(Blair * Tony) / Remote One = Emily + Josh

This is my buddy Tony Caldwell (on the right). It was our good friend John Major’s daughters wedding and Johnny was going to try and shoot it himself  - so we crashed the ceremony with a car load of cameras, lights and remotes.

Tony and I saw the arch that the couple would be standing beneath, looked at each other and knew what we had to do. We whipped out our wide angle lens, super clamps, magic arms, Pocket Wizards and remote cables and went to work. This was not the first time I have used a remote camera at a wedding, but it is the first time that I used a remote during the ceremony. It takes a healthy amount of trust to let the photog hang a serious piece of hardware behind the bride and groom. We were able to make frames that no other bride and groom would get from any other photographer-duo.

We set the remote camera up to specifically make this image (below). It also made a nice image of John walking his daughter up the aisle and lifting the brides veil. That little black dot above the grooms head is me, shooting with a very long lens and remotely triggering the camera hanging above their heads.

This is one of the image I made while on my belly. I was able to make this great image of the couple walking towards me and get a great shot of them from behind walking down the isle simultaneously. Dig on that.

This is what can happen when a client trusts their photographer(s). This is what happens when a photographer cares about what he does.

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Definitions:

Remote Camera – a camera triggered fro afar by the photographer.
Pocket Wizard – a device that allows the photographer trigger a camera from afar.
Super Clamp & Magic Arm – devices to secure a remote camera to… whatever.

Pollyanna + Mark

Location: Ottawa, Ontario
Ceremony: St. George’s Catholic Church
Portraits: Central Experimental Farm Arboretum
Reception: Travelodge Hotel and Conference Centre

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Tiffany & Jason

It poured rain, but we made it through. Tiffany and Jason’s wedding in Arnprior and Renfrew earlier this month.

 

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First Wedding Award

Blair Gable Photography has received it’s first award for wedding photography. While I have won several awards for my editorial work, my foray into wedding awards is new. This image from Richard and Jennifer’s wedding last summer placed 13th overall in the Wedding Photojournalists Association’s Q4 Contest in the Getting Ready category.

 

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Corey & Robyn

I photographed by first wedding for 2009 at the end of February. Corey and Robyn wanted to have a winter wedding and luckily the weather was perfect. They are both in the Canadian military and wanted to do some portraits at the Canadian War Museum before heading to Restaurant E18hteen in the Byward Market for their ceremony and reception. The only downside was that it rained the day before and the Rideau Canal was closed for skating because of it, but at least it rained the day before!

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Emma +1

This is not a wedding, but it’s in the neighbourhood. Emma is due in about two weeks and I shot these portraits in her nursery over the weekend. This was my first attempt at maternity photography. I have been avoiding the work lest the resulting photography end up looking like it was done in a portrait studio. I prefer to work where the subject lives or somewhere special. I have to say that I was pleased with the result and would entertain the thought of doing it again.  ;)

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Ginette & Jaime

Here are a few images from the wedding reception for Ginette and Jaime (G&J) at the Urban Element in Ottawa. The location was great, very intimate and contemporary. The food was fantastic and the chef’s prepared dozens of dishes that kept everybody eating throughout the entire night. I prowled the room all night discreetly making pictures of everyone having a good time.

 

It was a cold night, but G&J sucked it up for a quick portrait session outside the restaurant.

The brides mother had a great time!

G&J hold back the tears as family members make toasts to their marriage.

The grooms parents stole a kiss when they thought no one was watching.

 

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Jennifer & Richard

Wedding of Jennifer & Richard at Restaurant 18 in the Byward Market in Ottawa. My last wedding of the season.

 

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Laura & Mike

Wedding of Laura and Mike on the water in Kingston.

 

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Nathalie & Jag

Wedding of Nathalie & Jag at the Gurdwara Sahib Ottawa.

 

 

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