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Justin + Jennifer // 2013

admin — Sun, 09 Jun 2013 16:19:26 +0000

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Last Fall, Justin and Jennifer had contacted us totally out of the blue. I found out that at the time they were living in London, England and were seeking for a wedding photographer and videographer for their wedding in September. They had looked through all of their friends suggestions, and different websites but had no luck. Finally, Justin decided to simply search through vimeo for “Toronto wedding videographers”. After awhile, he had found our wedding trailer from a destination wedding in Italy last summer and instantly fell in love.

We arranged a time to chat over skype (which I was really nervous about) but quickly I realized that they were a really awesome couple. Last weekend I had the pleasure of finally meeting Justin and Jennifer and shooting their engagement photos while they were on a quick trip home to Toronto from New, York where they now live. We travelled out to Sunderland, Ontario where my relatives have a ranch and did an awesome barn/country style photoshoot. Check out the moments we were able to capture.

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Rebecca + Ken // 2013

admin — Mon, 03 Jun 2013 14:28:51 +0000

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Rebecca and Ken had an amazing wedding in the heart of Toronto. With the ceremony being held at the Knox College and reception at the Arcadian loft, it was one of the classiest weddings I’ve been to thus far.

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Rebecca + Ken // WEDDING TRAILER from Heart Visuals on Vimeo.

Below listed are some of the vendors used for the wedding:

Photography: Calculated Style Photography (calculatedstyle.com)
Reception Flowers: Fete Floral + Events (feteboutique.ca)
Wedding Design and Planning: Rebecca Chan Wedding & Events (rebeccachan.ca)
Wedding Day-Of Coordinator: Tiffany Events (tiffanyevents.ca)
Ceremony Location: Knox College Chapel (knox.utoronto.ca/)
Reception Location: Arcadian Loft (events.oliverbonacini.com/Venues/Arcadian-Loft.aspx)
Bride and bridesmaids’ Hair: Justin Ming Cheung of Puzzle Creations (puzzle-creations.com)
Bride and bridesmaids’ Makeup: Annie Kue of iBfrank (ibfrank.ca)
Live band: The Sound Parade (thesoundparade.com)
First Dance Song: Sung by friends of the couple
Uplights: Impact DJ (impactdj.ca/)
Limousine: A Celebrity Limousine (acelebritylimousine.com)
Cocktail hour musician: Adam Ruzzo (adamruzzo.com)
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Rob + Kristin // 2013

admin — Fri, 10 May 2013 02:54:06 +0000

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A few weekends ago I had the privilege of shooting my first wedding for the 2013 wedding season. It was nice to get back out there and shoot photos after being involved in so many video projects for our other client work. Kristin had contacted me a few months ago, and instantly I knew that this was going to be a unique couple. Kristin and Rob have both worked in the film industry, so they have a keen eye for photography and motion pictures.

Kristin and Rob’s wedding was very intimate, with their close family, and two sons Miša & Paavo present. They got married at the Select Bistro where they enjoyed a relaxed brunch together afterwards. Check out some of the moments captured as a family.

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Heart Visuals Packaging // 2013

admin — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 01:13:19 +0000

Here at Heart Visuals, we always want to make sure were giving the best possible experience from start to finish. In the past, I admit that one of the areas we lacked in was delivery. Having a creative packaging concept is something that speaks volumes to your customers. So I contacted my friend, Stephanie Schumm, and with her creative skills, we came up with a final product that really fits our style here at Heart Visuals.

Check out below what we came up with. The custom made stamp was made by Penny Paper Co (http://www.pennypaperco.com)

Puiras Family // 2013

admin — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 15:27:26 +0000

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Here at Heart Visuals we love capturing moments of time in a person’s life. One of these ways is Family portraits. We do family portraits through both photo and video. If you and your family are looking for portraits to be done this Spring or Summer, simply contact us through teppo@heartvisuals.com and we’d love to setup a date!

This is the 3rd family we are featuring on the Heart Visuals blog. Last Summer I got to enjoy a nice summer evening with Joe and Leslie and their little son Liam. Liam was the cutest, most energetic and fun kid to be around. He was running around, making the funniest facial expressions and overall we just had a blast. Recently Joe and Leslie were blessed with a baby girl named Lucy. I can’t wait to capture more family portraits of the Puiras family with their newest addition.

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Ylänko Family // 2013

admin — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 15:15:01 +0000

This is the 2nd family that we are featuring on our Heart Visuals blog, the Ylänko family. It was early Spring and we had to take advantage of the warm weather, so we explored the beaches and Queen St. East area of Toronto. I think in the end, we walked a few kilometres (even with the baby stroller) but it was all worth it. We had a great time and captured some awesome moments.

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Family Portraits // 2013

admin — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 15:55:00 +0000

For the next month we will be posting last year’s family shoots, and for week 1 we are showcasing the “Karvonens”. With the Karvonens, we went on a day adventure to Centre Island where we spent the day exploring and hanging out together. Take a look below at the special moments we were able to capture through both photo & video.

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The Karvonens // Family Film from Heart Visuals on Vimeo.

Jenny + Matthew // 2013

admin — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 15:14:41 +0000

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I was contacted by Jenny a few months ago and from the moment we met for our first client meeting, I knew that her and Matthew were going to be an awesome couple. For this shoot we ventured out to Kleinburg, ON, which is a hidden gem right outside of the GTA that makes you feel like your in a small town in the country. Even the Starbucks in town was unique and made in a custom building different to what you’d see in Toronto.

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Dorien + Ben // 2013

admin — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 22:36:18 +0000

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Enjoy the wedding photos from this beautiful wedding of Ben and Dorien. The wedding took place in gorgeous location in the Swiss Alps.

Thank you Ben and Dorien for an amazing time with you in Switzerland!

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Taipale Brothers on the Road

admin — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 12:01:47 +0000

Here are some road trip photos from our recent trip to Switzerland on the way to shoot a wedding. Wedding photos from there will be up next week! Stay tuned!

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