Elizabeth van der Bij, wedding photographer

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ENV Photography is located in Edmonton, AB and is available for travel throughout Alberta and beyond!

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Edmonton Wedding Photographers | Deanne and Steve’s beautiful downtown Edmonton wedding at the Citadel Theatre & Hotel MacDonald

Tuesday, October 26th, 2010

Deanne and Steve’s wedding was my last official wedding of the season in September and it was spectacular! I’ve always been a sucker for guys in kilts, and boy was I not disappointed! icon wink ring shots edmonton weddings details decor Deanne was also pretty darned amazing in a gorgeous Pronovias dress (and it had straps! I hope dresses with straps are the next big thing for wedding wear) and she was sporting half an ocean worth of pearls – so very glamourous! Went so very well with the gorgeous bouquet from Marlow & Richards.

We left the Hotel MacDonald to begin the processional, complete with a rockin’ bagpiper, to parade through downtown to the Citadel Theatre for the wedding ceremony. I was joined by the very awesome Ryan Kelly from Ryan + Beth Photographers to help me document this fabulous day (Thanks Ryan, you rule!!). After the ceremony, we shot photos with the family near the waterfall downstairs at the theatre before heading off to Churchill Square and to my favourite spot near 95 St to shoot photos with the wedding party before returning back to the hotel to just shoot Steve and Deanne together. After the photos were done, we wandered in to the gorgeously decorated reception at the Empire Ballroom (overseen by Juli of A Modern Proposal and linens from Special Event Rentals) and enjoyed a magnificent 5 course meal and an entertaining round of speeches before the party got started for the night. My favourite part of the night was Steve’s twist on the removal of the garter… he was wearing it while Deanne got to take it off him! I love a good twist on a tradition!

It was a rocking good time and I’m so happy we got to be there to capture it all! Congratulations Steve and Deanne!

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Edmonton Wedding Photographers | Lindsay & Cory’s wedding at Convocation Hall & Sutton Place Hotel

Monday, August 9th, 2010

Last Saturday (July 31) I joined Lindsay at Sutton Place Hotel where she was getting ready with her girls in anticipation of her fabulous wedding day. Trish joined the boys at Lindsay and Cory’s home before we all got together for the ceremony at Convocation Hall. Before we got to the ceremony, of course, I had lots of fun photographing the details, like Lindsay’s beautiful dress and her awesome silver sequined Pumas that she wore under her dress.

The stage was set with a gorgeous backdrop from A Chair to Remember (which also showed up at the reception, looking gorgeous, along with fabulous table linens and chair covers) and beautiful flowers from The Wild Orchid.

After the ceremony, we took the family photos by the Arts building before heading off with the wedding party to Chintz and Co. At first we planned to just shoot outside with the awesome green walls, but a little bit of sweet-talking (by Trish, of course) found us shooting inside the store, surrounded by fabulous decor!

Afterwards, we headed over to Sutton Place for the reception that was absolutely spectacular and expertly co-ordinated by Juli from A Modern Proposal.

It was a beautiful wedding with two wonderful people and I’m so happy I was lucky enough to capture it!

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Wedding Inspiration – vintage-inspired sweet table in pastels

Tuesday, July 27th, 2010

This fantastic table of goodies was designed by Juli from A Modern Proposal to fit a vintage-y pastel wedding scheme. A sweet table is a nice alternative to individual favours and can really add to the overall look of the reception decor. This sweet table featured a pretty yellow three-tiered cake with white lace accents and yellow flowers. The cake, cupcakes and cookies are from Jam on Your Face and were absolutely delicious! The table featured glass bowls with Kisses surrounded by coconut marshmallows from Duchess Bake Shop. Let’s not forget the wicked tasty macarons also from Duchess. The table was finished off with antique milk glass vases with yellow flowers. Oh so pretty!

Ok, so I can’t share the actually goodies, so feast on the photos instead….!

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antique pastel sweet table wedding inspiration 15 spotlight details decor

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Wedding Inspiration: Sweet tables in Aqua and Red

Tuesday, July 20th, 2010

This fantastic table of goodies was designed by Juli from A Modern Proposal to fit an aqua and red wedding scheme. A sweet table is a nice alternative to individual favours and can really add to the overall look of the reception decor. This particulat sweet table featured a two-tier cake made in aqua with a modern red circle geometric pattern. The cake was also completed by matching sugar cookie cakes with red flowers. The cake and cookies are from Jam on Your Face and were absolutely delicious! The table featured glass jars filled with strawberry marshmallows, aqua M&Ms, blue Jelly Bellys, blue candy-coated Jordan almonds, and red Swedish Berries. As if the table of yummys wasn’t pretty enough, Juli put together two pomanders of red carnations to complete the table, along with a great aqua and red polka-dotted table runner.

Ok, so I can’t share the actually goodies, so feast on the photos instead….!

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Details & Decor: Mayfield Inn

Tuesday, June 8th, 2010

This past weekend I went a shot the reception set-up at the Mayfield Inn for a wedding by Edmonton Wedding Planner Julianne Cragg  from A Modern Proposal. The couple hadn’t contracted their photographer for the reception, so Juli hired me to shoot the details for her. Wedding planners rely on the photographers to provide them with good images to showcase their work and I was happy to help Juli out.

The flowers for the centrpieces are from The Wild Orchid (my favourite!!) that Juli designed arranged for her clients and the head table flowers are from Flowers by Merle.

The gorgeous gold and dark purple linens were from Special Event Rentals.

The super awesome cake (that I am still swooning over) was from Deliciously Different Cakes.

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