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Happy Mother’s Day | Portrait with Your Mom

Anna+Mark — Sun, 13 May 2012 16:22:49 +0000

Red Carpet Wedding [Creative Shoot at Toronto Centre for Arts]

Anna+Mark — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 22:17:37 +0000

Last week we had the pleasure working with some talented folks in the Toronto Wedding Industry to shoot a creative for RedCarpetWedding.ca . We gave it a theme “red carpet wedding” Here is a sneak peek and an amazing video by NewLeaf Productions.

Red Carpet Wedding from NewLeaf Productions on Vimeo.

Laila+Edi //Toronto Wedding Photography//

Anna+Mark — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 08:03:35 +0000

They talked into the wee hours of the night, in a car, during a blizzard on their first date…this is one of the “love at first sight” romances.

Laila and Edi were made for each other. It was so obvious even to us, as they walked into our studio.

They have chemistry. They have love. They have romance. And they love to laugh. We were so thrilled when they decided on KostelStudio to shoot their wedding. To be apart of such a love story really is magic.

Laila and Edi, you really have something so special that so many people desire. Keep it strong and true. Congratulations on your marriage and we can’t wait to see you soon to relive the memories with you.

Welcome William Cooper Kostel || Toronto Birth Photography

Anna+Mark — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 17:52:06 +0000

Dad’s advice of “jump in with both feet and just do it” applied to such topics as getting engaged, married, buying a house, taking a dream trip and having kids etc. Mark & I are now proud parents of two. We had fears of it not being the right time etc but now I am so glad it just happened and these little angels are here with us. It’s not possible to describe how they make us feel or what they have added to our lives already. Yes it’s hard work but rewarding in unimaginable ways. They challenge us to be better providers, and role models. Children are entertaining, whimsical, imitators, curious, dependent yet have no fear to try new things, are so loving and basically are mini us : in a more naive carefree version. Children are our hopes of a great future.
If you are waiting for the perfect timing, right job,or ideal income you are just stalling and delaying a wonderful experiences. I will be honest and say its never the right “time”. But guess what – When you experience fear of some sort, it is a sure sign that you are pushing your boundaries and taking on a challenge. Fear equals learning. Learning is growth. And growth means becoming a better person and version of yourself. We have found that jumping in actually pushes us to do more and do better. The challenges make us stronger and we persevere through.
One might never reach the perfect financial scenario, ideal conditions and timing in our personal lives but our children will, and are the best gift we could have hoped and prayed for. They will love us and be our family no matter what our bank statement reads, what kind of home we own or What job we hold. As long as we have time to spend with them and enjoy them we are truly blessed. On that note, please enjoy this copious post of Marks more photojournalistic approach to birth of our boy. Ps. He really insisted on pics of actual birth, but realized that helping me to get through it with no epidural, morphine or any sedatives he hadn’t taken one frame Cheers!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

Anna+Mark — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 23:22:31 +0000

Studio 2012 Sneak Peek

Anna+Mark — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 22:47:09 +0000

Just a little teaser, from our studio. We are working on some snip and tucking for you to enjoy for 2012 Or earlier?

Love notes that put smiles on our faces

Anna+Mark — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 01:02:41 +0000

To be blogged…soon {Toronto Weddings}

Anna+Mark — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 21:40:53 +0000

Hello you….
Wow we had such a whirl wind of a summer and I have no idea how it is November, and 20th at that. Wow. Please excuse the mild pause in our blogosphere, but we promise to get better. Really? And you are expecting your second bub any day… and you want to blog more? Yes maa’m Not only will be blogging more, we will be launching a brand new site before the year end, sprucing up our elegant brand, redoing our studio feel and look for your leisure, getting tons of new work on the walls, ohh yeah, shooting a little, seeing you more often and taking Lana and her “bro” for awesome winter walks. The year has been really fast and we are expecting to be busy x2 in 2012 with so much fun, energetic and awesome development in KostelPhoto and at home. So pumped! Please stand by, check us out and say hello here, facebook, twitter or how about our studio. We’d love to see you pretty faces. Lets chat over a sweet cappucino… cause we love to chat. We can talk about the weather, your Wedding, photography or neurology. We are game and you ROCK! See you soon.

Engagement Photo Shoot Promo | Oakville

Anna+Mark — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 03:34:40 +0000

Hello, friends, clients and future brides
Its incredible how fast summer came and went this year. We are so fortunate to have had so much fun personally as well as with our amazing clients this year. We still have few more weddings until early December, but are promising to pick up the slack on our blog posts and enlighten you with our passion, your love. To start of our hiatus, we’d like to share with you a little promo piece done by the uber talented Johan from NewLeaf Wedding Cinema who came along on an engagement shoot or also known as “getting to know you” shoot to show all our future clients how much fun you will have and how easy it is to strut your stuff and show us your love in front of the cameras. Till very soon….

Loretta+Dom :: Port Credit Engagement

Anna+Mark — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 21:08:25 +0000

A beautiful engagement right here in our back yard. Port Credit lends its charm with so much variety, we just love it here.
Thanks Loretta and Dom for being such sweet models, you did totally awesome. We had a blast with you guys and can’t wait for the big day. Enjoy.