NOTE*** Gillian recently moved to Calgary and now owns Studio Lumen http://studiolumen.ca/
Gillian was an absolute gem to work with throughout the whole process. I actually knew her from working on a project together a few years prior, and when I got engaged she was the first thing I booked before even having a date or a venue set. We had originally talked about doing a 6 hour booking, but a couple weeks beforehand when I knew the day-of schedule a little better I decided I needed 8 hours in order to capture all the important things and she was totally fine with making the change.
During the wedding, Gillian and her second photographer Jean-Marc blended in so seamlessly that there are photos that I don't even remember being taken. They were not intrusive at all during the ceremony, during speeches or at any point at all. After a bad experience with a different photographer at my sister's wedding a few years ago, my dad took it upon himself to be responsible for capturing every moment, and when even he came over to me at the reception and complimented Gillian and Jean-Marc I knew they were doing an amazing job.
The finished photos are beautiful. She sent a preview set about a week after the wedding which I shared with our families and the wedding party, and everyone was blown away by how good they were (and they even brought every single one of them to tears again). Seriously, this girl shot HER OWN wedding a couple months ago and the photos are works of art (http://www.theweddingco.com/toronto-photographer-elopes/).
I'm not the kind of person who relishes being the centre of attention and was somewhat nervous about being the focus of so many pictures, but Gillian made it very easy to relax and just be natural. She actually encouraged my husband and I to just talk to each other and let her and Jean-Mark worry about snapping photos at the right times.
