Alex Black's Wedding Photography Blog

Cliff Mautner Workshop: Day 2 (Wednesday, May 13, 2009, ) [Permalink]

Day 2 of the workshop with Cliff Mautner. Really awesome stuff so far. Today we shot at the gorgeous La Hacienda Sarria, in Waterloo. (It doesn't seem to have a website). La Hacienda is a renovated old factory in an industrial part of Waterloo, and is an incredible place for photography. It has a large interior courtyard with a glass roof above it, and stone pillars all around it. The interior decoration is very lavish and spanish in style, full of wonderful stone and metal work, tiled floors etc. This would be a great place to get married!

Today Cliff was showing us how to find and use light for dramatic effect. The beautiful location along with some great models made it hard not to get some nice shots. But wow, Cliff really finds beautiful light, everyone was taking such incredible photos, I thought mine were nice until I saw the rest of the group's shots!

Cliff Mautner Workshop: Day 1 (Tuesday, May 12, 2009, ) [Permalink]

This week I'm attending a 2 day photography workshop with Cliff Mautner. Here are some photos from our first day. The main focus of the first day was shooting in harsh sunlight, something I would normally avoid at all costs!

Wedding: Andrea and Dean (Sunday, February 22, 2009, ) [Permalink]

Brrr... Here's a sneak preview of photos from Andrea & Dean's wedding yesterday in Ancaster. Andrea is a friend of my brother's from high school, so I was very excited to photograph her wedding. The church where they got married was just beautiful, it has huge ceilings, grand arches, and lots of room for photographers to move around in. The weather before the ceremony was cold but relatively nice for a canadian February, but as we left the church we got surprised by a light christmas-like snow fall! Luckily Andrea was up for some outdoor photographs despite the snow and cold.

The ceremony was followed by a reception at the Ancaster Old Mill. The mill is very pretty, both inside and out. The room we were in is right beside the waterfall that passes between the buildings of the mill. The whole night was full of fun, from the wedding party dancing in for their entrance, to Dean's father playing some beautiful music later on.

Reception Photos: Shailesh and Shilpa (Thursday, October 16, 2008, ) [Permalink]

Last weekend I had the pleasure of photographing Shailesh and Shilpa's reception, it was a action packed evening full of entertaining speeches, intricately choreographed dances and performances, fantastic food, and a packed dance floor! This was just their reception since Shailesh and Shilpa were married this past summer in India. One day I have to find someone to fly me to India to photograph a wedding... Seriously. :)

I've known Shailesh for a number of years now - it was great to be able to photograph him and his new bride, and to get to meet some of his family, and hang out with some of his friends. I have to say though, Shailesh and Shilpa just radiated energy and happiness all night, what a great pair.