The wedding was in my home country, Brazil, and although weddings over there are starting to look a lot like the ones we have here, you’ll notice a lot of different things: wedding bands usually match and they are actually given when you get engaged – so yeah, there’s no diamond ring (awesome if you’re a guy)! There are no bridesmaids as well and no pause for portraits. So there’s no waiting between ceremony and reception – I know nowadays everybody is doing the “reveal” thing so they can have the reception right after the ceremony, but over there there’s something called “day after” photo shoot where the bride and groom take their portraits the day after the wedding. It’s a new thing and not everybody does it. Honestly, I prefer the north american way where everything happens in one day. I must admit that when I first started here I thought that was a bit weird leaving guests waiting for the reception.

Even though we were not able to schedule a day for their portraits since they were leaving for their honeymoon right after the wedding (and I was coming back to Canada!), we have some amazing pictures to share and I’m pretty much sure they will make a beautiful album anyways! :)