Kate & Jack's Wedding was awaited with lots of excitment. Kate had spent hours on every detail of the day, with the theme a rustic wedding, lunchtime on a Friday at the Mosman Rowing Club. This suited the couple very well, one of my favourite photos with the old hat and bouquet was commented on my one of the bridesmaids is "exactly them"!

The day started early for the bride and bridesmaids at their family home, then a mid morning wedding at St Francis Xavier Chruch in Lavender Bay. Then we took the bridal party up to Georges Heights Headland in Mosman, for the rustic feel with the old battlements, coastal gums and a little bit of bush. Jack was most relaxed in his grandfathers old work hat, which really suited Jack the outdoor man who is a landscape gardener next to his petite Kate. We had great fun with the whole bridal party, very excited for the couple. We even found the perfect tree to tie in with the couple invitation and wedding theming. 

Then onto the party at Mosman Rowing Club. Here Kate had thought of every detail, the table settings were all in the tree theming, the centre pieces were tree stumps cut by Jack from a tree at their new home with rustic jars of garden flowers, and around the room on mirrors were little messages about the day. Everyone had a ball enjoying the speeches and the dancing, plus I have to say they did one of the funkiest bridal waltz's we've seen for a long time.....

Such a gorgeous couple and a beautiful day!

Sonia and Nathan organised their wedding to be casual and relax, exactly their personalities, with the minimum of fuss. The wedding was a lunchtime cocktail party with close family and friends at Public Dining Room, Balmoral Beach. The room was higlighted with simple white floral decorations, including some beautiful white roses by Stephanie's Wedding Bouquet Specialists in Frenchs Forest.

Unfortunately the weather, as has been the case this year, was overcast and windy but the rain held off until we'd had some time outside on the beach and also kept the crowds away so unusually Balmoral Beach was clear for a bridal shoot.

As with the relaxed nature of the day Sonia & Nathan arrived together with Nathan's son Hamish to greet guests and have a glass of champagne, before the celebrant Melinda Dunn invited the couple to the front for the marriage ceremony. Following the ceremony the guests all spilled out onto Balmoral Beach for some photographs before we took the couple and their son Hamish for a walk along Balmoral Beach to the island. Hamish was the entertainment pulling faces and making jokes.... especially when they were kissing!

The afternoon was then spent with good wine, food, and lots of fun for all the guests back at the restaurant.... exactly the celebration Sonia & Nathan wanted.

Seema and Fionn's wedding was a 2 day event starting with a Hindu blessing of their marriage, and then a full Catholic wedding at St Mary's Cathedral. 

They met in Ireland many years ago where Seema (a Sydney girl) was studying medicine, and a couple of years ago they moved out to Sydney. Many of the guests had flown over from Ireland for the wedding and of course were up for a party as the Irish always are.... so 2 parties in one wedding was exactly what was called for. 

The Hindu blessing was held at Sydney Harbour Marriott, and all the guests were dressed up in the most amazing colours and traditional Indian dress (even the Irish friends). The blessing was lots of fun, followed by a banquet.

Then the next day we met the girls again at the Sydney Harbour Marriott where they were getting ready for the wedding itself. And the boys at St Mary's Cathedral. The day was overcast but didn't rain and everyone had a ball as we went with the bridal party from Hyde Park to Dawes Point, and the reception at Waters Edge where the partying went into the night!

As you can see we really enjoyed everyones company, and Seema's bubbly personality comes through in every single photograph. Thanks guys!

Colette & Rob set their wedding date for Friday 13th this January, mainly because 13 is Rob's favourite number, it's holiday time and they aren't superstitious.... Because of the affinity to the number 13 we were determined to find a sign with that number to photograph the couple with, and after looking everywhere found out that Wolfies Grill is #13 in the original sandstone storehouse numbering! It was all meant to be for them, and the day didn't disappoint.

We met Rob at St Bede's Pyrmont where the ceremony was to be held, and photographed him with his son and daughter, before Colette arrived with a very excited extended family of her son, father, sisters, niece and nephews. The service was conducted by Father John Baron, is also a forensic psycologist and a fascinating man, the message was all about unity and how everyone there was part of Colette and Rob's family to be there to care for the couple and each other. A message which spoke well to all that were there and seemed so happy for the couple. 

Following the groups congratulations outside the church we went to Observatory Hill for some fun with just the newly weds, then ended up at Dawes Point to walk around to Wolfies Grill, The Rocks, where the party was starting, and that's exactly what I imagine they did into the night with all their family and friends around them!

While we've had a very wet summer this was the first wedding we've actually done the bridal shoot indoors, but it certainly didn't dampen the spirits of the bridal party and we managed to go outside briefly during the reception to catch the last of the afternoon sun when it did appear.

The afternoon began at Jenny's parents house where she had grown up, we took some photos in the front lawn where apparently she'd had previously been photographed in a white dress... that time for her first communion. So lovely to have the family history all wrapped up in the wedding photos. Then onto St Peter Chanel, Hunters Hill for the wedding ceremony. Gerry and his boys were a little nervous but soon relaxed into it, and said he just wanted to get on with the show.

Following the wedding ceremony all the guests spilled out of the church to hot muggy conditions, and huge black clouds just waiting to open. We had just finished the last of the family photos when the heavens opened, and rained with good heavy Sydney summer rain for the whole time we had allocated for the bridal photos! So we headed down to Deckhouse Woolwich, where the reception was being held and found their other function room and balcony empty so utilised that with a bit of fun. Then after a few speeches and food at the reception, the sky had cleared to a lovely late afternoon light, so we took the bridal party out for just a few more photographs outdoors. Before the real partying began with lots of dancing, cigar smoking and even a guest jumping into the harbour!

 

What a stunning day!

We first met Carla's family almost a year ago when Justin photographed her father's 60th birthday party, then Carla got engaged an immediately thought of us for her wedding photography. She has such a beautiful family, and so does Matthew so we had a wonderful day celebrating with everyone. Both of their families are so close that their bridal party was made up solely with their siblings.

We started the day at Carla's family home in Woolwich with beautiful views of the harbour. The atmosphere was filled with excitment as the whole family including parents, sisters, nieces and nephew were all getting ready at the house. Then we met Matthew at the church with his brothers and sister as the excitment (and nerves) built for them. 

As Carla's nieces, nephew and sisters walked down the aisle ahead of her all the guests were full of smiles, then followed the stunning bride with her father, so relaxed and ready to take this wonderful step. The ceremony conducted by Father Kevin at Holy Name of Mary Hunters Hill, was as always with Father Kevin filled with laughter and love.

After the ceremony we headed down to Clarkes Point Woolwich, for a lovely bridal shoot with the couples siblings. Then walked up to Cucinetta's Restaurant where all Carla's family celebrations are held, it's location, atmosphere and food are exceptional and all the guests had a wonderful evening.

Bonnie & Chris are a great fun couple, Bonnie the professional horse rider and Chris the policeman, and their friends knew how to have a good time too!

The day started off with hair and makeup at Hair By Maree in Naremburn, Bonnie has been going to this hairdresser since she was little and wanted their involvement in her wedding story. The atmosphere was fun and relaxed, we even got interest from the passing crowds....

Once the preparations were complete we headed down to Harbourside Apartments for the girls to dress, more laughter and fun there. Then onto the church, St Mary's North Sydney, chosen due to its location near Bonnie's childhood haunts and opposite North Sydney oval where Chris played for the Bears. When the ceremony was concluded the clouds started to roll in, but not detered we needed back to Blues Point for some lovely soft romantic bridal portraits in the rain.

The reception party was held at Sails Lavender Bay, and it was definitely a party, it even started with the bridal waltz to set the mood. Then fabulous speeches, feed and dancing well into the night.....

Details.... Details.... Details...

Jonno, Hailee and her mother had spend hours planning and putting together all the details of this stunning wedding. The ceremony was held in the gardens of Hailee's family home in Arcadia, with a rustic feel to the property the weddings style followed suit. There were wooden signs to direct the guests, even a sign post with signs pointing to where guests has come from far and wide. Hand written bunting with all 150 guests names on. The invitation was a collection of photographs from both Hailee and Jonno's family weddings in gilt frames, as heritage is very important to the couple, Hailee even had her grandparents and mothers wedding bands tied to her bouquet. The bride and bridesmaid dresses has be personally designed by Hailee.

All of that was just for the ceremony.... Which was very emotional all around, espcially Jonno who was in floods of tears (as were half the guests) when his beautiful bride walked down the aisle. Following the ceremony a garden party was enjoyed by all the guests in the beautiful spring sunshine, the atmosphere was so loving and happy for the couple.

The bridal party then departed in FJ Holdens, while the guests all jumped on the coach down to The Deckhouse at Woolwich for the reception. Again amazing thought and detail has gone into the reception. Each table centre had their own individual setting with antique bottles and vases filled with beads, buttons and flowers. Each guest was given a jar of homemade jam by Hailee's grandpa, and a photograph in a frame of themselves which the couple had found from their years of friendship with each person. As you can see from the photos this created great interest and entertainment as guest remember the memories captured in each photograph. The night flowed with hilarious speeches, fun and dancing....

Thanks Hailee & Jonno it was a truely special wedding we enjoyed capturing x

What a hoot this Engagement or Beloved portrait session was, we are so looking forward to photographing Megan & Phil's wedding next April we are going to have a ball!

Megan is a Kiwi and Phil an Aussie, who currently live in London, they are getting married in Sydney next year so were home for a quick visit to make all the arrangements. We were lucky enough to meet with them and photograph this time for them. Not living in Sydney they wanted to capture some of the landmarks in their photographs, and being engineers the Sydney Opera House and Sydney Harbour Bridge made the perfect backdrops, plus a walk through the Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney which could not be positioned in a more ideal location.

Here you'll see out typical style of lots of fun, love and laughter coming through in the photographs.....

As you will see from our photos Steph and Scott are quite into their sport, Scott is a diehard Parramatt Eels fan and the theming of the wedding was based around the Eels colours.... you'll see even the bridemaids wore yellow nail polish to go with their blue dresses! Then the cake and table names at the reception also tied in with the theming....

We started the day at the house that Steph grew up in, we even had a photo on the front step with her Mum to replicate the one they took when her parents first bought her home from hospital. So lovely to have these memories tie in to another milestone in her life. The garden was beautiful filled with colour, and the atmosphere at the house was very excited. 

We then met a very nervous Scott outside St Francis Xavier Church in Lavender Bay were the ceremony was to be held. It's a lovely church, and the priest was lots of fun adding to the relaxed nature of the guests. Followed by lots of congratulations on the church steps and family photographs. The bridal party, including the flower girls and page boy, headed down to Blues Point and the pier next to Harbourside Apartments on a beautiful spring afternoon on Sydney Harbour. They bought along a cricket set for a game at Blues Point Reserve, plus a rugby ball for a quick game of touch, and of course a lineout!

The reception followed at The Kirribilli Club, which had a great atmosphere. As you can see all the guests enjoyed the speeches, we also showed a slideshow with highlights from the bridal shoot which everyone was "Wow'd" by....

Mel and Matt have been together since they were 15 years old, they are so cute and so much in love it's infectious! We had a fabulous day with their family and friends celebrating this wonderful marriage, oh and capturing the memories in photos....

We met Mel and her bridesmaids getting ready at the Vibe Hotel North Sydney, there was lots of giggles, bubbles and fun with these girls, all so excited for their beautiful friend. Then we met Matt and the boys outside St Thomas' Anglican Church, North Sydney. It's such a beautiful church, and the lighting is lovely for weddings. You couldn't help getting swept up into the fairytale here, and both Mel & Matt were very emotional.

Following the ceremony, the weather looked a little dicey so we stayed outside this wonderful church for some photographs before heading down to Balmoral Beach with the bridal party. Here the rain held off, how could it not for these two, and we had very dramatic skies, contrasting with this fun loving crowd. The girls got a little cold, and the boys obliged with their coats, plus we couldn't hold Matt down as he was jumping for joy.... Then onto Georges' Headland for some more fun, and The Tea Room Gunners' Barracks, for some very eloquent and funny speeches. Even a very moving song from Mel's Dad, that had us in tears behind the lens! Before the party continued into the night with groving on the dancefloor.....

A September wedding in Sydney and who would expect it to rain? But it didn't matter nothing was going to ruin the day for these guys, Bec particularly is a very relaxed girl from Tamworth who was just so excited to be marrying Jeff, and with a bridal party of 14 there was no time to rest.

The best part of the planning for this wedding was the close proximity of all the activities you could literally see the where the bride got ready, the church, photo locations and the reception venue from everywhere we went on the day! Also something many couples really should plan well is the accomodation they are using to get ready and stay the night after the wedding, if you plan these well and have lovely locations and views then they can be used as the wet weather back up for your photos on the day. As it was the Harbourside Apartments at Blues Point where the bride and bridesmaids got ready provided just that for this couple. The views from the apartment up the harbour, and out the front the pier and large tree were great when the rain set in.

We started the with the bride and her 6 bridesmaids at the apartments, then met the boys at Lavender Bay Reserve for some fun "Boy Band" photos before crossing the road to Christ Church Lavender Bay where the ceremony was held.  Following the service they rain came in so we headed back to Blues Points with the whole bridal party who were prepared with white umbrellas, and champagne! 

The reception was held at Aqua Dining, a fabulous venue above the Olympic Pool at North Sydney with views of the Bridge and Opera House, and the food was outstanding. The speeches were well received by the guests, as you can see, and we also provided the couple with a slideshow of some of the photos we'd taken during the day which the guests were "Wow'd" by, and made the Bec & Jeff very emotional. We left the party with all the guests on the dancefloor for a great night....

This was a truely stunning wedding held at The Tea Rooms, Gunners' Barracks Mosman. With some of the most beautiful views in Sydney situated in the historial area of Georges Heights, Gunners' Barracks is one of the a dream location for weddings and wedding photography in Sydney. To take full advantage of the location we met both David and Sarah in the area for photographs of them and their respective attendants prior to the wedding ceremony. David and the boys were all dressed up in full morning suit, including the two little paige boys who are David's nephews, and his neice looked gorgeous in her little white dress. We photographed them around the historial buildings, before heading to the top of the hill to meet Sarah, her bridesmaids and family for some beautiful candid photographs. Everyone was so excited about the day and for the couple which the photographs really express.

The ceremony itself was held in the Gunners' Barracks courtyard, which was eloquently put together by Elizabeth Traven Civil Celebrant. It really was very personal and the courtyard was filled with a loving atmosphere. Following the ceremony we walked up to the Georges Head with the bridal party for some fun, dancing, canon riding and enjoyed the late afternoon light so romantic. We especially enjoyed the was Sarah's wedding dress swished as she walked and danced it also looked fluid.

The evening celebrations continued in the main tea room with some fantastic speeches followed by lots of revelry on the dancefloor.....

It really was a fantastic wedding that we loved being a part of, thank you Sarah & Dave!

What a wedding day, amazing couple, amazing locations, amazing light.... it had it all!

Suzie the bride was so excited and gorgeous, and our biggest challenge for the day was to get Andrew to stop talking and telling jokes long enough to take his photo! We have hundreds of shot of him talking and everyone else laughing....

This stunning Sydney spring day started with Suzie and her bridesmaids getting ready at her parents place. The atmosphere was relaxed, excited and bubbly (a great description for Suzie herself). We then met Andrew at Clarkes Point Reserve where their ceremony took place under a marquee with Sydney Harbour in the background. The ceremony was conducted by a family friend, and celebrant, Caroline Hopwood, it was very personal with the couple even writing their own reading.

Then the couple and their bridal party caught a water taxi across to Cockatoo Island for the bridal shoot. What fun we had with these guys, the light was amazing and we were spoilt of choice of locations on the island itself. There was bush fires in the Blue Mountains which created the most amazing light at sunset, I haven't done any colour work on these images this is exactly what the light was like.... The smoke in the atmosphere also created that amazing moonrise shown in these photos and I also blogged about after the wedding.

The reception was held at Deckhouse Woolwich, stunning spot, beautiful food and service, plus it was great fun. Andrew is an Event Manager (it was great we knew lots of the same people and got on like a house on fire, but I digress), so the evening was filled with all sorts of surprises for the guests. They had an exhibition of photographs, the couple had taken on their many travels, set up for pre dinner drinks. The guests then got to take a photo home a the end of the night. There was a Chinese Tea Ceremony, part of Andrew's Malaysian heritage. They also held a raffle at each table for the framed images, and the digital camera which they had provided each table for the guests to take photos on the night. As you can see from our photos everyone had a ball....

The week before this wedding it rained constantly, and even on the day of the wedding the rain clouds threatened. But Shaana insisted the ceremony would be held in the garden of her parents home, just as it had been for their wedding many years ago, and the sun came through for a beautiful afternoon! Before the ceremony Shaana had a group of close girlfriends helping her with the final arrangements and to get ready, and hair & makeup by Agents of Beauty, while Nick arrived in a Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 with one of his mates, which he was very excited about...

The ceremony was witnessed by close family and friends, and was conducted by Louise Spedding, Celebrant, the atmosphere was very loving. Followed by drinks and cheers from all their friends. We then took the couple down to a private reserve near the house which has a stunning view down the harbour, we had beautiful afternoon sun on the couple, however the rain clouds were darkening the sky over the city.... As you can see from the photos these guys are great friends, as well as lovers, and were very relaxed in front of the camera.

The night then continued with lots of drinks, gorgeous food served by Hooked on Catering, and dancing into the night .... as the couple said they just wanted a big party!

Wow what an auspicious start to this couples marriage... the morning started with rain showers and just before the set time for the wedding it cleared producing this stunning rainbow that ended right at The Tea Rooms, Gunners' Barracks, Mosman where the ceremony was to take place. The rain continued to clear through the morning creating this amazing clear blue sky and fabulous wedding photography. Margaret and Simon selected a small wedding attended by their closest family and friends. The ceremony included traditions from both their families heritage of Jewish and Chinese touching on the fact that both their grandparents moved to Australia away from hardship.

We met the groom at the venue as they were setting up in the courtyard for the ceremony, and then the bride arrived utilising the bridal preparation room at Gunners' Barracks for last minute touch ups. Following the ceremony all the guests moved up to George's Headland for the stunning views across Sydney Harbour and out the heads, where we spent some time with the couple capturing this beautiful morning for them. Before moving on to a lovely lunch in the Tea Rooms at Gunners' Barracks. The bride handmade all the details herself including the bouquets, place cards and the cake and chuppah under which they got married were made by the mother of the groom - Kim, as you can see from our photos every detail has the personal touch.

Wow what a stunning wedding! Both Alana and Darren had been planning the wedding day for a long time, and when the day came it was beautiful. Alana was a little nervous but soon relaxed with a bit of laughter and fun with her bridesmaids. But Darren was like "the cat that got the cream", with a huge smiling that he just couldn't wipe off his face from the beginning, to the end of the day.

We met the bride along with her family at a family home, with an Italian family there was lots of people around, making for fun photographs. We then went to the church and grabbed some time with the groom and his boys there. The service was conducted by Rev Fr Chris Middleton SJ the Principal of St Aloysius' College, and it was very relaxed, all about their loving union.  Following the service we took the bridal party to Balmoral Beach for some photographs. It was a very sunny Saturday afternoon, however very windy, which worked well for us, leaving the beach free for the bridal party photographs! Then onto Blue Point Reserve for fun shots with the Sydney Harbour Bridge and Opera House in the background. The reception was held at L'Aqua Cockle Bay where everyone partied the night away, including their own fireworks display....

So as you can see a wonderful fun day captured in beautiful photographs.