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Cagdas Yoldas photographing on location

Behind the photographs.

Cagdas Yoldas, editorial wedding photographer

More than 15 years behind the camera, capturing love stories

A way of working

Photography has been part of my life for more than 15 years, but what still holds my attention is not equipment or technique. It is people, movement, atmosphere, and the way a moment changes once it becomes a memory.

Couple beneath a floral ceremony arch beside the water, Esma Sultan Yalısı, Istanbul

I grew up in Europe and studied engineering as well as photography. Engineering is where the eye for structure came from, for proportion, line and the way a room holds itself together, and photography taught me what to do with it. Years behind the camera taught me the rest: when to step in, and when to let something unfold on its own.

The result is a way of working that balances composition with instinct: considered, but never rigid.

I work from Quebec, photographing weddings in Montreal, Quebec City, Ottawa, Toronto and across Europe. The work has been published in print and online in Canada, the United States and Europe, and alongside the weddings I teach and mentor other photographers.

Selected press

Where the work
has appeared.

Weddings and editorials published in print, online and on air, in Canada and internationally. Linked entries open the original feature.

Print

  • Martha Stewart Weddings
  • Munaluchi Bride
  • Cosmopolitan
  • Bride's
  • Mariage Québec
  • WeddingBells
  • Le Soleil
  • HELLO!

Television & radio

  • CBC
  • City News
Bride with a deep red bouquet beneath a flower-filled window, Salle des Promotions, Québec City

More than 15 years of looking closely at people on the most watched day of their lives.

Bride's face seen through a veil drawn across her, black and white, Montréal

Quiet observation. Honest direction.

Bride and her attendants walking a Québec City street with their bouquets, Fairmont Le Château Frontenac
Groom and a groomsman in a stone doorway, Fairmont Le Château Frontenac, Québec City
An older woman's hand holding the bride's against the satin of her gown, Fairmont Le Manoir Richelieu, La Malbaie

The approach

I pay attention to light, architecture, movement, expression, and the relationships between people. Some photographs benefit from gentle direction. Others are stronger when nothing is interrupted.

My role is to understand the difference, and to create the conditions for photographs that feel composed without feeling over-managed.

Some moments ask for direction. Others are better left untouched.

In motion

An eye with intentiton

Where I work

Couple standing beside a stone fountain outside a church, Montréal
  • Montréal
  • Québec City
  • Ottawa
  • Toronto
  • & wherever they lead

From historic city venues to private estates and destination celebrations, the location changes but the approach does not: understand the space, the light, and the rhythm of the people within it.

Available throughout Canada and worldwide.

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Tell me what
you are planning.

Tell me a little about your wedding day, the place and the people at the centre of it. I'll personally get back to you with availability and what comes next.

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