My honest take on planning, after photographing more than a hundred weddings around Toronto and the GTA: where to start, the right order to book vendors, realistic timelines, and what it all actually costs.
My hour by hour sample wedding day timeline: how much coverage you actually need, the extra moments worth making time for, and how to build your own around your ceremony.
Your venue is the first big domino. Book it and everything else starts falling into place around it. Here's how to pick one you'll love.
Photo used to be the default and video an afterthought. That's flipped. Here's the easiest way to get both without hiring two separate teams.
Beyond the portfolio and the price tag. The questions that actually tell you whether a photographer is the right fit for your day.
They're the first thing to get cut when the timeline gets tight, and almost always the ones couples wish they'd kept.
It sounds like one more task. But the hour you spend on it up front saves you a shocking amount of back-and-forth later.
You're engaged! It's the best, and it's also the moment the "what now?" sets in. Here's the order I'd tackle those first steps in.
They almost never make the planning checklist, yet they're the shots couples point to later as their favorites from the whole day.
One of the questions I get asked most. There's no single right answer, it just comes down to the kind of day you want.
"What do we even wear?" is the first thing almost every couple asks. Good news, it's simpler than it feels.
Not every wedding needs a hundred guests and a giant hall. Small and close opens up a whole world a big guest list never could.
One of the most meaningful parts of a Chinese wedding. If it's new to you, here's how it works, start to finish.
Every photographer shoots a little differently. Knowing the main styles makes it so much easier to find one whose work matches what you're picturing.
No pressure, no obligation — just a conversation.