Sneak Peek: Courtney & Cole: Married at Terrace 55
Still wading through piles and piles of pictures, but I picked out one as a sneak peek from yesterday’s beautiful wedding at Terrace 55: Courtney & Cole!
More to come soon…
Wedding Photo Locations in Winnipeg: Part 2
As part of my blog series on photo locations for weddings in Winnipeg, I’ve been featuring a location at a time in different posts. Today’s feature location is my photo studio in the heart of the Exchange District. Hardwood floors, tons of studio lights, backdrops, furniture and props, plus my favourite: great big windows with white sheer curtains facing South/East. What’s even better for my wedding clients is that it’s a free location when booking with me – a great spot to go in case of rain, or just for a different look. It’s centrally located, and usually a short stop on the way to or from other locations.
If you aren’t a wedding client of mine, but are still getting married and would like the option of booking the studio, just give me a call or send me an e-mail. (204.998.6603 or studio @ egabrielle.com)
Here are some highlights from recent weddings & an engagement session…
cooking, baking and photographing it all…
The trouble with being a photographer and making good food is that it always takes twice as long once you factor in all the photo-taking time. Today was one of those days when, out of the blue, I get this burst of energy and inspiration to make good food. Armed with my Mémère’s pie crust recipe and with my friend Becca’s ingredient list for potato salad, I set out to make my delicious food.
First off, I have to rave where I got some of my potato salad ingredients from today: St. Norbert’s Farmers’ Market. You must go there! Fresh farm food, grown right here, in the beautiful province of Manitoba. My husband and I picked up some small red potatoes, fresh dill and green onions, among other things. Mmm-mmm.
The pie crust had 3 easy ingredients (shortening, flour and a pinch of salt) with a simple blueberry+sugar filling (thickened with corn starch). The potato salad had:
small red potatoes
hard boiled eggs
turkey bacon
green onions
fresh dill
celery
sour cream
hellman’s mayonnaise
dijon mustard
paprika
lemon juice
salt & pepper
Yum yum yum! Bon appétit !
Wedding Photo Locations in Winnipeg: Part 1
One of the most common questions I get from wedding couples are about great locations for taking wedding photos around Winnipeg. I have my own personal preferences, plus ideas of other popular locations, as well as not so popular. I thought I’d feature a location at a time in a new blog series on photo locations for Winnipeg weddings. First part – featuring probably one of the most popular indoor locations in Winnipeg for weddings photos… mostly because it’s free to book, has a gorgeous architectural interior/exterior and is full of history and mystery. You guessed it: the Legislative Building.
My suggestions to wedding couples who are interested in having the Legislative Building as a location are:
1) book it as soon as you can (call 945-8750)
and
2) make sure your photographer is adept at interior portable flash lighting. The building can be quite dark in some locations, and to get great images, a good light or two is essential to getting those wow pictures.
Crystal & Jarrett – Engagement Photo Session at Assiniboine Park
If you live in Winnipeg, you might remember the day that the mosquito trap count soared to 1,300. It was all over the news. And yes, it happened to be the day that Crystal & Jarrett booked an engagement photo session with me. At Assiniboine Park, in the English Gardens, as the sun was setting, no less. And to top it, all three of us forgot to bring bug spray! Cancel the shoot? No way! It was a beautiful evening, golden light from the summer sun and a couple madly in love. It was perfect! Ok, minus the mosquitoes (which we couldn’t ignore). Poor Crystal – I spent quite some time in post production spot removing huge mosquito bite welts off her skin!
All I can say is that mosquitoes, as annoying as they were, cannot stop a session – it made for a memorable experience and I was happy to be able to laugh about it with the two of them. All the more reason to look forward to photographing their wedding next year. I know we’ll have fun and it’ll be a memorable day, no matter what happens!
Congratulations Crystal & Jarrett, I’m looking forward to what the summer of 2011 will bring. 🙂
… and here they are, swatting at the mosquitoes and laughing about it. Cute! :
