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

JOEL & JUSTYNA

WE MET ON SET AT A FASHION SHOOT

WHY THE BIRD ON THE CAGE?

We love a good dose of symbolism. Our little bird sits atop its gilded cage, free, ready to fly, and rid of all constraints. That's how we approach each wedding day. Weddings can sometimes feel like gilded cages - where you feel like you "have to" uphold certain traditions, follow a script, do what your families expect of you - and all of those things are quite lovely. But is there room for you? Break free of that cage, dance on top of it, and enjoy every second of your wedding with an air of unfettered freedom. That's how we'll photograph it too - the unexpected, the wild and free, the beautiful and romantic, unscripted.

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

OVER THE MOON FEATURES IN 2019, 2022, 2023

VOGUE - AUGUST 2020

Grain Film Festival Speaker - 2023

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.