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Verve Photo Co. bio picture

Thank you for stopping by to look at our latest work!  Our names are
Krista Fox and Melanie Galbrand-Chen and together we own Verve Photo
Co., a boutique wedding photography company based out of Toronto,
Ontario, Canada (though there are no boundaries on where we would travel
to photograph a wedding!).

This blog is where we'll post images
from recent weddings and events as well as other happenings. We'd LOVE
to hear from you, so please feel free to leave a comment under any of
our postings, or contact us if you are interested in obtaining pricing,
availability, or are ready to book your wedding (to do this please click
on "contact" above). Be sure to visit our website and portfolio at www.vervephotoco.com to see more of our work, and for more information about us.

Thanks for visiting!

Melanie + Krista

Category Archives: Press + Accolades

featured in the Toronto Star + KW Record – underwater photos come full circle

Back about 12 years ago, I was minding my own business with my friends, playing around on the diving board at Sunnyside pool on Lakeshore Avenue in Toronto.  Out of the blue, I was approached by a photographer from the Toronto Star, who asked if he could photograph me diving for the newspaper.  I said...

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“da vinci renaissance” – featured in both eastern and western canada issues of WedLuxe

We are always over-the-moon excited when one of our editorial features gets published.  It is so gratifying to see the initial concept and effort of the team evolve into a beautiful printed layout, and nobody does a print magazine better than WedLuxe.  The latest WedLuxe magazine hit the stands in December, and we are doubly...

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thompson hotel advertisement by verve

We love the Thompson Hotel, and love photographing weddings there, and so it was an honour when the Thompson contacted us and asked if they could not only use our images for their upcoming full-page ad in the Wedding Co. Magazine, but if we would design it as well.  YES please!  We haven’t actually seen...

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WedLuxe wedding show at the ritz carlton, toronto

So – our first ever wedding show has come and gone, and we couldn’t have chosen a better show to “get our feet wet”, so to speak.  We have never had the desire to exhibit in any wedding show to this point – our impression of them is that they are usually overwhelming for everyone...

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wedluxe show reviewed by vitamin daily blog

Once the exhaustion for the Wedluxe show wore off on Monday, we were so happy to see that the show was getting such amazing reviews.  We knew it would.  We didn’t anticipate, however, that we would be reviewed.  We were tickled by what this blogger said about us.  She reviewed the whole show, and then...

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featured on www.weddingchicks.com – diana + adam’s vintage chic farm wedding

We are thrilled to say that the wedding of Diana + Adam has been selected for feature on www.weddingchicks.com!  The Wedding Chicks is a popular wedding inpiration blog based in the US, providing inspiration for couples world wide.  We love The Wedding Chicks – they select top-notch weddings and wedding-related shoots to highlight, and their...

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featured on Bowties and Buttercream wedding inspiration blog!

We had another nice surprise this week – yesterday we found out that our engagement shoot with Diana and Adam has been featured on Southern Ontario’s wedding inspiration blog, Bowties and Buttercream.  This is a lovely local blog, full of beautiful inspiration and wedding tips.  If you would like to see more of Diana and...

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featured in WedLuxe magazine and on WedLuxe Editor’s Blog!

Yesterday, we had the pleasant surprise of having one of our favourite Indian weddings featured on the WedLuxe blog!  Priya + Raj had a beautiful, luxurious wedding in London, ON, with spectacular details and an amazingly spirited reception.  To view our own highlights of their fabulous wedding, please click here. We also, in recent weeks...

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featured on Style Me Pretty!

We’re excited to have another feature on Style Me Pretty today!  This time, it is the day-after shoot in Tulum, Mexico of Wendy and Shane.  You can view the feature here.  I had so much fun shooting this adventurous couple, and am thrilled that the shoot was featured today.  If you haven’t see our original...

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featured on “Style Me Pretty” wedding inspiration blog!

We are in so love with the Style Me Pretty website and have stalked it for ever and ever (our love is a little on the unhealthy, obsessive side, but if you know Style Me Pretty, you know why).  In case anybody doesn’t know, it is THE online source for wedding inspiration in North America...

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