So happy to have another beautiful wedding featured on The Knot, this time, the intimate and loving nuptials of Amanda and Bal and their close group of family and friends on Granville Island. Amanda and Bal have been together since high school and their love shows again and again. Their beautiful Granville Island wedding was one of the warmest, most intimate events I have ever shot. Revel Events did a great job, award-winning Flower Factory did not disappoint as usual, the venue was magical and the music kept everyone dancing through the night. I absolutely love these two, their family and friends and the vintage, incredibly romantic style that brought everything together.

From The Knot:

High school sweethearts Amanda Yu (31 and a project manager) and Bal Kang (31 and a research scientist) had a simple wedding at Dockside Restaurant, located on Granville Island in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. “I don’t think I took any photos of them where they weren’t smiling or laughing about something,” their photographer Roxana Albusel says. The couple wanted an intimate wedding with only their closest family and friends. “We wanted a small wedding that allowed us to have meaningful interactions with everyone we love,” Amanda says. The event was beautifully executed by Revel Events, with floral design provided by The Flower Factory. Amanda and Bal were married outdoors at a park near the restaurant. Amanda’s brothers played guitar as she walked down the aisle in a knee length lace wedding dress with a greens sash. She carried a summery bouquet with garden roses, peonies, succulents and dusty miller. Bal looked handsome in a gray suit and a pale green tie. “We weren’t interested in being too traditional with our wedding fashion,” Amanda says. “We wanted attire that reflected our personal styles.” Instead of a sit-down dinner at their reception, Amanda and Bal elected to have a cocktail party with their favorite finger foods for their guests to munch on. They had their guests take polaroid selfies for the guest book, and they gave them small potted succulents as favours.

“Your wedding should be a reflection of who you are as a couple,” Amanda says. “The more authentic you are to yourself, the happier you’ll be.”

Ceremony Venue: Granville Island

Reception Venue: Dockside Restaurant

Wedding Planner: Revel Events

Flowers: The Flower Factory

Hair: Christine LeBlanc

Make-up: Amanda Girton

DJ: DJ BFAD

Macarons: Soirette Macarons

Officiant: Doug Cameron

Thank you for visiting my blog! I am a Vancouver wedding photographer also specializing in portrait, maternity and boudoir photography and deeply passionate about destination weddings. I shoot weddings anywhere in the Greater Vancouver area and am quite willing to travel – I have also photographed beautiful weddings in rural Quebec and colourful Mexico as well as done other photoshoots in California, the Okanagan, Oregon and Europe. My weddings have been published multiple times in numerous established publications and I am beyond crazy about my job as a Vancouver wedding photographer. When you’re always surrounded by love and happiness, what’s not to love?  I have some space left for 2015 weddings and am starting to book for 2016 weddings, so message me soon with any inquiries you may have about portrait or wedding photography. Use the tab above or email contact@roxanaphotography.com. Love, Roxy