Welcome to Roël Photography! We are a small, boutique, wedding and dog photography studio located in beautiful Stratford, Ontario, Canada. We also serve London, Toronto, the Niagara region – as well as cottage country.
We love what we do and trust that it shows In fact, Wedding & Portrait Photographers International (WPPI) named us their “Studio of the Month” for October 2008 – an honour given to only 12 photography studios every year out of a total membership of over 30,000.
You will find a large collection of our recent work on here – feel free to peruse our site and visit us often as we update this blog frequently. You can also use the menu items above to navigate to the different sections of our website.
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Anne, Jeff and I recently spent a very hot and sunny Saturday with Erin and Andrew. Mother Nature made sure that wedding had an overabundance of sunshine on their wedding day!
They both live in London, Ontario and decided to have their wedding ceremony and reception at Bellamere Winery. It was a day filled with lots of emotion, laughter… and a lot of fun. But I don’t need to tell you that after you view the above slideshow. Not only was it great to see Erin and Andrew get married, it was wonderful to see the two of them with their friends/family having such a great time together.
Erin and Andrew: Thank you for letting us be a part of your wedding day. We had a lot of fun with the two of you and wish you lots of love, joy and happiness in your life together.
If Erin and Andrew have given you access to their online gallery, please visit our home page at www.roelphoto.com and click on “online gallery“.
As most of you know, I published a book in February 2007 called, AFRICA: Beginning a Journey. Thank you to all of you who purchased it and supported a great cause.
I have a few remaining copies and would like to donate them to schools or public libraries in Canada. If you are a teacher or a librarian and would like a free copy of the book for your institution, please fax your request on your letterhead to +1-888-737-5719
Feel free to send this post to a school or library and thank you to everyone who helped with the success of this book!
A few days ago, I ventured towards the town of Port Bruce… a very pretty place along the coast of Lake Erie. I had a really great afternoon with Devon and Ted who are getting married in London next year – and – I also had the pleasure of meeting their “boys”, Wellington and Gustifer… two really great pooches.
I don’t know where to begin… it is really beautiful there and I had a great time with all four of them. I guess that is fitting as we had the perfect summer day together (aside to Ted: did you eventually get your ice cream?). And – it is a good thing that there was a hair dryer at their cottage as you will see in the slide show…
Devon and Ted (and the boys): thank you for an awesome time together. You are kind people and very patient – and I cannot wait to photograph your upcoming wedding.
If Devon and Ted have given you access to their online gallery, visit our home page at www.roelphoto.com and click on “online gallery.”
Anne, Jeff and I recently had the pleasure of attending and photographing the wedding of Megan and Denis. Megan is originally from our fair city of Stratford and Denis hails from Sudbury… and both of them now call Toronto home.
We spent some time with them during their engagement session last year and it seems like it was only yesterday. Their wedding day started off with Megan and her attendants getting ready in Stratford – then we were off to meet up with Denis and his crazy guys at the church. After a really touching ceremony (thank you Rev. Janice) the bridal party headed out for a very brief time to a nearby park as mother nature gave us some glorious sunshine for the afternoon after a rainy morning. And needless to say… the reception was a lot of fun.
Megan and Denis: thank you for your hospitality and we wish you lots of joy and happiness in your life together.
If Megan and Denis have given you access to their online gallery, visit our website at www.roelphoto.com and click on “online gallery.”
My apologies as my last post was a bit rushed… I was trying to complete it when I heard the boarding announcement for my flight home from Venice.
As you know, I just spent the past week with Joe McNally in Italy. IMHO, he doesn’t need an introduction to fellow photographers or his clients… he is one of the world’s finest photographers. For those of you who are not familiar with his work, his images have graced the covers of National Geographic, Life Magazine and Sports Illustrated… just to name a few publications.
Joe is a master of light and he uses some incredibly complex lighting setups (I’ve never met anyone who travels with 12 speedlights!). Watching Joe work and having the opportunity to shoot along side him was an amazing experience, to say the least. Whether I was shooting on my own or helping Joe setup his lighting, it is amazing how much you can learn from him.
Our week together had us working pretty late into the evening and one day, we even started working at 4am to photograph some lovely ballerinas at sunrise (yawn). I must say that I was exhausted by the end of the week – and it was an incredibly rewarding experience.
To the other photographers who were present in Venice: it was truly a pleasure to meet all of you. And to my friend Rob in Ottawa: thank you again for this wonderful opportunity.
Joe: thank you for a phenomenal week and I hope our paths cross again.
Here are a few images that I shot during the week…
Our regular readers will have noticed that I have been absent for the past week…. but it as been one heck of a week!
Once in a while a guy gets really lucky… and lady luck has been smiling at a lot at me lately.
I am sitting in Venice airport waiting for my flight home. I just spent the past 6 days shooting with legendary photographer and author, Joe McNally (special thanks to my friend Rob in Ottawa for giving me this great opportunity). Joe, IMHO, is the best photographer alive on the planet … period. It has been an exhausting week but my head is spinning with all of the great things we did.
Anyway, my flight is being called… I will post a few more images once I land and get a little sleep
Anne, Sheila and I had the pleasure of photographing Kennie and Stephen’s recent wedding in Toronto. I spent some time with them last year during their engagement session and we had a wonderful time together – so needless to say, I was looking forward to their wedding day.
The day started out with Stephen coming to pick up Kennie at her hotel suite in Markham … but he had to pass a few “tests” before Kennie’s friends let Stephen see her (aside: Stephen, you are a good sport!). After their tea ceremonies, Kennie changed into her wedding gown and we headed down to Alexander Muir Park in Toronto for some more photography and a lot of fun.
The wedding and reception was held at Vaughan Estate of Sunnybrook – if you have not been there before, check it out sometime – it is an absolutely beautiful venue. Mother Nature did cooperate with us as it was an outdoor wedding – at least the rain started after the ceremony was over! I don’t have to tell you that everything was beautiful and the food superb… you can see that for yourself in the slideshow. Overall, Kennie and Stephen had a fabulous wedding day!
Kennie and Stephen: Anne, Sheila and I wish you nothing but joy and happiness in your life together. You and your families are incredibly gracious people and we thank you for your hospitality.
If Kennie and Stephen have given you access to their online gallery, go to our main website www.roelphoto.com and click on “online gallery.”
A little while ago, Anne and I celebrated our fourth wedding anniversary. We went out for a really nice dinner – and what I didn’t know what Anne bought me a little gift – a clock! But it is no ordinary clock – it has my name on it. Not sure where she found it, all I know is that it is a great gift.
When I was a kid, I always wanted a personalized mug. Every other kid had one, but since my name was so “unique”, none of the stores had a “Roel” mug in stock. Oh well.
So, not only is there a clock with my name on it, it appears there is a beer with my name too. How great is that?
Anne and I had the pleasure of spending some time recently with Janet and Don of Toronto. They came to our fair city of Stratford for their engagement session – and we are glad that they did visit as we love showing people around our new home town.
Stratford has many beautiful parks and we spent the afternoon visiting them (with camera in hand, of course). We walked around and chatted about many things, including their upcoming wedding in Toronto this summer.
Janet and Don: Thank you for a great afternoon – it was wonderful to get to know you both better. Anne and I are really looking forward to photographing your wedding.
If Janet and Don have given you access to their online gallery, go to our main website www.roelphoto.com and click on “online gallery.”
There is a really cool site on the internet called MacroMutt.com – it features dogs and people bearing photographic instruments their photographers. Well guess what? I am their featured canine today!
So if you have a chance, click here to check out my picture. I hope I don’t look fat in my outfit fur…
Vivian and Vincent of Toronto hired us a few months ago to photograph their upcoming wedding … and when they contacted me recently about their engagement photos, they wanted to do something a little different and really fun. So on a very hot (and very sunny) spring day, we headed out to Canada’s Wonderland in Vaughan/Maple for the afternoon with camera in hand.
Needless to say, we all had a lot of fun – they are a playful couple and this was the perfect setting for them. If you haven’t spent some time at Wonderland recently, check it out. It’ll make you feel like a kid all over again.
Vivian and Vincent: Thank you for such a great afternoon … you are such friendly couple and we look forward to your wedding.
If Vivian and Vincent have given you access to their online gallery, go to our main website www.roelphoto.com and click on “online gallery.”
In fact, Wedding & Portrait Photographers International (WPPI) named us their “Studio of the Month” for October 2008 – an honour given to only 12 photography studios every year out of a total membership of over 30,000.
