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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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by Annie Warren

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Jessica & Shane - Shane & I would like say what great work you have done, Annie. I was very confident from the start that you would do an awesome job and looking at these photo’s, not only have you confirmed this, you have completely blown us away.
So many people have given great feedback about the photo’s as well as you & your sister Sue’s professionalism. We wish you all the best for the future & we’d recommend you to anyone.

P.S Shane says hello to Perry & “May the Force be with you…”

Jess & Shane

Sylvia Borgo - Annie, these are really wonderful. I love the separate images of the bride and groom. My fave is the one of them walking in the forest. So magical!

Brandi - Stunning photos! The lighting is amazing. Gorgeous couple too, you can really see the love :)

Cheryl Floyd - Hi Annie

The photo’s are amazing you have really caught the ambience of the property. Thank you for contacting me to have a look and feel free to send me some of your cards for me to put in my wedding planner.
Regards, Cheryl Floyd. Wellsford Forest Retreat

Krystal Radlinski - Simply beautiful images!

Lisa Kretschmannn - I love the dress so unique and lovely!

CAZ & BRAD’S WEDDING

Sunday, August 30, 2009

This is another fabulous wedding that I photographed late last year, and very much wanted to display in my journal.

Caz and Brad were married in November 2008 here in Bendigo, with a touching ceremony held in their own back yard. They are the sweetest couple, and despite some pretty extreme November weather, they had an absolutely fantastic day with their wedding party, family and friends. They had worked very hard to get their back yard looking fantastic for their big day at home, and it really paid off. It looked so beautiful, and I love the idea that every time they step out their own back door they will have a reminder of the promises and heartfelt words they exchanged that day. Maybe they can even do an occasional re-enactment on the weekend! I suspect they would just jump straight forward to the kissing part though! Ha ha ha.

Brad is a also real car enthusiast, and worked very hard on his baby, an early model Celica, to have her ready in time for the wedding. The car was indeed ready in time, and looked amazing… along with 3 other friends cars which made up the ‘fleet’ for the day. So it was always going to be a priority to get some great images of the cars. I scouted around and found an ideal location here in Bendigo, and made sure to schedule some time there. I wouldn’t normally classify myself as a ‘car person’ but I thought the cars look so COOL, and really appreciate the amount of work, pride and love that goes into making cars look like this. Here is my favorite shot. Of course there are more like this one later in the post.

Going back to the start of the day, with Caz and her bridesmaid’s preparations. I loved all of Caz’s accessories, and was lucky enough to have a glass topped table to photograph them on. Even her shoes sparkled, and you just can’t beat the magnificent rose bouquets.


Time to get Caz into her beautiful wedding gown. Lacing up the dress always makes a lovely photograph.


Caz with her gorgeous bridesmaids.
The same shot from a different perspective, taken by my assistant, Sue.

Caz looked absolutely amazing! Once again I used video light mixed with ambient light and lamps to create some dreamy, glamorous bridal portraits.


Wow. What a beautiful bride. Those dreamy eyes are divine.

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ivy - the pictures are amazing and the wedding looks so fun. =D
I especially love the texture one…..you could actually feel the love between them….

Zak - Beautiful Annie! i just adore your getting ready shots with the guys…they always have such a fun and casual feeling, and they scream camaraderie. :)

Yunna - What a wonderful set of photos. I really love the portraits of the couple and the group photos are wonderful. The forest portraits, and the lake one are faves.

Lori Boynton - These are beautiful! I love your lighting! The B&W with the bridal party and the cars totally rocks!!

Frank DiMeo - I really love the image of her in the doorway Annie! It is so fresh and positive feeling. As usual though…I love all of your work.

Adam Squier - That car image is great. I’m sure they were nervous with the hail — I know I would be. I especially like the sunset images on the dock. Just beautiful.

Mariah Milan - Annie these are AMAZING. You made it absolutely impossible to pick one favorite. Just gorgeous!

Sylvia Borgo - These are absolutely gorgeous! The couple is so handsome and beautiful. The attention to detail is superb. I can’t even pick a favorite image. Gorgeous!!

Amy Donovan - Awesome Annie! I always love your work but these are brilliant!

pamela telgenhoff - These are so beautiful…I can’t stop looking at them…just LOVELY!

Andrew Follan - Awesome shots Annie. I am glad I stumbled across your blog, adding it my favourites right now :)

Jenny - Phenomenal lighting… BRAVO!

Katie Beverley - Annie! These are FABULOUS! Beautiful light, color, the shots in the rain… ah! Everything! Simply gorgeous work…

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