Some do a nice dinner out or a get away or many other ways of celebrating but Steph and Luke decided to do an AfterShoot in celebration of their first anniversary which is just around the corner on July 30.
One of the things our team always feels after weddings is that we will miss our couples. It’s such fun to work with them from their engagement, in most cases, through the wedding planning stage and to work with them closely on their wedding day. Then we always comment a few weeks later that we will miss working alongside of them, but for some it’s becoming more popular to do an AfterShoot. Sometimes just a few days or a few weeks later, but for Steph and Luke it was almost a year later as they wanted to celebrate in this special way. We were so happy to see them again and work with them as Luke and Steph are so special.
We wish you both a Happy First Anniversary and hope that you have so many more great years ahead and that each day is filled with amazing memories and special blessings!

Little 8 year olds, Esther and David knew each other back then when their parents were friends, through church. We imagine that she didn’t really look at him then the same way she looks at him now, nor did their parent’s think that their friendship would grow in the way it has till now. She really noticed him in the summer of 2000, but because he was a bit quiet, he didn’t look at her too much or talk too much to her…..she thought he couldn’t possibly be interested. Then they had their first date on August 15, 2007. He asked her to go to a Blue Jays game with him, just over a week before she was to leave for school in Dubuque, Iowa, and that night they took their first walk along the waterfront in Toronto. The first two years of their relationship were long distance, but when she would come home there would be a Leafs or a Jays game in Toronto to look forward to, and often a moonlight walk along the water.

After finishing school this past summer, David was ready to take the next step, and with Esther’s best friends visiting from the states and both sets of parents on board, wedding planning began.
He had told her when he ordered the ring, one which he selected completely on his own, but time passed and it seemed to her like it would never arrive.
October 2, 2010 rolled around and the time came for their annual trek to Toronto for a Leafs game. It seemed the same as every previous one . . . they had supper out, nothing happened, they watched the game, nothing happened. But, on the way back to the car he took her for a detour through the gardens along the waterfront (she thought it was just a shortcut), and when he asked if she wanted to sit down on a bench she thought it was because he knew her feet were tired. It was a beautiful spot, the lake on one side, the lights of the city sparkling in the night sky on the other — Esther wasn’t ready to go when David suggested they should, but she got up and was starting to walk away when she heard him say, “Also, one more thing,” and felt him grab her arm. She turned around and he was down on one knee pulling a little box out of his coat pocket, his words, “Will you marry me?” barely even registering in her stunned surprise.
She threw her arms around him, giggling and crying, and completely forgetting a)that he was kneeling on wet grass, b)about the ring, and c)to answer him. He asked if he could stand up, and he managed to get the ring on her finger just as she was realizing that she hadn’t answered yet — which she remedied with many a yes, yes, yes! When they got back to the parking garage, and some decent lighting, she finally took a look at the ring — it was GORGEOUS! She couldn’t believe her eyes: the diamonds, the intricate and unique design of the band. She couldn’t stop grinning and looking at him and then the ring and then back at him the whole way home.

Congratulations Esther and David! We’re looking forward to your wedding in 2011.

Salim Chahbar and Kaouthar Abouzeenni are set to be wed on February 13, 2010.

Salim was born and raised in London Ontario while Kaouthar grew up in the small town of Woodstock, Ontario. The couple met at a holiday party thrown by one of Kaouthar’s best friends who happened to be Salim’s cousin. The matchmaker insisted that the two would make the perfect couple. Soon after, the couple went on to realize that their paths had crossed several times throughout their childhood as they frequently played on the same street and even in the same house.

The engagement took place on November 1, 2009 in Woodstock, Ontario. It only took two midnight shifts at the Abouzeenni family bakery for Salim to muster up the courage to ask Kaouthar’s father for his blessing. With her fathers permission in hand, Salim placed the ring on Kaouthar’s finger who quickly said YES and the rest is history.

Lee Mann Photography had a wonderful time doing Salim’s and Kaouthar’s E-Session. After getting rained out at the end of the fall we were able to re-schedule to a perfect but very cold evening,with a touch of snow on the ground just before Christmas! While very relaxed in front of the camera, Salim and Kaouthar, were comfortable just being themselves while our Lee Mann Photography Team caught the shots.

With the wedding only about 3 weeks away, and will be held at the Convention Centre in London Ontario, the couple has everything in place and is so excited for their special day, and our Team can’t wait as well.