Empirical Photographic Arts

Toni and Derek met us in Paris Ontario for their engagement shoot recently. They will be getting married at the Paris Golf and Country Club in August 2010.
These guys swear they haven’t done any modeling. Between you and I, I don’t believe them! Here are a few of the images from their engagement shoot in Paris. More to come later this month after their wedding.

Graham and Cara drove down from Oshawa for their engagement shoot last week. Through hellish 401-major accident-traffic and all, they made it, a little frazzled -  but they made it! We ventured off to Apps Mill for a few cool shots and then off to downtown Brantford. Downtown Brantford is a junk pile of eye candy for photographers. You’ve got old, new, great architecture, and great food. Speaking of which, upon learning that Cara is a fellow french fry junky we had no choice but to introduce them to the Admiral’s large fry. Mmmmm, so bad but so good!
Below are a few images from the day. Graham and Cara will be tying the knot on July 31, 2010 at the Royal Botanical Gardens in Hamilton.
Thanks for making the trip guys!

Check out this awesome VW beatle! This was Dave’s first car and now it sits in Dave and Heather’s backyard! I think they should leave it there as it fits right in…or they should sell it to us!! We started off at their house, just had to get some shots with this cool car, and then off to a couple locations in Brantford Ontario. Looking forward to Dave and Heather’s wedding this September at the Brantford Golf and Country Club.

It’s funny how things seem to happen for a reason. So we met up with Vince and Andrea last week at Dundurn Castle in Hamilton to start out this great venture to various locations for their engagement shoot. Well, what was suppose to be this really nice day turned into a dark and gloomy night reaaally quick so we finished up at Dundurn with this wicked shot out front (first image) and decided to meet up again another day. Off to Stoney Creek we go for some more shooting and scouting for the wedding day yesterday. We finished off back at Andrea’s family home and after meeting the family and neighbours we start looking around….Andrea’s neighbour has been generous enough to offer up his antique cars for her wedding day so we go next door to have a look and….OMG!! Goldmine!…..that’s it, now you have to come back in a few weeks to see what we found! hahaha

We got together with Frank & Brigitte last week for their engagement session and did some shooting around the Brantford area. Most of the time when we ask to use someone’s property for a few shots they are thrilled and take it as a compliment….this wasn’t so much the case this time but never the less,  after a little reassurance and chit chat, we were able to pull it off.
We started off just outside of Brantford and worked our way back into town. The engagement session is always a good chance for us to learn a little more about the bride and groom to be. We now know that you can take the boy out of the city but you can’t take the city out of the boy! Just kidding Frank, we’ll be sure to keep you clean on the wedding day!

Frank and Brigitte will be tying the knot on July 10, 2010. Looking forward to the big day!

Brad and Twila are getting ready for their wedding which takes place May 29, 2010. We went back to Brad’s roots for the engagement shoot and took a drive down to Selkirk. Those that live in Selkirk probably think we’re crazy for doing an engagement shoot there. But for those of us that rarely drive through there, it is a little oasis. A quaint little village that leads you to cool beaches and rocky terrain on the shores of Lake Erie. We finished off with a little visit to their old neighborhood in Dunville, we still don’t understand the reason for leaving when you had the lake as your private back yard! Looking forward to the wedding guys, cheers.

Bride.ca has made their list of favorite engagement shots from 2009  and this image of Joni & Mike made the picks! We had an amazing day with Joni & Mike doing their engagement shoot. After hearing that Joni is a farmgirl at heart and loves tractors, we took a stroll down to her uncles place. I grew up on a farm and must say, I’ve never seen so many John Deer tractors in one place! To her uncles dismay, one of our favorite shots was this one with an old red massey!

We met up with Nicole and Sean at their new house to start off their engagement shoot. An amazing, beautiful old house with lots of character and love put into it. It even comes with a cute Italian neighbour that gives out flowers! Our session ventured into downtown Hamilton, Dundas Conservation Area, and finished off at Nicoles family farm where the wedding will take place on August 29, 2009. Thanks for the panini guys! Looking forward to the wedding.

Click Play below to view a slideshow of Nicole and Sean’s engagement shoot. Be patient…it’s worth it!

We met with Prisilla and Marco in Hamilton, Ontario for their engagement shoot last week. This camera shy couple (ha!) met us at Dundurn Castle to start off an amazing shoot. It quickly became apparent that Marco looooves the camera and Prisilla is no nubie either.
We then scoured around town looking for some grafitti, we didn’t have to go very far! Grafitti seems to be hot this year so I think D’Arcy and I will buy some spray paint this week and go nuts! Press play below to see them in action…enjoy.

Officially our longest engagement shoot ever….and worth every second!! We started out in Dundas and then proceeded to Joni’s uncle and aunt in Grimsby where we witnessed the most insane John Deer collection ever! For any of you interested, they are part of the Golden Horseshoe Agricultural Antique Tour on May 30-31, 2009.

I’m sure Joe will be quite upset to hear that our favorite spot of the day was with the old Massey Ferguson tractor across the road!!
Joni’s quest for graffiti lead us back to the Hamilton Psych Hospital. Rumor has it that this old abandoned hospital is haunted. Friendly, highly medicated ghosts no doubt!
And finally, off to Caledonia where we finished off the day. Thanks so much guys, hope you both had as much fun as we did.
Joni and Mike will getting married August 8, 2009.

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