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Jason & Danielle :: Married!!

Rebecca Whitney — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 15:58:44 +0000

Meet Jason and Danielle!! I first met these two last year when I photographed Jason’s sister’s wedding – and it was so wonderful to see Jill and Ian again! I got to know them more when we met last fall to talk about their own upcoming wedding, and I fell in love with them so quickly, they’re so cute and fun and real and have the best energy between and surrounding them!! I was so looking forward to their wedding day! We kept planning their engagement session only to have the terribly rainy spring always mess with our plans, so we get to do a fun after wedding shoot with them instead which will be so fabulous!!

Danielle was one of the coolest brides ever, and most relaxed and go-with-the-flow, just so cute and positive and excited! I felt like I just wanted to sit and hang out with her! She was even doing the dishes after her hair was done!! Seriously, she has the best energy and I think it would be impossible to not be happy when you’re around her, she’s that wonderful. She was so cute when she first saw her hair, I loved her reactions!! And she was so calm as she did her makeup, so relaxed, and then she even did one of her bridesmaid’s makeup! Everyone was so excited and happy, and yes there were a few tears as well, especially after Danielle put on her dress. It was a perfect morning!

Jason was a little nervous when I first saw him at the church, but as soon as he saw Danielle walking down the aisle and he went to meet her in the middle, I think everything was all perfect for him. There were some tears and also some laughter during their ceremony, and a high-five by Jason and Danielle after the kiss! They were so cute walking back down the aisle, so so so happy!! After some fun family formals, we headed to the Exchange for some group photos and then lots of time with just Jason and Danielle, it was so relaxed and fun, and they have the best laughs together so are such a joy for me to photograph – cause laughter is my absolute favorite!!

The reception was held at the Hotel Fort Garry and was filled with great food, beauty, laughs, tears, and more laughs. And I loved that Danielle had a second dress, a cute, short and flirty white dress, for the reception!! Their whole day was so fun and such a perfect day, happy, joyous, relaxed, and fun! I was so honored and happy to be a part of it, as well as to see Jason’s family again and some familiar faces!

A special note – I had the honor of working with At First Sight Cinematography for the first time and I was absolutely blown away by their Same Day Edit that they premiered during the reception. It was such amazing art, and such a wonderful keepsake of the day for Jason and Danielle to have along side their photos. I so highly recommend checking them out, they were wonderful to work with, and their art is incredible!

Here are some of the other wonderful vendors, check them out when you have a chance! ::

Videographer :: At First Sight Cinematography
Bridal Gown :: Jessica’s Bridal
Bridesmaid Dresses :: Helene’s Bridal
Tux Rentals :: Moore’s
Hair :: Marlow Updo
Flowers :: Elizabeth’s Floral Shop
Transportation :: Hollywood Limo
Ceremony :: Holy Cross Church, Father Martin
Reception :: Hotel Fort Garry
Cupcakes :: Tricia Geurts
DJ :: Nu Frequency

Thank you so much to Jason and Danielle, and to your families as well. I loved playing a part at your wedding and think the world of both of you!! I’m looking forward to your engagement shoot this summer, too!!

For Jason and Danielle’s family and friends, if you would like to pre-register to be notified when all the photos are available for viewing, please CLICK HERE! Thanks!!

And now here are a few of my favorites from the day, enjoy your sneak peek!!

They’re so cute!!!

To clarify, I set the below shot up, in actuality I hardly even knew these guys were there!

I LOVE these next two photos!!!

Amelie & Ellyce :: Winnipeg Family Photography

Rebecca Whitney — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 18:24:49 +0000

Jody and I became friends with Jason & MaryAnne in 2008, when Jody did a huge renovation on the second floor of their house, and also earlier put in a bathroom on the main floor. He’d always come home and tell me how they were such good people, so fun, so nice, so smart, etc. And he always raved about their little girl, Amelie, who was I think 2 1/2 or 3 at the time – he’d say she was the cutest and best behaved little girl ever! Amelie was scared of Jody at first and that went on for awhile I think, and then she started referring to him as “The Man” (I love that!!!), and finally she got to the point of calling him Jody! I was so happy when I finally got to meet the family, and was equally impressed, they’re just the best of people and so wonderful, and so fun, and so interesting! And I also love that Jason and MaryAnne are both naturopathic doctors, I just listen and listen and try to get any knowledge I can from them in that area!

Little Ellyce (Lee Lee) arrived in late August 2008, and she was just a wee teensy little baby when they came over on the night of our wedding on September 2nd! I took some family photos and newborn photos soon after that (when I was just starting out in my own business!) – it’s incredible to look back and see all of Lee Lee’s dark newborn hair, and now I see how much Amelie has grown and changed!! I saw Amelie and Lee Lee two or three times after that, over the next year, and Lee Lee was growing into such a happy little girl! And Amelie was such a good big sister!

I was so excited to go spend more time with them to take lots of photos of the girls and some family photos! I love seeing both how similar Amelie and Lee Lee look, but also how different their personalities are. Amelie is so so so cute and pretty, and so animated and I love all the silly faces she makes!! And it’s so funny to me how much she loves TimBits!! I have so many photos of her going to the TimBits box! And little Lee Lee is such a happy little girl, she smiles so much, she’s so cuddly (I got to hold her and I loved it!!!!!!), and she seems so laid back and just so happy!

I’m trying out a new feature in the updated blog theme I use, so instead of having this be a long post with lots of photos, they’ll be in a kind of slideshow. And then I made a cool slideshow that I’ve embedded below that! So often with sessions, especially family sessions, there’s just so many expressions and fun and different thing, so I love how slideshows tell the story of the day so well!

And here’s a cool slideshow with more fun photos!! If for some reason the embedding doesn’t work well, you can go here to view it as well.

Amelie & Ellyce from Rebecca Whitney on Vimeo.

Thank you so much to Jason, MaryAnne, Amelie & Lee Lee – you’re all so wonderful and I love seeing you all!!!

Dodd Family Fun!!

Rebecca Whitney — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:22:01 +0000

Meet the Dodd family!! We met up at the Quarry in Stonewall a while back for some family photos!! It was an absolutely gorgeous and sunny day for the fall, and we had such a good time. Little Elle, who I first met in October of 2008, had grown so much and I loved seeing her running around and talking, she’s so adorable!!! You’ll see some more photos of her very soon, too! And I found out recently that Gisele and Dan are expecting their first baby!!! Congratulations you two, I’m so happy and excited for you and all you have to look forward to!!!

Thank you so much you all!! Here are just a few of my favorites from the day!!

I LOVE this!!! Elle was giving kisses to her grandma and grandpa and then came for me, too!

Protected: Random December Photos

Rebecca Whitney — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 23:33:33 +0000