The Halabi’s Lebanese Wedding at St. Albert Botanic Park, Edmonton

The Halabi’s Lebanese Wedding at St. Albert Botanic Park, Edmonton

“It’s always been him
She smiled
Our souls danced just the same.”

-Atticus

Their Story!

Here is a link to the couple’s engagement session:

Halabi Fall Engagement at Guinevere Park, Edmonton

Andy Getting Ready

Andy got ready at his home. His jacket was personalized to reflect the wedding date under the collar. What a neat idea! The boys matched their suits and went with a classic dark and light blue. Perfectly matched with the bridal party’s theme of purples!

Ashley Getting Ready

Ashley chose a tiara to go with her beautiful wedding dress. While she got ready, we took some photos of the tiny details like her bag that looks like a number plate, the ring, bouquet, and the elegant shoes to complete the look.

THEIR CEREMONY AT ASHLEY’S PARENTS HOME, EDMONTON

In Lebanese traditional weddings, the wedding party first meets at the bride’s home, the groom arrives amid lots of singing and dancing. This is exactly what happened with Ashley and Andy. Andy arrived to lots of cheering to meet and receive his beautiful bride. There were some speeches and phenomenal Lebanese food to go along with the festivities. This was followed by some family photos at the couple’s home and some at a beautiful park nearby!

FAMILY PHOTOS AT THE COUNTRY LODGE

We went to St. Albert Botanic Park for some of the family photos and creative formals with the bride and groom. It was a perfect summer day for a wedding and we couldn’t have asked for better weather.

CREATIVE FORMALS AT ST. ALBERT BOTANIC PARK

We stayed at the St. Alberta Botanic park for the creative formals (photos with the bride, groom, and bridal party). The green backdrop combined with a sunny day made the photos beautiful! The guys blew us away with a superhero pose (blew us away, get it?)

We took some photos with the bridal party followed by some more intimate moments between the bride and groom.

THE RECEPTION AT THE COUNTRY LODGE, EDMONTON

The reception was a party we all want to be part of. The whole family led a traditional dance Dabke, a folk dance performed at Lebanese weddings to mark the joyous occasion! It looked super fun and complex to me but I still had a great time taking photos. Pack comfortable shoes for this one, you’ll be on your feet for a while!
The whole day was a glam affair. You can’t miss the smoke in their reception photos or the stunning venue and Zaffe drummers to make it a party! Keeping with the tradition, they also had fireworks on their special day. This was one party everyone wanted to go to!

It was amazing to work with Ashley & Andy on their wedding day and we are honored to have been a part of their story! You can check out the rest of our work on our blog.

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The Halabi Wedding Vendors & Info

Date: 18.08.2020
Location: St. Albert Botanic Park
Photography by Sharyar Memon & Melissa Bodnar of Box Cube Photography
Makeup: Sunita with Sen Studios
Hair: Hair Design By Maggie
Dress: Martinaliana Bridal
Reception Venue: The Country Lodge
DJ: Talent Productions
Decor: Exquisite Affairs

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Your Laughter // Wedding Shoot at Lake Minnewanka

YOUR LAUGHTER // LAKE MINNEWANKA ADVENTURES

“Take bread away from me, if you wish.
Take air away, but
do not take from me your laughter.

Do not take away the rose,
the lanceflower that you pluck,
the water that suddenly
bursts forth in you joy,
the sudden wave
of silver born in you” – Pablo Neruda – Your Laughter

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The Bouffard’s Slideshow of their photos at Edmonton’s Mill Creek Ravine

The Perfect Summer Wedding

Today was Trina & Joshua’s wedding and above you will see their beautiful same day slideshow that we create from the photos we captured of them and presented to them at their reception.

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The Bouffard’s Same Day Slideshow

The Reception slideshow above is included in everyone one of our wedding collections and is very well loved by both family and friends. It is composed of a selection of photos from the time the bride and groom are getting ready to the ceremony, family formals and creative formals. It is presented in a classic black and white video format that we show during the reception on a projector and a screen we bring along with us. We also upload the same slideshow the very next day to our blog for everyone to enjoy while we edit and prepare the wedding day images.

Some of our favorite Same Day Edits from their Wedding

Most of our same day edits are always done in black and white as we save the color ones for the completion of their wedding photos.

It was amazing to work with Trina & Joshua on their wedding day and we can’t be more excited to share their final images with them in the coming weeks! You can check out the rest of our work at our blog!

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The Bouffard’s Wedding Credits:

Date: 07.28.2018
Officiant: Vincent Liu
Ceremony Location: German Canadian Cultural Association
Reception Venue: German Canadian Cultural Association
Hair and Makeup: Raschelle & Anna Oomen
Dress Designer: Urban Bride Delivered
Cupcakes: Maria Frank
Florist: Costco
Photography by Sharyar Memon, Amanda Lee Schulz & Gokhul Abbayi

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The Furgesons’ Engagement Session at Wabamun Lake

Amour & Babushka Dolls

“Voilà pourtant la seule bonne chose de la vie : l’amour ! Tenir dans ses bras une femme aimée ! Là est la limite du bonheur humain.”

Translation: “ Yes, this is the only good thing in life: love! To hold a woman you love in your arms! That is the ultimate in human happiness.

Guy de Maupassant — Bel Ami

The Engagement and How They Met

Ashley and Cody’s love story is a worldly one; it starts with a date back in 2013 in Edmonton’s coziest café: Block 1912. It thrives while Cody’s job takes him back and forth between Canada and Chile. The couple go on a ski trip where Cody woos Ashley and shows her his sweet skills that he acquired having been an ex ski racer. They travel Europe together where this adorable love journey makes a gleeful stop at Paris in March 2017, where Russian babushka dolls team with the Parisian Eiffel tower to make a great proposal.

In the city of love and lights, and on top of its eternal emblem, Cody gets down on one knee and offers his beloved a set of Babushka dolls. Ashley opens them one from within the other, where he had put love notes…layers of Babushka and layers of love if you will! Inside the last doll, there was a gorgeous double halo round cut diamond ring. Ashley, of course, says yes to this most romantic and well thought out proposal.

The Engagement Session at the Furgusons lake house by lake Wabanum

The engagement photos were taken at the couple’s lake house by Wabanum lake where romance was truly in the air. We captured them while they went for a canoe ride on the lake’s calm and sublime surface. This was quite reminiscent of the famous “boat scene” from the movie The Notebook, the epitome of romance and romantic movies. It was a love fragrant moment that we got to immortalize. However, the romance was not the only sentiment in the air, cuteness and loyalty were too. The couple’s adorable pup Thor was an integral part in the photoshoot as he is in their lives. We got to photograph him dipping his paws in the lake and playing with his humans :).

We Also took advantage of the sunset to snap some intimate pictures of Ashley and Cody snuggled up by the dancing flame roasting marshmallows and drinking their favorite beer. The glow of the setting sun and the docile fire mimicked the glow of love in the couple’s eyes. The ambiance was complemented by the customized Heineken beer bottles bearing Ashley and Cody’s names that they have had made for the occasion.

Some of our favorite photos were also shot while trotting on the train tracks, showing a long cheerful journey of love and dedication traveled, and an even longer happier continuation ahead of the Fergusons. Like the tracks of the train, so does the path of our celebrated lovers, find its way steady and strong amongst nature’s greenery. We were in luck to wrap up our photography session with the train chugging through, red and bold in the color of love and passion.

Online Gallery

An online gallery of all their images is available for the next 30 days. From the online gallery, you are able to favorite images, order prints and share the gallery with your family and friends. The gallery can be accessed via the link below and you can contact Ashley & Cody directly for their secure password.

Online Gallery

It was amazing to work with Ashley & Cody on their engagement session and we can’t be more excited to share their final images with them in the coming weeks! You can check out the rest of our work on our blog!

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SOME OF MY FAVOURITE PHOTOS FROM ASHLEY & CODY’S ENGAGEMENT SESSION

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Hair & Makeup by: Ravenna By Sen Studios
Photographer: Sharyar Memon by Box Cube Photography

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The Di Lullo’s Engagement Session at Whitemud Ravine Edmonton

Cupid’s Arrow

“Love’s heralds should be thoughts,
Which ten times faster glide than the sun’s beams
Driving back shadows over low’ring hills.
Therefore do nimble-pinioned doves draw Love,
And therefore hath the wind-swift Cupid wings. ” — William Shakespeare

The Engagement Ring and How They Met

Elianna and Giovanni’s love story beings about two and a half years ago when Cupid shot them with his electronic bow and arrow. OKCupid was the app that brought these two lovebirds together. Later on in January 2017, on a memorable Friday, Giovanni proposed in a romantic and intimate way by adorning the house with twinkling candles and surprising Elianna. He gave her a beautiful infinity braided diamond ring to symbolize his own infinite commitment and everlasting love to her. The Di Lullos are a picture perfect romantic couple that love to take walks together or go ice skating. They also have an adorable Havanese dog named Leo to witness their love unfurl daily.

The Engagement Session at Edmonton’s Whitemud ravine park

The lovely couple’s engagement photography session took place by the river in the ravine of Whitemud park, one of Edmonton’s most scenic locations, especially in the springtime. There is truly no better time to capture love at its finest than during spring. Mother nature looked like she has put on her best and most regal outfit just to celebrate the betrothal of two of her children. And truly once more, there is no better place to celebrate Giovanni’s promise of eternal love to his beloved Elianna than outdoors amidst Rainbow Valley’s joyful foliage and peaceful greenery.

We took a walk on a great sunny day, and took some gorgeous pictures of the bride and groom to be. The huddling tree canopies mimicked the couples own loving hugs, while the sneaking sun rays heralded their bright future of married life. Our lens magically captured Elianna and Giovanni’s blossoming love on the trails of Rainbow Valley park; trails that reminded us much of the trails and journeys of life that willed that these two lovely people meet and fall in love. One of our favorite stills of them is a shot on one of the park’s bridges where a hugging Giovanni and Elianna look like they are about to cross over to the next phase of their life that we wish is full of wedded bliss and happiness.

I am so fortunate to have had the opportunity to photograph Elianna and Giovanni’s engagement photos and we are really looking forward to joining them on their wedding day.