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I'm Travis Jon Allison. I'm a photographer from Southern Ontario, Canada and making art has always been my passion. Getting to be a photographer was one of my goals since I first borrowed my mom's Pentax Spotmatic camera and took it with me to camp for the weekend.
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Terri and Neil met teaching English in Korea and they both have family from all over the world. They invited everyone up north for a Muskoka retreat on their wedding weekend.
Although the weather was a bit tricky (it was kind of cold and rainy) it cleared up at just the right time. With a nod to both of their families’ backgrounds they had Hindu, Presbyterian and Korean marriage ceremony’s.
Grab a coffee and get comfortable – here is Terri and Neil’s Weddings
The cake was beautiful and make by Joanne Tran from Sweet Definition – you should definitely hire Joanne, she’s awesome. Here’s Joanne and her husband Deepak:
Thank you so much to the other folks involved in putting together such a great Muskoka wedding:
I just ran across these photos that I took this summer for a family photoshoot in Muskoka. Brad & Kandace’s daughter is a funny kid (watch for more pictures of her in the soon-to-be-blogged Terri & Neil wedding)!
Beth and I travelled to Bright, Ontario to shoot Lisa and Paul’s wedding at their farm. It was a very funny day weather-wise – super hot plus rainy but it was awesome how friendly and welcoming everyone was to us.
I always feel honoured when I get chosen as someone’s wedding photographer but it’s a bit nicer when your client is a great photographer in her own right.
Thanks to Lisa and Paul and their families for such great day!
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Unrelated Side Note: Bright always reminds me of younger days: Our bus route to Innerkip Public School took us all the way out to Bright and Sarah Jane took figure skating lessons in Plattsville and I used to drive through Bright to pick her up on cold winter nights.
It’s a great resource for budget planning – and making sure that you don’t forget anything.
How Much Should We Budget for Photography?
Clients often ask the “should” questions – and they are great questions. The thing with weddings is…. (surprise!) they are expensive. It is incredibly important that a bride and groom (or bride and bride, groom and groom) set a firm budget and stick to it. Not only will this relieve some after-matrimony stress from looking at credit card bills but it will cut back on money arguments during your preparations.
Obviously, your total budget is a discussion for the two of you. The best I can offer is a look at what percent of your budget “should” go to photography. Within a tight budget it is often tempting to de-value photography.
Now my bias is pretty obvious, but I firmly believe that photography should be one of your most thoughtful considerations. When you wake up the day after your wedding you will have three things by which to remember the day that you spent so much time preparing and getting absolutely perfect:
the one you wake beside
the ring on your finger, and…
the pictures
After your wedding day you won’t have the flowers or the meal but you will have your photos.
Should the pictures, therefore, be worth as much or more?
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