Alanna & Jeremy’s Spoke Club Wedding, Toronto

Spoke Club Wedding | Jessica Blaine Smith

Alanna and Jeremy are married! These two are fast movers and were engaged within a year and a half of dating. I’m a big believer in “you know when you know” and these two followed their hearts. When you see Alanna and Jeremy together, you realise how perfectly they fit together and it is such a wonderful thing to witness. Their wedding took place at the Spoke Club in downtown Toronto. Their ceremony was held on the beautiful rooftop patio and their portraits were done in the surrounding area. I love photographing wedding portraits in urban areas because of the contrast between the fancy dress and the dirty background. Alanna’s dress was gorgeous and I love that there was mint in her bouquet – it smelled amazing! Congratulations, Alanna & Jeremy! It was an honour to capture your wedding for you.

Dress: Dolly Pearl
Hair: Rachelle White Wind
Makeup: Ashleigh Scott
Flowers: Coriander Girl
Officiant: Rudy Heezen
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One Year Old Egan at Home, Toronto

One Year Old Portrait | Jessica Blaine Smith

You probably recognise this family as I have been photographing these awesome people since Kathryn and Ryan’s wedding back in 2010. Egan recently had his first birthday and the entire extended family – great grandparents and all! –  got together to celebrate! Big brother Arlo is now three and I cannot believe how big both boys are getting. It is so fun to watch them grow!
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Lindsay & Brett | Engagement Portraits at High Park, Toronto

High Park Engagement Portraits | Jessica Blaine SmithSome of you are going to recognise these people! Firstly, because they are both photographers and secondly, because Lindsay photographs a lot of my weddings with me! She has been shooting with me for a few years now and in a month, we’ll be celebrating at her own wedding!

In July we photographed a wedding together and on the drive home, we were talking about my own recent engagement portrait session that I had with the awesome Mexican photographer Fer Juaristi. I said how it was such a great experience to be photographed like that. To have an hour together with just us and a photographer. To be photographed in our regular everyday clothes. To make portraits in our own neighbourhood. Images that really represent us. After that conversation, we decided that her and Brett needed to do their own engagement session so last week we met up at High Park to make some portraits. They chose High Park as the location because this is where they like to go to relax together. It’s always fun to photograph people who you know so well. I met Brett before they started dating and when I was looking for a new assistant, he told me that I had to hire his then new girlfriend. I’m so glad that I took him up on that. It’s been fun to watch their relationship grow and I cannot wait to be a guest at their wedding in August!

I think that engagement portrait sessions are important. I also think that by doing them, your wedding photos become all that much better. From this day forward, I am including a complimentary engagement session when you book any of my Wedding Collections. Let’s make some portraits together.
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Veronica & Brendan’s Wedding at the Walper Hotel, Kitchener

Walper Hotel Wedding | Jessica Blaine SmithVeronica and Brendan are married! Their wedding took place on a gorgeous Saturday in July. Seriously, the weather could not have been better! They had a big wedding party with seven bridesmaids and seven groomsmen which made the portrait part of the day a lot of fun! What was also fun was that they rented a city bus to transport the entire crew around. Their ceremony was held at Our Lady of Lourdes Church in Waterloo which is the church where Veronica’s parents also got married. I loved that! After the ceremony we headed to The Clay and Glass Museum to do portraits before heading to their reception at the beautiful Walper Hotel in Kitchener. Congratulations Veronica and Brendan!

Florist: Pink Poppi
Decor: Hollywood Weddings

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Kid Portraits | Li’l K Turns Eight!

Kid Portraits | Jessica Blaine Smith

Today is my awesome niece’s eighth birthday! I always like to do a little blog post to celebrate her as I know that a lot of my regular blog readers have followed along with my photos of her over the years. I cannot believe that she is now eight. I still remember meeting her in the hospital when she was only an hour old. I had no idea then how much she would change my life. Li’l K is one of the kindest humans out there. She has a huge heart and is always ready for a good laugh. She is a fresh graduate of grade two and is currently conquering taekwondo, one belt at a time. At a recent open house at her school, her teacher told me that Li’l K is good at everything that she sets out to do. It was all I could do to not tear up. I am one proud Auntie. Happy Birthday, Li’l K!

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