Holiday wedding

Our last wedding for 2009 was a beautifully simple wedding, with just a bit of a Christmas theme - elegant  but not over the top.  Just beautiful :)
 
The wedding was very much a family affair - with international guests from South Africa and Holland - Marit is from Holland and just arrived in Australia very recently.  So many of her family members were there, and with so many accents!  Marit wanted the wedding to have a hand-crafted feel - her mum contributed by making the bridesmaids dresses, and they went to the flower markets to pick out their own flowers the day before the wedding.  On the day, the flowers were put into simple, classic bouquets by Marit's family - velvety red roses for the bride, and creamy white for her bridesmaids.

This is the tiara Marit wore, and given her background, I thought it would be nice to include a little pair of wooden shoes :)

Another family touch - the ring her father gave her mother in 1973 when they were engaged.  The cute button was on Marit's dress - which was imported from London!

Marit and Damien chose to marry at the incredible Cardinal Cerretti Chapel in Manly - this is the chapel that Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban were married in, and I was delighted to be given the opportunity to photograph a wedding there!   You can see why from the photos - what a gorgeous chapel!

 

 

With both mum and dad in the bridal party, and sitting on opposite sides of the church, the cute little page boy had trouble staying still!





He caused a wee bit of trouble during the bridal party photos too - but I think at 3 he can be forgiven :)

We did location photos at Shelly Beach in Manly - which was a wee bit tricky on a sunny summer day - there was a bit of a crowd - swimmers, sunbathers, and another wedding taking place on the beach.  We worked around them though, and had some fun.

Note the wedding thongs!

We found just a bit of space free of people - at the edge of a rockpool.  Marit gets extra points for navigating around the edge of the pool in a wedding dress.

After location photos - the bridal party walked along the beach - all the way to the reception at the Novotel Manly Pacific by the beach.  Easier than climbing those stairs again to the carpark.  Unfortunately I had to retrieve my car!

The reception had a definite Christmas theme, with more white and red roses, and tiny ornaments at each place setting.

A final personal touch was provided by the cake - made by Marit's family!  Even down to the roses, which Marit's dad applied with love to the cake before the guests entered the reception.

Kelly and Nath

You may recognize Kelly from previous photos - or from the front page of our website!  I did her model portfolio several months ago. She contacted me recently because she wanted new photos with Nath. And since I've gotten a promise from Kelly that she'll give us a call for wedding photography when they're ready to get hitched - you'll be seeing more from these two in the future!  These two are so into each other - the session was fun :)

WARNING: If you don't feel relaxed during your portrait session, I may have to order a round of tickling to loosen things up. Just so you know :)

Family portraits

I just dropped off some portraits to another happy customer - thanks guys!  It's such a good feeling to know that you're making people happy with photography - really makes me appreciate what I do.  Most of the enlargements from the session were a gift to great-grandmum (or grandmum, or mum depending on your perspective!), but Cathy had to order a few to keep for herself.  Who could blame her - the little girls are so cute! 

Give us a call on 02 8003 5235 for yours.  We're running our Christmas special for another month - great deals on family portraits!  On location anywhere in the Sydney area - we come to you!

Way overdue!

about 9 months overdue with this one (and congratulations on the little one Amanda and Cameron :)  Can't believe I've waited so long to blog - some of my favorite photos are from this wedding!  

Amanda and Cameron had an absolutely gorgeous but exhausting day for their wedding.   Marathon day, and rally style driving between locations - I think Cameron just liked the car and wanted to spend a lot of time in it.  

After the ceremony at St Catherine's Church in Gymea, we went to Shelley Beach in Cronulla for our first location.  Gorgeous blue skies and perfect temperatures - couldn't ask for anything more!








From Cronulla we travelled to the city for photos in Hyde Park

Amanda and Cameron's reception was held at Harbours Edge in Darling Harbour.  The room was beautifully decorated, and they had one of the prettiest cakes I've seen - decorated with flowers matching Amanda's bouquet.




I learned during the speeches where Cameron got his sense of humour - from his mother - and that he could take it as well as he gave it ...

Our last stop for the night was at their Circular Quay Hotel - a few night shots before we said good night about 1 am. 

So thank you again guys for letting me be part of your day - and congratulations on the new addition to your family!