Andreas Avdoulos
— Documentary Wedding Photographer in Toronto, Ontario
Photography Style:
Reportage. Intentionally classic. Black and White. Dramatic. Unfiltered and real. Images that are unconventional, yet completely genuine and true to your day.
Service Area:
Toronto and surrounding regions, including Niagara on the Lake, Kitchener Waterloo, Muskoka and destination weddings.
— Meet Andreas
I’m a Documentary wedding photographer in Toronto who has spent the past 20+ years creating one-of-a-kind, genuine and timeless images through my candid first-person style of photography.
The couples that choose me to tell their wedding story are crafting a wedding day that is deeply personal to them, and they want photographs that are both truthful and unforgettable, that showcase what the experience of being there looked and felt like.
The photographs I create are unique to me and the couple I’m working with, and can only really be made by the access and trust given to me by my clients.
Over the course of my career as a photographer I’ve established a way of working that allows me to capture these very intimate and personal images. It didn’t happen right away, there was a lot of experimenting, but I’ve found what works best and I stick to that. I photograph weddings alone; it’s just me and a couple small cameras. No second photographers, no assistants, no fuss or distractions to you or your guests. This way of working allows me to put people at ease while capturing intimate, candid and relaxed photographs of the people at your wedding.
I’ve included a curated set of photographs from past and recent weddings below, and if you have any questions, or want to see more of my work please send an email or fill out the inquiry form below.
“Andreas understood the assignment - plenty of candid “documentary style” shots that capture the essence of the moment.”
– Vance + Trina
“We had a wonderful experience with Andreas! His pictures were exactly what we had hoped for and e was incredibly easy to get along with.”
– Christy McKean
“I have no words, just love for all the images and their stories. Thank you Andreas for capturing everything we could've asked for and more!”
– Alessandra Vigario
— Behind The Lens
A Letter from Andreas
I’m often asked what I enjoy about photographing weddings, and why, after over twenty years of doing so I still enjoy it. Ultimately, when it comes right down to it, photographing a wedding for me, is all about the people. In a way, a wedding is very much like a play, and there are a set of events that generally take place in the same way. What makes each one completely unique though are the people present - the supporting cast of your close friends and family, and how they engage with one another while celebrating your marriage and experiencing the wedding day.
This event that you’re planning will likely be the only time in your life where all of these people are under one roof together, for you and with you…and that’s a rare and beautiful thing. That’s why I think that the way it’s photographed should be done in such a way that the focus is on you, your guests, and the experience - not on me or the photographic process. I don’t see your wedding as an opportunity to make content for my website, I’m there to create a set of photographs for the two of you that will become conversation starters for years to come.
I began photographing weddings full time after spending some years working as a graphic designer and commercial photographer in the advertising and marketing business. It wasn’t planned, and it took many years for me to find my voice and my approach to this work, and if I’m being totally honest, it was after the lockdowns of Covid that I really niched down and found what works best for me as a photographer.
As a documentary wedding photographer, I find my inspiration for this work from unlikely sources - not from other wedding photographers, but from photographers of our past. These celebrity, fashion, conflict and society photographers have vastly different styles, but their work is all unique in the way they focused their attention on the connection with the people in front of their camera. It’s this interaction, even if for a split second between the subject and the person behind the camera that makes the image.
So what is my “style” as a wedding photographer? It’s rooted in reportage / documentary photography, but it’s also blend of both observing a moment and participating in a way. I’m not there to creep around with the camera, and I’m not a “photojournalist” because I don’t have some sort of angle that I’m trying to cover. My approach to wedding photography is to capture intimate “first-person’s perspective” type images that give you, the viewer a sense of being there in that moment.
Being a father to three teenagers, and having been married for just over 20 years has greatly influenced my work. In fact, I began photographing weddings right around the time we got married, and lately, I find that the images I make are far more intimate and personal, and I find I’m at a place in life where I understand what both the couple and their parents are all going through, and that informs what I shoot and how I react to things.
This perspective, experience and knowledge from having photographed hundreds of multicultural weddings both locally and abroad is what I bring to each wedding that I photograph, and it’s what makes my work unique to me, and to the couple who commission me to document their wedding day.
Thanks for taking your time here today, I look forward to hearing all about you, and your wedding plans.
Andreas Avdoulos, Photographer
— Booking Information & Portfolio
Curious about my availability? Send me a quick message about your wedding and I’ll let you know later today if I’m still available.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
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Inquire today. You will receive an email shortly to let you know of availability.
If your date is still available, a phone or video call will be scheduled to talk about the details of your wedding day.
Shortly after our call, a pre-signed contract will be sent to you to review and approve online. The booking process is all done online.
The signed contract, and retainer of 50% will secure your wedding date.
* The retainer can be broken up into two payments if required.
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CONTACT INFORMATION
The information collected in the form will not be used in any way other than to contact you regarding your inquiry.
Your personal information will not distributed, sold, or used in any other way.
If your wedding date is not available, your inquiry email will be deleted.
PHOTOGRAPHY PRIVACY
Your wedding photographs will not be posted on any social media without your permission.
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No fuss. No stress. My approach: put people at ease, and capture intimate, candid and relaxed photos of them enjoying your wedding day with you.
It’s a blend of “documentary” - capturing moments as they happen, and some family portraits and portraits of the two of you.
Low key, relaxed, and not about me at all.
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All of the photographs on my website were made at weddings where the couple told me the exact same thing.
I’ve been doing this long enough to know how to read the room, and while it’s important to know what to photograph, and when to do it…it’s as important to know when not to be there with the camera and simply let people be in the moment themselves.
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95% of my work is black&white, with colour usually reserved for some of the portraits and group photographs, and the environmental and detail images.
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Today. Within the hour more than likely.
I’ll let you know today if I’m available on your date.
If I am, we’ll schedule a time that works for you to have our first phone call.
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I take a very low key approach to things. I work alone for most of the weddings I photograph, and I dress to fit in just like a guest.
Your wedding is not for my portfolio, and when I’m there, I’m taking photographs for you, of you, of your families and your friends. My goal as your photographer is to capture the vibe of the day through my first-person’s view approach to photography.
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Please no.
The portraits of the two of you will be made quickly without much fuss or stress because two people in love often already know how to hold each other and those images look and feel much more realistic and personal.
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I’ve photographed hundreds of weddings since my first one back in 2003.
I’m happily married - 20 years now, and together we have three kids (all teenagers now)
I studied design, and worked in advertising before photographing weddings. I’ve also designed, built, and operated a small specialty espresso bar.
Photographing weddings for couples who put a big priority on simply celebrating the day with their friends and family versus those who want to take countless posed photos all day long keeps me interested and inspired in this work that I do. *hint hint
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If the venue is booked, and you enjoy the work I do, and we’ve had our phone call and everything lines up, I recommend booking then.
I have dates still available for 2025, and I’m now booking into Fall of 2026.
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My photography fee is inclusive of my time at your wedding, post production and processing, and delivery of the completed high-resolution print ready images on a private and secure website that you’ll have access to for one year.
10 Hour Booking 7,000
8 Hour Booking 5,500
5 Hour Booking 4,500
You will receive a proposal based on the specifics of your day once we speak about your plans.