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A cool ‘trash the dress’ shoot in Mexico, Grand Sunset Princess

Manuela Stefan — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 17:24:24 +0000

It took me a bit too long to post these beautiful photos of Annie and Daryl taken after their wedding celebrations at the amazing Grand Sunset Princess resort, Mexico (to see their wedding blog please click here). I had such a blast with the two of them, walking around the wonderful resort and stopping whenever we stumbled upon interesting corners. Needless to say we ended up by the ocean’s shore and of course, we had to go into the water. The two of them were so good putting up with the splashing waves and getting salty water into their eyes. Not only I got sand in my camera, but Annie left the beach with her dress in a heavy bundle of water and sand. Good news is the dress survived the experience, so did we. The result of our amazing time together is the great collection of images below. Don’t they look like super models?

Dear friends, thank you again for offering me such an incredible, fun loaded week!

A creative photo shoot on frozen lake Rosseau, Muskoka

Manuela Stefan — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 00:24:35 +0000

I love going on mini trips! Winter can sometimes get grey and dry in the city and it only takes a couple of hours of driving for the scenery to change completely, for the snow to be abundant, for the spirit to get comforted at the sight of hills and forests all covered in white. My friend Cheryl and I went up North to Muskoka for a weekend. Almost jokingly and because I really wanted to do a creative winter shoot, I asked her if she would bring her wedding dress along. I was thrilled when she agreed, so all of a sudden my mind started spinning with detailed visions. I wanted to incorporate some colour against the white and of course, red came first (I am sure this is already not very surprising!!). In spite of the super low temperatures (lake Rosseau was snowboarders’ playground!!), Cheryl was amazingly cool and such a good sport, sometimes shivering badly but still being super brave for almost 45 minutes (I am not sure I could have done this!). I hope she will find the images below rewarding enough for her patience with this one demanding friend she has

Thank you Cheryl for such a super fun and inspiring weekend!

Trash the dress with Heather

Manuela Stefan — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 21:19:41 +0000

Heather and Christian got married last year in August. I have thoroughly enjoyed being there on their day.

It was to my nice surprise that almost one year later Christian contacted me thinking to surprise Heather for their first anniversary by offering her a ‘trash the dress’ session with me. He knew his wife would be absolutely thrilled to wear her gorgeous dress again.

So here I went to Barrie on an amazingly beautiful September day. We had, again, a lot of fun together. Heather looked stunning, she was so playful and daring, she ended up going into the water all the way! I feel blessed for this great opportunity that allowed me to fully express my creative vision while getting to work again with this very special couple!

I have to say a big Thank You to Christian who has organized it all and even brought a canoe. He was so very patient and helpful throughout the shoot, making sure his wife was comfy and having a lot of fun!

In case you are wondering, the dress is doing just fine, it did not suffer any injuries in the process and I am very happy about this part. I am all for ‘mild’ such sessions, following which the bride gets to still enjoy the intact beauty of her cherished gown.

Big hug to you guys and we shall see you soon!