A Gorgeous Evermore Wedding

Sep 25

We had the best time photographing Holly and Petar's wedding at Evermore, a day that was full of laughter from start to finish. We started the morning with champagne toasts in matching robes and a few playful faces in the mirror as the groomsmen battled their ties. Then came an emotional first look on the porch of the old stone house. We watched Holly's father walk her down a garden path lined with wildflowers, her veil catching the breeze, to an outdoor ceremony under a flower-covered arch.

There was plenty of laughter during the vows and a shower of rose petals on the way back up the aisle. At golden hour we took the two of them along the tree-lined lanes and out among the coneflowers, then followed them into the barn for a grand entrance with every guest waving a napkin overhead.

The speeches brought tears and one very dapper cardboard cat, and the night finished under the string lights of the tent with a first-dance dip and a packed dance floor. Thank you, Holly and Petar, for having us. We loved every minute!

Petar laughing as he gets ready for his Ottawa wedding, with two groomsmen blurred in the foreground

Petar beaming as he hugs a groomsman on the morning of his wedding, with a young boy on a bed in the background

Petar pulling a playful grimace in the mirror while tightening his pale blue tie

Two men tying pale blue ties in twin bathroom mirrors before Holly and Petar's wedding

Portrait of the groom, Petar, in a blue suit, pale blue tie and pocket square against a dark background

Holly in a white lace robe toasting champagne with four bridesmaids in sage green robes before her Evermore wedding

Holly and her flower girl laughing and clinking glasses on a green sofa as they get ready

Holly's beaded wedding gown reflected in a tall oval mirror, with sparkly heels at its base

Holly's glittering heels on a windowsill, framed through the carved back of an antique chair

Young man fastening the collar of an older man's shirt and pale blue tie in front of a painting of a horse

Man in a blue tie helping a laughing woman in a sequinned dress into a cream wrap on the wedding morning

Black and white photo of Holly smiling at her reflection as a woman helps fasten her gown

Woman in a sage sequinned dress buttoning the pearl buttons down the back of Holly's lace gown

Holly laughing by a window in her fitted lace wedding gown

Holly on the porch at Evermore as her bridesmaids in dusty blue and the flower girl react with delight on the lawn

Holly's father smiling as he sees her in her gown for the first time on the porch at Evermore in Ottawa

Holly touching her father's lapel as he smiles at her on the porch of the historic stone house at Evermore

Young boy in a pale blue suit and green sunglasses carrying a rolled patterned blanket at Evermore

Petar hugging a woman in a floral dress beside the ceremony chairs on the lawn at Evermore

Petar and the officiant laughing beneath a flower-covered wrought-iron arch at Evermore

Holly's father walks her down the wildflower-lined garden path at Evermore, her long veil blowing behind her

Petar smiling at the altar under a floral arch as he waits for Holly at Evermore

Wide view of Holly and Petar's outdoor ceremony on the lawn at Evermore in Ottawa, under a big cloudy sky

Holly smiling as she holds Petar's hands, bridesmaids in blue with bright bouquets behind her

Holly beaming at Petar as the officiant reads during their outdoor ceremony at Evermore

Petar smiling during the ceremony, framed by blurred flowers in the foreground

Petar sliding the wedding ring onto Holly's finger as the officiant smiles behind them

Holly laughing as she reads her vows into a microphone at Evermore

Holly and Petar's first kiss under the flower-covered wrought-iron arch at Evermore in Ottawa

Holly and Petar walking back up the aisle hand in hand as guests throw rose petals at Evermore

Aerial view of Holly, Petar and their cheering guests around the circular ceremony space at Evermore, Ottawa

Groom and groomsmen in matching blue suits and colourful socks posing in front of a dark barn at Evermore

Holly and Petar's wedding party walking across the lawn at Evermore, groomsmen in blue and bridesmaids in dusty blue

Close-up of Holly's bouquet of pink peonies, peach ranunculus, dahlias, coneflowers and eucalyptus

Holly holding her bouquet as her long cathedral veil billows out beside her in the gardens at Evermore

Holly and Petar holding hands and smiling at each other in front of a sunlit clapboard building at Evermore

Holly and Petar facing each other on a lane beneath a canopy of tall trees at Evermore in Ottawa

Holly and Petar walking hand in hand along Evermore's tree-lined lane, Holly lifting her train

Holly and Petar on the veranda of the historic stone house at Evermore in Ottawa

Holly and Petar arm in arm on the white lattice porch of the stone house at Evermore

Holly smiling against a white lattice porch post at Evermore, her lace train spread across the boards

Holly and Petar in the distance, seen through a blur of pink and red coneflowers in the gardens at Evermore

Holly and Petar resting their foreheads together in front of the weathered grey barn at Evermore

Holly and Petar running hand in hand along the edge of a field at Evermore, her veil trailing behind

Holly laughing as she walks hand in hand with Petar through the fields at Evermore at dusk

Holly and Petar embracing nose to nose at sunset, her veil sweeping across the frame

Close-up of Holly's engagement ring and wedding band as her hand rests on Petar's jacket

Holly and Petar's grand entrance into the rustic barn at Evermore as guests wave napkins overhead

Holly laughing as Petar dances across the barn floor at Evermore

Groomsmen dancing enthusiastically with arms raised around Holly at the reception

Cheering guests waving napkins over their heads at the reception tables in the barn at Evermore

Holly hugging a tearful bridesmaid who is holding her speech card

Man in a blue suit giving a speech at a rustic wooden lectern surrounded by candles in the barn at Evermore

Holly and Petar laughing at the head table beneath draped fabric and a colourful floral arrangement

Man giving a speech while holding up a cardboard cutout of a tabby cat wearing a bow tie

Holly and Petar each hugging a family member at the head table after the speeches

Guests applauding at Holly and Petar's reception, a woman in a blue lace dress beaming

Petar dipping Holly during their first dance under the string-lit tent at Evermore in Ottawa

Holly's father sharing a kiss with a woman in a silver lace dress while slow dancing

Man swinging a laughing toddler by the arms on the dance floor at Evermore at dusk

Black and white photo of a laughing man with a boutonnière leading a line of dancers

Guest dancing in a white shirt and pale blue tie, surrounded by streaks of coloured light

Groomsman shouting with joy as he dances with a guest, drink in hand, at Holly and Petar's Ottawa wedding

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