HAPPY New Year!

Our first blog for 2010 - a compilation of some of our favorite smiles and hugs and kisses and all manner of HAPPY things from 2009!

We thank all of our clients, friends and family for supporting us in 2009. ARTsnic was officially "born" as our Business name in March of 2009, so officially we're not even a year old yet! (although I've been photographing people and places and things for .... forever it seems :)

We're really looking forward to 2010 - there are so many changes coming for us - it's very exciting! You'll hear more about it soon - the first change will be our monthly newsletter - starting mid January - I'll post a link soon so you can sign up!

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU! I hope it's safe, and prosperous, and loving, and exciting - and HAPPY :)

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.

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!

Kristina and Con's Wedding

I recently had the privilege of photographing the wedding of Kristina and Con.  There was a lot of photography and video coverage at this one - 2 photographers and 2 videographers.  Sue started at Kristina's house at 7:45 am ... which is really early for someone like me!  So I started at the Con's house with the boys getting ready at 10:45 - at least I had time to wake up properly.  And I needed it - the boys were in high gear!  In fact, they had Harleys to deliver them to the ceremony. :)

I knew they'd be just too cool when I saw the shoes - Con and one of his page boys modeled these for me.

Con had some moments of quiet contemplation before hopping on the Harley. 

The ceremony took place at the Macedonian Orthodox Church "Sv. Kiril & Metodi" in Rosebery.  It's a very ornate church, and a wonderful place to celebrate their rich and beautiful traditions.

After the ceremony we went to a local park for family photos, then off to Martin Place and the Westin for bridal party photos.  It was my second time shooting location at the Westin - gorgeous place!

The reception was held at the Grand Roxy, Brighton Le Sands.  I highly recommend it - the food was absolutely delicious, and the service was impeccable.

Con and Kristina added a bit of drama to their bridal waltz with a smoke machine - great idea - if you don't mind all the kids at the reception running around in the smoke while you dance!  They didn't seem to mind though, and if anything it just added to the romance.

Engagement Session - Kat and Rob

Introducing Kat and Rob, and their gorgeous daughter Arabella. Kat and Rob are getting married in a few weeks, and I'll have the privilege of being their Wedding Photographer. I'm really looking forward to it - Arabella will be part of the ceremony.






Kat and Rob are having their wedding and reception at the Oxford Falls Function Centre - this engagement session was done there too.



Can't wait to see Arabella all dressed up for the wedding - those eyes are gorgeous. And hopefully we'll be able to keep her away from the Tiny Bears for just a few photos. Cuteness will be in abundance I think :)

New Wedding Video!

We've created a new sample wedding video - 6 different couples, from bride and groom getting ready to fun at the reception. Check it out!

Slow but good

Ok, so we're a bit slow posting - I'm sure we'll pick up in the coming months!

It's Saturday and we don't have a wedding! Brian's going off and to do some fun stuff (shooting at BMX competitors at Macarthur BMX Track, home to the Macarthur Pirates.), but I'm stuck home with the sniffles! So, I thought I might as well spend a little time updating the blog and posting some wedding photos.

Featured here are some photos from Will and Keina's wedding on June 27, 2009.




Will and Keina were married at the Sebel Resort and Spa in Windsor. It's a fantastic venue, with everything you need in one spot!




The grounds of the resort are lovely - ponds and weeping willows, roses lining the driveway to the chapel - plenty of photo opps and no need to battle traffic!
The chapel at the resort is small but lovely, and was packed with family and friends on the day!



The Sebel wedding co-ordinator Rebecca did a lovely job fitting out the chapel, including a red carpet, beautiful white draping and rose petals lining the aisle.





As I said the grounds are lovely - we only had to walk a few feet from the chapel to a beautiful pond surrounded by gardens and weeping willows - great photo opps even though we had a cloudy day.


Will and Keina looked wonderful together - when two people are so much in love it makes a photographer's job easy :)




After the location photos it was off to the reception - again - just a few steps away! The food was yummy, all the guests seemed very well fed and happy. There was a quick run to empty the dessert table, but the reception staff fixed that up quickly and everyone's sweet tooth was satisfied nicely :)

Did we say weddings are fun?

Let me point out that ARTsnic was NOT, I repeat NOT the photographer on this wedding. But I stumbled across the link to this video, and just couldn't resist sharing it with you. If you want to have a wedding like this - please call us - we'd so love to be part of it!!! There's nothing better than being part of something like this - made me laugh and cry just watching it!