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The Berkeley Church is Awesome.

There, I’ve said it.

Over the past year or so, Charlotte and I have become the unofficial photographers for The Berkeley… Doug, Ann, Andrew, Tom, Stephanie, Jessica and the whole crew there are an amazing team – all energetic, fun and extremely helpful.

Not only have we run our last few Toronto wedding photography workshops at the Berkeley! We’ve also been fortunate to shoot several corporate events, boudoir sessions, engagement portraits as well as 3 weddings there this year. We love the space and the vibe so much that we convinced Charlotte’s sister, Tricia (see last post!) to have her wedding there.

If you’re planning a wedding in Toronto – especially if you are looking for a church setting, but you’re not part of a congregation – then this is a venue well worth considering.

Now onto our very cool couple – Faye & Michael. Faye is a children’s book author, and Michael, well Michael’s my kinda guy… he’s an Apple Genius!

We began their wedding day shooting at various locations around the Berkeley – The bridal suite, the rooftop patio, the green alleyway and on the front steps of the church.

One of Faye’s bridesmaids, Rhonda is a florist, and did an incredible job of creating truly unique buttoneers, bouquets as well as centre pieces and sprinklings of flowers and yellow flower pots all over their reception… Beautiful work I’m sure you’ll agree.

The ceremony was so beautiful, set in front of huge stained glass windows with natural daylight poring on the wedding party and all the guest.

After the ceremony we jumped in the Rolls Royce and headed down to the George St. Diner – a retro diner and one of Toronto’s well known movie filming location. We found some awesome coloured walls close by and grabbed these vibrant pics of the gorgeous couple.

As we returned to the church to begin the reception, I had a chance to capture some beautiful photos of Faye in her elegant Paloma Blanca wedding dress.

Jon Thorpe was along to second shoot this wedding with us and did an awesome job (as always)… check out these wedding party photos. Sweet right?

The reception took place in the church which looked stunning as always.

As we prepped to depart at the end of the night, Jon created this amazing image of Queen St & The Berkeley Church.

Signing off for now – We’ve just arrived at our hotel in Playa Del Carmen, Mexico and I should really be at the beach!!

Wow, this was one smokin’ hot shoot! And what a stunning couple, meet Simon & Noel! While planning their engagement session, they mentioned that they’d love to have a high fashion vibe to the shoot to really give their images drama and elegance. With three wardrobe changes and some of the most beautiful gowns I’ve ever seen you can see how putting that little extra into styling the engagement shoot really does wonders! Honestly, with the gorgeous and style savvy couples who hire us, Dave and I should really open up a modeling agency .

Many of our recent couples have asked to shoot at the Berkeley Church. I guess they’ve been checking out our blog and all of the great wedding photography workshop photos we’ve taken there. Like us, they think it’s one of Toronto’s best photography locations! As you can see from this shoot we managed to get a totally different look to the shoot from Sara & Hami’s engagement pictures. There are just so many options… My goodness, I do love the Berkeley Church .

These guys were so fierce, the pic above could easily be used in a Chanel ad! What a dress. Noel, I must know where you got that turquoise number, absolutely stunning!

Oh, how awesome are Noel’s shoes, all of you shoe addicts out there know what I’m taking about… Christian Louboutin… Helllloooo!!! I am totally hitting up the Louboutin boutique when we go to Paris next week! Louboutin shoes, with their trademark red sole, are as desirable as they come. I’m pretty sure it’s an essential destination for any fashionista in Paris. I don’t know if Dave will actually let me through the doors with my credit card but looking is free, right!?!

Wow, another jaw-dropper! Love this one below, it’s just fabulous. You can tell Simon loves Noel sooo much I couldn’t believe how he proposed. Talk about popping the question… Simon and Noel had their first date down by the docks on Polson st, here in Toronto. When he asked Noel to be his wife he wanted to bring an element of their first date into the proposal. Simon arranged for a Helicopter to drop them at the helipad at the end of Polson street and a limo drive to a private table he had arranged on the beach. Awaiting their arrival was a 5 star chef with a fabulous meal for the occasion. Oh no, wait, it gets better! After the private dinner for two on the beach, Simon took Noel home for a surprise engagement party with all of their friends and loved ones waiting to celebrate the next chapter of their lives together! Wowza, good work Simon, now that’s a proposal!!!

Our high fashion engagement shoot wrapped over a cup of coffee in Toronto’s Distillery District. Thanks guys for another fab shoot at the Berkeley Church! Congrats to you both, you make an amazing couple!

Oh my goodness, I can’t believe how excited I am about this shoot! I’m seriously in the middle of packing for Ankush & Lina’s wedding in India tomorrow and writing this blog post at the same time. We’ll be in New Delhi this week on an awesome adventure shooting their grand and incredible Indian wedding! When I saw the amazing photos from this shoot I could NOT wait to blog it. Hold on to your seats, here’s Sara and Hami’s engagement shoot!

I LOVE, love, love couples that are in love! It’s the kind of love when you just can’t stop smiling for ear to ear. When you can tell that when they look at each other that there isn’t anywhere on this planet that they’d rather be than together. Sara & Hami are one of these head over heels, hot for each other in love couples that we just adore! We felt so privileged to be the photographers to capture their love with our lenses.

When we met Sara and Hami for the first time to chat about their dream wedding photography coverage, I couldn’t get over how stunningly gorgeous Sara was (Hami’s cute too of course ). She has these gorgeous big brown eyes, endless bouncy curls and a beautiful personality to match. She was definitely going to be one beautiful bride.

As we were chatting Sara mentioned that she enjoys Salsa dancing. Dave and I kept that in the back of our memory for almost a year and had to get them to show us a few moves for the engagement shoot. Boy, can these two move!!

We love the Berkeley Church and so do many of our clients. They check out the shots on our blog from our wedding photography workshops here in Toronto and they instantly fall in love with all of the different backdrops the Berkeley Church has to offer. Sara and Hami thought it would be a perfect spot for their engagement pictures and they were right! They have soooo many amazing photos from the shoot that we are now doing some canvases and an A-Mazing engagement album for them as well! It’s going to be awesome!!

I LOVE these shots below! Just a simple engagement portrait, but don’t they just look so gorgeous together ???!!!

The Berkeley Church was awesome!! With little winding pathways and streams, blue, red and exposed brick walls, it was an endless source of shooting locations.

I just loved it when these guys changed into their more formal, evening wear. Sara was wearing this stunning gold dress and Hami looked handsome and charming in his suit. We took them away to a little hidden area in the church to grab a few shots of them playing and sneaking a kiss in here and there. Later when we looked back at the images, we couldn’t believe how many of the shots turned out absolutely perfect… not a hair out of place on either of them We loved all the pictures so much we couldn’t decide so we ended up making it into a sequence of our favourites!

Can you believe that this is the end of the shoot?! They still looked like movie stars even after all of the dancing, kissing, modeling and posing they did for us.

Wait a minute… let me pop on my sunglasses… Talk about a stunning engagement ring, huh?! Hami you have some great taste, fabulous work on Sara’s ring!

Ahhh, a couple more of my faves, this has to be one of the best poses from the engagement shoot. I don’t think this shoot could have turned out any better if we had hired professional models! You guys rocked this shoot, amazing work you two! We can’t wait to photograph your gorgeous wedding this summer, stay tuned to the blog for Sara and Hami’s wedding at The Manor in Kettleby… coming soon!

Drum roll please… and now for the moment you’ve all been waiting for… The winners of the May 3rd Wicked Wedding Workshop Challenge!!! The top photographer and winner of our grand first place photography award is Taylor Jackson! He grabbed this gorgeous shot of Tai. The pose was quiet and sensitive and has a lot of emotion. We loved the way Taylor back lit the veil! Great work Taylor!! You’re the winner of a $500 credit to a future Wicked Wedding Workshop.

Our second place photography award goes to Brian McKay with this stunning portrait. We loved the way he posed Ada with this playful shot. Congratulations Brian!! You’ve won $250 off a future Wicked Wedding Workshop!!!

And the prize for the third place photography award goes to Emily Sorlie!! Awesome job Emily, we loved the way you made fun use of the location with this shot. Great use of humour, which always adds a lot of fun to engagement photography! Nothing tops having a good time with your clients and your photography, it’s the best! You’ll take home a $100 credit for a future Wicked Wedding Workshop.

Thanks so much to all of the attendees! The race was very close and you all put in an amazing effort. We had so much fun with you guys and hope to see you all again very soon! The next Wicked Wedding Workshop will be announced soon, so stay tuned to the blog!!

Check out the gallery of the amazing pics the group created below… all of these images must be commended for their creativity, technical skill and outstanding execution. All of these images are outstanding and we wish we could hand out more than one first place! It honestly took us forever to choose the winning photos, but it was very satisfying when we finally agreed on who got the awards. Congrats to everyone and we hope to see you at the next workshop – we’re making it bigger, better and even more awesome next time around!!