With just weeks until their wedding day, we headed out to shoot some engagment portraits to show off at their reception. And, can we just say, we love, love, love the pics they rocked in Edmonton’s river valley?! Beautiful.

We hope you can feel the love – and the heat – radiating off these two, and make sure to check back in a few weeks to see their wedding pics!

And, a special thanks to Amanda Babiak of Ultraviolet Photo for helping assist at this shoot!!

In addition to rocking their shoot, they also brought us some fun, by way of their adorable puppy, Guinness! Guinness is great, because like most photographers, he has a short attention span – ooh! A Squirrel! And, in this case we nearly lost him to the squirrels in the park, but I think we managed to hide that in the photos. Ha ha.

Take a look at a few of our favourite images from the shoot, and stay tuned for their upcoming wedding to hit the blog soon too!

Not only is this restaurant full of love and laughter, it’s full of AWESOME food, which was showered on us like we were one of their own family members. It was great; we even had enough for leftovers! YUM!

Jason’s brother and best man, Andrea (AndRAYa) – not to be mistaken with Jason’s fiance Andrea (AndREEa) – was already at the restaurant with Jason’s dad (and some awesome help staff) getting the bistro ready for the night’s opening. We included them in the shots below so you could get a sense of the humour, laughter, and personalities of this awesome family!

And, just so you don’t think we’re completely cheesy on our own, the title “It’s Amore” parallels the song that plays when you open Ragazzi’s website – we were linking the two… smart, huh? Enjoy!

Let’s start with an awesome pizza toss between the two original Pizza Boys!

This image below should have a photo caption contest, any suggestions?

Cheesy moment: A heart-shaped pizza

Cheesy moment: Yes, the initials had to go on too

Andrea laughing at Jason’s cheesy moments.

Andre saying the pizza is for him and Jason, not Andrea. haha.

Cheesy Moment: Jason proving the pizza is for his lovely fiance, AndREEa.

Jason’s hilarious Dad:

Doesn’t this just say: I am so proud of my kids!

YUM!

The best part: Eating it! This is where the pics of stop – we were too busy eating!

Thanks again to Aadil for helping us out! Here he is squished behind us in the kitchen!!

For now, check out these awesome shots we rocked in Edmonton’s Mill Creek ravine!

Thanks again to Aadil for helping us out with the shoot!! (see him in action below)

After hitting up the snowy trails of an obliging golf course, we headed to downtown Sylvan to drive out onto the frozen lake. There were a few other brave souls out on the ice, including skaters, quadders, ice-fishers, and cops patrolling the three. Derek’s son, Jakob, also joined us at the shoot in order to grab a few fun family photos, and after he’d had a chance to warm up from the frigid wind and temps, he had a blast on the ice.

Here are a few of our favourites from the day, we hope you enjoy the crisp, clear light in these snowy shots!