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Langdon Hall Summer Wedding

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Veronica + Brandon

Veronica + Brandon had a lovely summer wedding at the always charming Langdon Hall in Cambridge, Ontario.

Veronica and the girls began the morning in the Spiral Room with hair and make up by Pearl Group Makeup while the boys spent the morning getting last minute preparations for the wedding done.

Everyone met quickly by the pond where Veronica presented everyone in the wedding party with these amazing framed charactiure portraits that she created herself!   I was blown away by how good these were!

From there, it was a touching ceremony in Langdon Hall’s Summer House that was officiated by Martti Pajunen.  If I was ever to get married again I’m pretty sure Martti would be the one running it.  :). The florals were done by Petals Flower Company.

The ceremony featured several brilliant and personal touches including a knot tying ceremony and ‘pom-pom’ confetti made by Veronica!

The ceremony was followed by pictures on the stunning grounds of Langdon Hall and then a lovely cocktail hour on the lawn of the Summer House… there were some fierce games of Cornhole going on!

Veronica and Brandon surprised everyone at the start of the wedding reception in the Firshade Room with a formal and very well done first dance that they had been practicing for quite a while.   There was an awesome wedding cake by The Cake Box and wedding favours by Ann Haw. The rest of the reception was filled with some touching speeches and dances led by the great Chris from CM Entertainment and was finished off with a cute ‘teddy bear toss’.

Veronica and Brandon had Minosca from The Event Firm helping them out while I had the amazing Ben Benvie helping me out with the photography.

You can see some of my favourite pictures from Veronica and Brandon’s Langdon Hall wedding above as well as their full wedding slideshow below.

If you have access to the full wedding gallery, you can see it here.

Langdon Hall Summer Wedding

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Tiffany + Zoubin

350+ weddings and sometimes I still get a first… remember that huge storm that rolled through a couple weeks ago? Yeah, that day!

Tiffany & Zoubin had a beautiful wedding at Langdon Hall even with having such a curveball thrown at them.

Things were going great, Tiffany and the girls were up in the Spire room doing hair and makeup. Earlier in the week, the forecast had called for rain on the Saturday but closer to the day the forecast was looking pretty good. Then, without much warning at all some people got a severe weather warning and then just before 12:30 the front hit us at Langdon Hall. Windows were blown open, full length mirrors were smashed to the ground and of course the power went out… the power went out for the next 6 hours.

After the emergency generators kicked in we spent the next 30 minutes looking for an working outlet for a hair dryer and curling iron so Tiffany could finish having her hair done… we found a working outlet in a random emergency stairwell!

I have to say that the staff at Langdon Hall handled all this with their usual professionalism and skill, making everyone there feel safe and cared for.

Once everyone was finally ready (Zoubin essentially had to get ready in the dark!), we had the couples first look in the elegant Orchard Room and then some portraits around the beautiful grounds of Langdon Hall… it was kind of amazing how fast the staff had cleaned things up.

The ceremony was held in the Summer House with Tofu the wedding dog ring bearer stealing the show!

The rest of the night was held in the Firshade Room with a beautiful dinner (of course, it’s Langdon Hall!) and some wonderfully touching speeches.

Thank you Tiffany and Zoubin for allowing me to be a part of your big day!

You can see some of my favourite wedding photos above and their full wedding slideshow below.

If you have the password for their full gallery, you can view the entire set of wedding pictures.

Langdon Hall Summer House Wedding

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Elizabeth + Stephen

Really had an amazing day at Elizabeth + Stephen’s beautiful Langdon Hall wedding!

Not too many weddings where the bride gets upstaged but in this case I think even Elizabeth will allow it… these two had an adorable son who stole the spotlight without even trying!

Theirs was one of those COVID weddings where I think we were on our 2nd or 3rd postponement date by this point but I can say it was well worth the wait!

Langdon Hall has always been one of my favourite wedding venues in Ontario but I haven’t had a lot of experience with their new Firshade Room and Summer house but I can now see the appeal… I absolutely love the Summer House as a wedding venue… It combines rustic and modern and indoors and outdoors like nothing I’ve ever seen before!

I started the day at Elizabeth’s parent’s house and then it was off to Langdon Hall for a beautiful outdoor ceremony (no rain!). We followed that up with some timeless family portraits and as well as wedding party and couple photos around the grounds of Langdon Hall… even managed to get some nice golden hour pictures!

The reception was filled with some beautiful and touching speeches and some amazing food… Langdon Hall had a sweet onion puree soup that was to die for.

The evening was capped off with some lovely parent dances.

You can see some of my favourite wedding photographs from Elizabeth and Stephen’s Langdon Hall wedding above as well as the full wedding slideshow below!

If you have the password to Elizabeth and Stephen’s full wedding gallery you can access it here.

Langdon Hall Winter Wedding

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Amanda + Rob

Amanda + Rob had a beautiful wedding at the always amazing Langdon Hall in Cambridge, Ontario.

It was a nice relaxing later start to the day in the beautiful bridal suites at Langdon Hall with Amanda and her sister having their hair and make up done.  Making things really easy on me, always a plus but not always a reality, Rob got ready in the room right beside Amanda's!

They deciding to have a first look before their wedding ceremony so they could get all their pictures done ahead of time and before it got dark... but we still went out for some great portraits after dark too!

Once we finished up with portraits of the wedding party and the families it was time for the
ceremony which was held outside in the beautiful new outdoor Summer House that was part of Langdon Hall's recent additions.  Don't worry though, everyone kept warm surrounded by space heaters and snuggled in fleece blankets.

The ceremony was officiated by the good folks at Kettle Creek Weddings who always do a great job.  It's always great working with them!

Unfortunately, Rob's mother broke her leg a week before the wedding and was unable to fly out from the west coast but I though it was a really nice touch that they set up a live stream so they could watch the ceremony and still be a part of everything.

Cocktails after the wedding ceremony were held in the new Firshade Room and then everyone headed up to the Orchard Room for the wedding reception where Amanda & Rob were introduced and a beautifully choreographed first dance.

Every wedding I see something new and this time it was the kissing game... you know the type, you have to do something to get the bride and groom to kiss instead of clinking glasses.  This time it was 'Mean Tweets' and let me say that their guests came up with some good ones that they forced Amanda + Rob to read.  :)

At this point I shouldn't have to say that the food at Langdon Hall was amazing as well as the service.

Amanda + Rob are big karaoke fans so it was inevitable that everyone was singing during their reception... I'm not going to lie, I've heard better versions of Piano Man.  :)

You can see my favourite wedding photographs from Amanda & Rob's wedding up above and their full Langdon Hall wedding slideshow below.

 

Langdon Hall Wedding

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Alex + Bobby

This was such a great little intimate wedding at Langdon Hall!  

Alex and Bobby were joined by some of their closest friends and family for the ceremony and then dinner in the Colonel Langdon room at Langdon Hall in Cambridge, Ontario.  As you would expect, the food at Langdon Hall is second to none.  The presentations are a work of art!

In a former life, Bobby was an assistant OHL coach so it wasn't really a surprise to anyone there that he had the staff at Langdon Hall set up a TV during dinner so they could all watch some World Cup of Hockey!   They even had a custom hockey stick made up with their wedding date and his team colours on it!

It was a beautiful autumn day and we got an amazing sunset for pictures.    

I really love shooting these smaller, intimate weddings at Langdon Hall!

One from the Portfolio...

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This is the second part in a continuing series called 'One from the Portfolio' where I explain a little of the background of some of my favourite wedding photographs.  

You can see the first image in the series here.

I love this image is from Lisa + Greg's wedding at Whistle Bear Golf Club.  

I was photographing the wedding party and looking for something a little different and decided to put them all up on a nearby ridge (I think the chip & putt was on the other side).  

I had taken a few frames and was just about to wrap things up when their flower girl (and their daughter!) decided she had had enough and walked down the hill towards me.  Never one to give up on a shot, I kept shooting and wound up with this image that was way better than the ones with everyone up on the ridge.  

I love the flower girls expression and the fact that the picture is about her now and the wedding party is out of focus and is just a supporting element in the picture.

Waterloo Region Museum Wedding

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Joanna + Kris

Joanna + Kris' wedding at the Duffield Theatre and the Waterloo Region Museum was a special one for me.

I've known Joanna for a couple year through my work with the New Hamburg Community Players, an amazing local community theatre group that I do work with.  Joanna and her family are fixtures with the community players, working every job from actors to directors to hair and make up.  It was great seeing so many familiar faces from the theatre group at the wedding!

I shoot weddings all over Ontario, mostly in Toronto, so I'm always traveling for weddings.  It was a really nice surprise to find out that Joanna would be getting ready at her parents place which happens to be in the same little town of New Hamburg that I live in!  Cheers to a 5 minute commute. :)

Since pretty much everyone at the house was involved in theatre there was a lot of singing and dancing. Once Joanna and her bridesmaids were ready, I met up with Kris and the guys for a few more getting ready pictures.

Everyone then headed down to Cambridge at the Dunfield Theatre fore the wedding ceremony after we dodged a few rain clouds.  Joanna was able to get permission to have her wedding ceremony right up on the stage at the Dunfield Theatre in Cambridge!

Waterloo Region Museum is a great new venue in the south end of Kitchener that has a great modern feel to it.

Joanna decided to have a masquerade theme to the reception so everyone got masks handmade by the bride!  

After dinner and everyone else speeches, Joanna decided to give her speech to Kris in the form of one her favourite songs... and she can really sing!

Everyone then headed onto the dance floor to dance the night away.

You can see some of my favourite wedding pictures from this Waterloo Region Museum above as well as the full slideshow below!

You can see their farm engagement pictures here.

WhistleBear Wedding

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Michelle + Mark's Wedding

Michelle and Mark had a beautiful wedding at the brand new (and I do mean new!) WhistleBear Golf course in Cambridge, Ontario.  The new clubhouse and facilities at Whistle Bear are simply stunning!

We started off the day with Michelle and the girls getting their hair and makeup done at Voila Salon in Waterloo and then headed to the hotel to finish things up.  From there it was on the Whistle Bear for a first look (such a great idea, check it out and more in my top 10 wedding tips!)and some portraits on the grounds and then a beautiful outdoor ceremony officiated by Trish from Kettle Creek Weddings who did an amazing job as always!

A few more quick portraits in the nice golden hour light and then it was off to a great reception in on of their brand new event spaces!

Check out some of my favourite wedding images in the gallery above and the full slideshow below!  You can also follow the link to see some of Michelle and Mark's Cambridge engagement pictures