In case you missed their engagement images, Greg and Vanessa first met in elementary school – where Greg had a serious crush on her. Their lives went on however and it was until three years ago when Alex, Vanessa’s maid of honour, reunited them.  Needless to say things blossomed from there. Talk about a love story!

I thoroughly enjoyed hanging out with Vanessa and Greg and their rocking bridal party and I can not be more happy for this marvelous couple. You can tell just how much Greg adores Vanessa by how he looks at her  - my heart almost popped when I took some of the images below and this was so apparent.  Vanessa vibrant smile whenever he is in the room is unmistakable.

Needless to say I had a hard time cutting down on the number of images. So enjoy!

This is Vanessa through and through. Turns out she has had this expression for the camera since a very, very young age. Gotta love a girl with character!

Okay grandma’s are typically awesome to start with but Vanessa’s grandma was something special. When she was putting the heirloom necklace on the bride it accidently slipped and she declared, “Well look at that dear, it fits perfectly in there!” – I just adore her grin.

Oh I just have to include an outtake here and there.

This is what happens when one talks before thinking. Perhaps saying “Vanessa, you should be a bride more often” should translate into “Vanessa, you should marry Greg every year”

Huge thanks to Terence for helping me out that and photographing some of the images below!

Congratulations you two! I cannot thank you enough for allowing me to be part of your wedding day!

Every single detail was orchestrated just marvelously on November 21. The very smallest details were carefully arranged and the venues could not have suited the day better.  Alyssa’s dress was absolutely divine – I am pretty certain Vogue would be more then obliging to feature her on the front cover. Luke’s ridiculously talented mother not only altered Alyssa’s dress to make it uniquely her own but she also handmade all of the bridesmaids’ dresses and the flower girls’ dresses!  To make this even more amazing, three of the four bridesmaids were not available for fittings or measurements until the week before.

I could hardly wait to blog these. As I edited each and every one I wanted to do an individual post like the sneak peek. Alas, I restrained myself. Well, if restraint is staying up until 4am to continue editing then yes, I did restrain myself.  So, here they are!

Enjoy and feel free to leave a comment!

Alyssa and Marlene first met while at school in New Zealand and Marlene made the trip all the way from Germany to be part of Alyssa’s wedding.

The highlight of every bride’s morning while getting ready for her wedding day just has to be that moment of putting the dress on –  it’s a moment where excitement and reality collide. Alyssa’s bridesmaids of course added a dash of humour.

Here is Alyssa’s oldest brother seeing her for the very first time.

Little people are awesome. I just adore how grown up they look in their suits and dresses and I can’t help but just hear the the adult conversation in the classic Peanut comic strips “wawawawa” tone from their perspective.

A huge ‘thank-you’ to Drew for helping me out that day. He took this absolutely fan-tabulous shot from the balcony!

Alyssa chose her friends well! Her bridesmaids were absolutely marvelous and were doting on her the entire day

I am so pumped to share this wedding tid-bit that really put Luke and Alyssa’s bridal party in a whole new level of awesomeness – Luke’s father was also his best man. How amazing is that? To me that just speaks volumes about his character :)

These two were stopping traffic. Literally. Whoops! What I absolutely adored (well, one of many things) about photographing Alyssa and Luke is that they are so flipping natural. Without cue they would just cuddle in. They just enjoyed themselves! This moment was so no cued and look at how adorable they are!

The bridal party were troopers! Absolutely amazing. It was balmy for November but still a somewhat frigid 2°C. After being outside for a bit, the lovely ladies working at Roots invited everyone in to thaw. Thanks!

boys…

Who doesn’t love a good dosage of car headlight-age eh?

You can just sense how close father and daughter are from the way he looks at her – I do not think he could be more proud of her.

Congratulations Alyssa and Luke! I am so thankful I was able to be a small part of your day!