CHANTELLE & MARC’S WEDDING

Chantelle and Marc were married in Echuca on the 11th of October, 2008. Yes… that’s a long time ago, but it was such a beautiful wedding I really wanted to make a post about it. I have been neglecting my Photo Journal terribly, and not made any new entries for a very long time. But now I’m determined to catch up. There are a few weddings from last year that I intend on posting about in the next few days. THEN I can start to catch up on my more recent weddings. Phew…. I have a lot of work to do! Anyway, back to Chantelle and Marc’s beautiful wedding in Echuca.

I’ll begin with some images of Chantelle getting ready with her 3 lovely bridesmaids.

The bridesmaid’s dresses were the palest pink chiffon. Soft, flowing and feminine… and rather Grecian looking.  Just gorgeous.

Oh my, what a beautiful bride! With her divine long dark hair and those mesmerising blue eyes, Chantelle looked amazing. 

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Now some images of Marc and his groomsmen getting ready. I should mention that I always photograph the men getting ready before going to photograph the bride, but I prefer to have images of the bride first in the post, so I swap them around. Ladies first, as they say…..

Putting on shoes…..

And ties.

Marc looks calm, composed, and very handsome.

I would love to tell you that Marc had no idea what was going on behind him, but that would have been impossible given my assistant Sue and I were laughing hysterically at the groomsmen’s antics. I actually got the idea for this shot when I saw one of the guys walk past that window behind Marc. It was my idea to stand them there, but the hands and tongues on the glass…. that was all their idea! What a hoot! Chantelle and her father arriving at St Joseph’s College, where the ceremony was held.

The wedding ceremony. St Joseph’s Chapel has the most beautiful, ornate ceiling.

The entire wedding party, standing in front of the Murray River, with the old historical port behind them. By this time all of the wedding guests were on a paddle steamer cruising the Murray, so we waited at this area, locally known as the onion patch, to wave them by!

This is a great laneway in the Port of Echuca area. Chantelle found her dancing shoes!

Such an elegant wedding party.

The guys being extremely cool….

And the ladies strutting their stuff. I LOVE the way the fabric of the dresses moves with a fabulous ‘wiggle walk’……

The beautiful, bright and cheery boquets.

One last kiss in the back seat of the car, before going in to their reception at Morrison’s Winery… also right on the bank of the Murray River.

This was only my second wedding in Echuca, but I have to say between the beautiful old buildings, historical locations and the magnificent Murray River it’s a dream come true taking wedding images there. Chantelle and Marc are amazing people, and such a beautiful loving couple. I want to thank them for trusting me to capture all of the special moments and emotions of their wedding day.