Cecil Green Park house wedding: Jennifer + Leland

October 26, 2017

In April we had the pleasure of photographing Jennifer and Leland’s Cecil Green Park House wedding! Not only are they amazing clients, but also our very good friends. And one of the best feelings EVER is to photograph a friend’s wedding!

We’ve known Jennifer for a while now. Her big heart and sparkly personality made her join us on the board of A Wish To Wed Society. Her (now) hubby Leland is the perfect balance for Jennifer’s energetic bubblyness. He’s the calm, gentle force who’s always cheered Jennifer on in all her endeavours. In more ways than one they remind me of Jelger and I. Whenever I’m off doing all kinds of crazy things, Jelger is there to support me. 😉

In daily life Jennifer has a full plate. On top of being a volunteer board member for the society, she runs her own event planning company, works at Grouse Mountain as wedding and event coordinator AND she recently joined Umbrella Events as lead planner. Can you tell she LOVES weddings?! 😀 For her own day she had an exact vision and managed to realize it perfectly to the last detail.

For the getting ready part, as usual, I stayed with the girls. I would describe my morning as “the perfect storm” of glitter, bubbles and a ton of laughter. At the same time Jelger was having a good time with the boys where it was all “chill and beers”. I’m slightly obsessed with his “guys eating subway sandwich photo”. 😉 You’ll see.

Next we moved to Hadden Park while dark clouds were packing over the city. The couple had opted to have a friend as their “officiant”, who didn’t have a licence to officiate weddings. 😉 But instead, they had Shawn from Young, Hip & Married, help out. Right after their first look, Jennifer and Leland officially tied the knot during a short ceremony with a view on downtown Vancouver. I totally loved this: get married legally on the same day and have a full-on ceremony with a friend!

Meanwhile the clouds had reached the “seriously dramatic movie poster” stage (thank you sky) which made for epic wedding photos. Finally, everyone headed over to Cecil Green Park House for the ‘official’ wedding ceremony and reception.

Most hilarious moment was when the two of them quite literally raced to the bar right after their “ceremony”. 😉 And most romantic moment must have been their first dance. Last but not least, I had a blast working with so many befriended vendors at this wedding, especially Cristie, Tianna and Maria! (Check below the photos for more info.)

Thank you so much Jennifer and Leland for trusting us to capture your day! We can’t wait to see what the future brings for you two and we feel honored to call you friends.