12 real weddings
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Lisa Gratton of Ophelia Photography is a wedding
photographer specializing in people and editorial
imagery. Running a client-friendly, service-oriented
business she believes that great creativity often is the
result of team e…ort and values working closely with
her clients. When she's not photographing weddings
she's chilling with her cat Poppy and her husband
Matt. Lisa shot this issue's "Old World Romance" style
feature on page 54.
opheliaphotography@gmail.com or opheliaphotography.com
Husband and wife Shari and Mike Vallely of Shari
+ Mike Photographers are award-winning
photographers based in Vancouver. With a passion for
life and a love for people, Shari and Mike desire to tell
the stories of their couples through fresh, fun and
authentic imagery. –e pair captured the chic modern
celebration of Alexandra Collins and Nick Bonnesen
on page 26.
info@shariandmike.ca or shariandmike.ca
Named among the Canada Photo Convention's Top
30 Canadian wedding photographers under 30 in
2014, John Bello strives to capture weddings in an
intimate and organic way. John photographed the
Vancouver portion of Fred Lee and Joshua McVeity's
intimate two-part wedding celebration on page 50.
info@johnbello.ca or johnbello.ca
Sandra Leung is the owner and principal
photographer of Yaletown Wedding Gallery. For over
a decade she has been celebrating life and love through
her camera lens by creating artistic fashion-
photojournalistic wedding images. Sandra has
photographed weddings throughout North America
and Asia and her work has been featured in many
popular wedding publications. Her latest feature is the
Grouse Mountain wedding of Andrea Lo and Reuben
Cox on page 47.
info@ytweddinggallery.com or yaletownweddinggallery.com
Butter Studios is well known for their innovation,
experience and talent. Gina and Chris Chong
provide their clients with a modern, fresh and timeless
ªair to ensure the memories of their big day last a
lifetime. You can view their talented work in the
colourful wedding of Chelsea Yamashiro and Isaac
Lang on page 31.
info@butterstudios.ca or butterstudios.ca
David Fierro is a professional photographer who
has been creating beautiful images for the past 20
years. His work has been featured nationally, and he
was recently awarded a gold medal by Graphis
Magazine for a beauty editorial. He has started
directing video, and is excited about the future. In
this issue, David shot the "State of Grace" gown
feature beginning on page 64.
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Sweet Life Photography's Jaleen Lessard is happy
to document stories for her clients – clients who often
become friends and want to share their stories, being
engagements, weddings, maternity, newborns or
family portraits anytime. Most clients who work with
Sweet Life have said they've found their family
photographer for life. Jaleen captured Erin Gerlach
and Roberto Sousa's lush garden wedding on page 40.
jaleen@sweetlifephotography.ca or sweetlifephotography.ca
Inspired by her frequent travels worldwide,
Kim-Maru Striebel of Maru Photography
combines editorial±and ²ne art±approaches to
photography. She works primarily in natural light
shooting in both ²lm and digital formats, to create
lush, organic and authentic imagery from one of life's
most honoured and memorable rites of passage: the
wedding day. View her work in Gemma Spierings
and Matthew Parker's romantic day on page 22.
maruphoto@shaw.ca or maruphoto.ca
Riley Stewart was born and raised on the
Saskatchewan Prairies, where he was constantly
inspired by the blank canvas of the landscape. –is
led him to pursue a degree in Photography at the
Alberta College of Art and Design. He then headed
to Toronto where he now lives and works, capturing
the lives of real people and the fantasy of fashion
and beauty. Riley travelled to Maui to photograph
Fred Lee and Joshua McVeity's sunny beach wedding
on page 50.
info@rileystewartphoto.com or rileystewartphoto.com
Earning her BFA in 2002, Melia Sorenson
immediately launched Lucida Photography for
couples who seek a documentary approach to their
weddings but also desire strong, creative portraiture.
Melia enjoys collaborating with clients to create
images capturing character as well as beauty. She
photographed Chanel Holt and Michael Mellon's
elegant Okanagan wedding on page 36.
melia.lucida@gmail.com or lucida-photography.com
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