I have been excited about Genevieve and Jamie’s wedding ever since they booked with me early last spring– partly because I love the top of Grouse Mountain (although you’d never know it by my grind time these days) and because of Genevieve’s love of things green. I knew it would be beautiful. I dreamt up all sorts of verdant photo schemes involving mountain meadows and trees. Alas, July 21st of this year was rainy in Vancouver and pretty much storming up on the mountain. Below you can see Genevieve and her uncle getting off the tram and running into the venue. The light was pretty difficult all day– as you can see the ceremony was very backlit with natural light coming from the window and very orange tungsten light (and not too much of it!) hitting them from the other side, but the overall effect is nice. After the ceremony the rain was still coming down sideways, so outside for family photos was not even an option. I’ve never done family photos inside before, but it worked out just fine after rearranging some furniture. All of the portraits of the couple were done on that covered walkway between the gondola station and the lodge! Check out the wind and mist! Genevieve and Jamie braved the elements for a quick session before the reception (which was all the more cozy I think because of the weather) and then later in the evening I took them out again into the darkness and artificial light… some of which was green! The best I could do for green, anyway. In retrospect I’m glad that we couldn’t do the usual mountain meadow thing– we would never have made these misty, windy, dark images which represent the other side of being on top of a mountain. As mountaineers of some distinction, Genevieve and Jamie weren’t too fazed by the weather!
