WayItWas Photography specializes in wedding, engagement and family photography. It is owned by Deirdre Tyrrell a 14x bridal magazine published, Ontario-based photographer. Working as lead photographer and graphic designer she also has a team of 2 to cover every wedding that comes to them. They cover the globe for local and destination weddings!

Experience

Deirdre is a seasoned photographer with 12+ years of experience and over 150 weddings photographed in 12 seasons. Deirdre started taking photography when she was just 15 years old but fell in love with it at an earlier age while browsing through numerous National Geographic magazines hoping one day she would be just as good as the featured photographers. Deirdre is super friendly, motivated, reliable and takes charge of wedding parties with ease. ​

Services offered

WayItWas Photography offers local and destination wedding packages to couples. Each package is customizable and includes services such as:

• Several hours of coverage
• Unlimited phone and email consultations
• Engagement session with unlimited images on USB
• Hand Toning
• High quality, hand touched wedding images without watermarks
• Interactive Private Online gallery
• 8.5 x 11 20-page high-quality wedding album with soft satin finish
• 30 custom designed thank you cards

The business also offers save the date magnets, parents brag books and guest books. The images shared in your online gallery can also be shared through social media and by e-mail. You can also opt to use both photographers if you want your celebration to be captured from different angles. Some wedding options include:

• Engagement shoot
• Trash the dress session
• Prints
• Additional hours
• Canvas
• All photos are hand edited by Deirdre herself. Her style of editing is bright, colorful, crisp, and clear.

How she works

Her style is photojournalistic, meaning in the moment, artistic, candid & creative with a touch of traditional. Deirdre is well known for her creativity and 'out of the box' approach to photography of all types. WayItWas Photography has a home based studio with two rooms, one used for 1st birthday cake smashes and the sun filled second room for boudoir sessions. She is full of creative ideas, loves to use extras for taking wedding photography to the next level using balloons, signs and her favorite...colored smoke bombs.

Other services

Deirdre also specializes in Boudoir photography. She offers private sessions in her home studio. Deirdre is always willing to take on creative sessions like 1st birthday cake smashes, maternity, family paint fight, toddle bubble bath and milk baths for maternity as well as toddler

Areas covered

This business covers weddings shot in Hamilton, Burlington, Cambridge, London, Woodstock, Norwich, Delhi, Simcoe, Port Dover, Waterford, Niagaras Falls, Guelph, Kitchener, Jarvis, Hagersville, Long Point, Sarnia and many other locations ​