Diamonds Photography Inc. Blog http://diamondsphotography.com/blog Wedding & Portrait Photographers in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada & the World! Wed, 08 Sep 2010 03:24:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Lyle & Laurie’s Love Day! http://diamondsphotography.com/blog/2010/09/lyle-lauries-love-day/ http://diamondsphotography.com/blog/2010/09/lyle-lauries-love-day/#comments Wed, 08 Sep 2010 03:24:49 +0000 Dan & Rachel http://diamondsphotography.com/blog/?p=1985 What is it about wedding photography that draws a person in? Is it the couple? Is it the joy? Is it the sweet, intimate moments shared between lovers that were caught on film? Whatever it is, Lyle and Laurie had it in spades. Their day was just perfection – and they trooped through formals despite the fact that there were 20+ other weddings at the Alberta Legislature grounds with us!

Here are a few of our favs from their big day o’ love. Hope you enjoy them!

Thanks again to our awesome and super strong assistant Aadil for helping us out!! Here he is with one of his pics:

]]> http://diamondsphotography.com/blog/2010/09/lyle-lauries-love-day/feed/ 0 Dustyn & Collette’s Smokin’ Engagement Session http://diamondsphotography.com/blog/2010/09/dustyn-collettes-smokin-engagement-session/ http://diamondsphotography.com/blog/2010/09/dustyn-collettes-smokin-engagement-session/#comments Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:36:09 +0000 Dan & Rachel http://diamondsphotography.com/blog/?p=1960 Not only are these two smokin’ themselves, but during this shoot Edmonton was in the midst of a severe air warning as giant plumes of smoke were making their way over to us from forest fires burning in British Columbia.

The smoke (though light in these pictures) did some incredible things to Edmonton’s light. It went hazy, soft, and RED. Yes, RED. It made for some interesting changes to our photos that we’ve never seen before. We hope you enjoy the hazy burnt goodness evident in these pics – and remember, we didn’t use any red/orange/yellow filters on these pics – this was actually the light!!

We hope you love your truly unique photos, Dustyn and Collette! You two deserve the hot, sultry, smokiness of this light. It fit you two perfectly. Here are a few of our favs!!

We metered for the red light here, so you could see just how hazy red it was!!

Did I mention they were HOT? Steeeeaaaammmy.

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Take a look at a few of our favs from their session, and stay tuned for their newborn photoshoot that will probably show up in just a few weeks (whenever their lil’ one decides to make an appearance)!

]]> http://diamondsphotography.com/blog/2010/08/joel-mandys-sweet-country-maternity-shoot/feed/ 2 Grady Turns 1! http://diamondsphotography.com/blog/2010/08/grady-turns-1/ http://diamondsphotography.com/blog/2010/08/grady-turns-1/#comments Sat, 28 Aug 2010 22:51:02 +0000 Dan & Rachel http://diamondsphotography.com/blog/?p=1919 We did photos for Greg, Carrie and Grady last year when Grady was just a few weeks old – if you didn’t see that session check it out here. Now, he’s ONE! It’s shocking how time flies!!

We hit up a spray park and an obliging field for these family portraits. We had such a blast trying to get Grady to giggle – STINKY FEET! And, when Greg accidentally set off the spray park while we were in it, we all made a mad dash laughing and trying to cover our gear. As you’ll see from our iPhone pics below…we saved the gear, but couldn’t save ourselves. Grady’s face shows it the best!!

Hope you enjoy these!!

Here’s Grady running from the water!!

iPhone pic!! Rachel didn’t make it out as fast as Grady:

iPhone Pic!! Dan shooting while Rachel dried the rest of the gear off:

]]> http://diamondsphotography.com/blog/2010/08/grady-turns-1/feed/ 1 Jason & Andrea’s It’s Amore Wedding! http://diamondsphotography.com/blog/2010/08/jason-andreas-its-amore-wedding/ http://diamondsphotography.com/blog/2010/08/jason-andreas-its-amore-wedding/#comments Fri, 27 Aug 2010 15:28:09 +0000 Dan & Rachel http://diamondsphotography.com/blog/?p=1881 Wow, it’s been a while since we got a post up! Don’t worry, there are a LOT more to come! For now, we’re happy to show you some of our favourites from Jason & Andrea’s absolute blast of a wedding day!!!

You might remember Jason & Andrea from their two awesome engagement sessions: It’s Amore, Pizza Parlour Shoot & It’s Amore Engagement Portraits. They were a wonderful couple to shoot then, and they only surpassed it for their wonderful wedding day.

We spent the day with the couple as they got ready, got married, got pics, and got their party on! We felt like family by the end, and we were so blessed to have been part of their day!

We love you guys, and we hope you like your sneak peek at your wedding day!

One of Aadil’s shots:

The Coolest Wedding Crew Evah! From left: Richard & Ryan (Q Digital Design Ltd.), Aadil (badass asst.), Rachel & Dan (us)

Thanks again to Aadil for helping us out, here he is as usual, with one of his awesome shots!

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