This was a bit of a last minute affair. Not for Michelle and Merv, that is, but for me. I was contacted about a month before the wedding to see if I could come and photograph the wedding “as a gift,” said Tarla, Michelle’s daughter.

The wedding was to be held at Tupper Hall, at Swan Lake, and it was going to be a very brief, casual affair on a Friday evening. I didn’t know how casual until someone called out to Michelle, as she was walking down the aisle unaccompanied by music: “Hey, did you want me to hum something?”

The small crowd of friends and family laughed, as did the happy couple. Very casual, very friendly.