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KATHRYN & MARC’S WEDDING

Friday, December 31, 2010

Kathryn and Marc are a gorgeous Melbourne couple who chose to have their November wedding in Echuca, the place where they originally met on regular family holidays when they were young. They were married in a ceremony at St Mary’s church, with a reception that evening at Morrison’s Winery. This was a truly remarkable wedding with gorgeous details, stunning locations and very special people. It’s interesting to note that Kathryn and Marc had originally planned their wedding to take place in Melbourne. I think from memory that’s how they found out about me, through their booking at Quat Quatta. However after much thought and discussion they had a change of heart, and decided that they would prefer the relaxed pace of a country wedding on the Murray. It was after all the place where this beautiful romance began!

After the ceremony and family photographs we headed off to an amazing private property on the Murray River for location photographs of the bridal party. This property was fantastic with gardens, a lake, and the biggest old Morton Bay Fig tree I have ever seen! We were extremely fortunate that although the weather forecast was for rain all day, it somehow managed to pass us by for most of the day. After leaving the gardens we headed to the Port of Echuca in the early evening for some final photographs when our luck with the weather finally ran out, and the heavens opened up. As I sat in the car in the pouring rain I was thinking to myself what a shame it was that Kath and Marc would miss out on photographs in the laneway they loved. So I was amazed to see the entire bridal party leap out of the cars, umbrellas in hand! What’s more… they were all perfectly happy about it. Laughing, joking, totally prepared to get a bit wet and not a single complaint! What an amazing group. Here is one of my favourite images from the day, taken of Kath & Marc in the rain!

And now here is a slideshow of highlights from Kathryn & Marc’s gorgeous wedding. We started the day photographing Marc and his groomsmen getting ready, then moved on to Kathryn and her bridesmaids. I have chosen to start this gallery with the ladies first. Kathryn had a beautiful group of girls attending her on her wedding day, with her two sisters, Marc’s sister and two special friends making up a group of five lovely bridesmaids. Kathryn was such a stunning bride, and looked divine in her magnificent Angela Marcuccio gown. Just WOW! I was also in love with all of her beautiful details, especially the bouquets featuring peony roses. They always remind me of paper flowers, like something delicate and faded from a bygone era.

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Kathryn & Marc, it was such a pleasure to share this wonderful occassion with you. I thought your wedding was just beautiful. Very classy and elegant yet still casual, fun and very relaxed. Your bridal party were just brilliant and really embraced the spirit of the occassion. I was especially taken with your parents and really appreciated the extra care they took of Sue and I. We felt very special, like we were part of your day and part of the gang. I never take for granted the level of trust and faith that my couples place in me when they ask me to photograph their wedding. It’s so important to me to do a great job, and I take my role of capturing peoples memories very seriously. However working with people like you and your family is such a pleasure it’s very hard to see it as work!

I truly hope you both enjoy this preview of your beautiful wedding day. Oh, and Happy New Year guys! I hope you have a blast seeing in your first New Year as husband and wife. You are my last journal post for 2010. What a way to end the year!

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REBECCA & ADRIAN’S WEDDING

Thursday, December 2, 2010

Rebecca and Adrian had a beautiful day for their late October wedding here in Bendigo. They were married at St Liborious church in Eaglehawk, followed by a reception that evening at Quills restaurant. In between we had a fantastic time at various locations around Bendigo taking photographs of the newlyweds and their gorgeous bridal party. They were an energetic, fun loving group, and seemed to really enjoy the novelty of being photographed for the afternoon!

As usual we started the day early with photographs of Adrian and his groomsmen getting ready, before going to Rebecca and the girls to photograph her preparations. Rebecca looked absolutely stunning in her wedding gown, and I just LOVED her bridesmaid’s dresses. Such a vibrant, cheerful colour. When I looked through my lens at this group of gorgeous ladies the first time I actually gasped out loud!

Here is a selection of images from their wonderful wedding day, featuring some of my favourites. I have decided to begin the slideshow with some photographs from the last location we went to, underneath a bridge. It was my first time at this particular spot, and I really love the light and the cool, urban look.

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Rebecca and Adrian, thank you for the wonderful opportunity of photographing your beautiful wedding day. You are such a gorgeous couple, and spending the day with you, your bridal party and family was truly my pleasure. I hope you enjoy this small preview of your wedding photographs!

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CATE & ANDREW’S WEDDING

Sunday, November 7, 2010

Cate and Andrew were married in October at St Mary’s church in Heathcote. Andrew and his family are from Padthaway in South Australia, where he and Cate now live. However Cate is originally from Derrinal, near Heathcote, and her family’s beautiful old property was the setting for this fantastic celebration. This was a big, beautiful country wedding, and topped my previous record for the biggest bridal party with an impressive 14 people in total! Getting to know Cate and Andrew, it became very clear that they’re all about family and friends, and that was reflected in their large bridal party and the day in general. Lots of very dear friends and family, lots of fun and big love! The magnificent family home has close to 100 years of history, and is called Kilmuir after a village in the Isle Of Skye.

Cate had decided she wanted her Aunty to help her get ready so she could surprise her bridesmaids once she was dressed. The girls reaction when they first saw her was spectacular. It’s no wonder really, because Cate looked absolutely stunning. It was so much fun photographing the girls…. there was a genuine buzz of excitement and they all looked so beautiful. So now I present to you a collection of images from Cate And Andrew’s gorgeous country wedding. All of the bridal party’s photographs were taken on the family property, and just for fun I have started the slideshow with my very favourite image of the day, taken in a paddock that was covered in capeweed. I know weeds are undesirable, but I was so excited to capture such wonderful, vibrant colours!

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Thank you Cate and Andrew for allowing me to be part of your amazing wedding. From the moment I drove through the gates of Kilmuir I knew I was in for a truly special day. I am a sentimental soul and just adore history, especially when it’s connected with family. I thought your wedding was just so beautiful, and really appreciated the simple elegance of all the details. You had clearly put so much thought and effort into planning this day, and it really showed. I hope you enjoy this preview of your photographs!

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STEPHANIE & WADE’S WEDDING

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Stephanie and Wade are a lovely couple from Mt Isa who contacted me last year after finding my Photo Journal on the web. After a year of exchanging emails with Stephanie discussing wedding plans, I finally got to meet them the week before their September wedding here in Bendigo. It was such a thrill to finally meet them in person, and we eagerly planned out a timeline for their wedding day. They chose to have both their ceremony and reception at The Conservatory, and also both got ready (in separate rooms) at the same location! It certainly made for an easy and streamlined schedule.

After the ceremony we headed out and about in Bendigo for some fabulous location photography with the bridal party. We had a really great time, and even though it was very cold the group was cheerful and enthusiastic during our shoot. After the wedding Stephanie and Wade headed overseas for a fabulous honeymoon in Las Vegas, and recently emailed me to let me know they’re home safe and very excited to see some highlights from their wonderful day. As usual I have included a selection of the details, preparation time, the ceremony and some of the many great locations we went to. Because the entire bridal party are from out of town and completely unfamiliar with Bendigo, Stephanie and Wade took a leap of faith and trusted me to suggest the locations for them. Here are some of my favourite images from their wedding day.

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It was such a pleasure to meet you Stephanie and Wade, and to have the honour of photographing your beautiful wedding. I loved working with you and your bridal party, and especially appreciated your enthusiasm and easy going attitude to being photographed. It was also fun showing you a few different areas of the City of Bendigo, as though trying to see it through your eyes. It made me realise just how much pride I have in my City, though I do wish we could have turned on some warmer weather for you all. Ha ha ha! I hope you love this small preview of your photographs, and I look forward to sending you many more in a few weeks time.

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KATHERINE & MICHAEL’S WEDDING

Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Katherine & Michael had a gorgeous Winter wedding in Bendigo in early July. They were married at Forrest Street Uniting Church before their family and dear friends. A real highlight of the ceremony was having the Bendigo Concert Band perform, which sounded amazing in the beautiful old church. It was quite thrilling actually. After the ceremony we went to several locations, including my favourite little patch of old English trees, Pall Mall in Bendigo, Lake Weeroona at sunset and finished the day with some dramatic night shots at the Town Hall. We then headed back to The Boardwalk for Kat & Michael’s reception.

Here are some of my favourite images from the day, starting in the morning with Michael and the boys getting ready in an amazing old Bed & Breakfast called Bishop’s Court. What a fantastic old home! There was even a games room with old pinball machines and a billiard table. Such a great environment for cool shots of the guys!

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Kat & Michael… this was such a fantastic day. I applaud you for being brave enough to choose July for your wedding, a decision that certainly worked out brilliantly! I just love Winter weddings… I love the colours, the bare trees and the light which just seems to be different at this time of the year. You are a really sweet couple, and I thoroughly enjoyed spending time photographing you, your gorgeous wedding party and lovely families on your wedding day.

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RHIANNON & SAM’S WEDDING

Friday, October 1, 2010

I’ve had a bit of a break from posting on my Photo Journal lately, but now it’s time to catch up with 2 gorgeous mid year weddings. I’m going to try a new method of posting the images from these weddings, using a slideshow. I always post rather a lot of images, and I think maybe the slideshow will make viewing more enjoyable and alleviate all that scrolling. I’m still a little undecided though, so I would appreciate any feedback or opinions. Do you like my new slideshow viewer? Or would you prefer to scroll through all the images like in all my other posts?

Anyway, I’ll get on with the wedding …

.Rhiannon and Sam were married in May here in Bendigo, on a beautiful sunny, Autumn day. I have known Sam for quite a long time, and I was just thrilled when he and Rhiannon asked me to photograph their wedding. The ceremony was held in the gardens at Nanga Gnulle surrounded by family and friends, with an intimate reception that evening at Quills Restaurant.

After the ceremony and family photographs we headed into Bendigo with the bridal party for some location photographs. We had such a great time and moved around various locations, starting at the Bendigo Train Station. I have wanted to shoot there for a long time, and we had planned on going there if it rained. Fortunately it didn’t rain, but we decided to shoot there anyway, with great results. Other locations included behind the Capital Theatre in View St and Lake Weeroona at sunset. Rhiannon and Sam both looked amazing, and were very relaxed and easy to photograph. Here is a selection of some of my favourite images from their day, starting with their preparations.

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Rhiannon and Sam…. I am so grateful to have had the opportunity to capture so many beautiful images of your wedding day, and to share such a special occasion with you. Thank you for your faith and trust in me! I wish you both a lifetime of love and happiness, and I hope you love your photographs.

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SARAH & SAM’S WEDDING

Friday, July 2, 2010

Sarah and Sam were married in May at the Sacred Heart Cathedral in Bendigo, with a reception that evening in the Platinum Room at The Foundry Hotel Complex. It was an absolutely gorgeous wedding, and I was in heaven photographing this amazing couple on their special day. I’ll begin my post with photographs of Sarah and her bridesmaids getting ready at the Hotel Shamrock. They had a beautiful big room with lots of lovely natural light, neutral decor and antique furniture. Just perfect for photographs!

Sarah’s 2 sisters and 2 best friends, helping her get into her magnificent ivory, silk wedding gown.

Sarah looked absolutely stunning in her wedding gown. Her quiet grace and elegance quite simply took my breath away, and looking through the lens at her seemed a little like stepping back in time. Oh my… what a divine bride!

A vintage treatment adds to the old world feel of this photograph of the girls. They all look so beautiful!

Some vintage inspired glamour utilising the tungsten lights in the room and video light.

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JILL & MICK’S WEDDING

Friday, June 11, 2010

Jill and Mick were married on Saturday 17th of April in a lovely garden ceremony at the Ravenswood Homestead, with a reception that evening at The Capital Theatre in Bendigo. They were blessed with beautiful sunny weather for their celebration, and had a brilliant, fun filled day. I had never been to the Ravenswood Homestead before. It certainly is an amazing venue, and I could honestly spend hours roaming around the property and gorgeous buildings taking photographs… and STILL want more time. Of course wedding days aren’t quite like that though, and we had always planned to get back to Bendigo with enough time for some photographs around the beautiful old buildings. Jill & Mick were very keen to have some photographs taken when the buildings are lit up in the early evening. I brought extra flashes and stands with me, and had a great time setting up some dramatic images.

I will begin this post with two of my favourite images from the end of the day, taken in front of the old Post Office and War Memorial in Pall Mall, Bendigo. I have never shot with more than one off camera flash on a wedding day before, but I love the results and think it was definitely worth the extra effort.

Jill and her bridesmaids got ready at Jill & Mick’s home. As usual I began by taking photographs of all of the lovely details.

Jill had her Mother’s bridal horseshoe sewn to the inside of the skirt of her wedding gown. A beautiful and personal touch!

The gorgeous bride looking absolutely radiant. I love the way this aqua wall sets off Jill’s beautiful skin tones and dark hair. Just lovely, and a little bit vintage looking with some subtle texture added to the photograph.

Jill with her beautiful bridesmaids.

I had to include a photograph of Jill with her ‘babies’. These are two very pampered and utterly adored little dogs.

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ALICIA & MATT’S WEDDING

Monday, May 3, 2010

Alicia & Matt were married on Saturday 10th April in Bendigo at the Sacred Heart Cathedral in Bendigo, with a reception that evening at The Conservatory. It was a fantastic day and such a beautiful wedding. As I write this Alicia & Matt are around the other side of the world enjoying their honeymoon. No doubt they are having the time of their lives, embarking on one exciting adventure after another. I do happen to know (through an inside informant) that they’re extremely excited to see some of their photographs, so I’ll cut the chit chat and just get to the photographs. I hope you love them Alicia & Matt!

Once again I’m going to start this post with a few of my favourite images of the gorgeous Bride & Groom. These were actually the last location photographs we took on the day and although the light was almost gone those last ten minutes of dusk always seem to the most beautiful for light and colour.
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Rewind to the start of the day. As always I began the day photographing the guys getting ready. Matt absolutely rocked these images. He looks incredible!

Beautiful window light illuminating Matt and his groomsmen. Just for the record we were missing one groomsman at this early stage of the day. His plane was just landing about the time I photographed the guys. No matter. The most important thing is he arrived safely and made it to the church on time!

Contrary to what he had told me, Matt was a dream to photograph. What a handsome groom.

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SHONA & GLEN’S WEDDING

Friday, April 23, 2010

Shona and Glen were married on Saturday 13th of March in Macedon. They had a late afternoon outdoor ceremony at the fantastic Macedon Spa followed by a reception at the same venue. Because of their late ceremony they had agreed to my suggestion of taking the majority of their photographs through the afternoon, before they were married. Shona and Glen had no formal wedding party, instead choosing to keep things very simple. They were just so thrilled to be surrounded by all of their wonderful family and friends and actually had two of their Grandparents act as witnesses for the formalities. What a delightful idea!

I will begin with some images of Shona getting ready at Ithica Cottage, a lovely guest house which is very close by in Macedon. Here are some of her beautiful details.

Shona’s Mother helped her to get into her wedding dress. Her gown was just gorgeous, designed by Amaline Vitale. Very simple, elegant and slim fitting with an art deco inspired pattern embossed into the fabric. I have never seen a gown quite like this one before and I do believe my jaw was hanging open when I saw it on Shona. Oh my!

A gorgeous portrait of Shona and her Mum. Okay…. so it’s not hard to see where Shona gets her beauty from. There were a couple of moments when Shona’s Mother was overcome with emotion at the sight of her stunning daughter in her wedding dress. Not at all surprising really. I think I was a little overcome myself.

Shona carried a sweet posy of Freesias. Perfect for a country wedding, and in keeping with her theme of classic and simple.

What a stunning Bride!

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AIMEE & DAVID’S WEDDING

Thursday, April 8, 2010

Aimee & David were married in Bendigo at the Sacred Heart Cathedral on Saturday the 20th of March. They had a fantastic day with truly perfect weather, and I had such a great time photographing them on their special day. Just for some variety I have decided to begin this post with some of the gorgeous images I took around the grounds of the Cathedral after their ceremony. Please remember to click the link for ‘More Images’ if you want to see photographs of David and Aimee getting ready, the ceremony and more of the locations.

I just loved the wedding cars, and this was the perfect location to get a photograph of the 3 of them lined up. I haven’t seen these vintage Rover’s at any other weddings. I’m fairly sure Aimee told me they all belong to a family friend. Such beautiful old cars!

A very dramatic image of Aimee & David with their gorgeous wedding cars. I must say I think we are incredibly lucky to have such a magnificent Cathedral in Bendigo.

The architecture of the Cathedral is so inspiring. Such a great looking wedding party too!

Seriously, these two are such sweet couple. Several times throughout the day I saw them just gazing at each other, completely lost in their own little world. True love for sure.

A great shot of the gorgeous wedding party. Such a happy, easy going group… it makes my job so much fun!

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The name is Bond… Ed Bond

Saturday, April 3, 2010

It was that time of the year again. My son Eddie’s 8th birthday was fast approaching, and after last years cool Karate Party I was wondering what on earth we would do for this year’s theme. Things have a way of making themselves obvious where Eddie’s concerned though. He had a new obsession. Of ALL things…. it was James Bond! Not entirely appropriate for an 8 year old, but my husband had been showing him some of the coolest parts of certain James Bond films (while avoiding the really violent and sexy bits) and it seems the oh so cool and suave Bond really struck a chord with our young man, particularly Pierce Brosnan. I must admit I never saw this one coming! Eddie begged for a James Bond ‘costume’ and desperately wanted a 007 party. Ummm…. considering most of his friends don’t even know who James Bond is I convinced Ed that a ‘Movie’ theme would be a better idea, and he agreed that would work. As long as he got to posture around in a dinner suit with a lemonade martini he was happy! So I bought some inexpensive second hand ‘pageboy’ items on Ebay. (Thank heavens for Ebay!)
Before the party I decided to take Eddie into the studio for some photographs so I could attempt to mock up a poster as a present for him. I’m a little nervous about showing these images because I am one of those people who really hates guns. In fact I was always going to be a mother who didn’t allow her kids to have toy guns. I’m not sure what changed that. I’ll admit it was partly out of my enthusiasm to make the posters really cool. But the main reason was that I realised Eddie is not a violent kid by nature, and that to him the appeal of Bond is all about being cool, in control, problem solving and intelligent. Oh, and to look good. He is a somewhat vain creature… my Ed! Ha ha ha….
Anyway, here are the 2 posters that I printed and framed for his birthday, followed by lots of photographs from Eddie’s cool Movie Party!

We set the scene for the the Movie Party by hanging blank CD’s from fishing line all over the room, and borrowed a few movie posters from our local video store. We also played movie theme music, like the James Bond theme, Mission Impossible, Star Wars, Transformers and Spiderman. It was very cool! I hadn’t actually predicted Scooby Doo though!

Eddie was a gracious host, and was in his element sitting at the head of the dinner table with all of his best friends.

Time for cake! I drew the line at making a gun cake, mostly because of my horror at the thought of black icing. Yeeuch! So I settled on a popcorn cake instead. Unfortunately I don’t think the guests quite got the connection. They still ate the cake though…. so that’s O.K.

Just heart stoppingly gorgeous. He makes me weak at the knees sometimes.

The popcorn cake, which didn’t really turn out anything like I originally planned. It was yummy though.

On to the party games. As hard as I tried I couldn’t come up with any movie themed games, so I just set out to make them a little ridiculous and lots of fun. The first game was a race to eat Fruit Loops from a string without using their hands. Funny!

The second game was to knock a rubber ball of the top of a container…. using only a serving spoon hanging between the legs on a string. Lots of hip thrusting and wriggling. Even funnier!

The last game was a riot. Quite simply they had to wrap each other up like a Mummy using toilet paper. I could never have predicted how much the kids would love this game. SO much fun with just one pack of budget loo paper. My husband Mick reckoned it’s because they’re told their entire lives not to waste the stuff…. so to be told ‘go for it’ was like an 8 year old’s version of heaven!

We had an uneven number of contestants, so lucky little Perry (my other son) scored Daddy as his wrapper. Daddy was VERY skilled with toilet paper as it turned out!

Eight year olds in heaven.

The aftermath! Just awesome.

It really was a great party. Without doubt the best part for the kids was the games. They loved them, and wanted to play each game a second time. I had realised that ‘Statues’ and ‘Simon Says’ really wasn’t going to cut it for the kids now they’re getting older. It really was worth the time I spent dreaming up very silly games, and they do love it when things are well organised. My other little man, Perry, has started school this year, so the next major party will be for him. It seems I’ve unwittingly set a precendant for awesome birthday parties now, so I better start planning soon. Oh Lord… the pressure!!! I dare not let them down. It’s not really about the party itself though, and it’s certainly not about being fancy or spending a lot of money. It’s about showing them how important and special they are by making a lot of effort. Eddie certainly gets that part, and not only buzzed for days after his party, but also thanked us many times… even days later. Yeah. I’m very happy!

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JESSICA & SHANE’S WEDDING

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Jessica and Shane celebrated their wedding on Saturday the 6th of March at the Wellsford Forest Retreat. This fabulous venue is nestled in the gorgeous bushland of the Wellsford Forest about 30 minutes out of Bendigo, and includes a rustic mudbrick homestead, an outdoor pavilion style chapel and a reception centre called The Acacia Room. Because Jessica & Shane live in Queensland and had travelled to Victoria along with many of their family and friends, this venue was a great choice with everything in one place! I’m certain the main reason was the picturesque setting of the Australian bush though. It was quite simply everything this couple had dreamed of for their wedding day. I personally enjoyed the ease and benefit of not having to drive to multiple locations, with Jessica & Shane both choosing to get ready inside the Homestead on location.

I’ll begin with some of Jessica’s details. I’m so in love with that perfume bottle. Just amazing, and one I’d never seen before. The divine bouquet of Australian native flowers was from The Eternal Vase in Bendigo. Oh my they do beautiful work!

Jessica looked positively divine in her satin and chiffon gown. So very simple and classy!

I love the warm gold light that radiated from the earth walls in the main bedroom of the Homestead. The setting had a colonial yet very elegant feel.

Jessica looking up to a skylight in the ceiling… a great opportunity to use natural light in a dramatic way.

Jessica with her two beautiful bridesmaids… who also happen to be her sisters.

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ALISHA & COREY’S WEDDING

Monday, March 8, 2010

Alisha & Corey were married on Saturday 27th of February at the Lake House in Daylesford. It was the first time I have worked at this amazing venue and I was thrilled to have the opportunity to photograph this wonderful couple in such picturesque surroundings. Alisha and Corey chose to have their wedding ceremony in front of the lake in the afternoon, and particularly wanted some beautiful portraits taken at the water’s edge. We had planned to take some photographs at sunset, and had our fingers crossed for a beautiful sky. As luck would have it we were treated to a sensational sky, which seemed to double in intensity as the sun sank and the colours reflected off the water. Just for fun I’ll begin this post with a couple of the very last images of the day… captured at sunset!

Alisha wanted a feature shot of her tattoo, and definitely had the diva thing going on while posing for me. Ooooh-eeee she is gorgeous! It’s ALL about confidence and embracing the moment…. and having lots of fun!

Now I’ll jump back to the start of the day when the girls were getting ready. I’ll begin with some of Alisha’s gorgeous details. I have to say I adored the bouquets. They had such a country feel, just perfect for a Daylesford wedding.

Alisha had four bridesmaids, her two sisters and two best friends. However she decided she wanted her Mum to help her dress so she could surprise the girls once she was ready. I just loved this idea, not only for the surprise aspect, but because it was such a beautiful thing to watch a mother dressing her daughter on her wedding day!

I really do feel privileged to be present at moments like this, and I feel others emotions very deeply. I know… I’m hopelessly soppy, but I really wouldn’t wish to be any other way. I LOVE this image.

After having to wait in suspense, the bridesmaids were so excited to see Alisha in all her glory…. and she really was glorious.

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EMMA & TIM’S WEDDING

Monday, February 15, 2010

Emma and Tim were married on Saturday 6th of February with an early evening ceremony inside the magnificent Bendigo Art Gallery, followed by a reception at the Hotel Shamrock. They had a beautiful sunny day, and had elected to have the majority of their photographs taken through the afternoon, before their wedding ceremony. Emma and Tim have two gorgeous young children and naturally wanted to include them in their special day.

I will begin with some images of Emma and her Maid of Honour. The girls got ready in a beautiful room at the Fountain View Suites in View St Bendigo. Emma’s gorgeous wedding gown took quite some time to lace up, but it was well worth the wait. I spent that time happily photographing all of her lovely details.

This is Emma and Tim’s son, George. He is the most beautiful baby boy and the youngest pageboy I’ve ever photographed. He looked absolutely adorable in his tiny waistcoat and bow tie, and totally stole my heart. What a little cutie pie!

This is Abby, George’s big sister. She is quiet and shy, and incredibly sweet. I have to say she did an absolutely amazing job of being Mummy and Daddy’s flowergirl, and even managed to walk down the aisle during the ceremony, holding a basket of lollipops. That’s quite a feat for a child twice her age I think. She certainly made a lot of ‘big’ people very proud. Bravo Abby!