I’ve teamed up with studio mate and good friend Kari Heese for a 2009 Holiday promo, we are please to offer mini holiday sessions at our studio next Wednesday Dec, 2, 2009. We will also be collecting food for the Vancouver food bank at this time to help spread a little holiday cheer.

Call to book as space is very limited and we are filling up fast.

In an age where everyone has a digital camera many people feel they can hire just anyone to photographer their Vancouver Wedding, and they question why are Vancouver Wedding Photographers so expensive?

Here is a basic cost breakdown for a typical eight hour Vancouver Wedding.

Typically a Vancouver Wedding Photographer meets with the bride and groom several times before and after the wedding, there is usually a consultation, multiple emails back and forth, a pre wedding walk through or an engagement session.

Then the eight hours on the wedding day plus travel time to the wedding and back.

The next step a Vancouver Wedding Photographer will take is to spend time downloading, backing up files, blogging, and editing, for most professional Vancouver wedding photographers this is approximately 25 to 30 hours.

When all the time is added up a typical Vancouver Wedding Photographer will spend 30 to 40 hours per wedding.

Your photographer is more that just your photographer for the day they are typically looked to for advice on how the day will run and what vendors to hire, the wedding photographer will generally become your portrait photographer for life, someone who documents your growing family for generations.

I was excited to work with the fabulous Fran Chelico for the wedding of Lucia-Anna and Bryce. The day started out at the beautiful St Francis of Assisi Parish in Vancouver followed by the reception at the Diamond Alumni Centre at SFU. Luckily the weather held up following the ceremony and we were able to catch some amazing light up at SFU for the portraits prior to the reception starting. I always love when I find new and exciting place to photograph couples on their wedding and Fran and I found a great spot to do some killer portraits of the pair. Here are some of the highlights from the day.

I always give myself little projects of the day when shooting, this wedding was reflections.