Nordica Photography

We knew that we wanted Nordica to photograph our wedding in Mölle from the moment we came across their website by coincidence. We loved their style, passion and transperancy. They exceeded our expectations at so many levels! From the first communication until receiving our photos, dealing with Cole & Jakob was professional, enjoyable and smooth. Even though we didn’t meet Jakob until the day before our wedding, he was able to eloquently capture our wedding day exactly as we hoped for and more. He scouted spectacular locations and he captured every emotion and every detail without even noticing that he was around us. All the images he delivered were absolutely stunning! We will relive our wedding day every time we’ll look at the photographs. Thank you for being part of our adventure.

My husband and I were traveling from the states to Sweden for our 10 year anniversary. A week or so before our trip, I had an idea of doing an anniversary photo shoot while we were there. I am a full time wedding photographer in Seattle, so was very particular about what I was looking for, as all photographers are not equal (in photo quality and business quality), and I have a pretty high bar for quality.
From the very first interaction with Nordica I was blown away by their prompt and helpful response and their enthusiasm to the shoot I was wanting even though it was different than their normal sessions.
Once we were in Stockholm and met up with Jakob for our shoot, the experience was a ton of fun. I am not used to being in front of the camera, but Jakob was great and encouraging us to be ourselves and relax. We roamed around Galma Stan for some old town feel and then to djurgården for more scenic and greenery looks.
I picked Nordica because of their ability to seamlessly put their subjects into a scene and make it tell it’s own story. My husband and I were blown away by the final photos. We were hoping for 4 –5 good images to put on the wall, and now have almost 50 favorites to choose from (and those are my 50 favorites of an even bigger selection.)
Thanks Jakob and Cole for a great experience on our anniversary shoot!

I’m not sure what there is to say about Cole and Jakob that hasn’t already been said in the previous reviews. They were an absolute pleasure to work with. They were sincere and easy to communicate with.
My wife and I had surreptitiously planned an elopement to Bali but we had accidentally picked a date that fell on the Balinese New Year. Needless to say, we came across numerous obstacles that required us to move our wedding date, leaving Jakob with very little time to get a feel for the landscape as well as the area we planned to exchange our vows. In fact, we didn’t even have much of a chance to find a place. Everything was very last minute and because of the New Years’ celebration (meaning everything in Bali was going to be shut down over a span of 36 – 40 hours), it made it incredibly difficult for my wife and I to make last minute arrangements… But in retrospect, this turned out to be a wonderful thing; not to say that it wasn’t spectacular in the moment. I just mean, my wife and I have an even greater appreciation for how everything went down.
Jakob, bless his heart, was patient, understanding and overall, solid. I felt awful that we didn’t give him much time to get a feel for the area. He exceeded our expectations. He did an absolutely stellar job of capturing the experience we had in Balian Beach. When I think about how we didn’t even get to share our most intimate moment with our families and friends, the fact that he did it with such fluidity and in an unobtrusive manner, well, I don’t know what to say except he’s a true professional. At the same time, it was a delight to be able to spend some time with him and to have a nice chat about who he was and where he came from (like travelers often do when they have some down time).
It was a beautiful experience for my wife and I. Thank you Jakob for being so easy to work with. Thank you Cole for being so communicative with my e-​mails. The both of you «made» this experience for my wife and I and I don’t know how else to thank you.
I realized I haven’t yet commented on their work, which needless to say, we were absolutely thrilled with our pictures. Jakob’s frame shots, use of light, and ability to strike a balance between my wife and I and our surrounding environment; his ability to incorporate all of these variables to capture a photograph is breathtaking. Thanks again, Nordica!

From start to finish, working with Nordica Photography was just a joy. I was immediately drawn to their aesthetic — focusing more on storytelling and a candid, more photojournalist approach. I wanted someone who could capture the feeling of our wedding, and the candid joy and love of our family and friends. They NAILED it.
Jakob was calm, professional, and friendly. I barely felt his presence all day, yet he captured so many intimate and wonderful moments from the wedding. He was able to offer the right direction and guidance to grab the sun as it was setting, and found locations to do a few portraits. The results were just magical.
I have almost 1,000 pictures from our wedding which capture the feeling of the day — the nerves, the well wishes, and speech writing, the crying nieces, and hysterical laughter and all the love. They tell a wonderful story, and I will treasure these for years to come.
I would recommend Nordica again and again to friends and family looking for wedding photographers. I feel lucky to have found them.

Nordica photographed my wedding in California this past summer. It’s hard to overstate how wonderful they are. Their pictures are not only stunning, but capture the emotion and mood beyond the strictly visible. Cole went above and beyond the call of duty, scouting the most spectacular locations to photograph and hanging out with us all day. During the event itself, they covered everything but at the same time were completely unobtrusive. Beyond that, they’re super friendly, understanding people and very easy to work with. They are not just documentarians but storytellers. Anyone would be lucky to work with them.

I can’t recommend Nordica enough, I have nothing but love for them and their work! I found them while searching for wedding pictures of our venue and realized that I kept going back to see their photos. They captured much more than the typical posed wedding shots. Not only could I get a sense of the whole wedding experience, but their photos are real art. After contacting them, I found Cole and Jakob to be easy to communicate with, clear and straightforward about expectations and generally just awesome and kind people. Getting good photos was very important to us and we felt so lucky that Jakob was our photographer! He was running around nonstop from 7 am– 11 pm, and even photographed on on the night before the wedding! He captured so many details and special moments, our photos are everything and more that we had hoped for! Above that, Jakob seemed to blend in easily among our friends and family and several of our guests told me how nice they thought he was.

It was amazing working with Cole and Jacob. They were so enthusiastic about my wedding, and sincere in their correspondence, that I knew I wanted to work with them even before I met them. They drove five hours to the Okanagan for my wedding, after they’d already worked an exhaustingly long day the night before. It was perfect the way the split up and Jacob was able to cover my groom and the set up of the location, while Cole was with me the entire time I was getting ready. They captured breathtaking first-​glance shots en route to our location, and were practically undetectable as they covered my intimate wedding from start to finish. The calibre and quality of the photos I now have by far exceeded my expectations. It’s still an absolute sob fest every time I go through them. Absolute one of the most amazing vendors I chose for my wedding, I wouldn’t have changed a thing!

We love Nordica photography as they are: natural, artistic, and capture the moment in a very candid and beautiful way. We did not want phony, contrived photos that we often saw in other photography.
When we met Cole and Jakob in person, we were pleased to meet, two talented photographers who were also very down-​to-​earth, laid-​back and professional. After our first meeting, we mainly communicated by e-​mails and found the responses to be thoughtful and prompt.
Due to weather condition, we had to change the location for our engagement photos. They were very accommodating with the last minute change and loved our alternative suggestion. They made us feel at ease and made the experience fun and spontaneous. This was apparent in our photos as we were pleased to see us having fun in a setting that is authentic and meaningful to us.
Both our engagement (Gastown, Vancouver) and wedding (Deer Lake, Burnaby) locations are probably considered popular, if not, overused locations. However, our photos were unique and beautiful, because Cole and Jakob understand light, perspective and most importantly, the couple/​location they are capturing. It helped that we chose locations that were special and meaningful to us: our favourite tavern, a park where we often went for walks and an obscure, heritage house on the lake, we absolutely love for it’s location and architecture. The photos were artistic and interesting, because they were often shot from unexpected angles, displaying candid emotions.
Going with Nordica was probably one of the best decisions we made for our wedding. We highly recommend Nordica as the service and photos you receive are superb. We look forward to working with them again for our future portraits.

I discovered Cole and Jakob while looking for Vancouver based Wedding photography on relatively short notice. Their style of photography and obvious passion for weddings based on their website is what drew me to contact them from all the way in Halifax.
I had a somewhat unorthodox list of requests for them, as Tara and were eloping, it would just be the two of us and our marriage commissioner for the event, and because we were both from out of town we didn’t know Vancouver very well. Thankfully for Tara and I we were getting married on a Tuesday and Jakob and Cole were available.
Jakob and Cole responded to my email inquiry right away. Their friendly professionalism and prompt replies were always sincere and appreciated. They asked all of the right questions about our wedding day and went way above and beyond for us.
Tara and I met Cole and Jakob in person the day before we were married once we arrived in Vancouver and both set us at ease with our first impression. Neither of us were accustomed to having our photographs taken and were a little nervous about so much camera attention, but we needn’t have worried.
Jakob and Cole contributed much more to our elopement than we could have dreamed asking for. They captured the important moments of our day, recommended an incredible and unusual location for our wedding ceremony, and acted as our formal witnesses for the ceremony. Their insight and recommendations for our portraits were second to none. Tara and I didn’t hesitate to trust their judgement and we have no regrets.
Our slideshow and photographs from our day are incredible. They capture the love between the two of us, and have allowed us to share our wedding day with our friends and family who weren’t there with us in person. Cole and Jakob think way outside the «wedding photography box» and make you feel at ease in the process. They get two thumbs WAY up from both Tara and I.

Dear Jakob and Cole…
Yes I know this is supposed to be a review of how my experience was when you spent the day with me and Meegan on the day of our wedding but it seems so formal…
You came to us as photographers but left as so much more. I know I’m not the first person to come to you and say «Hey, I don’t like having my picture taken» along with «oh and we’re eloping so don’t post any of the pictures just yet» added with a «by the way we’re two girls» and just to make it fun and exciting throw in a «could you be our witnesses to the ceremony»…
Oh wait, we were the first couple to say all those things combined?
Your level of professionalism weaved in with your friendly personalities (and kick ass smiles) made my day not only care free but in the end I had a great time having the hundreds and hundreds of pictures taken of me (I never thought I would say that).
The end result melts my heart each and every time I look at the photos and listen to the songs you matched with the video. Seriously you two, I couldn’t have asked for anything better.
Thank you for capturing my love for Meegan in ways I couldn’t see from my own eyes without the help of your pictures.
~ Tara (the American that fell in love with the Canadian)
P. S. I still say «that’s the money» every third sentence!

I cannot say enough great things about Cole and Jacob. They were a dream to work with and we couldn’t be happier with our choice to use them for our wedding.
I first found them while researching photographers on the internet and fell in love with their point of view. To me their work is both timeless and effortless, which isn’t easy to express in a photograph.
Since I live in Seattle all the planning for our Vancouver wedding had to be done long distance; which can be a little stressful since you aren’t always able to meet your vendors face to face and do the oh so important vibe check. I was so impressed when Cole offered to take time out of a personal trip to Seattle in order to meet up with me to discuss our wedding.
Nordica is unbelievable value for money.
Trust me, I did the research, complete with an excel spread sheet. What sets Nordica apart from any other photographer is their integrity and commitment to your wedding.
There are no limits to the amount of frames they will take/​deliver, nor are there any time limits. You will spend zero time looking a pricing chart trying to come up with a stupid math equation to figure out just how many frames you can afford or what parts of the day you can fit in the budget and have the photographers capture.
Nordica is aware that it is 2011, which is fantastic.
This means that they wont hold your images hostage demanding that you buy a print package in order to get a digital version of the image. They deliver your images via the web and one of the coolest flash memory cards I’ve ever seen or even custom ipad if you are so inclined. (Which I think is an awesome option.)
My advice to any future bride is make sure that your style and the photographer’s style match. Take the time to figure out what sort of images you are looking to have captured and select your photographer accordingly. If you ever feel like you and the photographers don’t see eye to eye or you have a bad feeling just move on. This is one choice you don’t want to regret as you and your family and your friends will be looking at these pictures for years to come.
The photographers are a huge part of your wedding, it’s through their eyes that you will remember your big day.
I could go on and on about what I love about Nordica’s pictures, or tell you that our friends and families keep fawning over our pictures and slide show but you can see all that for yourself on their website.
For this Unilocal review I will distill it down to these two final points:
I found Cole and Jakob to be polite, friendly and extremely professional.
I would recommend them to anyone and everyone I know.

I met Jakob & Cole over a year ago when they approached me via twitter. I liked their approach style and of course the portfolio they had. We have worked together on a couple of occasions now. One gala event for a client, an business anniversary event and they also captured moments from a 100^th birthday week-​long celebration of a Vancouver heritage building.
They are my go to photographers. I highly recommend you check hem out for whatever your photo needs are.

I discovered Cole and Jakob well over a year ago when they launched a Social Media photography package. I knew immediately that I needed to jump on board and be one of the first!
Although Nordica is known primarily for their wedding photography, they are amazingly talented and I’ve since worked with them for other Social Media events that I’ve been associated with and have even referred them to other company’s for corporate/​advertising shots.

I ADORE their style ~ Two beautiful charming young men make you feel so comfortable and at ease. Each session is so much fun but the end product is artistic and captures not just the subject matter but usually a little attitude as well.
Professional, talented and edgy!
I would HIGHLY recommend Nordica Photography for any occasion!

I had the most disturbing news from these photographers that I hired for my wedding yesterday. They called me out to meet with them and when I showed up, they promptly announced that THEY COULD NOT TAKE PHOTOS OF MY WEDDING ANYMORE AND THEY ARE BAILING ON ME!
I booked Nordica photography at the end of January 2011 for my wedding in July. Two months later they decide to tell me they are not taking photos of my wedding because they feel that the «match was not right» and «it’s not me, but it’s them». Sounds familiar to any of you; like it’s break-​up that you did not know was coming.
This information hit me blind sided. When we first met both Jakob and Cole, we had reservations about them because they seemed so laid back about their work but decided to hire them in the end because we thought that they did great work. Now I hear that they have reservations about us and don’t want to shoot our wedding (with no further explanations except simply that they have made the decision and they are not changing their mind). If they had any reservations about shooting our wedding, why leave it until 2 months later to inform me (I now only have 3 months to find another photographer). Why not tell me from the beginning? They didn’t even give me the opportunity to state my concerns as they totally blind sided me with this surprise meeting.
After re-​grouping my thoughts, my only thoughts were that they decided that another couple’s wedding was more important than ours even though we had signed a contract and given a deposit for them to reserve our date. Maybe for some unreasonable explanation they simply did not like us. Whatever the reason that may be, they felt that they had the right to re neg on a contract that was signed and agreed on in good faith because their needs were clearly a lot more important than the agreement that they had made with their clients.
My contract clearly states that if they are unable to shoot my wedding, they would find another photographer who would replace them and give with the same calibre of work that they would’ve done. What did our two photographers do? They simply gave me a list of photographer who were available on my wedding date and expected me to contact these photographers on my own with no help on their end. That was certainly not helpful.
What they did was completely unprofessional and something no couple should ever experience when they are looking forward to their special day. Save yourself the tears and heartache ladies and move onto another photographer who has a TRACK RECORD of being dependable, professional, and will honour their contracts.
I simply want to state the facts that happened between myself and these photographers so that the public can be more aware of what they have done to other clients and make a more informed decision.

Wow. Just… wow.
There are so many things I want to say about Nordica Photography. Professional, adventurous, funky, respectful, cool, funny, talented… I could go on for ages. I will simply say that they made every fear and insecurity about my photogenic abilities disappear the second I met them. These guys are way more adventurous than most photographers and they see amazing shots where no one else would even THINK to look. These guys take risks I’ve never seen before at weddings and they will catch the special shot that other photographers would miss.
A lot of the photographers I’ve talked to and checked out don’t like doing weddings. They often use weddings to supplement their income until they can finally support themself off of «professional» shoots. Jakob and Cole, on the other hand, shoot weddings because they love to. In fact, that’s all they have in their portfolio! Their love of creating art out of an incredible wedding day truly shows in their photos. They actually care about the couple and truly understand what an important part they play on a couple’s wedding day. Think about it: The average wedding costs $ 15,000… for ONE day! All of that time and money being poured into one single 24 hour period and all you have left to remember the most important day of your life is the photos… oh, and the husband… You want photographers who appreciate what this day means to you and the guys at Nordica understand completely.
We scored a great deal on an engagement shoot with Nordica thanks to
. On the day of our shoot in East Van it was pouring rain. Obviously, I was freaking out thinking that our shoot would be a miserable day for all and we would have nothing good to take from it. Now I actually laugh how absolutely ridiculous I was.
We were shooting outdoors for the whole thing in a very gritty East Van neighbourhood and I was horrified at the thought of looking like a drowned rat. The second that Cole and Jakob showed up, totally calm and put together I was immediately relaxed. Their personalities calmed me right down and I realized I was in some very capable hands. In fact, they were actually looking forward to the shoot! Even though it was pouring out! They explained that we would be taking a little walk around the neighbourhood and that we should just relax and have fun. They would do all of the heavy lifting.
We started out a little nervous and they kept telling us to ignore them but come on! There were two guys taking pictures of us! We felt so strange but within seconds it was just my fiancée and I taking a walk around a strange neighbourhood… and randomly making out lol
Cole and Jakob had an awesome sense of humour. They made us laugh multiple times and every time they asked us to smile, it was never fake. The hard part was trying to do our serious faces! We were having such a great time it was hard to hide our grins. They gently guided us to certain places and then let us interact like normal. There was absolutely no pressure and I never felt awkward or silly once. It was an incredible experience.
I emailed them a few hours after the session and thanked them profusely for how amazing they were and they surprised us by giving us a little snippet of their work the day after the shoot! Lucky us!
My initial reaction to the photos they took of us was pure and unadulterated shock. HOW DID THEY MAKE US LOOK SO DAMN GOOD?! It was like magic! I felt all soggy and drippy but in the pictures I looked glamorous and more beautiful then I ever thought possible. The shots they took were genuine works of art. They were creative and adventurous. Like nothing I’ve ever seen before! They are so amazing I am almost at a loss for words… almost. They were everything I ever wanted and so much more.
The talent and creativity of these two men is mindblowing. They are so unassuming and normal that you couldn’t imagine that such genuine genius could be contained in these seemingly regular guys! The shots they took were risky and exciting yet absolutely stunning.
Somehow they took a simple picture of me and my fiancée and turned it into a work of art. I can actually imagine OTHER people hanging these pictures of us on their walls. Amazing.
So, do I recommend these guys? Obviously. In fact, if you even hesitate to hire them then you are nuts.

So I’m married to Adam P. who has already written a review, but Nordica is so great that they get two five star reviews from us.
And really, they are that great.
Four months before our wedding, it dawned on us that we had to plan our wedding. And also renew Adam’s passport for his sister’s wedding in Ireland. So off we go to the Sinclair Centre for passport photos and passport renewal. All in one place, could it get any better?
And it does. Next to the passport photo place is a photo place. And two guys sitting with a laptop, a projector, and… is that Brad Pitt? No, it’s Jakob. They’re well-​spoken, well-​mannered, and, well, just plain talented.
They did our engagement photos, our wedding photos, and our gift to Adam’s sister and husband’s wedding reception in Canada photos. And we still have another session coming up. So my opinion is based on approximately 2,000 photos by this dynamic duo.
I could spend all day describing their work: beautiful, unique, like a story unfolding just the way you want — but why don’t you check it out for yourself at their site:
. Awesome, right?
Nordica was by far the easiest service provider we worked with through the wedding planning process («Uh, can you do our photos?» «Yeah, why don’t you take a look at our work and see if you like it.» «Can you make us that gorgeous??» «Yes.») and the most worthwhile wedding expense we incurred (think presents for the family for years to come and something to look at when you’re old and cranky).
They worked from 10 am until well past 10 pm that day, took a scary limo with rave lighting through traffic jammed Stanley Park for a couple hours, and (now this is Jakob) sit through four hours (four hours!!!) of hair and makeup.
Awesome?
Absolutely.

We met Cole and Jacob by chance at the Sinclair Centre. We ended up hiring them to photograph our wedding and we couldn’t have been happier. Not only did we end up with amazing photos but we felt that they actually cared about the job and moreover that what they wanted most was to create something magical for us.
Needless to say that’s exactly what we got.
I would recommend to anyone that they check out Nordica.