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Edmonton Wedding Photographer | Evette & Arthur | U of A Faculty Club wedding

Elizabeth van der Bij — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 21:26:45 +0000

We’re heading back to August for Evette & Arthur’s wedding at the U of A Faculty Club here in Edmonton. It was a gorgeous Friday wedding surrounded by friends and family and Evette looked amazing with lots of purple details. I loved the black callas in here bouquet, but I think, what I loved even more, was the photos of family tucked into the bouquet so that they were there with her too. Arthur was so sweet and I loved his tears, looking at those photos now, still makes me a little misty-eyed! The ceremony and reception were at the U of A Faculty Club and we did all of the “formals” outside on the grounds after the ceremony before going back inside for the reception. It was a beautiful wedding with two amazing people that I’m so happy I was there to witness it all!

A few last minute adjustments before the ceremony starts.

Such a beautiful way to have loved ones who are no longer with us close by on the wedding day.

Arthur is so sweet… he was tearing up in anticipation of seeing Evette!

More of those beautiful tears here!

They looked so happy!!

So, Evette’s family roughed Arthur up a little bit…

Evette is so silly!

I just love this photo!

Evette is so mischievous and couldn’t keep her hands off of Arthur!

Um, I think it’s getting a bit hot in here…

A few quiet moments alone.

Such pretty flowers!

Ok, honestly, Evette had the most AWESOME rings ever!!!

The grande entrance!!

Lots of laughs and tears during the speeches.

Super sweet first dance.

I love the parent dances!

The candle dance was pretty cool!

Um, belly dancer for entertainment? Yes please! So cool!

Luckily there wasn’t a huge fight for the bouquet!

I loved Arthur’s garter dance!

Edmonton Wedding Photographers | Nicole & Nicholas | Enjoy Centre wedding in St Albert

Elizabeth van der Bij — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 06:21:05 +0000

Yesterday I blogged Leanne & Tyler’s wedding, so it just made sense to blog Nicole & Nicholas’ wedding the day after since their weddings were back to back this past August. I started out with the ladies at Nicole’s parents home where I got to photograph lots of shoes (my favourite!!) while the girls were getting ready. We headed off to the church for the ceremony where I cught my first glimpse of Nicholas that day. He was so sweet watching Nicole come down the aisle with tears welling in his eyes. After the ceremony we headed to the U of A campus for family photos and a few with the wedding party before hitting the Royal Alberta Museum for a few more. The reception was at the Enjoy Centre, a fabulous new facility in St Albert, so we took a few more photos around there before heading into the gorgeous reception in the Moonflower Room. It was a gorgeous day and I just love looking back at the photos and remembering the fun we had!

Look at all those pretty shoes!

Nicole was surrounded by her best friends helping her get ready.

The flowergirl and ring bearer were so cute!

I melt when I see the look on Nicholas’ face when he sees Nichole come down the aisle.

If you look close, you can see the tears in his eyes! So sweet!!

Off to the U of A for wedding party photos! The guys looked goooood!

And well, the whole group in general was pretty awesome!

I love this moment between the newlyweds!

And more sweetness here!

And channeling their inner models here!

The flowers were gorgeous!

I loooooved this super mod background at the Prairie Bistro in the Enjoy Centre.

The whole group hanging out.

Outside the Prairie Bistro with lots of wood and metal and glass… perfection!

The ladies were relaxing before heading off to the reception.

The guys were still workin’ it for photos… look at them go!!

LOVED their rings!

Lots of pretty orange details!

The head table looked awesome with orange and grey.

The grande entrance!

Yeah, you can’t blame the kids for hanging out with the candy.

Lots of tears for these speeches!

You’d never know by looking, but the cake had met a horrible fate earlier in the evening but was put back together fabulously!

The first dance was so beautiful!

Edmonton Wedding Photographers | Leanne & Tyler | Union Bank Inn wedding

Elizabeth van der Bij — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 05:44:40 +0000

I can’t believe it’s been more than five months since Leanne & Tyler’s fabulous wedding at the Union Bank Inn! I started the day at Leanne’s Parents home for the girls getting ready before heading downtown to the Union Bank Inn for the ceremony. I love looking back at these photos and just watching Tyler’s face light up every time he looked at Leanne! It was so sweet! After the ceremony we headed off to the High Level bridge and to my favourite parkade for the “formal” photos. They had such a great wedding party too! We finished up the night back at the the Union Bank Inn where there were lots of laughs and lots of tears (my favourite!). We had such a great time and I”m so happy I was able to witness a celebration of so much love!!

Leanne had such a pretty dress!

So many pretty sparkly things!

Gorgeous flowers from the Wild Orchid Flower Shop!

I love Leanne’s Dad’s face here when he sees her for the first time in her dress!

Tyler looked happy all day long!

I love the exchange of the rings!

Oh yes! The Kiss… and it was a good one!!

Hanging out with family and friends outside the hotel after the wedding (look! Tyler’s still smiling!)

Getting a little silly!

Happy family!

What you didn’t see was the lightning fast pummeling Tyler got in the middle of all this!

I loooooooove the High Level Bridge!

Leanne & Tyler making “their face”.

Hello there pretty shiny rings…

I just love this one! So bold and graphic!

Loved this wedding party!!

Lookin’ sassy here!

Lots of pretty details back at the hotel for the reception.

Leanne’s friend made this gorgeous cake!

I loved the cake cutting semi-silhouetted shots!

Such pretty tears!

Such a great time with the speeches!

Ooooooh! The first dance…

Edmonton Photographer | Gorgeous new albums for weddings & boudoir

Elizabeth van der Bij — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 04:23:55 +0000

Oh boy I am ever excited about these new albums! They are absolutely stunning and they are just the perfect album to show off your wedding, or if you are that daring, they make a great boudoir album as well! The cover is totally customizable and it feels awesome! The pages of the album are meant to be touched and have a great silk feel. This is an album you’ll cherish for many years and is meant to be an heirloom (well, I don’t know if you’d want the family to have your boudoir album, but definitely pass along the wedding album!). These albums have a super fast turnaround time so you don’t have to wait months for them! Love them! Can’t wait to show you more of them!

Edmonton Wedding Photographer | Tierza & Matthew | Northern Bear Golf Course Wedding

Elizabeth van der Bij — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 01:39:29 +0000

Tierza and Matthew got married on a VERY warm day back in July. We met up with Matthew at their home where we took a few shots of everyone just hanging out and then a few family photos before heading off to meet up with Tierza and the girls for getting ready pictures. Well, we thought there would be getting ready pictures, but she was so excited to get ready that is was all done by the time we got there! So, we hung out in the back yard for photos and watched Tierza catch frogs (I honestly didn’t think there were frogs in Alberta, so I got a bit freaked out when one hopped at me! It’s been a long time since I’d seen them back East!) before heading over to the Northern Bear Golf course for the outdoor ceremony on the patio. After the ceremony, we stuck around the golf course doing photos before heading back to the reception early to do the cake cutting before it fell over from the heat. It was a great day and we had lots of fun!

A little bit of getting ready silliness.

I love how Moms can fix everything by licking, and they still do it, even when you are old enough to married!

Gosh, the hugs are sweet.

I’ve never seen a bride catch frogs on her wedding day before! We didn’t make Tierza kiss it since she already had her prince!

Tierza looked stunning!

I love when the formal pictures get silly!

She was a great twirler!

Here she comes!!

I can’t help but laugh at the flower girl here!

The lifting of the veil and the kiss!

Brother and sister… and you can so tell in the second shot!

Love this shot!

Lots of pretty details including the tree favours.

Cake shot and ring shot all in one!!!

Matthew is a bit devilish with the cake cutting!

I want everyone to do wedding Tequila shots!

The speeches were great! Tierza’s brother was wickedly funny as the MC.

I love it when Mom cries!!

A very sweet first dance.

And now it’s time to party!!