Then, when I get to Dan’s house, his computer (or iPod, whatever) is playing Britpop. I mean, who really listens to Some Might Say in 2012? I do! Their place was filled with things I like as well… and whoever gave them a book and quoted Michael Scott is also really cool. :P

I loved her bouquet – she decided to go for tulips… my favorite! It was really fun to shoot a couple that has so much in common with me (except for Justin Bieber – and no… I won’t be explaining that here). Let me share with you some of my favorite pictures – originally I intended to post over 60 images, but that’s just too many for a single blog post… so compromising pictures of the Biebs with some guests will be left out of this post. ;)

As I said before, every wedding is unique and what I loved about this one is that Stephen brought their dog to the ceremony! It was a surprise to Tara and you can definitely see that they were able to keep it a secret – just look at Tara’s reaction when she sees her dog. Isn’t it an “awww” moment? :)

They get bonus points for not playing I Gotta A Feeling from the Black Eyed Peas during the reception. I have nothing against it and I can definitely see why it’s played in every single wedding I’ve been to for the past couple of years. However it would be interesting if another song came out to replace that one! ;)

I remember using A LOT of vintage effects to all my pictures. But after I gave birth to Melody and started taking pictures of her, I wanted to see them as they really were. I still love black & white (and that’s not really vintage for me), but I just don’t wanna see a picture of her that looks like it was taken in the 50’s. Do I still apply those effects to my clients pictures? Yes – because sometimes that effect really works to some images, but I’m doing it way less.

I’m pretty sure many of you that read my blog noticed that change. My brother-in-law actually was one of the first that noticed. I remember posting an E-Session on my Facebook Fan Page last year, a couple of months after I had my baby, and he said, “Did you change your style?”, and I just said, “No, of course not!”… but he was right. I just didn’t realize at that time.

I just hope my clients from my vintage days still like my work so I can take their pictures when they have babies! :)

So this is Mruna and Kamal’s wedding. I’m so lucky to be able to capture weddings from many cultures and I must say I really enjoy Indian weddings – they are so colorful!! Their reception was full of entertainment – they had professional singers, dancers… speeches were very emotional too – that day I could see how Mruna and Kamal are wonderful people.

Anyways, enough about me. This is Ray and Jennifer. As you might notice, we had this photo session a while ago, since Jennifer would obviously not be able to wear that dress during winter! It was already pretty cold when we shot this, but the images turned out amazing. These are actually their pre-wedding images and they are getting married this February.

January has been a quiet month for me, but my weekends next month are all booked! It was good to take some time off but I can’t wait to start shooting again!

p.s.: I don’t know if anybody noticed, but I removed that tree from my website background. Finally got tired of it! If you’re still seeing it, it might be still in your cache memory; try refreshing the page. If it’s still there after doing that, don’t worry, what really matters are the pictures. :)

I heard everybody’s opinion and decided to make some changes to my page, but not too much – added some kind of rainbow to that “creepy” tree all my friends seemed to dislike, and when I thought about even changing my logo (after getting thousands of business cards printed), I decided that if people won’t book me because of that, then it wasn’t really meant to be.

There’s a coffee shop on Eglinton and Yonge that I used to go often since it was close to my old apartment. Probably half of my meetings were over there and I still meet lots of clients on that same place – I was just there today! Their hot chocolate is pretty good and it’s one of those places you can leave your business cards. And although most (probably all!) of my friends pretty much hated my card, at least someone visiting that coffee shop thought it looked good (or at least interesting!). And today, I’m posting her wedding photos here.

You might remember Kit from an e-session I posted a while ago. Definitely one of my favorites e-sessions ever! We got lost trying to get to an amusement park, but in the end, everything worked out and it was totally worth it going there twice. Not to mention they were pretty fun to hang out with.

Kit and Albert had an intimate wedding – the day started with a Chinese tea ceremony, then they exchanged vows in front of family and close friends at the beautiful Discovery Landing in Burlington. The day finished at the Oliver & Bonacini restaurant in Oakville. I think that was one of the last days of summer… that day was really really REALLY hot (and bright).

I’ve always lived in tiny apartaments in the city so I thought I could never get used to living in the suburbs, but I’m loving it. It’s so peaceful and quiet!

Anyways, Alfred contacted me last month so he and his wife could have wedding pictures done. Yeap, they were already married, but never had the chance to do their portraits. Just loved their images, let me share some of them with you! (and go back to work)

It was a long day, we started early in morning and I left the reception pretty late, but I must say it was a lot of fun! Everybody was having a ball at the reception, I’ve never seen so many people on the dance floor!! Cinzia was glowing – at the reception, all the little girls were admiring her and looking at her like she was a princess. One thing that I also noticed was the way Dennis looked at her – all the pictures he’s with her, he looks so in love! That was the cutest thing.

Enough talking, let’s get to the pictures. I started the day at Dennis’. I must say that the boys were truly inspired. I didn’t have to say anything, they were modeling for me like professionals!!

You might recognize this couple from an e-session I posted this past January. Jen and Calvin just got married!!

The day flew by so fast!!! So much happened! If I’m not wrong, she changed not one, not two, not three, but FOUR times!

We had getting ready pictures, portraits, ceremony, more portraits, reception, traditional Chinese tea ceremony, traditional Korean ceremony… I never worked so much! LOL Usually I’m pretty much done when the reception starts, but on her wedding, the day was just starting – so prepare yourselves for lots of pictures in this post!!

And don’t forget to join my Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/YukiNodaPhotography . I’ve been posting lots of pictures you won’t see here over there!