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Cheryl + Steven Wedding

February 24th, 2010 | Weddings

Over the past year I’ve had the wonderful opportunity to photograph many weddings here in Toronto for out-of-town couples. Taniesha & Mikko joined us all the way from Finland, Kelly & Bill came from California to get married in front of the Stanley Cup at the Hockey Hall of Fame, Liko & Simon flew in from Seattle, and Cheryl & Steven came from Fort McMurray, Alberta.  Each couple came to Toronto for different reasons, but who would have guessed that this city would be such a hot spot for destination weddings!

When I asked Cheryl & Steven why they chose to get married in Toronto, they told me it was for our city’s awesome Chinese food.  The Chinese food here is certainly some of the best this side of the Pacific.  As you probably guessed, there aren’t too many options for Chinese food in Fort McMurray.  Cheryl & Steven even told me that they sometimes drive several hours to shop at the T&T Chinese supermarket in Edmonton!

Toronto was also the perfect middle ground for Cheryl & Steven because although they both work and live in Alberta, their families are originally from the east coast.  Therefore Toronto was right in the middle for their friends and family joining them from both sides of the country.

I had friend and fellow photographer Spencer Fu help me photograph Cheryl & Steven’s wedding day.  Spencer photographed Steven as he got ready at a relative’s home, while I photographed Cheryl at the chic Drake Hotel.  Photographing their first meeting in the lobby of the Drake was such a priceless moment.  We proceeded to shoot creative portraits around the Queen West area and Gladstone Hotel before heading to City Hall for their ceremony.  The reception was at one of the city’s finest Chinese restaurants, Lai Wah Heen in the Metropolitan Hotel.