Helene Cyr Photography » Empress Hotel

Katherine & Michael, St. Andrews + Empress Hotel, Victoria, BC

Helene — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 16:08:11 +0000

Katherine and Michael chose St. Andrews church to have their ceremony and the Empress Hotel for their reception. Katherine managed to find these magnificent balloons that were an absolute blast to photograph! I could have photographed them with their balloons all day as ideas starting to flow amongst us. She even took us to the cemetery as one of her places to take pictures. How lucky I am to have such open minded and creative couples!

Brian and Jake, Empress Hotel

Helene — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 21:15:08 +0000

A fabulous group of family and friends met at the Empress Hotel on November 27 to celebrate Brian and Jake’s heartfelt wedding. They came from all over the US and many from Alaska. I very much enjoyed the Alaskan humor and “joie de vivre”! We lasted but 15 minutes at the waters’ edge where the icy winds and cool temperatures hurried us back to the Hotel for soothing drinks. Could not have asked for a more casual, elegant and layed back wedding to cap off my year of memorable weddings!

Isabelle + Johnny, Empress Hotel, 12/12/09

Helene — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 20:59:12 +0000

Johnny called late November to ask if I were to photograph his wedding. At first I was hesitant to accept any more work but his sweet English accent and charm got the better of me. Then later meeting Isabelle sealed the deal for me. Mostly they wanted images of their ceremony and cocktail. They married at the Empress Hotel at 4:30pm. The couple were wonderfully animated as were their guests! I can still here the laughter in the room.