Look at the stunning green eyes these guys have.. Looks so great with the green Muskokan landscape.

I love the lens flare in this shot… Hot! Hot! Hot!

Dan and Mel took us to this cool field with long wheaty grass sprinkled with purple flowers.. How buttery is the backgroud for these two romantics?

As we wandered up the trail back to the cottage we saw this amazing patch of light and couldn’t resist grabbing some gorgeous photos of them together.

As the afternoon went on, the four of us headed out on the boat and Dan got a chance to do some wake-boarding…

…Melissa had a turn taking a photo of us!

Cruising back to the cottage you could feel the love. I can’t wait for the wedding tomorrow guys!!! You both looked so happy at the rehearsal today so glad you had us come along!


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September 2, 2010 - 10:14 am Ricardo MIlani - congratulations !! http://www.fotom.com.br

August 30, 2010 - 9:29 am Amelia Thornton / Flirt Photography - ...and there you go raising the bar AGAIN...I think we need a new word for awesome! Great job, guys!! :)

August 29, 2010 - 1:43 pm scruffy dog photography - awesome shoot!! and fabulous variety. love it all.

August 28, 2010 - 8:10 am Johanne - Absolutely amazing!!!

August 27, 2010 - 1:15 pm Diego shyba - Parabéns pelo trabalho que vem sendo feito imagens lindíssimas... Veja nosso trabalho >>> http://www.fotom.com.br/fotografia/galeriaCasamentos.aspx?Galeria=3756

August 27, 2010 - 1:10 pm Andrew Sorlie - WOW. This could be one of my favourite D&C posts. Stunning you guys.

Capitol Event Theatre Wedding Photography Slideshow

By Dave Biesse \\ August 21, 2010

Charlotte and I just arrived home for a wonderful day photographing the wedding of a young, vibrant, energetic couple – Sam & Albert. We ended off the day by presenting their Wedding Day Slide show – something we LOVE to do. It’s so much fun to take the images we’ve captured and be able to share them with the bride and groom and all their friends and family during desert!

The day flew by way too fast!! It was a relaxed day, beginning at Samantha’s house in Markham, where she and her two sisters Nikki and Amanda were all getting ready. Some of you may remember Amanda’s gorgeous vineyard wedding last year. As the girls finished their make up, they teased one another the way only sisters can!

We left the house to head to the ceremony with drops of rain appearing on the windsheild… but they soon cleared. After a playful, emotional ceremony at Capitol Event Theatre we headed over to York University for some light hearted wedding party photography, wrapping up the session with the bride and groom getting some well deserved alone time.

Without further ado I’m pleased to share this wedding photography slide show with you all!


by Dave Biesse

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September 1, 2010 - 4:50 pm Ranya - I love your work guys ! this is stunning. I attend York University but I haven't seen the venue used in your photos ever before. Did you go to the Glendon Campus or the Keele Campus. I hope you would let me know. Thank you !

August 22, 2010 - 7:19 am Wanda - Gorgeous! What a beautiful wedding collection!

Alison & Jason’s Engagement Pictures

By Dave Biesse \\ August 10, 2010

Well here we are in the midst of another very fulfilling, albeit busy, wedding season. Charlotte and I photographed 8 weddings in July and August is very similar… Over the past few years we’ve both been amazed at how kind, generous, compassionate and in love the couples are who’ve been choosing us to photograph their weddings. It’s hard to convey what an honour we find it to be so involved in their day. Today I’m excited to share some highlights from a recent engagement session we photographed of just such a couple.

Alison & Jason are getting marred less than two weeks from today at Graydon Hall Manor – a favourite venue of ours. Chatting about their lives at the moment it’s nice to hear we’re not the only couple feeling a little swamped with all that goes into planning a wedding!

Jason and Alison are a relaxed, easy going pair. They live in the Liberty Village, so we decided to do the shoot right there in their local neighbourhood. We started and ended their shoot at The Brazen Head, a pub that I hadn’t actually been to yet, but I’m pleased to have been introduced to it!

Right from the beginning of the photo session I could tell we were going to have a lot of fun. We wandered through the shops and found some cool little areas for Jay & Alison to hang out – allowing them to slow down and soak in a few moments together.

Jason spotted a grass feature in front of a condo building and with some shuffling we got some very sexy, romantic images.

About an hour into the session we chatted about where to continue the session – The Ex, Centennial Park or elsewhere… and we quickly settled on The Harbourfront Centre & Music Gardens – both favourites of mine. As we were driving there we spotted this vibrant red wall and stopped for a couple of quick photos – and I’m so glad we did!

We arrived at the Music Gardens just in time for twilight… a favourite time for doing some sexier shots…. Check them out below.

A tall ship was cruising by, and we managed to snag this beautiful photo – just look at the connection between these guys!

As the shoot was wrapping up we decided to cruise by The Harbourfront Centre and we were all so glad we did… check out the beautiful lighting they have set up!

Alison & Jay – we can’t wait to photograph your wedding next weekend!!! You guys are the best.


by Dave Biesse

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August 19, 2010 - 10:32 pm Emma - The last shot is breathtaking! Amazing work as always :)

August 19, 2010 - 3:17 pm Jodie Farbotnik - Love Love Love the pics.....As I am looking I can barely wait for the next image.

August 18, 2010 - 12:25 am Peter Parks-Engagement Rings Noosa - The couple is gorgeous. The photos in the garden are striking. The last photo of the couple is equally stunning. Nice shots.

August 16, 2010 - 12:16 pm mikemodi - Couple look so cool and photography work is too good. Good job.

August 13, 2010 - 4:20 pm scruffy dog photography - rockin!!

August 12, 2010 - 10:50 pm Fotografo Matrimonio Roma - Colourful and creative. Love the pictures with the green leaves. Nice idea. Love the night shots as well.

August 10, 2010 - 9:12 pm Johnny - Stunning my friend!!

August 10, 2010 - 8:45 pm Lori - Gorgeous!The couple looks so happy and beautiful! Fab.

Camp Ooch Fundraising Gala at The ROM

By Charlotte Leonard \\ August 6, 2010

While Dave’s off having a fun time shooting Alison and Jason’s engagement shoot today in Liberty Village. I’m here in my office working like a busy bee getting caught up on the office work. We’re happy we could get their session in just in time for their wedding this month at Graydon Hall, here in Toronto. With the unpredictable weather we’ve been having we’ve had to reschedule due to thunderstorms, but today was the perfect day for a fun city engagement session.

This post is from a few months back but I’d love to share it with you all. Dave and I are very passionate about working with local Toronto Charities and Camp Oochigeas is definitely one of our faves. Camp Oochigeas is a amazing camp for kids with cancer, where they can go to play and have fun with other kids and still continue to undergo their chemotherapy treatments. Camp Ooch also provides kids with 680 year round programs at no cost to the families. It’s such an important, life changing experience for the kids that’s why this charity is so close to our hearts!

We were so honoured to be asked this year to cover the gala and auction at The ROM, Royal Ontario Museum. The lavish gala raised over half a million dollars in one evening and had over 700 of Toronto’s most generous in attendance. The evening hosted a very special spokesperson, child actress and cancer survivor, Heidi Hayes. Heidi spoke about how Camp Ooch changed her life and helped her through the really tough times while she battled cancer. She also spoke about all of the great friends she made while along the way. You may recognize her from her hit movies History of Violence with Viggo Mortensen. There were a lot of tears, laughter love at the gala and we were so happy to be a part of it all. If you’d like to donate to Camp Ooch and help a local child’s  fight please do so here DONATE.

Thanks to our friend and amazing wedding planner Currie Ross for contacting us to help support Camp Ooch.


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