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Claire + Robert = Married!

Claire and Robert is MARRIED! Out of all the winter days we had in Vancouver, we got the most perfect one! Sky is clear, fog is gone, no snow, no slush! Yay! I had such an awesome day with Claire and Robert. They are the most fantastic people to work with! Did I mention that they are tall? Especially Robert who towers over me. I lost count how many things i’ve climbed that day to get a good perspective/angle of them. But it was all fun though. Ceremony and reception was at Brix Restaurant. We also did a “First Look” which I would totally recommend to everyone as it really helps with the logistics of the day!

Vanessa from Ning Photography second shot for me throughout the day and she did a fabulous job with the guys getting ready!

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What’s Canada’s favourite pastime? HOCKEY! It’s Hockey Day in Vancouver… dun dun dun…..(ignore me if you don’t know what I’m talking about)

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He shoots and scores!

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Okay on to the real stuff…

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Buff that shine out!

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Now, back to the girl’s getting ready.

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Room service! This looked so good! I was eyeing that last piece of pizza left, but no such luck for me. I was starving!

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Love these shoes, they were a million inches high! Say good bye to your feet Claire!

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Apparently, she is much smarter than that. She got these cute white ones for walking around. Love these too!

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Here is Claire’s mom’s muff from a long long time ago which we used for some photos! Everyone got a kick out of it when Claire explained this. :D

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Here’s mom and dad helping out with the dress.

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The only way to put on the garter is to prop up your leg onto the couch! Yes! Love that Claire!

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Claire walking from the Hotel to find Robert! First look time.

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Here we go! I was smiling ear to ear behind the camera right about……. NOW!

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So happy! Don’t mess up the makeup!

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Claire being Claire!

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Awesome wedding party! No one complained about the cold! Even when I took all the scarves and wrapped them around myself!

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What are these girls laughing at? Me? Oh wait, it’s just the boys….

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Let’s get warm!

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We’re now at Brix. Sun has set and it’s all dark now. Love the warm ambience here!

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The chandelier was so nice, just had to give it a bit of love!

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Moments before walking down the aisle.

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Great toast by David!

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Formals were so fun! We got into doing some fun stuff even with the parents!

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I got into the action too! Thanks Vanessa for taking this!

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Here’s the guest signature frame I did for the reception and also the engagement book on the right.

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Snacks and appy’s served all around. These were really yummy!

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One final one before the march in!

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You can see David waving in the window! HI!

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You know your speech is good when you get tears of laughter.

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One of Claire’s bestest friend!

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We got some crazy dancing afterwards! The dance floor was busssy!

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What’s better than a dancing bride? I jumping bride! JUMP JUMP JUMP! (Oh and I love a battle worn dress)

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It’s all filled up! I’m so happy!

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Congrats again Mr. and Mrs. McVeigh!

January 8, 2010 - 12:29 am Vanessa Ng - I'm so excited to finally see the whole story!! You've been a busy busy bee over there even while you are on vacation. Amazing work as always, loved Robert & Claire's wedding <3

January 8, 2010 - 10:50 am Kayci Gough - A-M-A-Z-I-N-G photos!!! What a beautiful wedding!!! The lighting in your photos is gorgeous!!!! Love them all!!

January 9, 2010 - 12:46 am Rita Leung - Love the pics! Great job! Can really see the love between Claire and Robert through the photographs :)

January 10, 2010 - 7:51 am Joe - The photos of their first glance are wonderful!

January 12, 2010 - 6:27 pm Robert McVeigh - The quality of the pictures that you have published have allowed me to re-live the day each time that I look at the pictures. Thank You very much for doing such an amazing job, both Derek and Vanessa.

January 18, 2010 - 5:35 pm Sandi - Wow...great job telling the story of this wedding through some amazing pictures! Nicely done!

January 19, 2010 - 3:54 pm Noah - I love the shot in the limo with the sparkling glasses. A great shot. Some great emotion in the other images, and nice coverage of the details too.

January 21, 2010 - 7:52 pm Tim Wild - Wow, beautiful images, and so many of them! I love that you captured all the little details :)

January 23, 2010 - 7:34 pm Martha H - Gorgeous wedding photos! First looks are always a great idea and so emotional -- love them!

January 26, 2010 - 1:18 pm Nicholas Bombich - great work. i love this wedding set. keep it up

January 28, 2010 - 1:33 pm Boundless Photos - Blimey thats a lot of shots to blog but awesome to be able to see the whole day like that and super shots they are too!

February 1, 2010 - 5:58 pm Kirk Mastin - Wow! What a great wedding. Your really captured the spirit of the day from start to finish.

February 1, 2010 - 10:51 pm Charlotte Geary in Colorado Springs - I love the photo with the sparkling glasses in the limo!!

February 3, 2010 - 10:50 am Scott Allan - Very nice... fun, energized, and complete. I really enjoyed your detail images.

February 6, 2010 - 7:45 pm Ted Johns - That is quite a blog post! So many photos! But when you've got so many gems, why not? Loved all of them.

February 9, 2010 - 11:02 am Brandon - You really told their story well...great set!

Jacklyn + Alex = Enagagement

Looking back at Jacklyn and Alex they share many similarities to me and Rita. I first met J+A in Richmond when they were planning their wedding. During the meeting we both thought each other looked very familiar. It turns out that we all went to the same highschool, RHS! GO COLTS! In fact, that is where Jacklyn and Alex met each other and started dating 8 years ago. Around the same time that me and Rita started dating too! In fact, they live just one street away from Rita! How amazing is that?

They just had their wedding recently at the Hilton! That’s coming up next! Here are their engagement out around the Gastown area.

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January 25, 2010 - 6:19 am Joe - What a sweet couple. Great job capturing their personalities and affection for each other.

February 6, 2010 - 7:48 pm Ted Johns - Beautiful engagement session!

Agnes + Michael = Engagement

Here are some of my favourites from Agnes and Michael’s engagement shoot! We headed out to the new convention centre out in Downtown Vancouver. It overlooks a beautiful view of the mountains and also peeks of Stanley Park as well. I really love what they have done around this area. It was years back when I remember it was still under construction. I didn’t even know they were building this. I finally got a chance to visit it when me and Rita went there to check out one of the Canstruction pieces that our friend help build. Anyways, A+M is getting married soon up top at Grouse Mountain. I can’t wait for it!

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January 7, 2010 - 11:35 pm Adam Cavanagh - Beautiful work. Really love the first photo :)

Crystal and Kai: Getaway honeymoon in Vancouver

I was contacted by a friend of Crystal and Kai that was coming to Vancouver after their recent wedding in Asia. I always photograph my couples before the wedding, during the wedding, and after the wedding. Never was I invited to participate in doing some photos during their honeymoon! (*hint hint*) It was such a blast.

I think a premise is in order. Crystal is an actress/singer in Asia. I was told that she recently starred in the movie Forbidden Kingdom with Jackie Chan and Jet Li. (One of the movies I actually watched!) So being in the spotlight more often than not, she wanted some unique photos on each of their honeymoon destination. Something you couldn’t get anywhere else! At their Vancouver stop, they wanted something that ties the west coast roots with their photos. So we decided on an aboriginal theme to the whole shoot. We rented some very authentic costumes here in Vancouver with some awesome headgear! And headed for some westcoast mountain views and……. TOTEM POLES!

I had to do some homework for this shoot totally! I found some historic native indian portraits that were done and I tried to replicate them in some of the shots there. You’ll see most of them are in sepia and has a sense of grit and edginess in the male portraits. It was so fun and hard trying to do the serious looking shots. All in all, I think we got some really great shots. They really loved it!

Here’s what we got for the day:


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After a long day of shooting…. it was hot in those costumes!
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January 6, 2010 - 11:53 am Jeannine - What a unique shoot! Awesome photos!!!

January 23, 2010 - 4:10 pm Mark Andrew Higgins - I love couples that have a sense of who they are and nothing bets their personality shining through in a photo shoot.

February 4, 2010 - 7:22 am Rich Pizzuti - Amazing session here!Phenomenal portrait lighting and an engagement session they will never forget, great work!

Pre-Engagement Shoot -> Engagement Shoot – Tanya and Dustin

So here’s the story! Dustin contacted me a couple weeks back about doing some photos of him and his ‘girlfriend’ Tanya. With him being in Kamloops, we exchanged emails about a million time to stamp out the details! The plan was to go around Vancouver, take some photos, and at the end surprise Tanya with a marriage proposal! How awesome is that!?!

I was so psyched up for this shoot and was mentally preparing myself so I would not say anything to give it away! After all, we did called it a portrait session the whole time! So here goes…



Love this! 1 pose 4 look!


Did I mention that I love lens flares? I caught this awesome one here!




This was so funny. See the shadow? That’s my head! I was trying  to hide behind the seawall so that I’m not in the shot. With only my head peeking up, this well dressed dog gave me a weird look. There’s Tanya and Dustin on the top right.




We finally got to the beach! Our destination for proposal-ville!
I think Tanya is about the cry here…
SHE SAID YES!!





Congrats again Tanya and Dustin! Thanks for having me capture all the sweet moments! Give me a shout when you’ve set a date!

December 10, 2009 - 10:10 am fran chelico - these are beautiful! what a great moment to capture! congrats!

December 10, 2009 - 11:05 am Kayci - Awe! What a great thing to be able to photograph! Love it! oo and your sun flare is pretty!

December 10, 2009 - 3:00 pm Heather J - That is so sweet. Awesome photos!

December 10, 2009 - 3:25 pm Tanya - Thanks so much Derek! The day was perfect and a lot of fun. Can't wait to see all of the other shots!

December 19, 2009 - 12:20 pm Tony Cooper - Love the use of architectural angles... that stairway shot is really great.

December 21, 2009 - 3:51 pm Dennis Gignac - What a great engagement session! I love the #4 and #5 images.

December 23, 2009 - 1:31 pm Paul Mock - Gorgeous photos Derek!

December 29, 2009 - 2:56 pm Ted Johns - Was this really a surprise? That would be an awesome idea, to encourage the surprise engagement during a portrait session. Awesome pics!

December 31, 2009 - 7:26 am Bob - North Carolina - These are really nice. How fun for the couple and the photographer.

December 31, 2009 - 8:29 pm derek@generation - Hey Ted, this was really a surprise! I loved the idea!

January 17, 2010 - 10:48 am Mark - What a beautiful couple, the shots at Stanley Park look colourful and stunning!

Real Weddings Magazine – Featured!

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Woohoo! We’re featured in the latest edition of Real Weddings magazine! Congrats to Krista and David as they are the stars! This year we only had time to submit one of our engagement shoots to Real Weddings. Being only allowed to sent one shot per engagement, it was such a tough choice. If you saw their pics, there was a million to choose from! I’m glad we got the right one! I can’t wait for their wedding next year!

Real Weddings Magazine Engagement section

PS. We still have a couple of copies left in our studio! So, if you are coming by, be sure to grab one!

December 23, 2009 - 11:36 pm Windsor Wedding Photographer - Congrats on being publshed! A great image too!

January 4, 2010 - 2:28 pm Ted Johns - Very nice work!

Chrissie + Lex = Engagement

This was one awesome shoot. Meeting for the first time, I didn’t know what to expect. But one look and this couple’s got a unique style to them. We started out in Yaletown and then headed up to Gastown when the light dropped. We really like to draw from each couple’s personality in our engagement shoots. I think we got their soft side and their edgier side.

The funniest thing happened when Lex ran to fill up the parking meter while me and Chrissie was just waiting around. An “up and coming” photographer chatted up Chrissie to do some photos in the future……..while I was standing right there with camera in hand. Umm Hello! At least acknowledge my existence! Anyways….

Last couple of shots in Gastown was with street light only and I totally pulled off the impossible. Good thing I had my favourite lens with me. Gotta give it a good cleaning tonight!

Their wedding is coming up in a couple of weeks and I can’t wait to be working with Chrissie and Lex again!









November 20, 2009 - 4:51 pm Katya Nova - Awesome job, Derek! Love the urban moody feel... So funny re 'up and coming' colleague - common sense much?!

December 10, 2009 - 11:08 pm Cynthia - Wow.... these are like magazine photos, nice shoot!!!

December 29, 2009 - 1:32 pm Patti Wallington (Niagara Falls wedding planner) - What a great engagement photo session. I love all of the shots, they're very unique but certainly show off the personality of the couple. Great job!!

January 20, 2010 - 9:09 pm Mo G - That's a great engagement session. Keep up the great work!! Dig your stuff.

Claire + Robert = Engagement at Van Dusen Gardens

Fall is one of my favorite season for photos! The colors are always soooo pretty and it’s just the right temperature to break out the jackets! Van Dusen was awesome as usual! So much variety there and we actually caught it on a semi sunny day! Claire and Robert will be getting married soon at Brix Restaurant in Yaletown just after X’mas! Here’s the engagement shots!








December 29, 2009 - 1:03 pm Allen - Gorgeous engagement images Derek - I love the ones backlit by the sun and how the light filters down on them - beautiful :)

January 18, 2010 - 1:25 pm Jordan Berry - Beautiful pictures! You're so talented!