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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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.