Favourite Wedding Images of 2011

Now that wedding season is well over, we had some time to slowly go through all our images. It may be 5 months before wedding season starts up again but looking through these photos allows us to remember the wonderful brides and grooms this season who invited us into their special day to capture some of the most intimate of moments. We were honoured to work with all of you and wish you nothing but a lifetime of happiness!

We wanted to share our favourite wedding images of 2011 with all of you.....

Our photos featured in latest edition of Ottawa Magazine

Our Christian Lalonde has done it again. He has captured some of the most delicious food in our capital city for Ottawa Magazine's November/December edition of "Where to Eat Right Now".

This is not Christian's first time photographing the food section for Ottawa Magazine however, it does provide some challenges: how to accurately convey the taste of something through only a photograph and constantly think of unique ways to present the images in a reoccurring feature.

Christian did not disappoint. The magazine feature even caused us to run out and try some of the restaurants before the rest of the city found out about them and we can say it's some of the best food we've ever had.

Pick up your copy on newsstands today.

Image of the Day

Our very own Frank Cava was selected by The Professional Photographers of Canada (PPOC) to have one of his images featured as their "Image of the Day" on their blog on December 10. It was taken at a small wedding in Mont Tremblant. No need to describe it as the colours, shapes and lighting speak volume. Absolutely stunning. Keep up the inspiring work Frank.

Read the PPOC's blog post here

Real Wedding: Colleen and Luc

We worked together with Marry Me Productions to capture the magic from Colleen and Luc's summer wedding. Check out their blog post to see our latest work.....

Congratulations to Colleen and Luc- it was wonderful to share your wedding day with you.

Real Wedding: Jenny & Albert

Our next real life couple 'feature' focuses on Jenny & Albert who were married on July 23rd at the always luxurious Chateau Laurier. Beautiful venue for a beautiful couple.

Congratulations to our lovebirds !

Real Wedding: Crystal & Matt

This blog post is featuring one of our sweetest couples: Crystal & Matt. Crystal and Matt were married in late June in Pembroke. We love travelling to other cities to capture weddings because it provides us with a challenge to find new and unique spots to photograph our brides and grooms.

Crystal's parents lived on a long and dusty road across the street from a farm complete with horses and lush, green rolling hills. That started our thought process for the day. We embraced the nature that was all around us in the small town of Pembroke.

Take a look at two of the photos we captured of Crystal and Matt wrapped up in nature itself (and of course.... each other)

Here are some other 'detail' shots of their big day.....

The Photolux Family is Expanding !

Like a true Italian family, we just keep growing :)

Awhile ago, Amanda Cava worked with our team here in Ottawa until she was called away to Toronto. We're happy to announce that she is back with our Photolux family and with her return, she brings some unique tips and tricks she learned while at a high-end, well respected photography company in Toronto.


Amanda is more than excited to begin meeting all of our amazing Ottawa clients and to incorporate some of the unique architecture and culture that Ottawa has to offer into her photos.

Amanda, welcome back !!


We also thought this would be a good time to reintroduce you to our current team (just click on 'team' near the bottom of page after 'destination weddings')..... Gotta admit, it was strange to be on the other side of the camera lens for the photo shoot.

Real Wedding: Crystal and Matt

Our good friends and neighbours at Marry Me Productions have put together a great blog post about a recent 'real wedding' we did with Crystal and Matt. Read their blog post to see some of the shots we captured that afternoon with this wonderful couple.

Congratulations Crystal and Matt !

The 2011 Wedding Season Begins...

The sudden change in weather this week may make it seem like wedding season is about to begin, but believe it or not the team at Photolux have been snapping newly married couples for the last month and a half now.

We're going to be using this blog to feature some of our 'real life' couples from the weddings we've shot. It's much easier to share them with you here than updating our website every few months.

So stay tuned for great photos from the 2011 wedding season... and to all our couples; we are very excited and honoured to capture your wedding memories for you this season.

Here is a sneak peek at what is to come.....

Photolux Wins Best Wedding Album in Ontario and Canada

It’s always fantastic to be recognized for your work but it’s even more rewarding when you are recognized by your peers in the industry. Photolux Studio is happy to announce that we were recently awarded two “best of” awards for one of our wedding albums.

The Professional Photographers of Canada recognized ‘Stefano and Eva’s wedding album as the best wedding album in Canada. According to the PPoC website, the winning album is selected by a panel of judges that bases its decision on overall impact, technical merit, composition and presentation.
The same album was also voted best wedding album in Ontario by the Professional Photographers of Ontario.
Both associations are regarded as the largest and most recognized in Canada and Ontario respectively so we’re honoured they were impressed with our work.

Enough legal mumbo jumbo right? I’m sure you are excited to see this album and we’re happy to share it with you....

Photolux is heading to New Orleans

One of our favourite activities is to travel to conferences around the world to interact with fellow photographers and learn the new trends in the photography industry. It's even better when we're selected as featured speakers at these conferences to share what we've learned with others.

One of our senior photographers, Anthony Cava has been asked to speak at Imaging USA 2012 January 14th and 17th in New Orleans hosted by the Professional Photographers of America .

According to its website, Imaging USA's mission is "to be the first major photographic event of the year that brings together the forward-thinking photographers and business leaders whose ideas spark innovation and change in the industry." The website goes on to explain the conference as "the longest running national photographic convention, expo and image exhibition in the United States, drawing thousands of professionals from around the world. Major components of Imaging USA are the Imaging EXPO trade show, several all-inclusive parties and presentations by some of the biggest names in the photographic industry."

Photolux is honoured to have been chosen as a presenter for this conference. We'll be sure to take some photos of beautiful New Orleans and post them when Ottawa is buried in snow and ice ;)

Rideau Center has put some 'spring' into our step

Have you seen the marketing for Rideau Centre’s new Spring 2011 look ? Chris Lalonde, Photolux’s commercial photographer was the man behind the lens for that campaign.

Chris has been working with Rideau Centre for the last 5 seasons on their big Spring campaign. With campaigns as large as The Rideau Centre’s, the work is planned half a year in advance. In fact, Chris did this shoot in mid December. Which makes it hard to get into the Spring spirit when Christmas is a week away. But as you can see, the shots turned out beautifully. Whatever we don’t post here, can be seen at the Rideau Centre, on buses, on bus shelters and in magazines and newspapers across our city. Photolux is honoured to have this partnership with Rideau Centre.

Ever wonder what it's like to get behind the scenes at one of these massive shoots? Take a peek at this 'behind the scenes video' of the photo shoot from Rideau Centre’s website:

Welcome Back- Our Blog 2.0

Although it didn’t feel like it this past weekend, Spring is in the air ! Rebirth, fresh start, new beginnings. We feel it’s a perfect time for Photolux Studio to re-start this blog. We have to admit its fallen by the wayside in the last few months. It’s not that we don’t like interacting with you all, it’s just we all got so busy and before we knew it, a few weeks turned into months with no posts.

We’re excited to restart this blog and keep you guys informed about what we’re up to; latest trends, conferences we’re attending, weddings and commercial shoots we’re involved with and one of the best parts of our job- mingling at some of the city’s best social events.

We’re also starting up a Facebook page in the near future so please become a ‘fan’, comment on our updates and message us with any questions or comments you have.

Enough chit chat, we have some great things to catch you up on. Let’s go.....