Waterloo Wedding Roadtrip

Malcolm and Christie's wedding is fast approaching so yesterday I went on a roadtrip to Waterloo to visit some of the wedding locations with my daughter Kate and her friend Gabriela, who is going to be the photographer at the wedding.  Gabriela is a student at the Ontario College of Art and Design in photography and does amazing work (you can see her photo blog here).  Our mission on the roadtrip was to take Gabriela to all the places that she would need to take photographs at the wedding so she could check out the lighting and the best angles for the pictures.  Unfortunately Christie was not able to join us as she is working like crazy on her end of term assignments.


The first stop was the church where the service will be held.  It is a fairly modern Anglican Church built in the 1960s, but also incorporates older elements like the vintage pews; organic elements like the wood ceiling; and artisan elements, like the stained glass windows and tapestries.

The stained glass windows were especially lovely and this one was declared the favourite by everyone there.

We had a full agenda and after some lunch went to the park where the formal photos will be taken.  Victoria Park is a gorgeous old park near the downtown with a river running through it and an old iron bridge going to an island, 

with a picturesque gazebo on it.

From which you can take photos like this one.  Won't the wedding pictures look great in this setting?

And by May there will be leaves on the trees, green grass, and flowers in the garden.  Waterloo still has some snow in the shady areas so the flowers are only just beginning to emerge from the ground.

At one end of the island there are a couple of very large willows overhanging the river.   Don't you just love weeping willows?  I have always thought they were so pretty.  This would also make a great spot for some of the photos - well maybe not posed like the first photo below, but more like the other two.

It is a beautiful park and will make a wonderful setting for the wedding photos rain or shine, thanks to the gazebo.  

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