Andrea and Jeff’s day took us on a tour of some of Toronto’s best wed­ding venues; from the Ritz-Carlton, to Knox Col­lege, and then to the Dis­tillery Dis­trict for an inti­mate din­ner at the Fer­ment­ing Cel­lar. But despite all of the beau­ti­ful imagery we were able to cre­ate at these loca­tions, a good set­ting means noth­ing with­out some great char­ac­ters — and Andrea and Jeff, are some pret­ty amaz­ing characters.

It wasn’t so much about “how do we shape and pace this sto­ry”, but which of all of the dif­fer­ent sto­ries to focus on.

Between their cards, per­son­al vows, and equal­ly per­son­al speech­es, we had a lot to work with. It wasn’t so much about “how do we shape and pace this sto­ry”, but which of all of the dif­fer­ent sto­ries to focus on. At the fore­front of this nar­ra­tive, is the cel­e­bra­tion of Andrea and Jeff’s love — one sim­ply shaped by laugh­ter and good sleep (usu­al­ly on Jeff’s armpit) — and the esca­lat­ing excite­ment to see each oth­er at the altar. We want to empha­size that inten­si­fy­ing excite­ment. Andrea actu­al­ly lost all feel­ing while putting on her dress and it didn’t return until after her and Jeff’s first look.

As Jeff hilar­i­ous­ly put it, he doesn’t under­stand why peo­ple get cold feet, his feet were on fire. And that rings so true for these two. Nine years in the mak­ing, they just couldn’t wait to say their I do’s.