WE MET ON SET AT A FASHION SHOOT
In 2008, the stars aligned and Justyna was working as a fashion stylist for Style Magazine, and Joel was hired to photograph a few editorials. What followed were years of artistic collaboration, friendship, exploration, and appreciation for each other. This turned to courtship, romance, a beautiful wedding, and a beautiful marriage. With an education in art history, a previous career in fashion modeling, a family business in portrait photography, and a mutual love of French decadence, perfectly diffused light, old hardcover books, exotic travel, and heady perfumes, Joel and Justyna compress all of it – all of it – into their careers as wedding photographers.
"There will seldom be in life a time when so much love will fill a room. We know how wonderful – and important – it is to try and capture not just these fleeting moments, but also the feeling…We want to preserve for you these fondest memories that you will carry with you forever. This is what we’re about. Our raison-d’être."
~ J & J
SELECT AWARDS & ACCOLADES
Junebug Weddings - Best Engagement Photography in the World 2017
Legacy Workshop - Speaker 2019
The Lane - Handpicked Best Wedding Photographers in the World 2018-2020
Junebug Weddings - Best Wedding Photography in the World - 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022
Inside Weddings - Cover Story Winter 2019
Rangefinder Magazine - Best Wedding Photograph of 2018 - Grand Prize Winner
VOGUE - AUGUST 2020
OUR WORK & ART
1.
Joel comes from a family of portrait and wedding photographers. His father, Michael Bedford, was the official royal portrait photographer in Canada prior to his retirement and Joel had the opportunity to assist on royal commission.
2.
This is the final portrait of HRH Queen Elizabeth II - the retouching was done by Joel
3.
When not photographing weddings, Justyna creates still life art, and is represented by Lorimer Gallery.
