Jhen + Hare Engagement Shoot

Two of our close friends got married over the weekend. We are so happy to have been able to do their engagement shoot. We had such a great time doing this shoot in an amazing location and equally amazing couple. They were such troopers and braved the cold to get these shots. Congratulations again, Jhen and Hare!

Beach Maternity Session

Last minute vacations are the best! While vacationing in Varadero for our 5th wedding anniversary, we managed to slip in a few maternity photos using a tripod and wireless trigger. I couldn't have imagined having my maternity session done by anyone other than Mr. Pearls and we had such an awesome time doing it too =) 

hello, birthday month!

 Wow! No entry since June 1st! We had such a busy month. From photo shoots to celebrating our 4th year anniversary...to our momentous return to the beautiful city of Chicago.

[a] My ceremonial anniversary card for Mr. Pearls [b] our wedding picture 4 years go last june 8 [c] our very first picture together. we still look the same, don't we? hehe [d] found a love quote i really loved :)

"the bean" at the Millenium Park in Chicago

...and this, my friends is how you take a self-portrait. hahaha!

Beautiful Chicago landmarks!

We celebrated one of our closest friends engagement! Love these two!!

Congratulations, Meng and K!

We've been having so much fun doing family shoots over the last few weeks. Here are some of our favourites. 

Love this picture of Alex and Benjamin!

Tamara and her beautiful kids. Love it!

 And of course, finishing up engagement shoots with fun light tricks like this one. I looked like a crazy person running around with a flashlight, but what the heck. hehe.

or still water pictures with a lovely couple like these two...

So, how's your summer so far?? I hope you're all enjoying the super hot weather and drinking lots! Updates soon.

Sneak Peek!

A wedding done, and a baby shoot! I've been off for almost 11 days, but they were busy nevertheless. We had a wedding shoot last week and managed to go away for a short holiday/camping with friends and a really cute baby shoot I can't wait to share with all of you. For now, here's a sneak peek of Krystal and Cliff's wedding last Friday =)

and here's some instagramized photos from our super fun camping weekend in Tobermory =)

 

random stuff

Hello! I wanted to write a post about pinwheels, but this computer at work is ancient and would not let me save, let alone upload pictures on to the blog because of some browser incompatibility problems. Oh well. It just feels weird letting a few days pass without some sort of post or update, so here I am =)

We've been busy with our regular day jobs (yes, we are still working like normal people, in case some are wondering), and a few interesting shoots that we can't wait to share with you soon. We did some fun newborn shoot over the weekend, as well as a cute engagement shoot we just started editing. Hopefully, I'll be able to upload some teasers soon. The weekends are really starting to look busy with engagement appointments, so we're somehow trying to sneak in a few side trips here and there so here's a peek of our trip planning the next few months. We're hoping there'll be bride and grooms who may be interested in booking us while we're visiting the following cities, because we'd love to meet and chat with all of you =)

May 19-21: Tobermory, Ontario

May 31-June 3: Chicago, Illinois

June 4 - 8: Orlando, Florida

July 6-9: TBA

Anyway, are you guys following us on Instagram yet?? If not, please do so, we'd love to see your pictures as well. Our usernames: janapearls and adrianp81 respectively (How obvious is it that Mr. Pearls was born 1981?? haha). I love meeting interesting people from different places and it's such an amazing way to meet fellow photographers/photography enthusiasts as well. Also, it's a great avenue for promoting our business although, I'm a bit wary when it comes to file sharing that sometimes happen either accidentally or intentionally. Just recently one of our photos ended up on a Tumblr blog without any sort of watermark and/or credit info and it's upsetting because, just because we are not the type of photographers who bathe their photos in watermark labels doesn't mean we don't expect our work to be recognized or associated with us. So a simple advice to everyone. Be careful with what you're posting online. If it's not your picture, please give credit to the people who actually worked hard to take them. You never know what sort of copyright lawsuit you can run into if you're not careful. On a lighter note, warmer days are upon us and we can't wait to start wedding season the next few weeks =)

Happy Wednesday!

and we're back....

I'm having a hard time concentrating this morning, realizing I can no longer go outside, wear shorts and tank top, bury my toes in the sand or walk along the shore. A little depressing coming back to rainy Toronto, but I did expect the weather will be worse.  It wasn't, so I guess we're lucky. I do want to share with you the amazing views of Grace Bay Beach.

 I can't put into words how much I miss walking along the shore!

 I was lying on a beach chair, waiting for A when I snapped this picture, using our old point and shoot. It gave me the weirdest idea....why not parasail? We haven't done that yet and though it's scary, I'm sure it'll be exhilarating. 

 ....and so we went. The view is spectacular from up there. I was also surprised at how serene and calm it was up there. I didn't expect the peace and quiet. I would do it again in a heartbeat.

 So there we were enjoying the view...and not more than 15 minutes later, we were wondering how the heck can we tell them we're ready to come down now?? haha.

Anyway, I'll be in travel blogging/bookmaking mode the next couple of days, and because we're in such a good mood, we're offering a 30% discount on all our photo products!

and I mean ALL.

Interested in Flushmount albums??? 30% off!!!

Need holiday or Thank You cards??? Also 30% off!!!

Contact us or send an email at adrianandjanaphotography@gmail.com for more details!