Jack and Ruby Photography by Kara Wieler and Becky Radtke

Here’s the 3rd and final post in our “Best of 2011″ series.  WEDDINGS!!!!  Obviously, we’re pretty passionate about weddings.  It is, after all, the basis of our business.  We just can’t help it, we love people in love.  We also love their friends and families and the many special moments that are shared between them all on a wedding day.  We are definitely the luckiest of any wedding vendor, as we are with our couples all day long.  We are there when our brides open up very special gifts from their grooms first thing in the morning.  We are there as our brides step into their dresses, and we oooh and aaahhh right along with the rest of the gals!!!   We are there for our absolutely favorite moment as the bride and groom see each other for the first time, be it during a first look before the wedding, or at the end of the aisle.  From the “I do’s” to the first dance, we are there.  Like I said, we’re pretty lucky.

So, here they are, some of our absolute favorite wedding shots of 2011.  We love looking back at our amazing first year as Jack and Ruby Photography and we are so thankful to all of our amazing clients for joining us in this journey.  We are also so very excited to look forward to 2012 and all it has to offer.  From our awesome new clients, to a new house for Becky and a new baby for Kara, we just know it’s going to be a great year!!!

Julie & Kyle

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Jason & Audrey

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Joe & Kristin

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Ike & Kristen

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Joel & Deanna

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Lee & Jill

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Miguel & Allie

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Anthony & Jenievah

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Nadav & Pam

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Elliot & Ranae

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David & Danielle

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Next in our series of “Best of 2011″ posts are our favorite shots from our engagement sessions.  We LOOOOOOVE engagement sessions.  It is our time to really get to know a couple before their big day.  To see how they interact with the camera, but more importantly to see how they interact with each other and how they LOVE.  Some couples are very private about their love, and we don’t just mean no PDA’s.  They are subtle and sweet.  They whisper things when they don’t think we are listening and share a quick touch, a hug, a kiss, when they don’t think we’re watching.  Other couples are BIG in their love.  They laugh big, they smile big, they talk big, they hug big.  We love that each couple is so unique, we love getting to know them during this relaxed time before the wedding.  It’s a huge window into what we can expect on their wedding day, and helps us to capture them at their very best.

Here are some (and really, it is just some, it’s so very hard to actually choose a favorite) of our favorite engagement session images.

Lee & Jill

Kara’s Pick

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Ike & Kristen

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Allie & Miguel

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Anthony & Jenievah

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 Elliot & Ranae

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 David & Danielle

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Nadav & Pam

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Well 2011 has come and gone…Kara ushered in the new year with sweet little Sarah and in typical Becky fashion, she didn’t even make it to midnight before she was snugly tucked in bed.  2011 was an amazing year for Jack and Ruby Photography, it was our first full wedding season working together on each and every shoot and we loved every minute of it!  Looking back on everything we shot in 2011 only one thing comes to mind “wow, are we lucky”.  Lucky to work with such amazing clients who trust our photographic vision enough to hire us for their most important day!

Over the next week we will take a look back at some of our faves from our 2011 shoots, starting with our special “anytime” shoots!  It was torturous trying to only pick one favourite from each shoot…but we forced ourselves to stick with one!

C’est L’amour – Cole and Des

Our first shoot of 2011 was probably one of our favorites and definitely the most anticipated!

Kara’s Pick

Becky’s Pick

Dove Tree

We were so excited to work with the lovely and talented Kari of Dove Tree Designs and the fellows of Paperback Films for this shoot….the results were breathtaking!  This goody hasn’t make it to the blog yet, but expect it early in 2012!

Kara’s Pick

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Up, Up and away – Krysten and Luke

What a work of heart this shoot was! Kara’s sister helped with our DIY hot air balloon, Krysten planned out the wardrobe so carefully and Kara and I slaved over getting that hot air balloon up a hill on one of the hottest days of the summer!  The results?  A favorite shoot from the summer of 2011.

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A Family Affair – James, Kim & Co.

While we are normally not family photographers Kara’s sisters’s 10 year anniversary called for something VERY special!  We hit the road to Grand Beach and had a grand ole time with the Driedger family!

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Back to School in Style!

Another shoot that came from lots of dreaming, scheming and hauling a whole truck load of pretty props out to the field!  We loved this back to school themed shoot with three very lovely girls!

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Stay tuned for more of our favorites from 2011 coming soon!

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