April Peeks…
April kicked off with Matt + Jess’ wedding which we’ve seen already, so here is the rest I had the amazing opportunity to photograph…
Eden + Gemma – 9th April
Reception at Briars Country Lodge, Bowral
Scott + Rebecca – 10th
ceremony at Hopewood Country House + reception at Centennial Vineyards, Bowral
Nathaniel + Skye – 11th
ceremony at the Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney + reception at the Bel mondo, The Rocks
Richard + Sharyn – 16th
reception at The Star Room, Darling Harbour
Sam + Teresa – 24th
reception at the Lagoon Wollongong Restaurant
Dan + Michaela – 25th
ceremony at Loreto Kirribilli Chapel + reception at The Tea Room Gunners Barracks
bigger posts coming… soon 🙂
v-i
Read MoreApril… we made it!
April was a pretty big month for us. We had 7 weddings along with e’sessions. Files we collected from April totalled just over 500GB. In fact, April was so daunting that Naomi took the boys up North for a week holiday without me, leaving me to tackle a triple-header (3 weddings in a weekend: F,S,Su) and cut into the editing by myself. Smart wife 🙂
We are happy to say we’ve made it through, look forward to showing you some of the images in the coming weeks and winding down in the winter for workshops, sleep, friends, family and more sleep… perhaps even hibernation.
& a few images of the c-monster (Caleb)
bark beard!
Wedding: Matt + Jessica
Matt & Jess (or Massica to their friends) were married on the 3rd of April! Having recently moved to Tamworth, Jess was adamant about having photos on the beach on her wedding day. I guess they don’t have a whole lot of beach there in Tamworth! Straight after their ceremony it started raining. It then rained on and off, more on than off, for the remainder of the day. We grabbed every opportunity we could for photos near the Wollongong harbour and BIG props to the bridal party for standing in the rain with umbrella’s for the shoot. I remember Jess saying to me at one stage – “I understand if your photo’s will be not as good because of the weather.” <smiles>
It was a bigger bridal party to what I normally shoot – 6+6 which made it entirely crazy and alot of fun! (If only you had seen and heard what I did as the girls got ready… eek!)
We spent the evening at City Beach Function Centre for their reception, drying off and partying hard.
windy after they got out of the cars…
some ceremony <3…
then it rained some more…
I was under a sheet I found in my car when we were shooting this next one. Must have looked slightly bizarre!
over to the now-empty courthouse…
then we entered reception. It was really nice outside at this point so I got them just outside the venue for some photos on the beach…
look what I just caught… (insert cheesy grin)
love this one…
some first-dance photos then some photos outside…
what could be hotter than kissing in the rain…
winding up the crazybooth for some amusing and at times down-right shocking antics 🙂
more c-booth photos here. (passcode = Jess’ maiden name)
Leave them some sexy words below…
v-i
Read MoreWedding: Mat + Liz
The next day (Saturday) after Andrew & Sally’s wedding was Mat + Liz’s! I had contracted an almost overnight tummy bug Friday night so I brought on my friend Steve Conti to help for the day. (just for the record no, it wasn’t Centennial’s food!) It’d take just about me being in a coma to not turn up for a wedding day.
Their ceremony was at St Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in Warrawong and their reception was at Panorama House Restaurant. Daniel & Mitch from No Limit Pictures videoed and even did a SDE (same day edit) to show at the reception. It seemed a forever since their initial e’session over a year ago.
I started photos with the boys getting ready – something a little different from our usual coverage…
the onto the girls (obviously this wasn’t a shot at the boys house…)
Liz looked a whole lot of yummy…
a sweet moment from their ceremony…
then some different photos around the Port Kembla area…
awesome dress…
unbeknown to even their bridal party, Mat & Liz whisked away from the location photos and went to Illawarra Airport to arrive at the reception in luxury in a helicopter!
at Liz’s request… they hadn’t even been married 24 hours and she was…
points for the lollybar!
Lots & lots of dancing followed their entrance into the reception…
then a few experimental photos outdoors with the Illawarra in the background…
and one you have already seen earlier on the blog…
thanks for a divine day M+L!
E’session: Brent + Anita
We organised Brent & Anita’s e’session around a weekend away they had organised down at Jervis Bay. After a few dozen Kangaroo’s and kilometers of potholes I arrived where they were staying in the national parks. We had alot of fun and I’m looking forward to their wedding at Eling Forest Winery in Sutton Forest in September this year.
this one sums them both up really 🙂
