Castle River Summer Wedding [Tricia & Colin]
While I’ve photographed the weddings of many people I’ve gone to school with, Tricia’s was a special one seeing as how we’ve been friends since grade 6! From the moment she started talking about Colin, he seemed so perfect for her and I’m glad she agreed :)
Tricia and Colin held their Castle River summer wedding in the Crowsnest Pass area, starting in Coleman where Tricia grew up and working their way over to the Lundbreck area for the ceremony and reception later in the day. The Castle River Rodeo grounds were a beautiful location to hold their celebration, from their river side ceremony to their starlit open sky reception.
We had such an amazing and fun time with them! It’s so great to be able to spend such a special day with friends. (Cam and Colin have also had lots of time to bond over the last year since the couple were guests at a number of other weddings we photographed!)
Our friend Andrea at Elegant Weddings and Events (who was also in the wedding party!) did an amazing job coordinating the whole event.
Congratulations, Colin & Tricia!
We started out doing a reveal before any other photos. Tricia looked like she was fighting back tears on the walk to him but burst into a full out smile once she turned him around :)
All of the bouquets were handmade out of paper, and Tricia’s dress was sewn by a friend.
Though their tattoos are from different pieces of fantasy fiction, they go together so well!
Athena the Dog even gets embarrassed when her mom and dad kiss ;)
Colin’s nephew was their ring bearer.
This was his idea of a high five :)
Superheroes!
The guys also had custom made paper flowers, but incorporated Lego superheros.
I think the girls’ superhero poses were a little more fierce ;)
Tricia and Colin’s beautiful dog Athena was their flower girl and she rocked her tutu right to the end of the night!
Trees played an important part in their wedding theme, and even their rings were made of wood.
After we finished photos in the Pass, we headed for a few portraits at Lundbreck Falls before their ceremony.
Their ceremony was held on the rocky shore of the Castle River, and Colin’s musician friends provided the soundtrack.
Tricia and Colin combined nature and superheros with ease at their reception :)
I should also mention that they encouraged people to dress up as superheros for the wedding! I was glad to see that not just the kids did it :)
The toast to the bride started out with a barrage of actual toast coming at Tricia :)
Athena quickly got to work cleaning up the toast!
There was no special game involved in getting the bride and groom to kiss, but Tricia and Colin had a system in place to make sure it didn’t happen very often… if you clinked your glass, you got to be up close and awkwardly personal with the kiss!
Athena joined in the first dance.
Tricia’s bouquet burst into mini bouquets as she threw it so more girls could get flowers :)
Just to make the garter removal a little more awkward…
Chalk was provided at the reception and really gorgeous art sprung up all night!
Tricia and Colin had to take a break from their reception to keep their guests safe from a Dementor… or maybe it was a Ringwraith? Just to be safe, they used both wizardry and Middle Earth magic to fight the creature!
Here is their slideshow:
p.s. In case you are wondering, I did take part in the costume request and was Fiona for the evening :)
