Cara and Leon booked us for their wedding day in October, and they wanted to capture the urban Toronto in early spring for the engagement session. And they specifically wanted the pictures to be in black and white. So we came down to Union Station and captured the following.

For most photoshoot locations we would usually pick a time when there are few people around. That applies for most parks and some places of interests. This not only ensures we do not waste time on waiting for people to pass by, but also elimitate the chances of us capturing perfect emotions and expressions with some random people in the picture.

However for many urban streets and transit junctions such as Union Station, people in the background just enrich the picture with the perfect sense.

Many think that winters in Toronto are long and unbearable, and there are just nothing to be exited about it. Ella and Ricky  proved them wrong. We started the day in Ella’s condominium by the lake near Etobicoke. Having the urban view of downtown Toronto as the backdrop through the huge windows, the girls arrived early to dress up and prepare the so-called “door games” for Ricky to complete. The east facing apartment facilitated us with much natural sunlight for our pictures and videos. The guys rushed in later, and was ordered to put on the props and dance for the chance to see his beautiful wife-to-be.

We headed to the Old Mill Inn after the traditional Chinese Tea Ceremony. The wedding chapel in the Old Mill Inn has been an all time favorite for couples in the GTA. The photo session that followed went great, thanks to the fun loving bridesmaids and groomsmen. Given the temperature, we were only outdoor in the garden for a couple of minutes and most pictures were taken indoor. We actually borrowed a half set up banquet hall for some of the pictures and they turned out to be real nice.

The reception was held in Crown Prince Fine Dining and Banquet near Victoria Park and McNicoll in North York. The decorators twisted the golden theme in this Chinese restaurant with some purple, which was in our opinions one of the best combinations of colors.

Many chooses to get married in winter time because they feel the world becomes less noisy and more romantic when covered in white. Xiang and Yao, his fiancee who travelled back from Ottawa, had their simple yet elegant ceremony on this lovely winter day.

The Chinese wedding started from Yao’s home with a really short set of door games that ended almost as soon as it started as Xiang and his brothers broke into the house.

The wedding party then headed to Graydon Hall Manor for the wedding ceremony. The Graydon Hall is located in a populated residential area near Don Mills and Highway 404. Many who lived in that area, including the cinematographer at Yao and Xiang’s wedding were not aware of the existence of such a nice wedding location amongest these apartment buildings.