Majestic Elegance Resort Wedding | Chris + Val | Punta Cana

Travelling and shooting a destination wedding means hanging out for a week with the cool people in a hot destination and capturing beautiful moments. Spending one week with Chris and Valerie and their friends  at the Majestic Elegance resort in Punta Cana , was a lifetime experience. We had with us the famous Montreal DJ  Donald Lauture mixing the vibes for the evening.  Here are some of the images from the gorgeous wedding.

Just a side note : This wedding will be featured here in Quebec on the Historia TV Channel , part of documentary series on the wedding history in Quebec

http://www.historiatv.com/emissions/a-toi-pour-toujours-la-petite-histoire-du-mariage-1.48816

 

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Montreal New Year’s eve proposal : Sameer + Shannon

Sameer had contacted me in the beginning of December asking me to coordinate a special photo shoot for him and his girlfriend , to whom he is going to propose on new year’s eve in Montreal. It was planned to be a complete surprise until she said yes and then we can get starting with our couple’s photo session. Sameer and Shannon had planned to spend new year’s eve weekend in Montreal and the place we chose to do the pictures at the Montreal World Trade Center before we go for a walk in the city.

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Introducing Karen Harraka: Montreal fashion designer

My very good friend Karen Harraka just lunched her website as a fashion designer. Seeing her at work daily, drawing , cutting  and coming with great dresses for her clients. She travels the world and comes back every year with new inspirations to create and design pieces of art that makes women look sexy. The half a day photo shoot was done in Montreal and could not have been possible without the collaboration work of the the team ; makeup artist ( Mishaa )  , the hair stylist ( betty ) and all the models. Here is a preview of her work , the rest of her collection on the website www.karenharraka.com

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Montreal city flight with private pilot Marc-Antoine Haddad

I had the opportunity to take my first  flight over Montreal and surroundings with Marc-Antoine. You get a different perspective of the city from an bird’s eye view. The experience is quit phenomenal specially if the pilot is skilled. He did some breath taking manoeuvres .  We departed from the Mascouche Airport in the early after noon and flew for about 70 minutes over the East of Montreal , to the downtown area then over Laval.  Pictures were captured with the Nikon D7000 and later processed colours and contrast in since it was a hazy day.
For more info on private flights over Montreal or any other closeby city , contact Marc-Antoine Haddad (438) 402-1321

 

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Wedding of Cristelle and Raji : 10.10.2010

It was my last wedding of the year and I was really looking forward to it because  I knew Raji and Cristelle had planned it in their own unique way to every detail. The day started at the groom’s house where he was surrounded by his friends. The guys were smoking cigars and singing out loud  ”Baby I Like it ”  to the video clip created by the video team FocusVideo. Follow this link to see the fun video.

We split teams to cover both the bride and the groom`s houses simultaneously so we can make it on time to church . Cristelle  designed her own dress and was just gorgeously looking on her with her fun and happy mood , jumping and dancing on her bed just before we head out for the family portraits. Its a typical joyous Lebanese tradition to have 100 people gathering at the bride`s house to take pictures, eat some delicious imported  sweets and sing for the bride leaving her parent’s house.

After church we went to Mont-Royal, a special place for the bride and the groom where we took pictures and headed back to party until 4am. Yes the reception at Le Madison ended at 4am in the morning , in part due to the best DJ in Montreal, Dj Nadim Naoum. Here are the some pictures from that wedding that I would like to share with you and soon I will update back that post with a video slideshow . Congratulations to the newlyweds.

[Update ] Wedding slideshow in HD

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