Feven and Antoine's Engagement Photos at Guild Park and Bluffers Park in Scarborough

September 03, 2025 in Guild Park, Toronto Photo Locations, Toronto Engagement Shoot, multicultural couple, Black Couples, Caribbean Wedding, Engagements, Eritrean Wedding, Habesha Weddings

Hello Hello Hello!

Welcome to another blog post on my website! Today I’m so excited to share the engagement photos from Feven and Antoine’s e-shoot!

We photographed this lovely couple at the very start of summer, and I absolutely loved their simply sophisticated style as well as the clear vision they brought to the shoot. With their wedding just around the corner this weekend, I can’t wait to capture the festivities alongside my team!

Feven and Antoine’s love story is also a beautiful reflection of culture—Feven is of Eritrean heritage and Antoine is of Jamaican heritage. I already know their wedding celebration will be full of vibrant traditions, music, and joy.

For their engagement photos, we visited two of my favorite locations in Scarborough: Guild Park and Bluffers Park. Both are places I return to again and again for e-shoots, and here’s why:

Guild Park & Gardens – This spot is a photographer’s dream. The park is filled with historic architectural pieces, lush gardens, and tree-lined paths that create such a timeless and romantic backdrop. It has a way of making every couple look like they stepped right into a storybook.
Bluffers Park – Just a short drive away, Bluffers Park offers an entirely different but equally stunning atmosphere. With sweeping lake views, sandy shores, and the dramatic Scarborough Bluffs rising in the background, it brings a sense of openness and natural beauty that balances so well with more formal settings. It’s the perfect mix of serene and dramatic.

Together, these two locations gave us a variety of textures and moods, from elegant to relaxed, which really captured the essence of Feven and Antoine as a couple.

I’m so looking forward to their wedding day—it’s sure to be a vibrant and heartfelt celebration of love and culture!

If you would like to book me for your 2025 Engagement Shoot, Wedding or Event then get in touch HERE!

Thank you for joining me for another edition of the blog!
Wishing you a beautiful rest of your day — and who knows, maybe our paths will cross someday... or better yet, we’ll get to create something beautiful together.

With gratitude,
– Karimah

Luna and Michael's Crystal Garden Engagement Shoot at Preto Loft

November 02, 2023 in Engagements, Toronto Photo Locations, Mint Room Studios, Preto Loft

Hello Hello Hello!

Welcome to another blog post on my website. I am always so excited when I get a chance to post here.

Engagement photo shoots have a way of capturing the essence of a couple's love and personalities, freezing those beautiful moments in time. Recently, I had the privilege of documenting an engagement photo shoot that was nothing short of being simply gorgeous. This particular shoot took place at the lovely Preto loft when they had their “Crystal Garden” setup. The studio had a luxurious arrangement adorned with lush greenery and elegant chandeliers. For those seeking for this setup for their own shoot, unfortunately Preto Loft has already taken it down (as it was a temporary feature) however Preto Loft has always been an amazing place for me to shoot at. I simply love the quality of light that hits the studio on bright sunny days. I do feel so lucky however that we got to do the shoot here with the “Crystal Garden” backdrop and I do hope they return it in the future because it is just chic!

My clients were a stylish couple and I genuinely enjoyed working with them. This was definitely one of my favourite shoots to have covered this year. I am grateful they chose me to document their engagement shoot and wish them a most beautiful wedding ahead!

If you would like to book me for your 2024 Engagement Shoot, Wedding or Event then get in touch HERE!

Until next time thank you for joining me on another blog post! I hope to see you back here! or better yet that we get to work together!

-Karimah

If you would like to book me for your 2024 Engagement Shoot, Wedding or Event then get in touch HERE!

Natania and Wiliston's 3 Location E-shoot at the Aga Khan Museum, Downtown Toronto and Rouge Park

January 13, 2022 in Engagements

Hey Everyone! Happy New Year! I am super excited for all the amazing things to come this year and proud to share some of the work I got a chance to be a part of in the past couple of years! My motto for this year is to “strive for progress and not perfection”. That said, I hope to consistently blog more of my shoots so as to showcase more of my work, and not wait too long in the hopes of “perfecting” each blog post (because I am definitely somewhat of a perfectionist when it comes to showcasing my work).

This year I have decided to start off my blog posts with a double header! I will be blogging the wedding of Natania and Wiliston, but first, I realized I never blogged their e-shoot and my gosh I decided there is no way I am going to let any more time pass without me blogging this photoshoot of this stunning couple! I love to see black love, especially one rooted and grounded in faith.

It was such a pleasure to work with this lovely couple last year! They are truly amazing! From their e-shoot to their wedding it was all so beautiful, even through the ups and downs of the pandemic that had them rescheduling their wedding a couple of times.

For their e-shoot We took the photos at the Aga Khan Museum, Downtown Toronto (My fav spots here were union station and the Elephant Sculpture!) and finally at Rouge Park. There were 3 different looks and I love how the final outcome of the photos turned out!

Vendors:

M.U.A: HNA Beauty

Locations:

Downtown Toronto

Aga Khan Museum

Rouge Park

If you would like to book me for your 2022 or 2023 Wedding or Event then get in touch HERE!

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Beautiful Black couple in elegant formal wear in front of the fairmont royal york hotel in Toronto for their engagement shoot taken by Black wedding photographer Karimah Gheddai

Beautiful Black couple in elegant formal wear in front of the TD tower in Toronto for their engagement shoot taken by Black wedding photographer Karimah Gheddai

Beautiful Black couple in elegant formal wear standing in front of a unique door. This engagement shoot took place in Downtown Toronto and the photos were taken by Black wedding photographer Karimah Gheddai

Beautiful Black couple in elegant formal wear in front of the TD Towers in Toronto for their engagement shoot taken by Black wedding photographer Karimah Gheddai

Beautiful Black couple in elegant formal wear in front of the - Tembo, Mother of Elephants - Sculpture in Toronto for their engagement shoot taken by Black wedding photographer Karimah Gheddai

Beautiful Black couple in elegant formal wear at the Toronto Chamber of commerce courtyard for their engagement shoot taken by Black wedding photographer Karimah Gheddai

Beautiful Black couple in elegant formal wear at the Aga Khan Museum in Toronto for their engagement shoot taken by Black wedding photographer Karimah Gheddai

Beautiful Black couple in casual wear at Rouge Park in Scarborough during sunset for their engagement shoot taken by Black wedding photographer Karimah Gheddai

Thanks for taking the time to check out my latest blog! Hope you will return again or even better that we get work together this year!

-Karimah

Jessica and Mel's E-shoot (The ROM, Trinity College and the Gardiner Museum)

October 23, 2019

Hello beautiful souls! Welcome to another blog post on my website! Today I am thrilled to share some images from this e-shoot! Jessica is from the G.T.A and Mel is from Atlanta. They met at a work function and are just one of the loveliest couples I have had a chance of working with. We started off our shoot at the Royal Ontario Museum and headed up to Trinity college and then ended at the Gardiner mMuseum. I loved the whole look and feel of this shoot and just hope I get to work with more awesome clients this year and the next!

If you would like to book me for your late 2019 or 2020 engagement shoot or wedding then get in touch HERE!

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That brings me to the end of this blog post! Thanks for stopping by! Until next time stay blessed!

If you would like to book me for your late 2019 or 2020 wedding then get in touch HERE!

Lavinia and Carl's Engagement Shoot

July 15, 2018 in Engagements

Hi Hi Hi Everyone! Welcome to another blog post on my website! Summer has been quite crazy so far! In between the numerous weddings and the ridiculous amounts of editing I have to do, I can't even believe that I managed to find some time to blog this e-shoot session, but I just had to find some way because it was just so gorgeous! So here goes!

Carl and Lavinia are one of my Summer 2018 Wedding clients, with their wedding being in August. However they booked me earlier this year (after Lavinia met with me last year!) and we have been planning their wedding photography for a while now including their e-shoots.

We had planned to have two e-shoots for Carl and Lavinia. One was originally supposed to be in the winter, however just when we were all set to do the shoot you cannot imagine what happened! On the day we were headed to get their winter e-shoot done at the Scarborough Bluffs their car slid on some ice and straight into a ditch literally just a minute away from the Bluffs! Thankfully everyone was okay (including the passengers in the car in front of them, whose car actually rolled over into the ditch first). Anyway It really goes to show you how we should be thankful for the life we are given, as unfortunate events can happen at anytime and I have to say Lavinia and Carl handled it so well. So after that, and in order to make up for the cancelled first shoot, I had my friend Bilqees of Zuhoor Designs create a beautiful floral bouquet for the rescheduled e-shoot. As usual Bilqees did not disappoint and created a most beautiful masterpiece of a bouquet!

After re-scheduling we decided that for the first shoot we would go to Guildwood Park in beautiful Scarborough and for the Second Shoot we settled on Osgoode Hall and Nathan Phillips Square in the downtown area of Toronto.

A little about Lavinia and Carl is that they are both lawyers who met in law school (hence why we chose Osgoode Hall for the second shoot lol). They are quite possibly one of the cutest and nicest couples ever and I can't wait to capture their wedding in a couple of weeks (God Willing)!

Enjoy the Photos and catch you at my next blog post!

Vendors:

E-Shoot 1 took place at Guildwood Park below are the vendors

Bouquet: Zuhoor Designs

Makeup Artist: 1st Shoot: Faces by Dom

E-Shoot 2 took place at Osgoode Hall and Nathan Phillips Square below are the vendors

Makeup Artist: 2nd Shoot: Eminent Allure

If you would like to book me for your 2019 wedding or e-shoot then get in touch HERE!

This Shoot was also featured in

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2nd E-shoot at Osgoode Hall

The day we had scheduled for this e-shoot, it was raining tons and we almost cancelled but am happy we stuck it out as the cloudy weather allowed for some gorgeous moody style portraits.