Meet Michelle
Hello!!
I am Michelle, a featured and award-winning London Ontario Wedding Photographer. I fell in love with photography when I was 16 years old in my high school photography class and have my amazing teacher to thank for kick starting the passion I have for this business I have built.
Behind the camera, I am married to my high school sweetheart, spend my days with my little corgi Samson and a collector of cute pins! In my spare time, I love to cuddle up on the couch and binge watch reality TV and sipping chai tea lattes.
My Story
My Story
Back in 2013, at the age of 21 and a year after graduating from the Fanshawe College Photography Program, I began Michelle A Photography out of my childhood bedroom (complete with super cool dolphin poster)!
A mere 3 months later, I photographed my very first wedding under my own business. I immediately fell in love with everything!! I worked several retail jobs until I ended up laid off in the winter of 2015 (R.I.P. Future Shop). From there, I threw everything I had into my business. In 2016, I went 100% full-time and have been capturing weddings ever since!
My WhyWhy do I Photograph Weddings?
As a Wedding Photographer, I get to be a part of a once in a lifetime day and photograph so many precious memories. But most importantly, I get to capture unique relationships and document them for years to come!
I married my High School Sweetheart on a sunny spring day in an outdoor ceremony surrounded by our closest friends and family. Precious moments in our relationship were included in so many ways.
Our corgi Samson was included with a little bowtie. Our first dance was to the same song he asked me to be his girlfriend too. Our cake topper was a scene from our favourite show and we entered our reception to one of our favourite songs. All things that were so uniquely us!
Because of this, I am a believer in true love and finding that one person who compliments your quirks. I found mine at 17 and now I get to participate in wedding days that are one of a kind!
My FavouritesMy Favourites
My Corgi Samson
Pink
Golden Hour
Collecting Pins
RuPaul's Drag Race
Processionals
Fall
Anime & DnD
First Looks & Private Vows
Dogs
Fantasy Romance Novels
Colourful Wedding Palettes
Japan
Testimonials
My sister is MARRIED!
Saturday was perfect in every way and it was so amazing getting to stand by my sister’s side as she married her best friend.
Ziyad has been apart of our family for 12 years already. But I can officially call him my brother in-law now!
I also want to give some vendor shout outs for making the day so smooth.
@djalphadavegalloway - for being the best officiant, MC and DJ EVER. And for playing some emo songs and System of a Down🤘🏻
@lindaloveshair - we were all so in love with our hair. She was so sweet and did an amazing job!
@makeupbynoors - she was the sweetest and made us all look so amazing!
@elmhurstinnandspa - their space is lovely and the food…DELICIOUS!
@tiabakery2019 - for the CUTEST heart cake.
@retrospectphotobooth - such a cool Photo Booth option. Think a vintage Photo Booth turned modern!
@growandbloomco - the PRETTIEST poison garden inspired florals I’ve ever seen😍
And a MASSIVE shout out to my bestie Cassie (@hopeharbourphotography) for being the hero and coordinator all day. She kept everything running behind the scenes so everyone could live in the moment🩷
Congratulations Em and Z! I love you lots🩷
💙July Photo Dump💙
I debated whether or not I wanted to do a photo dump post for this month. It hasn’t ended the greatest and social media really hasn’t been top of mind.
But there were good things that happened in July that are worth sharing.
PSA, there is a photo of Samson’s urn at the end of this post so if that makes you uncomfortable do not swipe to the end!
Some highlights...
💙 Photographing 3 of my own weddings and second shooting 2.
💙 Celebrating my sister at her bachelorette.
💙 Taking our nephew to the Toronto aquarium for the first time and doing some shopping after.
💙 Meeting some cute pets, babies and having amazing clients turned friends!
💙 Getting to take Samson for his last ice cream and spending as much time with him sitting outside as we could.
💙 Bringing home our baby, even if it’s not the form we want.
We miss Sammy every single day and the sadness will continue into August. Thank you again to everyone who has reached out, commented, sent flowers and cards and have been there for us. Words cannot express how thankful we are.
It’s so nice to see just how loved Samson was.💙
Anyways, we are onto August and my sister gets married in a week and my holidays start tomorrow. A little glimmer in our sadness.🩷
#michelleaphoto #londonontarioweddingphotographer #stthomasontarioweddingphotographer #julyphotodump
More sneaks from this past weekend are here!
On Saturday, I had the pleasure of photographing Lindsay and Tyler’s amazing wedding day.
They were a referral from a past wedding client of mine (now friends🥰) so I was soooo excited for their wedding!
It was the most perfect day. From the details right down to their first dance in front of the barn, everything was perfect!
Congratulations Lindsay and Tyler!!
Vendor Love:
Venue: @therusticranchweddingbarn
Hair: @darah.styleshair
Make-up: @danilynnartistry
Dress: @bridetobe.boutique
Florals: @kemsleyflorist
Cake: @maplecitybakery
Second Shooter: @hopeharbourphotography
Sneak peeks from this past weekend incoming!
Starting off with Natalie and Casey’s evening wedding at @hickory_ridge_gcc. It was such a beautiful evening!
You can’t really beat sunset, gorgeous details AND a pond backdrop.
It was such an honour being apart of such a special day.
Congratulations Natalie and Casey!!
Vendor Love:
Venue: @hickory_ridge_gcc
Officiant: @someone2marryu
Band/Live Music: @connormorand
#michelleaphoto #hickoryridgegolfclub #londonontarioweddingphotographer
Southwestern Ontario Wedding Photographer
London . St Thomas . Stratford . Cambridge . Hamilton
