A backyard-inspired anniversary celebration at Un Momento Bromont, captured on film and Super 8 by R.K. Collective.
Earlier this year, we met Chloe and Edward while they were planning something a little different. They had already been married for two years. Instead of having a traditional wedding day, they had chosen to elope and keep that moment between the two of them. Two years later, they wanted to do something they hadn’t gotten to do the first time around: bring the people they love together and celebrate their marriage with their families.
The result was an intimate backyard-style celebration in Bromont at Un Momento, surrounded by good food, thoughtful details, family, and the kind of atmosphere that made the whole afternoon feel incredibly personal.
From the beginning, Chloe told us she was especially drawn to the film side of our work. She wanted the day to feel relaxed and genuine, but she also gave us something we always love hearing from our couples:
“Be creative.”
So we did. Rather than approaching the day like a traditional wedding with a strict list of photographs, we photographed it as a celebration of two people who had already built a life together. There was room to slow down, photograph the little things, notice the way the light moved through the space, and document the people who had come together to celebrate them. We brought both our 35mm and medium format film cameras, along with Super 8, allowing us to move between photographs that felt nostalgic and intentional and moments that were completely unplanned.
One of our favourite things about intimate celebrations is how much personality can live in the details. The setting at Un Momento gave the celebration that relaxed backyard feeling Chloe and Edward were looking for, while the food and styling made it feel distinctly theirs.
The meal was created by Chloé Ostiguy — Archipel Traiteur, bringing everyone together around the table. There was something beautiful about photographing these details on film: the table, the food, the hands reaching across it, glasses being raised, people laughing between conversations. Not everything needs to be a big moment to be worth remembering. Sometimes it’s the little things you’ll want to see again years from now.
Because this wasn’t their wedding day in the traditional sense, the focus wasn’t only on Chloe and Edward. It was about everyone who had come to celebrate their marriage with them. Parents. Siblings. Friends. The people who had been part of their story before the elopement and the people who were there to celebrate the years that followed. We wanted the photographs to hold onto that feeling, the warmth of everyone being together, the spontaneous conversations, the laughter, and the quiet moments happening around the main celebration. That is what documentary photography means to us. Not simply photographing what happened, but paying attention to how it felt to be there.
Chloe’s love for film was one of the reasons we connected so quickly. For this celebration, we leaned into our hybrid approach, photographing on both digital and film while also creating a Super 8 film. Film brings a certain softness and imperfection that we love. The grain, the movement, the colours, the occasional blur, all of those little imperfections become part of the memory. And Super 8 adds another layer. Years from now, they won’t just have photographs of their anniversary celebration. They’ll be able to hear the laughter, see their family moving around them, and return to the atmosphere of that afternoon in a way that photographs alone can’t quite recreate.
Chloe and Edward’s celebration reminded us that there really isn’t one right way to celebrate a marriage. You can elope. You can have a big wedding. You can get married privately and gather everyone together years later. You can make the day completely your own. And honestly, that’s what we loved most about photographing Chloe and Edward. There was no pressure for the day to look like anyone else’s wedding. It was simply two people celebrating two years of marriage with the people they love.
And we got to document it all on film.
Vendors
Venue: Un Momento, Bromont – https://www.unmomento.me/
Catering: Chloé Ostiguy — Archipel Traiteur – https://www.restoarchipel.com/
Photography + Super 8 Film: R.K. Collective — Rose & Kadel – https://rkcollectivellc.ca/
