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Wedding Guide: the best wedding photographers in Toronto

Wedding Guide: the best wedding photographers in Toronto

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(Image: Mango Studios)

Boyfriend/Girlfriend
416-841-9125
Partners Vanessa Heins and Jess Baumung use their doubles act to get multiple perspectives on the client’s big day, producing stylish, candid images backed up by Heins’s experience in editorial photography and Baumung’s background in live-music shots. They only do 20 weddings a year, so book early. From $3,500. By appointment.

5ive15ifteen Photo Company
429 Spadina Rd. (at Lonsdale Rd.), 416-487-0515
The photographers at 5ive15ifteen like to keep their work natural and relaxed, but with the lush colours and elegant composition of a high-toned editorial spread. (The studio’s work has appeared in Martha Stewart Weddings, Grace Ormonde Wedding Style and Today’s Bride.) From $3,950. By appointment.

Ikonica Images
388 Carlaw Ave. (at Dundas St. E.), Ste. 302B, 416-259-6795.
One of Toronto’s best-known studios, Ikonica captures breathtaking shades, settings and fleeting moments that often appear right out of a storybook, whether it’s a flower girl running down the aisle or a couple gazing at a sky full of fireworks. Typically $5,000. By appointment.

Johnny Lam Photography
416-893-3974
Johnny Lam’s shots are casual, breezy and fun. A traditionalist, the photographer prefers to shoot outdoor weddings and use natural light (he almost never uses a flash, claiming it drowns out a lot of the ambience). Lam “soft poses” couples, having them just stand and talk to each other casually. By appointment.

Joseph + Jaime Photography
416-214-2588
Joseph Paget and Jaime Maddalena have been married for seven years and shooting weddings for eight, favouring a documentary style and fresh compositions inspired by their editorial work. Those looking for something different can have a few pics taken on a toy camera. From $2,900. By appointment.

Let Them Eat Cake Films
70 Ward St. (at Lansdowne Ave.), 416-252-7768
Owner and lead cinematographer Mike Rybinski has embraced video to the benefit of brides and grooms everywhere: he can have an expertly produced DVD documenting wedding preparations and the ceremony itself in the couple’s hands in time for the reception. LTEC’s shooters use Hollywood techniques—including professional off-camera lighting, audio and Steadicam—to capture primping bridesmaids and a behind-the-scenes peek at the bride-and-groom photo shoot. From $3,000. Closed Saturday and Sunday.

Mango Studios
477 Richmond St. W. (at Brant St.), Unit 101, 416-366-4723.
Co-owners Nancy Da Costa and Mo Govindji like to think of Mango as a collective of artists helping each other hone their craft (many of the shooters are graphic designers and fine arts majors). They describe their aesthetic as timeless nostalgia, making use of light (solar flares are de rigueur in their pics) and eschewing Photoshop for more natural looks. Packages start at $3,900, but Govindji recommends the $5,500 one, which comes with two photo­graphers and an album to make the day all the more memorable. By appointment.

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30 thoughts on “Wedding Guide: the best wedding photographers in Toronto”

  6. In these comments – photographers shamelessly plugging their businesses to make a list that is already riddled with some mediocre (at best) talent.

  10. What’s the point of this list anyway? If other photographers hide behind fake names to plug themselves in hopes of a click to their site anyway (see all the comments), the validity and value of being “chosen” (or paying) to be on this really diminishes. Not to mention, at least the photographers mentioned below have a live link to their site! So, if I were to plug my own site on a Toronto Life site, I would at least just do it as a comment like those below.

    The wedding photography market is so saturated with sameness … that’s all this shows.

  12. Full disclosure: I’m a wedding photographer. On to my comment.

    Does anyone know how Toronto Life compiled this list? Is it an honest opinion about the best photographers in town based on experience and polling, or were these spots paid for? Call me a cynic, but don’t call me jealous: I’ve accepted long ago that my style of shooting is simply not trendy and isn’t fuel for wedding blogs. But I do believe in honest recommendations!

    To the Guest that commented that wedding photography is saturated with sameness: I couldn’t agree more. There are two reasons for this. One: although most photographers would describe themselves as documentary or photojournalistic wedding photographers, taking a look at their portfolio proves them wrong. Simply too many photographers don’t practice what they preach. There is no question as to why their work looks similar when most of what they show are interchangeable brides and grooms in more or less the same poses. Two: exacerbating reason number one is that almost everyone is now using the VSCO raw filters, and not the subtle ones either! VSCO filters can create some nice effects, but when everyone is using the same grainy washed-out Kodak T-Max 3200++ filter, or the same Kodak Portra 800++ filter with cool tone shadows, the distinction between different wedding photographers definitely blurs.

    I apologize if this sounds like public venting. As amends, I won’t pimp my site! ;-)

  13. I’m a wedding photographer, and I would be interested to know a little bit more details as to how one get’s to be considered to be part of such a list.
    Alot of my clients have said “Enrique your the best!”; a well deserved comment for delivering what the clients expected. However, when i saw this list I wondered how does one really compare one photographer to the next as the best?

  14. This list is a joke.. 1st off look at the work some is ok, some is good, but for that price.. lol like 5500? do they provide on site priting same day? nope well i know guys that do.. i get it pictures are worth a 1000 words.. but 5500 lol that is over priced.. Nikon D4 is about that price.. and thats Nikons Flagship cam.. TOP of the line.. I have Canon and nikon Pro systems and sublime printers.. and i wouldnt dare to ask any one for that price for the simple fact that im not a conartist.. sorry but i dont see that work being worth so much.. from a photographer to everyone else..

  15. and for Claudia Hung never heard of her work and looked at it.. nice work, really nice work but if the one of the couple dancing in the even is her top work.. wow .. what are you shooting with a Reble.. alt low iso? the picture is in my profession i would never show that to anyone.. my cellphone will do a better job..

  16. just noticed that my last comment went away.. well look at the list over priced.. none of this work is worth that much.. from a photographer to everyone else.. i get it i am a pro photographer.. from Modeling event..product.. I have done it all.. and Nikon D4 is around 5k.. I would never pay any one 5 k.. for wedding photos unless they provide it to me that day…

  20. I recently Did a Photo shoot at Biskibeat Photography. It was awesome, they do everything there. Photography, music production and Dj services. check their Website Biskibeat.com and their Facebook page facebook.com/BiskibeatRecords

  24. Great list of the best toronto wedding photographer. Well there are many photographers out there in town, you must be conservative who really are good. Ask help or referrals from friends and family. It will help you locate the best photographers. Actually there are good junior photographers who are good also in capturing photos if you can find at least one then you can save more money. But nevertheless hire the best wedding photographer to capture the best moment of your life.

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