Vancouver Wedding Photographer & Wedding Videography by Tomasz Wagner

If you take a quick glance at my engagement and wedding photographs, you’ll notice I take a decidedly Fine Art photography approach and style.

I had a wonderful time photographing Jessica and Mike even with the less than stellar weather we had last weekend. In fact, the weather helped convey the mood convincingly well as the two wouldn’t leave each other’s side in an effort to cure the common goosebump with body heat!

We all started our morning early at one end of Iona Beach, just around the banks of the airport. I love this location because it has this unkempt and natural feel I like in beaches. While I froze my tail off in a sweater, Jessica and Mike showed up casually dressed and had no problem bearing the cold without getting out of character. We shared our stories, uncontrollable laughs, sentimental moments, and at the end of our session we all walked away having felt the pleasure of getting to know each other on a more personal level. On their wedding day, we joked that Mike would come down from the sky in his white robe and command the ceremony with his 12 apostles. Please?!

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An amazing year, not just for my travels but what I would consider my best wedding photography to date.

I have to thank all of you for an eventful 2012 of travel and weddings because it wouldn’t have been possible without my readers, supporters, and wedding clients. Because of all of you, I can keep perfecting my craft and providing you with my best wedding photography as well as personal work, and when I get the opportunity to mesh travel, weddings, and photography I can’t contain my excitement. This year, I’ve been fortunate to photograph intense and vibrant Indian ceremonies, enjoy the elegance and grit of downtown Vancouver, create adventures in Peru, Bolivia, and Chile, and soak in some sunshine in Maui for a beach wedding. The year was filled with lots of soul-searching and I am fortunate to have met so many like-minded, passionate individuals, at home and abroad, during this process. The drive to create my best possible photography will never diminish.

A huge, heartfelt thanks to all those who came out to help. You know who you are.

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I was honoured to receive an invite to join friends, Jayme and Corey, as their destination wedding photographer in Maui. They were married under the warm island sun, with the swaying palm trees, and by an endless ocean view.

That ecstatic feeling of receiving an initial email from a potential wedding client is still not lost on me and will probably never be. The messages always differ from couple to couple (this is one of the reasons being a wedding photographer is so interesting) and they allow me the opportunity to connect and share my visual stories. Things get a little different when I find out about an opportunity to travel for a wedding: I can’t contain my excitement. I really just can’t and it’s such a great feeling. When Jayme and Corey approached me about documenting their wedding in Maui because of things falling through in their plans, how could I not jump on the occasion? After sorting things out in a few short days, I was off to Maui.

As a wedding photographer, spending a few days with the wedding party is a way to build rapport with everyone. It then becomes more than just interacting with the couple and getting to know them better specifically; the collective experience of celebrating love is, by far, one of the best things about my job.

If you’re thinking of having your own destination wedding, or better yet, you’re staying home and “home” happens to be Bali, Iceland, or Australia, feel free to give me a shout. I would be honoured (and more than a little excited) to hear from you.

Tomasz Wagner | Mananetwork

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This is the kind of wedding that I get a little more excited about as a wedding photographer. Mubarak and Andrew appreciate the simple things in life and that common trait was mirrored in the celebration of their love. From their neat and minimalist abode to the laid back and comfortably pleasant wedding at Brix Restaurant in Vancouver, which was made private for the smaller event, I couldn’t help but enjoy my time documenting their special day.

Opting for a bit more of a modern vibe, accented with some of the essential Indian wedding traditions, ensured that both sides of the family could enjoy the evening to the fullest. This was not the type of affair to be fretted over or scrutinized to the very last detail and once the ceremony and formalities were over, everyone was set to mingle and socialize well into the night. Cultural differences, lost in a wash of merriment and dancing, were the last thing on anyone’s mind as our very own Polaroid Photobooth captured the more candid and silly moments between friends and family alike. The sounds of dancing and and barely contained laughter could be heard from across the street!

Looking back over these images I can’t help but smile as I remember the events of that day. Big thanks to Simran Pawa of Shadi Mubarak South Asian Wedding Planners for your assistance at the Brix Restaurant, AJ for covering the day as secondary shooter, and Amy of All & Sundry for assisting with the Polaroid Photobooth.

Tomasz Wagner | Mananetwork

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