Ceilidh & Marc

19 Aug

Engagement / Photographed by Chelsea Grey / Montreal, Qc. / Sunday, July 24th 2011

July was gorgeous in

Montreal so Ceilidth and Marc took me out to Mount Royal's Beaver Lake for some picnic shots one Sunday, followed by a pint at the site of their first date: Hurley's. The photographic

highlight of the day for me was spotting the giant smoke billowing from a family's BBQ, and the sunlight that shone right through it in beams. Gorgeous!

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Parmal & Karndeep

16 Aug

Wedding / Photographed by Chelsea Gray & Neel Mehra / Montreal, Qc / Sunday, July 3rd 2011

While Elizabeth and Daniel were reveling in the sun with Rachelle+Mitch, Neel and I were suited up in our headscarves for Parm and Karn's full day of traditional Sikh ceremonies. The start of

the day was with the Barat (the groom's family dancing together while the groom arrives on a horse to be received by the bride's family) followed by the Anand Karaj which was held inside a beautifully decorated tent on the grounds of the John Abbott campus and was followed by lunch nearby. While most guests were dining, our bride and groom made their way to their childhood homes for the official "Departure of Doli", when the bride formally departs from her home to enter into her new family, with the groom. It was a very touching moment, with many tears, so brace yourself for some emotional shots below. By the time the bride and groom had changed into their second outfits, their guests were mingling in the warm breeze at the Old Port's beautiful terrace of the Belvedere,  as sitar players strummed and blue cocktails were passed to everyone. I can speak for both Neel and I that we truly felt like family by the end of the day. Thank you so much, Parm+Karn!

• Event coordinator: Tania at BLANC Events /
• Furniture: LUXE rentals /
• DJ: JIVA productions /

 

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Jean-Michel & Rachelle

28 Jul

Wedding / Photographed by Elizabeth Delage & Daniel Francis Haber / Ile-Sainte-Helene / Sunday, July 3rd 2011

July 3rd 2011 called for rain... BIG rain, and thunderstorms, but the skies opened up miraculously by the morning and we were treated to one of the most beautiful warm, sunny Saturdays of the month ! Rachelle and Jean-Michel (aka Mitch) wed quietly, surrounded by family and friends under the swaying willows of Ile-Sainte-Helene, followed by a cocktail hour and reception hosted by Montreal's infallible AVOCADO caterers at the Toundra (former Canadian Pavilion at Expo '67).  The site brought out an incredibly sentimental moment for Rachelle's father, whom cheap auto insurance quotes 44 years ago, on the exact same day was discovering the Pavilion for the first time at Expo '67. During his speech he expressed his utmost joy that never had he imagined he would be celebrating not only his birthday, but the wedding

of his daughter at  the same site he adored as a child...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Karen & Archangelo

19 Jul

Engagement / Photographed by Chelsea Gray / Montreal, Qc. /

Wednesday, July 13th 2011

 

For our engagement shoots, I've been dying to try something new this summer, so the annual "L'International des Feux Loto-Québec" was the perfect event for me to switch up the gears and test out shooting at night under crazy lighting conditions. Karen and Archangelo were totally on board with the idea, and chose ITALY's night (a nod to Archie's heritage), so we set off to climb the Jacques Cartier bridge for the best view. By the time we found the most unobstructed view on the bridge, so did the rest of Montreal apparently (!) so I started to panic slightly that all our shots would either have children running through them or the bridge's barrier fence would overshadow our couple. I decided to hit the pavement and shoot as high as I could into the sky and completely avoid the crowd, all the while, cursing softly every time the flash wouldn't go off while debris flew into my eyes

and now deafened ears....But it worked! And we had a blast...Success!

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