Curt O'Neil Photographer - Wedding and Lifestyle Photographer - Sault Ste. Marie

Amanda and Chris – Awesome Booth

curtoneil — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:08:27 +0000

The last wedding of the season also brought the last Awesome Booth of the season. There’s no real way to describe these things as they always become their own monster. It was definitely a fun way to end the year!

Amanda and Chris – Sault Ste Marie Wedding

curtoneil — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:33:10 +0000

Well here it is, the final wedding from 2011. Amanda and Chris were married on a gorgeous mid-November day. AJ was along for the adventure once again assisting with shooting, so while I started the morning off with the girls he met up with the guys. Seeing as we had a shorter period of time between ceremony and reception we made the best of both locations, we started some quick formal shots at the ceremony site then made our way down to the Water Tower to get the rest in so that Amanda and Chris could be there in time for the reception. It was a great way to end off the year as we also had the Awesome Booth in action for the night (those shots coming soon).

Thanks for a great way to end the year guys!

Shot by AJ:

Shot by AJ – and either the guys played a fantastic joke on Chris here or only 20% of them know how to jump on command:

Shot by AJ:

Chris actually IS a Broncos fan, poor guy.

Candid by AJ:

Natasha and Jeff – Toronto Engagement Shoot

curtoneil — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:24:34 +0000

Back at the start of November I had a weekend off from weddings and had the opportunity to head to Toronto to meet up with Natasha and Jeff to get their engagement shoot in down there. I love the opportunity to be able to be somewhere else for their session as it gave new ideas and new scenery/backgrounds to work with. We started the day off walking from their place down to the Distillery District. After some time there we warmed ourselves up and drove to find Graffiti Alley; this place was awesome; it was essentially a number of blocks that had their alley ways open for graffiti artists to come in and tag the walls. We spent most of the time there just checking everything out, I then became extremely excited when I found Earthworm Jim on one wall and made them pose under him. From there we went to Kensington Market for a little shopping for dinner and some candid pics and ended the day off with some night shooting downtown. It was a great little trip and a fun little adventure.

Thanks for the great day guys and for dinner!

Stephanie – Lifestyle

curtoneil — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:40:34 +0000

I’m finally starting to get some of my backlogged stuff up on here.

The first session making its way to the site is Steph’s Lifestyle shoot from the summer. Steph contacted me to get some updated shots for her portfolio, as it was something I don’t normally get the chance to do I jumped at the opportunity. We ended up breaking the shoot down into two separate sessions with Tony joining us on the first helping out with gear and lights.

Here’s some outtakes from the shoot. The first one is from day two with the last three from the first day. Tony started off the shoot as the photo bomber, working his way up to fellow crime fighter and ended the day off as fellow gangsters.

Tonya and Andrew – Sault Ste Marie Wedding

curtoneil — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:08:30 +0000

Here’s Tonya and Andrew’s wedding from 11-11-11 this year, aka Remembrance Day here in Canada. They had a story in the Sault Star which you can read and it saves me the time from typing it. BOOYAH TO LAZY! Tonya and Andrew had a small simple wedding at the Delta on the waterfront here in the Sault, everything happened later in the day and all in the same location. First I swung by the guy’s room to get some quick shots of them getting ready and from there went up to the suite where the girls were at getting some shots of them. By the time the ceremony was over it was dark and cold out so we used the hotel as our backdrop for the formal shots. And just as quickly as we started we were back into the hall to kick off the reception and party.

Thanks for the great day guys!

Melissa and Jacey – Sault Ste Marie Wedding

curtoneil — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 17:15:53 +0000

Here’s Melissa and Jacey’s wedding from the rainy end of October. I started the morning off with the girls at the salon, when they were making their way to the next location for makeup I made a pit stop to the guys as they were enjoying a breakfast at Muio’s. As guys on a wedding day we get off pretty easy considering all we really have to do is put on pants so heading out for a little breakfast get together before the day started rolling seemed like a good idea. I had to get out of there though when the food started to arrive or else I wouldn’t have left. The girls finished their prep at their suite at the Water Tower Inn before heading to the ceremony. All morning the weather was hit and miss, it’d rain, it would clear up, it’d lightly drizzle and then rain harder again. Near the end of the ceremony it looked like we’d luck out and the rain was stopping so we could head outside for the formal shots. Then it started raining the hardest it has all day; but they were awesome about it and we headed outside anyway! We were able to get in some great shots of them out in the elements, the girls hid in the cars while I worked with the guys and then they came outside when it was their turn. I didn’t realize how bad it was raining until I get in my car and noticed how rain soaked everything I was wearing was. It was worth it though. From there we finished off the session at the Water Tower before everyone started arriving for the reception and then later in the evening when the rain finally stopped Melissa, Jacey and I were able to sneak away outside for a few more shots.

Thanks for the great day guys and for everyone being crazy enough to head out in the rain!

Layla – 8 Months – Sneak Peek

curtoneil — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:10:37 +0000

Franca and Frank – Sault Ste Marie Wedding

curtoneil — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:45:51 +0000

Here’s Franca and Frank’s wedding from the end of October. Fall was in full force at this point but we had a gorgeous day with a crisp chill in the air. AJ was once again along to second shoot the wedding with me starting the morning off with the guys and flowing through the rest of the day. And just to clear things up once and for all, no AJ and me are not brothers. Just because we both have beards and on a wedding day we are both carrying cameras around that still does not make us brothers. Crazy groomsmen making their own conclusions. We were able to sneak into Hiawatha to get the formal shots of Franca and Frank along with the bridal party and then headed down to the Marconi to party out the rest of the night.

Thanks for the awesome day guys, from me and my non-brother.

Shot by AJ

Candid shot by AJ

Krista and Brian – Sault Engagement Sneak Peek

curtoneil — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 16:59:42 +0000

Connor – 10 Months – Sneak Peek

curtoneil — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:31:51 +0000