Fab Fam Portraits: Benoit Family

While we still have a couple of weddings to blog, we've also been doing some family portraits on the side. These portraits are part of this year's effort to help out the Make-a-Wish Foundation through the Travel Underwriters Group in Richmond, BC.

We start out this year's project with the Benoit Family! They're super cute and Noemie and Tamara are both bundles of energy. We had to be quick on our feet as they were constantly moving and showing us their moves and poses! But one thing is for certain, this family is just full of love and it was wonderful to see how the two girls just dote on each other! Take a look!

Downtown Vancouver Celebration: Jason+Andree *Just Married*

Just like li'l sister, Gigi, Andree had a special celebration of her and Jason's wedding especially for their friends and family based in the beautiful west coast. Their actual wedding was in the picturesque town of St. Andrew's in New Brunswick. For their Vancouver reception, we opted for more contemporary portraits at a setting where Andree felt right at "home". You see, Andree maintains a food blog called U Gonna Eat That? and she's Metro Calgary's regular food columnist, Urban Foodie, so it was just fitting that we create portraits at one of Vancouver's hip restaurant off of Gastown's Blood Alley, the Salt Tasting Room.

One request was to get a photo with the meats and we were just more than happy to oblige.

We also wanted to do something dramatic.

Where else should we do the bride's portriat but in front of the awesome menu board!

Since we're already there, we took more portraits along Blood Alley and it's surrounding areas.

And then we got held up for a bit by a gypsy who wanted to read Andree's fortune. While Andree was most certainly entertained (note her expression), Jason looked skeptic.

Then, it was off to the Victoria Chinese Restaurant for the tea ceremony and the reception.

A quick wardrobe change at the Hyatt Vancouver.

Last night shot of the day!

You can see more of Jason and Andree's beautiful photos from the New Brunswick wedding on Lucid Imaging's blog! We're glad that we had a chance to be a part of Andree and Jason's wedding celebration. We look forward to another portrait session in the future!

Jason+Andree Vancouver Celebration Teaser

Last year, we had fun strolling along Chinatown with Kevin and Gigi before they celebrated marital bliss with their Vancouver based friends and family at the Fairmont Waterfront Hotel. This year, it's Andree, Gigi's sister, and Jason's turn. Here's a sneak peek at what's to come! In the meantime, feast your senses at Andree's awesome food blog Are You Gonna Eat That?

Sun Sui Wah Wedding: Jay+Kim Just Married!

This wedding is reminiscent of the very first wedding we "unofficially" photographed. At the time, we were one of the many guests who came to our friend's Vietnamese-Filipino wedding with a digital SLR and just wanting to take really nice photos for our friend. Now, we are once again, taking "nice" pictures of another awesome Vietnamese-Filipino couple and we feel so right at home. Of course, it helps that Kim and Jay made it easy for us to work with them. Here are a few teasers!

These two will grow up to be future heartbreakers or future grooms!

Love the warm sun!

Big laughs all throughout the night!

I LOVE this lovely woman! She was waiting for her turn to pin money on Jay during the Money Dance and she was so animated in recounting how she can always rely on Jay to help fix her car!

Party ON!

Thanks, Jay and Kim! This was a blast for us! We look forward to sharing the rest of the photos with you!