Wyatt Family Photos at Government House Park, Edmonton

Wyatt Family Photos at Government House, Edmonton

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“What can you do to promote world peace? Go home and love your family.” – Mother Teresa

Children & Laughter!

I had the pleasure of photographing the Wyatt family last summer! They were such an awesome and happy family to photograph. We did their family photos at the Goverment Hour Park in Edmonton. It had a gorgeous backdrop of the river valley behind them.

SOME OF MY FAVOURITE PHOTOS FROM THE SESSION

The Wyatt Family Session Details

Date: July 30, 2018
Location: Government House Park, Edmonton
Photography by Sharyar Memon of Box Cube Portraits © 2018

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Box Cube Photography offers Edmonton families a unique portrait photography experience! Our relaxed approach combined with our best in class photography skills allow us to create amazing photographs for our clients. Box Cube Photography’s mission extends to the whole experience beginning at the time you contact us until the time we deliver your premium printed products. We also offer Edmonton newborn photography, capture maternity sessions, portraits and Edmonton Wedding Photography.

We are one of the top portrait and wedding photography studio in Western Canada serving the great Edmonton area, including but not limited to Sherwood Park, St. Albert, Leduc, Canmore, Banff, Cochrane, Chestermere, Airdrie, Lethbridge, and Red Deer.

10 Tips to Save Money on Your Wedding // Edmonton Wedding Photographer

Save money on your wedding! Detail photographs from various weddings in Edmonton, Alberta

10 Tips to Save Money on Your Wedding

We love to envision our big day as an extravagant, over-the-top celebration sparing no cost. With multi-thousand dollar dresses, diva bands and those infamous catering costs, it is so easy to get lost in the decision-making process when it comes to swiping that credit card. The national average for a wedding is over $20,000, and stunning research shows one-third of couples get themselves into debt for their wedding day. To help avoid this rocky start to the most exciting time of your life, I have created a comprehensive list of the 10 best ways to save money on your wedding. You don’t have to have a ceremony that looks cheap for it to be cheaper!

Save money on your wedding! Detail photographs from various weddings in Edmonton, Alberta

1. First, Prioritize

The first thing you need to do is sit down with your partner and decide what it is that is really important to each of you in the wedding. A lot of couples don’t make a list of priorities, so as planning moves along they find themselves spending more freely on the decisions made early thus, leaving a smaller budget toward things they might forget about later down the road. The dress may be worth to you than spending a couple of extra thousand on décor, or maybe you would rather spend more on the cake than worry about getting that expensive pair of shoes. Each couple is completely different on where they lay their priorities. The biggest example of this is the size of the ceremony: if you’re wanting to spend more on food, decoration, and other things, you may definitely want to cut the guest list down.

Save money on your wedding! Detail photographs from various weddings in Edmonton, Alberta

2. DSY: Do Some Yourself!

While this option is not for everyone, if you or your bridal team are slightly crafty, you may consider hitting up Pinterest or check out what’s airing on the DIY Network for this tip. These days many people are opting for creating their own decorations, mostly because the how-tos and tutorials on how to make things are so accessible and easy to follow. You can create your own centerpieces or do some origami flowers! The only caution I offer is to not overdo it on the DIY projects. You don’t want it all to turn out like a hodge-podge.

Save money on your wedding! Detail photographs from various weddings in Edmonton, Alberta

3. Avoid Peak Times

Timing is crucial when you’re trying to save money. Venues, caterers, florists and more will tend to charge more during the “peak times”. This includes season, day of the week and time of day. Peak seasons include the months of June through September and these are months you want to avoid. October is a little less busy than the rest of those months, but the slowest months are going to be January through April (May is a toss up.) The exception to this is Valentine’s Day, of course, which as you can imagine is one of the busiest days of the year.

To save money on which day you pick, you may want to go for a weekday.  Sure, it’s a little less convenient for your guests in some situations, but it is always cheaper than a Saturday (the busiest day) and even a Sunday. As far as time of day goes, doing one earlier in the morning saves you money for several reasons: mostly on food. You can get away with serving less food AND alcohol if you have an earlier time for your ceremony because breakfast/lunchtime allows for lighter menus.

Save money on your wedding! Detail photographs from various weddings in Edmonton, Alberta

4. Ditch the Band

Often times hiring a DJ over a band is not only cheaper but it is becoming the preferred method of entertainment at the reception. Bands usually charge based off of when your wedding is and they pay each member separately, leaving you to pick up the tab for at least two people (though bands usually have at least four members.)

If you find a talented DJ, he can double for the emcee which is helpful to move the reception along and entertaining as well. There is almost always more variety in the songs a DJ can include on his set, too. You can be specific about what you do and do not want played at the reception and sometimes they have an option where they take requests if that’s something you would like to have for your guests’ experience!

Save money on your wedding! Detail photographs from various weddings in Edmonton, Alberta

5. Flowers

The best way to save money on flowers is definitely not to have too many flowers and that is obvious. But this classic and beautiful decoration is one most people don’t want to flat-out say no to. There are ways to be smart and save though. Always buy locally and whatever is in season. Different flowers grow abundantly in one area but may not grow at all if you go to another state or even in a different month of the year. After you book the date, do some research. Call your local florist and ask what they will have around that time and even if you can get a discount for asking so far in advance (if you call soon after deciding)!

Also, a way to cut costs is to “recycle” the flowers used in the ceremony in the reception as table centerpieces or to decorate the room. If flowers are very low on your priority list, consider using lighting as a way to decorate instead.
Bride holding flowers during her wedding at the Hotel Fairmont Macdonald

6. Don’t Spend Too Much on One Item

Refer back to your priority list on this one. Yes, while you may allot more money to one thing than another, it still isn’t wise to put all your eggs in one basket. One thing many couples forget costs so much and accidentally end up splurging on is the alcohol tab. And while a few of you may want to hear this, the truth behind spending a whole lot of money on your dress is this: the dress, for the most part, does not enhance the experience for the guests. So yes, you deserve to look and feel like the beautiful princess you are that day! Just remember that spending an exorbitant amount on that one item won’t make the entire day much better than it would if you spent half as much.  Next are tips on how you can do just that.

Save money on your wedding! Detail photographs from various weddings in Edmonton, Alberta

7. Deals on That Dress

There are many ways you can save money on the traditional white gown. The best is to go for “something borrowed”: utilize your mother’s or mother-in-law’s old gown. A good seamstress will charge nowhere near what a new dress would cost for some alterations. If not that, why not consider buying a dress worn only once before? These dresses will come drastically cheaper. Another option is to rent your gown or check online auctions. A good resource to check out similar options is preownedweddingdresses.com. Have an open mind while considering these options.

Save money on your wedding! Detail photographs from various weddings in Edmonton, Alberta

8. Save Money on Venue

Your first instinct may be to Google “(your town) best wedding venue”, which is not a bad place to start. The issue with doing this is it pops up heavily popular and usually highly expensive options. If you’re looking for something cheaper and more unique, this is not the way to go. National Parks and campgrounds make excellent scenery and are far cheaper. Another idea along those lines are museums and art galleries. This definitely offers a more special experience.

If you know someone with a lot of property (or have a friend of a friend of a friend,) don’t be afraid to ask if you can hold your ceremony there! The worst they can say is “no”. You can offer money but don’t feel like you need to fork out a ton.

Save money on your wedding! Detail photographs from various weddings in Edmonton, Alberta

9. Catering Crisis

As mentioned before, be sure to schedule your reception around times you could offer less food and alcohol (in the mornings or early afternoon). Breakfast and lunch are the lightest meals of the day, and people are far less likely to indulge on drinks if it is still daytime. You can also go for the newer trend to serve mostly hors d’oeuvres or have a decorative cupcake display instead of a grandiose cake.

As far as the bar goes: this can be pricey but if you’re smart about it, you can easily cut costs. If your venue is running the bar, they will often charge retail prices or even mark up prices per cocktail. You can mix your own and save hundreds. Go for the cheaper wines, you won’t offend anyone (to be honest, most can’t even tell!) Some couples even crowdsource and ask people to bring bottles of their favorites.

Save money on your wedding! Detail photographs from various weddings in Edmonton, Alberta

 

10. Be Smart With Space

If you want to save money on both a venue and lodging, rent a house. This is a fantastic idea to save some money if you have a lot of out-of-town guests and if it is a nice place, it can double as the place you hold your ceremony! It will be more intimate than a large venue and you can get more comfortable like this.

Another way to be smart with space and save money is holding your reception and ceremony in the same place. If you do spring for a venue then why not get the most use out of it? It is not unpopular for couples to do the ceremony, quickly turn around and use that same space to resume with the reception. If you do this you can come up with interesting ideas on how to seat your guests, such as having them sit at their tables during the ceremony.

Save money on your wedding! Detail photographs from various weddings in Edmonton, Alberta

 

With your wedding being the most important day of your life, it makes sense to spend a lot of time, effort and money on the whole thing. But why not save a bit where you can? Be sure to refer back to this list of tips to save money on your wedding while planning and it will surely help you do just that.

If you are still in need for a wedding photographer on your big day, contact me here. To see some of my other work, check out this post from earlier this year.

Bond Engagement at Muttart Conservatory, Edmonton | Edmonton Engagement Photographers

Ekta & Adam’s Engagement Session at Muttart Conservator, Edmonton – Edmonton Engagement Photographers

I like your surname! Wanna get married?

Their Story | Bond’s Engagement Session in Edmonton, Alberta

“I should marry him, his last name is Bond, I can be Ekta Bond”. These fateful words were uttered by Ekta during high school to a confidant and friend. At that time, Ekta and Bond were not even friends. It was a joke but you know the saying “Be careful what you wish for”. It seems that the Universe was listening in at the time that Ekta uttered those words. That is why we were doing their engagement photos at Muttart Conservatory.

After several years, they started talking via Facebook (who knew social media could foster love eh?). Approximately 2 years ago, Adam asked Ekta out on a date! The rest as they say is history.

Approximately an year ago, these two love birds went on a trip to Dubai. Dinner at Burj Al Arab was followed by a round of Desserts (one of the dessert also included a ring…). The waiter had a camera and was filming the entire time. Ekta went silent for a while when she saw the ring. Finally after smiles and tears, she said yes.

This cute couple met me during April to go over their wedding day. I am so excited to photograph their wedding in two weeks!

Here are some photos from their engagement session at the Muttart Conservatory.

We choose the Muttart conservatory due to its amalgamation of urban and natural views. This couple’s engagement photos at Muttart Conservatory combined both of those features.

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We started off with hair and makeup for Ekta at Riti Jain’s studio of Makeup & Hair by Riti. Following that, we went out to the Downtown near the new Roger’s Place. We put on some mosquito repellent and went about creating some artwork together! We found that due to the construction we had to relocate shortly after so I suggested we go to the Muttart Conservatory!

Ekta & Adam brought some picnic items and a wine bottle out to the shoot! It looked really pretty in the final photos!

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We started off with some nature related photographs!

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Love the photos? Want to get some for yourself? Contact Me today to book your free consultation.

Engagement Photos Edmonton – Box Cube Photography © 2016
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Ekta and Adam’s Engagement Session Details:

Date: 12th July, 2016
Location: Louis McKinney Park, Edmonton, AB
Photography by Sharyar Memon of Box Cube Photography
Hair and Makeup by Riti Jain of Makeup & Hair by Riti

Would you like to find out more about our Box Cube Wedding experience? Contact us ? Also, friends and family you can order prints by emailing us at sharyar@boxcubephoto.com or calling at (780) 293 2379.

Box Cube Photography provides Edmonton couples with one of a kind unique experience for Wedding Photography. Our clients are treated like celebrities. Our clients’ wedding is treated with extreme care and love. This leads to some amazing memories and even better photos of those memories!

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Mona & Justin’s Engagement Session at Louise Mckinney Park, Edmonton AB | Edmonton Engagement Photographers

Mona & Justin’s Engagement Photos at Louise Mckinney Park, Edmonton AB

Too cute to categorize!

Their Story | Mona & Justin’s Engagement Session at three different locations!

These two love birds went to school together but didn’t know each other then. They could almost be called high school sweethearts but the more accurate term would be University sweethearts. They both attended the Macewan University and University of Alberta. After meeting at University, this couple knew they were destined together. They are both equally nerdy(in the best way possible!) and cute!

When this cute couple contacted me for their wedding photography, I was beyond excited! As such, we did a very cool engagement session that comprised three different locations:

  1. Louis McKinney Park
  2. Alexander Circle
  3. Muttart Conservatory

This was a very unique opportunity for me as we were able to create quite a variety of images for this beautiful couple. You can see a snippet of their engagement photos below:

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The day started off with Mona getting her hair and makeup done by the extremely talented Riti Jain of Makeup & Hair by Riti. Following that, we went out to Louise Mckiney Park, Edmonton. There we got a chance to play with some tandem bikes and mountain bikes as well! Thank to Segway Tours Edmonton we were able create some amazing artwork with those awesome Tandem Bikes and mountain bikes!

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Following the tandem bikes, we went on the trails around the park to create some of the following photographs:

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Following our venture at the Park, we went to Alexandria circle where we did some picnin and fountain photos! Since they are both avid book readers, we were also able to integrate some books into their engagement session!

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Finally, we went to the Muttart Conservatory for the final set of photographs:

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Admire the photos? Want to get some for yourself? Contact Me today to book your free consultation.

Engagement Photos Edmonton – Box Cube Photography © 2016
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Justin & Mona’s Engagement Session Details:

Date: 31st July, 2016
Location: Louis McKinney Park, Alexander Circle, Muttart Conservatory
Photography by Sharyar Memon of Box Cube Photography
Hair and Makeup by Riti Jain of Makeup & Hair by Riti
Tandem Bikes provided by Segway Tours Edmonton

Would you like to find out more about our Box Cube Wedding experience? Contact us ? Also, friends and family you can order prints by emailing us at sharyar@boxcubephoto.com or calling at (780) 293 2379.

Box Cube Photography provides Edmonton couples with one of a kind unique experience for Wedding Photography. Our clients are treated like celebrities. Our clients’ wedding is treated with extreme care and love. This leads to some amazing memories and even better photos of those memories!

Book your consultation today!

Earnst Wedding Slideshow | Edmonton Wedding Photographers

Earnst Wedding Slideshow | Edmonton Wedding Photographers

On August 8th, 2015 Thomas and Agnes decided there was no time like today to tie the knot and become part of the same family. It was awesome. I was part of the wedding as usual being my awesome self taking photos. And holy crap did I get some beautiful photos of this couple and their big day! Like look at this slideshow and tell me it doesn’t make you cry when you see the bride tearing up during the vows? (If it doesn’t you are either heartless or your tear glands have dried up, Joking!)

Prior to this wedding I had a chat with my girlfriend where I had no idea where our relationship was going. After this wedding, I knew what I wanted. I know what you are thinking but it wasn’t that! I realized I loved photographing exactly these kinds of weddings: small, intimate, out in the nature, with a couple that has love so deep that every photo I took portrayed it in some form or another.

Wedding Slideshow

As humans we have a tendency to sit and watch things happen. Now I am not a videographer but I sure know how to put together a wicked slideshow. Here is one! for you to watch!

The Wedding slideshow shows some of the final images that will be provided to our clients in the form of printed products (Albums, Canvases etc). We also provide this beautiful slideshow to our clients to share with their loved ones!

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To say it was one awesome day with Agnes and Thomas would be an understatement! Best of luck with married life to this adorable couple!

Would you like to find out more about our Box Cube Wedding experience? Contact us 🙂

Box Cube Photography provides Edmonton brides with one of the most unique experiences for Wedding Photography. Our clients are treated like celebrities. Our clients’ wedding is treated with extreme care and love and thus some beautiful images result

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Taylor Brown’s Portrait Session in William Hawerlak Park // Portrait Photography

Taylor Brown’s Portrait Session in William Hawerlak Park // Portrait Photography

Portraits are created with a purpose in mind and the portraits below were created to showcase Taylor Brown’s modelling portfolio.

portrait photography session for modelling portfolio in William Hawerlak Park, Edmotnon

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Taylor Brown’s Portrait Session Details:

Taylor’s Portrait Photography Session // Edmonton Photographer
Location: William Hawerlak Park, Edmonton
Photos by Sharyar Memon of Box Cube Photography
Model: Taylor Brown

Learn more about our studio

Box Cube Photography offers Edmonton families a unique portrait photography experience! Our relaxed approach combined with our best in class photography skills allow us to create amazing photographs for our clients. Box Cube Photography’s mission extends to the whole experience beginning at the time you contact us until the time we deliver your premium printed products. We also offer Edmonton newborn photography, capture maternity sessions, portraits and Edmonton Wedding Photography.

We are one of the top portrait and wedding photography studios in Western Canada serving the great Edmonton area, including but not limited to Sherwood Park, St. Albert, Leduc, Canmore, Banff, Cochrane, Chestermere, Airdrie, Lethbridge, and Red Deer.

Contact us today to book your portrait session or free wedding consultation with Sharyar.