Hi. My name is Andreas Avdoulos. I am a Toronto documentary wedding photographer who captures intimate and natural documentary style photographs.
When you choose me as your photographer, your wedding album will be a seamless blend of journalistic, editorial & fashion inspired photographs.
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Peace of mind, connection & trust. A stress-free wedding photography experience.
Beautiful, personal, and meaningful images from your wedding day happen when you are able to fully experience the wedding as exactly as you’ve planned it.
I find that the most intimate and memorable photographs of us are those that are based on authenticity, empathy and understanding.
Some nice things that some nice people have said about my work.
“Thank You for the lovely photographs of our wedding day Andreas”
– Suzanne Dimma, House&Home
“Your work is interesting, creative, and quite passionate”
– David Suzuki
“The thing about Andreas’ work is this; they are individual pieces of art that should be hung on the walls of your room”
– Abby Larson, Style Me Pretty
“Among the top wedding photographers in Toronto”
– Dolce Magazine Toronto
“May I say, your photographs are inventive with an emotional connection to the subject”
– Larry Fink, American Society Photographer
“ think you’re one of the best wedding photographers out there…”
– David Batten
“Your photography is beautiful. Nice work!”
– David Duchemin
“If you’re looking for an artist with an eye for detail and capturing those moments you didn’t even realize were special hire this guy!… I would recommend him to anyone looking for services for your special event”
– Teisha Gentles
“Hiring you online after only a half hour phone call was actually one of the easiest things we did. When we met you in France on our rehearsal evening I knew that was the right choice. You were lovely and the photography was stellar. Anyone reading this should just stop searching and call Andreas”
– Beatrice & Thibault
“Choosing Andreas as our photographer turned out to be one of the best decisions of our wedding. Having someone with that much experience turned out to be very important.”
- Vanja Petkovic
“For Stephan and I, this was our second time getting married, and we knew that we wanted something more intimate and family focused….After speaking with him, I knew that our family would feel comfortable with him around us all day long.”
– Allison & Stephan
I enjoy photographing weddings because…a wedding is like a play. It’s set up, the actors are in place, the stage is set. That part makes it easy. Yet at any given moment, something personal and unique happens, making that wedding completely different. Sometimes things go off the rails a little, sometimes it’s perfectly orchestrated. The random events that happen throughout the day keep me on my toes and keep the creativity juices flowing.
My 20 years of photographing weddings has taught me that… life is a long marathon of experiences, and that the wedding day is just one of many important days in our lives. “Stuff” is nice, but the time we spend with our family and friends during that six or ten hour day can’t ever be replaced. The wedding day is likely the only time in your life that all those people will be there together to celebrate your relationship together.
The craziest story I have from a wedding involves…I can’t type it here, but if you ask I may tell you, and change the names. But it’s a good one! It involves…a hair dresser, and two elephants.
The nicest thing people tell me at a wedding…”How long have you been friends with the bride?” Almost every week I get asked how long I’ve known the couple.
A Wedding is… just one day. It’s important. But it’s just one day of many in your life together. Plan it, make it what you want, and then let it happen how it happens. Enjoy it. Don’t stress over it. Trust the people you’ve hired to be a part of the day to do their best, and spend the day focusing on what is most important to you.
Your own wedding photography experience for your wedding was…a mistake. We were young, we were having our first child, and I didn’t spend the money needed for great photos. I gave a friend my camera and asked him to take photos - to this day I regret that decision.
The nicest wedding you’ve ever photographed was…the last one. While there have been weddings that were truly incredible (like the one with earth wind and fire playing during dinner), each one has its own elements that make them special.
Has your relationship with your wife and three children changed your work? It has. Over time as my daughters and son got older, I began to feel things at weddings that I didn’t before being a father. Now, as our kids are teenagers, and in some cases I am closer to age than the parents of the couple, I am able to relate to both the parents and the bride and groom, and that does play a role in what I pay attention to during the wedding day.
The couples that hire you the most tend to be… late twenties to early thirties, interested in the arts, travel, family relationships, are easy going, and value things that last. I find that the couples that hire me the most see past all the glitz and trendy things that the wedding industry pushes, and they just want great images of them and their friends having a good time.