Welcome!
Written by Bartek on bmkblog – 3:50 pm - | Hello, and welcome to our blog! We are Magda and Bartek, a husband and wife photography team based in Montreal, Canada. We photograph weddings, families, kids and many other crazy ideas anyone throws at us! Our style is bright, fresh, colorful, natural and real. We capture raw moments with a fashion photography twist! Have fun browsing this site using the navigation bar up at the top or using the search option, and we loooove hearing what you think so feel free to leave us a comment below any of the blog posts! We welcome the opportunity to capture your wedding anywhere in the world so if you are interested in chatting, send us an email and we will get back to you at the speed of light (or at least as fast as the internet will let us ;) |
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Amelia
Written by Magda and Bartek on February 4, 2010 – 8:20 pm - First official photography post of 2010!! This time we had the pleasure of capturing Amelia and her amazing parents. They welcomed us into their home as though we were long time friends…we love our job.
She is only a few months old and the poor little thing cried throughout the photoshoot so we had to shoot fast! But I don’t blame her…two strangers with weird giant black gadgets clicking away in front of her. ;) But she was really interested a few times and looked directly into the lens which was wicked! Her stunning beautiful eyes pierced through the lens and touched our hearts!
Enough talking! On to the photos…enjoy!
I wonder where Amelia gets her looks…hmmmm……
We headed to the mezzanine where there was some beautiful sunshine pouring in through the large windows.
By far my (Bartek’s) favourite shot of the day shot by Magda:
A. Dorable. The start of a beautiful father-daughter relationship.
Some obligatory portraits of some proud parents…
Congratulations on your new family member. Enjoy a lifetime of love and happiness! :)
Here is something new! We decided to take advantage of the fact that our new cameras can also shoot HD video, and we shot some footage of beautiful little Amelia and her amazing parents.
Here is the short film… :)
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Sophie: Great video! Gave me a little tear in my eye! Love all the pictures there just stunning! (Feb 5, 2010 9:19 am)
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Jesse: Wow, stunning family shoot. And that film. I think it might even have a stirred a little something in me. (Feb 5, 2010 12:50 am)
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Parisa: You have been able to capture the depth of our love and joy as a family and the inner and outer beauty of our little Amelia!!! Thank you, thank you, thank you!!! You are amazing!! (Feb 4, 2010 10:02 pm)
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Sabrina & Alan: beautiful pics & family…nice work guys! (Feb 4, 2010 9:32 pm)
Help for Haiti - Fundraiser
Written by Magda and Bartek on January 21, 2010 – 9:13 pm - 
We’re seeing tons of horrible images from the Haiti earthquakes, so I thought I would share an image from photographer Matthew McDermott that touched our hearts and reasurred us that even in the most difficult times…there is hope :)
So I was on the train today thinking about Haiti, reading all the sad things in the paper about all those poor people who were hit not once, but twice with an earthquake within 8 days! This struck a little close to home as well since one of our good friends is from Haiti, and unfortunately his uncle was one of the victims. It really sucks because most of the Haitians are already suffering as it is and this is the last thing they need.
I noticed that people all over the world are doing what they can to donate their money to different charities, setting up funds, fundraisers and a whole lot of other amazing things. Magda and I will of course also be donating money… and then I thought, wait…we have an outlet to the world through the internet too! Our Blog! So we thought that we could also try and help.
Since we are going to donate to a charity too and I know there are some of you who also want to donate but perhaps haven’t gotten around to doing so, or only have a small amount they can afford…we came up with a little fundraiser for the readers of our blog! We’re going to pool all the money together and if we at least meet our goal of around $500 (hopefully more!) we’ll randomly choose one participant to get a free photoshoot from us! :)We hope you can participate, so here it goes:
- Send us what you can through the donate (Paypal) button below and we will gather all the money sent to us and donate it to Haiti through the Canadian RedCross.
- There are also charities that will match dollar for dollar what you donate so if a charity is still doing this, we’ll try and send money through them first.
- What’s in it for you? Well, first of all, you’ll feel good about yourselves by helping victims of the earthquake of course! ;) And secondly, we will randomly choose one person, couple or family who donated to the BMK fundraiser and do a free photoshoot for you!
- Please keep in mind that the photoshoot will have to be in Montreal or Ottawa (you Ottawanians can make a fun trip up here to Montreal if you like too!), and it will be between 1-2 hours.
- And of course we will post the amount we collect and which charity we chose on our blog to share with you all!
- If you would like to send us money please click the PayPal button below and send what you can! Don’t worry, you don’t need a paypal account or anything all you need is a credit card to donate and it’s 100% safe!
- We don’t know how much we can raise but let’s give it the best shot. So tell all your friends and family to come to our blog, donate and have a shot at getting a free photoshoot by BMK Photography! Anything will do, $5, $10, $20, $100 etc…
- Click donate button. Pull out wallet. Donate. Get entered into a draw for a free photoshoot with BMK Photography. Give yourself a high five! YAY! :)
Donations received so far! Yippeeeee!!! :
$430.00!!!!
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Jenny S: Very Nice guys! Everyone there can get all the help they get! Like you said anything will help! (Jan 22, 2010 9:51 am)
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Rebeca T: Magda and Bartek, this is a really kind gesture! We do not know what it is to go without! Canada is blessed we haven’t suffered like this, so we have a great opportunity to reach out to those in need! Thank you and I hope you reach your goal! You should post to see where you are at, might inspire others to contribute more if they can :) (Jan 22, 2010 7:00 am)
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George Karaminas: Congratulations on an excellent initiative Bartek and Magda! Thanks to your prize incentive, now people have two great reasons to donate. Let us all be generous and may God bless those in dire need of our help. (Jan 21, 2010 11:57 pm)
claudia+simon
Written by Magda and Bartek on November 25, 2009 – 12:36 pm - Claudia and Simon waited a long time for this day and it finally happened! We met these two quite a while ago at one of the first weddings we shot (Paula and Nemr). We are really blessed to have all these amazing clients all the time! We really feel like we are part of the wedding, instead of just vendors… Thanks to all our amazing brides and grooms! :)
Just two weeks before their big day we did a fabulous engagement photoshoot with Claudia and Simon , if you haven’t seen it check it out here. They showed us how they can rock it out infront of the camera and got us even more excited for their big day!
The day was fantastic. Claudia loves Montreal’s downtown and urban architecture so we started the photosession over at the incredible Windsor Station which was bult in 1887!!! It offers a really grand and classy setting which went perfectly with Claudia and Simon’s style. We then headed over to a few interesting locations around the upper downtown streets and eventually ended up at another historic place in Montreal… This time we added a little bit of greenery to the shoot by visiting the Westmount Conservatory and Greenhouse which houses beautiful plants all year round and of course has stunning architecture as it was built it the 1920’s. ( Looove that era!)
The night ended off at the Embassy Plaza Reception hall in Laval and the decor and party was ah-mazing!! Thank you for the wonderful day, we had a blast capturing your day and you two rocked it out! Oh and we were treated by having our good friend and talented photographer Jesse Bachmann be a third shooter during the day which made the day even more awesome.
Here are our favourites from the day:
Claudia getting her princess gown on!
Simon, preparing for the big day
It’s funny because in practically every wedding we do, the guys are done getting ready way ahead of time and have some time to relax :)
After the boys were done their thing, we had a bit of time to take a few shots in the parking lot:
The big moment…
Then we took the bridal party over to Windsor Station in downtown Montreal for some shots:
The gorgeous girls:
And the dapper guys :)
After that we broke off with the newlyweds and hit the town for some more photo opportunities!
We love these hearts in front of the Musee des Beaux Arts
Then we headed to the stunning building of the Westmount Conservatory/Greenhouse
Love it!
It was getting really dark but we quickly took a shot of Simon backlit with the streetlight and loved it! (for your techies: 5DmkII, 50mm, f1.2, 1/80s, iso3200)
And finally the super duper awesome reception!!! Claudia and Simon entered and got right down into a really amazing arabic dance:
Their first dance…
Below are some more photos from Claudia and Simon’s day :)
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Darek Jankowiak: Amazing session !!! Greetings from Poland, Szczecin (właśnie znalazłem Was w sieci, robicie niesamowitą robotę - Gratuluję !!! ) (Jan 23, 2010 6:41 am)
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Catia: CONGRATS AGAIN SIMON & CLAUDIA!!! you make a beautiful couple… I am so amazed by the photographers. Your ideas and locations were stunning and briliant. If I had known you back 7 years ago, for our wedding, i would of definitely picked you guys. Claudia & Simon Enjoy your life as a MARRIED COUPLE… (Nov 27, 2009 10:40 pm)
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Claudia: Thank you guys so much! The pics are beautiful. I’m so glad you shared our vision and style. We love you guys! Thanks for capturing our special day! xoxo (Nov 25, 2009 2:22 pm)
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Bridget Blair: LOVE YOU GUYS,THIS DAY WAS THE BEST OF ALL TIMES WHISHING YOU BOTH ALL THE BEST THAT LIFE HAVE TO OFFERAND TO THE PHOTOGRAPHERS GREAT JOB KEEP IT UP. RON’S COUSIN SIGNING OFF (Nov 19, 2009 1:50 pm)
Debbie Lawrence: You captured their essence perfectly!!! I laughed, I cried, above all…I was very proud!!!! I can’t THANK YOU enough for what you have given me!!! I will treasure this till the end of my days…and then some…Debbie xo (Aug 28, 2009 2:41 pm)
Rebeca T: Congratulations on your webpage, it looks fabulous!! How can any one not fall in love with 1. your work 2. your beautiful personalities!!! Much success with all your projects! (May 14, 2009 5:42 am)
Constance Grisley: Hi Bartek, we met yesterday in PhotoService. Oh my God, How beautiful,…..and what a team! Would love to put you as a “link” on my new website (soon to be up and running.) I live in Tremblant,…and I know that your “talent” is needed here! Thank you for spreading your light through photo’s!! Connie…… (Mar 22, 2009 10:00 am)
Shannon and Scott: We absolutely love your photos! (Jan 25, 2009 8:56 pm)
Kenya305: OMG the pictures are gorgeous! Find it hard to fight back the tears. Great job. Congratulations and best of luck to both of you guys. Much love from your favorite cuz in the MIA…. (Jan 24, 2009 4:17 pm)
dejha: i’m at work with writer’s block when i receive asha’s voicemessage to check out the pics on your blog. i’m adoring the technique and admiring the stills, but then i click the video, add some sound, and totally fall in love with this amazing experience that we all shared. thank you for capturing it so beautifully. god bless (Jan 23, 2009 11:46 am)
kashfeah: hello dere…im kashfeah frm Bangladesh…i was just browsin thru da net to find some kool wedding pics and came across da ellora+esben wedding album nd fell in love wid it riteaway!!…den i had a look at all ur oder pics and dey r so freakin awsome!!…u guys simply do a gr8 job!.wish u ppl cud ever come to Bangladesh to take ma wedding pics which is not any soon btw!!…neway..keep doin wht ur doin cuz ur simply gud at it!!! (Nov 23, 2008 1:26 pm)
Minh: I saw you guys at the ADAPT conference and was pretty curious of your quality of work so I checked them out on CG Society and I must say they are awesome photographs! You are definitely the first in my mind if I ever get married. (Sep 27, 2008 5:01 pm)
mac: woo :) finally some pics of the mysterious minds behind the great photos… hehe. i like em, flare it up! (Sep 3, 2008 9:50 pm)
Tim Tab: you guys are my heroes, stinkin’ love your stuff, and your post on the canon photography forum convinced me to switch over to all primes. oh, and btw, do you guys speak french? that’d be swank. (Sep 1, 2008 6:40 pm)
Emily: Stunning images. Keep it up x (Sep 1, 2008 8:58 am)
Jen McDonald: Thanks, Bartek. And thanks for visiting my blog! I really admire your work - from weddings to casual personal photos… I wish all mine could be half as good! (Aug 25, 2008 10:52 pm)
Meshach & Tanemara: Wow really nice portrates I love the contrast of the colors. You both look really good!!! (Aug 12, 2008 1:07 am)
Bartek: Thanks Aimee and everyone! We really appreciate the comments, we take each and every one to heart. Thank you all! :D (Aug 5, 2008 10:56 pm)
Aimee: Beautiful self-portraits guys!! YOu should be MODELS! Seriously. And I love the photos from Ellora & Esben’s wedding…. the colors are just so spectacular! Great job once again BMK! (Aug 5, 2008 10:41 pm)
Monica: Stunning photographs! Very unique and vibrant work. Wish you were here on the westcoast! (Jul 31, 2008 12:32 pm)
Monika: Just saw your site. WOW!!! Love the shots. Natural, fun and just my style. Too bad we’re not getting married.lol Maybe for something else? I will definitely share this with people I know. (Jul 30, 2008 10:19 pm)
Max R.: Your portfolio is refreshing. I get so tired of the traditional approach to portraiture that it is magnificent to see such crisp yet honest work. (May 7, 2008 9:19 pm)
Andrew Janke: Hi, Thanks for the memories of Montreal. We spent nigh on 3 years there and are now back in Oz. Especially like the ones of IKEA and opening the Christmas tree, reminded us of great times in our little condo in the McGill Ghetto. Andrew (May 6, 2008 11:51 pm)
Aga: Cool new blog! I like your fresh and modern approach. Keep up the good work and visit NY soon :) (Apr 21, 2008 9:03 am)
Mike Warren: Wow! You have some awesome stuff on your blog!! Great work! (Apr 15, 2008 4:36 pm)
Marlena i Jacek: Bartek and Magda, your photos blew us away! Are you available to do our wedding photos (August 9th 2008)? Jacek sent you an email. Thanks! (Apr 10, 2008 9:11 pm)
Keny: I love the vintage feel of these. Gorgeous work! (Apr 10, 2008 7:43 pm)
Bartek: @Graham: hahaha, that made me laugh! Lemme know which river you’ll be throwing your stuff into please… (Apr 9, 2008 12:50 pm)
Graham: Amazing work…in fact you make me want to gather up all my gear and throw it in the nearest river. I wanna be you. (Apr 9, 2008 4:31 am)
hs: your photos are absolutely stunning! (Apr 7, 2008 6:51 pm)
Sandy & Steve Daleras: Gorgeous pictures, very natural and very cute couple! (Mar 9, 2008 11:38 am)
Magda: @ Niki : Thanks!!! We had a blast doing them! (Mar 6, 2008 4:57 pm)
Niki: Fabulous shots! so modern and so natural. the photos are like art! (Mar 6, 2008 4:52 pm)
Anthony Melatti: Really nice work!! I love your photojournalistic approach to wedding photography. Keep it up! (Mar 5, 2008 7:58 pm)