Every Edmonton wedding photographer (and couples getting married there in the winter) gets a cordial hat tip from us – they’re tough. The outdoor portraits we did in -25°C (something like -50°C with the windchill) was no walk in the park, so kudos to Ashley and Andrew for toughing it out.
Cold weather aside, we had a great time in Edmonton. It was our first wedding in Alberta, and Edmonton is a cool (no pun intended) city. Even if it feels a bit like Siberia this time of year.
Destination weddings in Cancun, Mexico, can be painted with a stereotypical brush from time to time.
Beers. Sun. Beach. Party. Big hats. Tequila. More party.
You know the drill.
The story doesn’t always need to be told that way though. It doesn’t always have to be all sunshine and roses.
Raegen and Doug struck us as an intense couple. They are fun, for sure, but they also have a seriousness to them that we really liked. This broody feel was what motivated us when we photographed their wedding.
It’s OK to be serious once in a while.
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i think you guys are really good at what you do.
Good work guys!!
Your work constantly inspires me. The naturalness… the unique perspective… the mood. I love it all.
This is just gorgeous! I never considered myself a beach bride, but you may have converted me :)
Oh guys, this is so amazing! I am working on getting my plan ready so I can learn from you. :) Awesome work
Superb, truly. But honestly, I expect no less every time I come to your site. You guys never disappoint.
So I’ve come to realize that the reason I like your work so much is because it reminds me of Wes Anderson films. This post especially. Great work, you two.
dibs on a post card :)
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Vajjert! Blir badsugen :-)
Beautifully captured my friends. Love those rain shots!
Amazing, I love your unique vision on these. Such a wonderful wedding.
Some amazing shots in the rain, but my favorite is the one with the little girl on the bed watching everyone…lovely.
Just beautiful. I feel like I was there.
Love the framing in the wide-angle (24mm?) shot of “the kiss”. : D
So so good guys! Those moody clouds are amazing!
Art. Your work is so magical, Cole and Jakob. You two never cease to amaze.
Amazing, as usual from you guys. I have to say I LOVE her dress (and equally so that she chose a color, while others in the wedding party wore white).
Fantastic set – I can’t decide if I prefer the color or the BW shots – they are all amazing!
this image is crazy cool http://nordicaphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/cancun-wedding-photographer079.jpg – love the way you’re using exposure to tell a story
I am going to bookmark this post and come back to it again and again and again for inspiration! Amazing.
And I love the shot of the guy with the portrait right behind him looking at him!
Wow! Just wow! Your work is amazing :)
Incredible shots. The baby and the mother in the sudden rainstorm gave me chills, so beautiful.
Top drawer work fellas.. love this wedding!
Great set per usual fellas. Really love the moody cloud shots as well as the epic bodybuilder.
Going out on a limb here and saying these photographs are really good.
its unbelievable how you guys roll. seriously, amazing work gentlemen. i love visiting.
This is amazing! And the feet shot is just magical.
Her dress is stunning! Fabulous work, as always. Love their day!
Yeah, so, you guys blew my mind with this wedding. This is my favorite: http://nordicaphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/cancun-wedding-photographer067.jpg
Ridiculously Awesome!
Beautiful images
Not sure how I missed this… but wow. Killed it, guys.Amazing!
M m m :-) From dawn to dusk, perfect!
My gosh – I l.o.v.e it!!
Had me at shiny muscle man.
So damn good.
Lovely wedding… I especially like the atmospheric photos… the sky, the beach, the birds, the rainbow, etc. Adds a lot of drama to the event.
Love the colours you captured of the waiter making the drink that’s on fire – so amazing!! Great photos!!
Bravo guys, it was a great adventure, the weather and those colours. Awesome!
Love them, fantastic images!
So natural and I loved the lady holding her baby in the rain. Amazing!
Love the muscle man shot! Great post all around per usual.
These photos are amazingly good. Very inspiring and truly some of the best work I’ve seen in a long time.
If you say you aren’t weird, you’re lying.
Everyone is weird in their own way, and when you embrace the weirdness, life is that much more awesome.
Weird is a good thing.
When we met Karen and Cameron in 2010, we left thinking this: “Penguin ice sculpture? That’s weird.” You see, Cameron had intended on building a massive ice sculpture for their wedding. Penguins was the theme for their wedding, so Cam wanted to smash a home-run with this ice sculpture idea.
So, missing a few details, our first impression of the pengiun-ice-sculpture-wedding was, well, weird.
We basically envisioned a totally tripped-out wedding. Hunter S. Thompson greeting at us the door with penguin shaped jello shots. Oompa loompas in penguin outfits roller blading around the reception with trays of absinthe. And the whole kumbaya revolving around a humongous penguin ice sculpture that would be spraying Bacardi out of it’s stout.
It would be weird. It would be awesome.
Even though the penguin ice sculpture never actually happened, hearing of a wedding that had something a bit different and a bit off the wall was awesome.
And weird or not, we liked Karen and Cam a lot from day one. They found us through Rebecca Bollwitt (aka Miss 604 - a Vancouver blogger) and pictures of her dangling from a building (which is weird), and we’re glad they did.
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Absolute Radness. I really admire how you worked with the amazing ambient light in the church. Others may have not typically seen that and would have used flash. Amazing as always guys!
Awesome wedding y’all. The last two images are trippy.
Loved the photos. The chance to play that song while looking through the images was a really nice touch. Very fitting. Keep up the great work!
Love the use of light in this one…amazing fellas!
absolutely crazy cool.
http://nordicaphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/wedding-photographer-017.jpg
Wow, such vision and creativity in every photo. Love the tilt-shift of the priest in the church.
You are the best…:)
Your words….your photography….it seriously made my heart hurt with happiness. You have a gift!
Dudes, that first dress shot is killer. Great set fellas.
fantastic work! love your vision!
So lovely…you guys are very gifted
You conveyed a sense of warmth with your colors in the church. Kudos, boys.
The subtle reflection of the dress in the window in that first few shots is awesome.
Your visions align to make some magnificent ****. Well done guys.
Gah! Splendidly awesome stuff guys!
Lovely set! Well done guys!
Awesome work as ever guys! Absolutely love those church shots!
Very nice tricky party photos.
Nice work guys!!
Stunning coverage as ever – love the shot of the devil on the church steps!
Too good guys!
A big high five! Unbelievably good…
You work is always amazing. Love it. You did an amazing job with this. That faint dress reflection in the window is amazing. Great job!
gentlemen, every time i visit i am greeted with amazing images and stories. it inspires me friends. so good.
Perfect technique, great vision, amazing light !!!
man their portraits are insane! the dancing shots are pretty funny too!
Insanely beautiful you guys, and the guy with the mask outside the church?? Well that’s definitely weird :)
I was somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the true meaning of these images began to take hold. Staggering beauty.
awesome wedding. your comp is top notch and i really love the feel and tones.
Really stunning work as usual. The portrait with the raindrops is gorgeous.
great story photos with lot of love and fun, i love you post process work
a stunning collection of photographs. epic church and wicked light…chain link fence and bride with flowers allll good…superb.
Those dress shots are ridiculous. And the picture of the pews with the little stream of light? Stunning.
Looks like an ABSOLUTE blast!
Of course this is amazing. The shots of them together are so beautiful.
Great set guys. so well captured.
Yet another stunning album! Fantastic work lads!
Superb wedding, guys! Just awesome from beginning to end.
Yep, we’re all weird, and my favorite people are the ones who recognize it and embrace it.
Stay weird my friends.
wickedly good photography from beginning to end. I really liked that church wide angle picture with all that light on the people in the middle. Great light control.
Amazing set. Loved the range of portraits in this one.
I love the way you guys see and shoot light.
What a wonderful setting and a beautiful day. I love your liberal use of black and white in the images presented!
WOW what a great wedding! love the bride and groom shots
Love how you played a bit with contrast in the church. Beautiful work as always! :)
2011 was the year we got to know who Nordica is becoming. The year a face began to emerge. But it didn’t just happen, and it wasn’t without playing a bit of house along the way.
We’ve always referred to Nordica as our baby, and it is. Nordica’s roots are deep within both our lives and we’ve nurtured it, fed it, and watched it grow ever since we gave it a name and started shaping it’s identity in November of 2009. Like any proud parents, we shone the limelight a bit too bright on a baby that we knew nothing about, and we may have blinded ourselves a bit along the way.
But, with naive in full force, we pushed forward believing our baby would grow to be awesome.
Nordica took a few steps in 2010 – steps that we were very proud of and still are – but those steps were not unlike a crazy teenager’s.
More confident then experienced, more talking then listening, more dreaming then action. In 2010, Nordica was the loud-mouthed guy who screamed greatness having yet achieved a thing, and yelling to the world all the things he wanted to achieve one day.
Then, in 2011, it started to happen.
Some – not all – of the things the loud-mouthed teenager was screaming began to happen. It was as though Nordica had just cruised the university, had a dream job in mind, and actually got hired.
We dreamt about photographing a wedding in Iceland. Nordica ended up beside glaciers on one trip, and isolated countryside the next.
We dreamt about photographing multicultural weddings. We found ourselves in Sikh temples, Mexican jungles, Swedish archipelagos, historical farmlands, Indian ceremonies and faraway ranches.
Throughout 2011, we lived the dreams that we envisioned to be possible when we first started. We had big ideas, and somehow they came true.
And as 2011 drew to a close, we realize that we weren’t yelling a bunch of bullshit without substance anymore, and we weren’t living in some sort of fantasy that would be whisked away.
We realized that our little man, Nordica, had done a great deal of maturing, and we are proud of who he’s becoming. There are many lessons to be learned still, but experience and achieving goals has lit a fire in our little man, and we look forward to seeing where the journey takes him in 2012.
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Congratulations on an amazing year – I can’t wait to see what 2012 holds for Nordica (or 2018 for that matter!)
Brilliant work. You have done amazing work this year! I wish you all well for next year!
Wow, these are all gorgeous photos. I look forward to seeing what 2012 will bring from Nordica.
Truly amazing stuff from you two! A good year for sure!
I had to slow down my day and take it in, very slowly, frame by frame. Cole & Jakob you have created something incredibly beautiful.
Always blown away guys. Great work!
So inspiring! What a fabulous set of images, they are just breathtaking.
What an awesome year it must have been for you guys
Every single image is a show stopper. Great work fellows.
What the?…!
You guys are sick!
Beautiful art guys!
Your work floors me. Every single time. Your images are about weddings, mostly, but it is the people (and all of their human-ness) that shine through. That displays a skill that is beyond even the most complex manipulation of light through a machine. It shows that you’ve been growing this a lot longer than just the time that you’ve been holding cameras… Congrats on a beautiful year.
you guys are out of control. what a year.
that photo of the (father’s?) outstretched hand and girl crawling across the aisle is ridiculously excellent photojournalism. Of course the whole set is superb, but that one blew. me. away.
WOW #3 is my fav!! That is an amazing group of photos my friend!!
Amazing year for you guys!
Joyful, joyful stuff, guys! Looking forward to seeing more in 2012! x
So glad you guys put this epic post together, inspiring to look through your year of work. Keep it up for reals!
Congrats on a great year! Such lovely photos each time. Looking forward to seeing more in the coming years! :)
What a beautiful year of photography! Wow!
So so so good
Uberlicious.
Amazing photo…so inspiring!!
I will be here next year for sure….great photography
Amazing work guys! Looking forward to seeing what you’ll come up with 2012! Happy New Year & keep up the good work !
Beautiful, beautiful work, great post guys!
Well done lads! Very inspirational. Looking forward to seeing more in 2012!
Kudos to you guys! This is an amazing set of images! Can’t wait to see what you bring to the table for 2012!
What a fabulous set of images – Best wishes for 2012
Awesome…
Jäääklar vilket år ni har haft!
Nordica. Can’t stop. Won’t stop.
What an amazing (second?!) year you guys have had. Can’t wait to see the third. And forth. And…
fourth* dang it.
What an amazing year you guys had… Simply beautiful images all around. Looking forward to 2012!
fantastic year guys!
This is probably my 3rd time here and keep getting more and more blown away. Some true talent you guys have!
omg. omg omg. everything i love about you guys! just. so. good. i can’t believe this is only year two… your passion + talent + skillz = my inspiration. LOVE nordica. best wishes for 2012!! and pat y’all’s selves on the back for 2011. for real.
Wow, serious eye candy here. I’m a big fan of your work… It’s got this cinematic feel to it that haunts me. Love.
Nothing to say I haven’t already said. You guys are awesome. Thanks for sharing your vision.
Outstanding!
I could write a million words on the awesomeness of your work…. or I could just say Fuck Yeah!
Stunning work in 2011!! Keep it up, it’s fabulous :)
As I expected your year was phenomenal. Wow
So inspiring.
So many amazing photos. You’ve made some serious strides this year. Congratulations on all of your well-deserved success.
Truly amazing. What a year this has been for you!
Amazing collection. You guys are incredible
And that is why you guys rule!
Seriously though, hugely inspiring as always – look forward to seeing more amazing work from you. Cheers.
I’m on the verge of tears. I just spent… so much time looking through these. Three times now. You’re amazingly talented men. I cannot wait to see what you do in 2012. <3
It’s so frustrating because I want to say everything and still nothing sums up my feelings. So I’ll just say: ♥
Speechless. Just send this link to all prospective clients and you’re done.
By far my favorite year in review so far. Such a joy to scroll through these, and I love the song choice, too. So excited to see what 2012 brings for you.
You guys had an AMAZING year! Phenomenal work.
Hats off to you guys – some sensational images here. Can’t wait to see what you guys come up with next year.
you guys are the bestestest
Wow. That’s one helluva year. So many awesome pictures. Will be exciting to see what magic you’ll bring in 2012.
Ridiculous. I’ll be watching closely during 2012. Can’t wait!
If this is what 2011 looked like, I can’t imagine what 2012 is going to look like. Inspiring work.
all best in 2012…2011 was WOW ;-))
guys 2012 will rock for you! You are definitely doing something that moves me.
Beautiful work !!!
It’s amazing that places I’ve never been, moments I’ve never witnessed and people I’ve never met could make me feel as much as these frames do. Your work speaks loudly enough for us all to hear. Speechless.
This is truly outstanding boys… it just gets better and better. Amazing.
unreal, fellas. so mother flippin’ good.
Man, what a recap! BADASS.
So damn proud of you guys!!
Wow. your photography is great. I’m glad I stumbled across it. What a beautiful 2011 post. Blessings.
Just discovered you guys and glad I did. Great photos all! Looks like it was an amazing year. Looking forward to what 2012 brings!
what a year, guys. wow!
Congratulations on a fabulous year guys, look forward to seeing your work in 2012!
dayum dudes! this is such a sick collection of images. Thanks for the lovely postcard BTW!
Beautiful work! Thanks for sharing and keep em coming!
what a great post…what a great year! your work is incredible.
This is nothing short of amazing. Love.
pretty damn mega, congrats
Incredible work, looking forward to seeing your posts from this year!
GOSH! Your work is beyond stunning! I can’t look away!
WOOOOW!! <3 FULL LOVE!! EXCELENTE TRABAJO FOTOGRÁFICO, MUY INSPIRADOR, IMPRESIONANTE LO MEJOR QUE HE VISTO! POR FOTOGRAFOS COMO USTEDES ME ENAMORO Y AMO MAS LA FOTOGRAFIA! FELICIDADES!!!!! :D WOOW!
i love your colors, your style, your way of framing. nice work.
WOW! Amazing portfolio of work! Looks like you had a busy 2011…can’t wait to see what happens this year!
“Our vision is to make cancer treatments available to everyone across Canada, regardless of age and income.”
That is the statement you’ll see when you read about Thrive Alive, a foundation that Stephanie and Walter started in 2009. Their passion in life is to make the lives of those effected by cancer more positive, and most of their focus in life is the betterment of others.
Their story is very inspiring.
When they’re not making the world a better place, they share another passion together: sailing their boat. The boat is a big part of Steph and Walt’s lives and you can feel their love for that thing the second you step onto it.
So, it was logical for us to do their Document You session amidst something that held such esteem in their lives. Boating is a passion they share and being together on that boat clearly means a lot to them.
It’s tough for us to put into pictures and a few sentences how much we respect what these two do for others. The world could surely use a few more Stephanies and Walters, and we feel honoured to be photographing their wedding in 2012.
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One of these days, I want a lifestyle session with you guys. I’ve been thinking of all the amazing photographers I’m aware of and who my dream session might be with…you continuously produce such beautiful work that my answer always come back to Nordica.
Great session per usual guys – really awesome mission that the couple has as well. Congrats and looking forward to the wedding shots.
Guys, this is fantastic. You are really ROCKING the document you/lifestyle type session. Love it!
So real. So not contrived. So frickin’ brilliant.
So excited to see another document you session! Gorgeous photographs, as always.
what Ed said! :)
A very inspiring thought to start your post, they’re fortunate to share a strong positive goal. Beautiful images of a gorgeous couple… I love her dresses!
stunning pictures!
all round awesome. Wonderful light too
These photos make me smile (and cry). You captured my best friend and the love of her life in the most stunningly natural way. Looking forward to the wedding and the gorgeous photos I’m sure you’ll capture!
So good, it’s genius!
PURE. ART. LOVE. FRESH. INSPIRING.
Beautiful session! I love the lighting in these. The one of her outfit blowing in the wind is my favorite!
Really awesome perspectives and compositions!
So incredibly stunning. Especially love the life raft, the wine glasses, and the crab shots, but they are really all amazing!
You make it feel like we are seeing less of them and more of them at the same time. Very insightful photography. Well done.
You guys seriously need to do more of these document you sessions because the way you make them feel effortless intimate is amazing. Any photographer knows how hard it is to truly capture people on that deep of a level and you guys do it, and make it look easy.
Yeah, that was alright…. SERIOUSLY? Stunning session. So effortless and beautiful.
I’m impressed, fascinating history and beautiful pictures. Well done guys!
Truly great story!
Seriously ridic’ guys.. too good!
awesome work documenting Such a cute and caring couple!
awesome work dudes. I feel you really captured them in there element.
man, you guys now I am a fan, great work!!
Damn I love this shoot. Great lighting and great use of the boat. You guys are ridiculous!
Wow, I LOVE this. Seriously, you guys absolutely did this so perfectly. Wow, so so so good.
wow. this session is amazing.
Wow. Amazing!
Great story and great photos. There’s a great documentary feel to your photos. Good job!
Beautiful, romantic story. So well captured, so well presented. Amazing!
this is one of my favorite things you guys have ever done. for serious.
completely brilliant, sexy and so real. I love it.
Romance is in the air! Absolute brilliant photography as always! I saw the word Singapore! Greetings from here in Singapore!
This is what it’s all about. Absolutely love this guys :)
You capture souls. I’m so in love with every single image you guys produce. Damn you. :)
Amazing photography! Amazing.
spectacular
great set of images. the light is just awesome – way to capture it! and fantastic images documenting this couple.
Beautiful sunlight, great images!
Such beautiful shots especially the shot of the city. Great job.
by Cole & Jakob
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PJ Photos fotografiranje vjencanja - LOVE 3. photo..great!!
Razvan - I see that your photographic creativity is cold proof :)
Stephen Rotondo - Just excellent. I love all your stuff. So unique. Frame 3 wins!
sarah der - SO PRETTY. Every single frame. Oh, I cannot wait to see more from this wedding!
Two Ring Studios - ‘Wow’ to that first shot! So beautiful.
gabe aceves - Damn guys.
geneoh - Love them, especially #3.
Tyler - Love that first image guys
adam houseman - Nice little teaser guys. Love that last frame. It oozes fun.
Heather - Incredible work!! That shot of her warming her hands caught my eye, love it!!
Ariana Watts - That last photo freaking rocks! Your eye is amazing!
H. Parker - I love your compositions and use of depth of field to reel in the viewer. They are going to love these photos and will surely make them yearn to see the rest!!!
tim coulson - this is special stuff.
Nessa K - Seriously. You guys made below freezing weather look stylish and amazing. Only you. :)
otto schulze - the frame with the powerlines…my goodness!!!
Shyann - Wonderful guys!! I love that last shot, so fun!!
Javier Abad - What a difficult conditios to shoot a wedding!! Love 1 & 3 photo!!
Good work!!
James - The first shot is totally inspired. Love your work!
Jakub Majewski - You guys know very well how to build tension!
ed peers - Always love your vision guys… Superb.
Nick - Brrrrrr. I’m cold just looking at these! Absolutely love ‘em.
Mary Sylvia - I freaking love that pylon shot. Can I say it again? I bounced out of reader just to say it. I LOVE that pylon shot.
Natalie - Wow. Just, wow. From the first image to the last – I was holding my breath. Seriously awesome.
Chantal Andrea - I really, really, love your work. Always a joy to see view your images! Thank you for giving me something different to look at.
Jessica Schilling - Love each and every one of these. The bride warming her hands in the snow is so sweet and precious.
Ieva - wow
michele bowman - definitely looks cold!! great photos though…. you always rock it out of the park!!
Ric Latham - Love them all fantastic images. Especially the last one !
Tenielle - That first shot is incredible! I would love to shoot in snow, these portraits are just perfection.
zosia - Stunning Stuff as per usual :) Hope your fingers survived the frost!
Nick Lance - Wow great use of bokeh! Beautiful images.
taina - oh them powerlines! <3
Fotograf ślubny Lublin - Great photos – pure and natural.
Gustaf Pak - Crisp and clear, great shadows. Thank you for showing.
Karin Lindén - Perfect.
VERY perfect.
Makes my heart jump.
Continuum Photography - Great stuff! – Josh
Mary Spicer - You guys do beautiful work! New fan in Denver, Colorado!!