Have you photographed at our venue before?
I’ve been photographing weddings in the Ottawa area for fourteen years, so there’s a very good chance I’ve shot a wedding at your venue before. Please visit my contact page and ask me about your venue so I can show you some sample galleries of weddings that are either photographed at your venue or similar to the type of wedding you are planning.
Do we get copies of the digital images?
Yes! All of my packages include copies of the best images from your wedding or engagement shoot. These images are delivered in high resolution jpeg format and have no watermarks or logos on them of any kind. You are free to use these images for personal use and for printing.
How long after the wedding day until we get our pictures?
I aim to deliver your final edited photos within 4-6 weeks after your wedding day. Factors such as the time of year you get married, the length of your wedding, and the number of pictures to be delivered will impact the delivery time.
Please get in touch for more information about my rates and packages. Custom packages are available for small weddings, weekday weddings, off season weddings and elopements to help you find the best photography coverage for your unique wedding. The cost of the wedding photography package is broken down into three payments to make it more affordable.
What price do you charge for weddings?
Do you travel outside of Ottawa for weddings?
Yes! While most of my work is centered in the Ottawa area I’ve had the pleasure of photographing weddings in Toronto and Montreal as well as gorgeous rural locations in and around Eastern Ontario and Western Quebec. I do charge a fee for travel outside of a 50km radius from downtown Ottawa. Travel fees for rural weddings just beyond the greater Ottawa area are generally very low and fees for weddings in Toronto and Montreal are meant to offset travel and hotel costs.
There is no charge for travel within Gatineau, Quebec. Other Ottawa neighbourhoods that are served and have no charge for travel include: the Byward Market, the Golden Triangle, Lower Town, Sandy Hill, Centretown, the Glebe, Westboro, Old Ottawa South, New Edinburgh, LeBreton Flats, Nepean, Kanata, Orleans, Gloucester, Manotick, Rockcliffe, Vanier, Embrun, and others.
I have experience photographing many different religious and cultural ceremonies, including: interfaith ceremonies, Jewish ceremonies, Muslim ceremonies, Church ceremonies, Hindu weddings, Chinese tea ceremonies, and Korean pyebaek ceremonies, among others. I approach religious ceremonies with the utmost respect and make every effort not to detract from the religious and cultural significance of the ceremony while I capture it. Knowing when not to take pictures and when it’s best not to use a flash can help to preserve the experience for you and your guests. I aim to get the shots while ensuring guests are focused on you and those presiding over your ceremony and not on the photography.
I’m having a religious ceremony. Have you photographed this type of ceremony before?
Yes! As an ally, I’m proud to photograph same-sex weddings and have had experience photographing same-sex marriages, including the very first same-sex wedding held at Southminster United Church.
Do you have experience photographing same-sex weddings?
I ask for a signed wedding contract and a non-refundable deposit equal to one third of your wedding package to secure the date.
How do I book with you?
Can you hold my wedding date?
In order to be fair to everyone, I operate on a first-come first-served basis when it comes to wedding dates. I cannot hold the date until you’ve signed the wedding contract and provided the deposit.
Do you do video?
No, I do not offer video. I have formal training in still photography and so I focus on that and feel that other companies who specialize in sound, motion and video editing are best equipped to handle video.
Yes! I’d be happy to work alongside your chosen videographer or videography team. Depending on the company you choose and their working style, you may need to budget more time for certain parts of the day such as wedding portraits if they need dedicated time alone with you or with the wedding party. Be sure and touch base with your team when you’re working out your timeline for the day.
Are you willing to work alongside a videographer?
I shoot with full-frame digital Nikon gear and carry a wide variety of professional lenses, lighting gear and backup to all my photo shoots.
What kind of gear do you have? Do you carry back up?
Having photographed in many Ottawa area venue over the years, I don’t do site visits for every wedding. If I’m photographing a wedding in a new venue I will sometimes head over prior to the wedding on a separate day to visit the property and look around for good portrait locations. That said, weather, time of year and lighting conditions vary so much that the best spot for portraits can change from day to day and even from one hour to the next. Most often, I’ll take a quick look around the area for good spots according to the lighting and weather conditions on the day of wedding and choose the spots that will work in the moment.
Do you do site visits?
Do you shoot film?
I got my start with 35mm film SLRs, 4x5 film cameras, medium format cameras and a Holga that had me taking pictures under a black velvet cloth and developing film by hand in the darkroom. While I earned my chops in a darkroom, and shot on film for the first part of my career, I switched to digital for my wedding work because of its flexibility, dynamic range and speed. Modern digital cameras are extraordinary at capturing light in even the darkest of spaces with exceptional image quality. That said, if you’ve got your heart set on a film photographer, I’d be happy to create a custom package with a hybrid digital and film approach.
Yes! I’m available to stay late on the wedding day if things are running behind and you need me for longer than you originally scheduled. Overtime is charged at my hourly wedding rate and is added on to your final payment. If you’ve booked a second shooter for your wedding, overtime will also include the second shooter and you will be charged the hourly wedding rate as well as the hourly second shooter rate for any additional time you need.
If the wedding is running late, can you stay later to photograph the event?
How much time do we need to do the family portraits on the wedding day?
About a month before your wedding I’ll send you a questionnaire about your wedding day timeline and one of the things I’ll ask for is a list of family portraits that you want to take. I’ve seen as few as three family portraits on some lists and upwards of forty-three portraits on others. The longer the list, the more time you’ll need to accomplish the portraits. I’ll do my best to get the shots and get everyone back to the celebration as soon as I can. To keep things moving along, it can sometimes help to get a friend or family member to help gather the people needed for the next shot, particularly if the portraits are occurring during a time of day where guests have spread out such as the cocktail hour. Having a list to work from helps me to know which family groupings are important to you.