On Friday I had the extreme pleasure of shooting a beautiful wedding at the McLean House in Toronto.  I assisted Amelia Thornton of Flirt Photography and once again had an absolute blast.  I started out my day out at the family home in Toronto which was absolutely gorgeous.  The boys spent the day hanging out, playing basketball, and enjoying the pool.   I say boys because between their previous marriages, Michael and Tamsen have 5 boys.  So I started off shooting the events of the day, which were a little more relaxed than most of the weddings I shoot.  Next I joined the guys while they got ready at the Fairmont Royal York Hotel in downtown Toronto which was tons of fun except for finding a parking spot, that proved challenging.  After that I joined Amelia at the McLean House at the Estates of Sunnybrook.  The reception was warm and inviting and Tamsen had done a wonderful job attending to the details, everything went off without a hitch.  So on that note, here are my favourites from the day.

The night ended like this, but let me show you how it began.

Michael definitely had his hands full with 5 boys.  At this moment he wasn’t exactly winning the battle.

The little guy couldn’t help showing off his best jump.  What a cutie.

The house was decorated to perfection.  There were so many awesome little details, but I really liked this clock.

I can’t believe that I got all 5 guys to sit for head shots for me, but they were awesome.  Some of the best behaved kids I’ve run into at a wedding.

The Groom; what a catch. Michael was an awesome guy to work with.

Then I got to meet Tamsen.  What a wonderful woman.  She was confident and composed and just thrilled to be there.

Ladies and gentlemen, meet Grenville Pinto!  He played some awesome violin to contemporary music, and he was unreal to watch.  Check out the video at the end of this post.

The whole reception was surrounded by candles which made for a beautiful atmosphere.

Michael’s brother Kevin had quite the speech prepared for the reception, and had Tamsen nearly in tears.  It was very moving.

Here’s a quick video of Grenville doing his thing.  I’m no videographer so please don’t critique that, but check out how cool this guy is!  To find out more about Grenville check out his website at www.gpinto.com