We began our coverage with Scott and his groomsmen getting ready. The boys all looked very handsome in their suits and seemed to have lots of fun being all dressed up hanging out together. Scott was calm and quiet, and very easy to photograph. He is such a lovely guy. We then moved on to Claire’s parent’s home where the girls were gathered. Claire had 3 bridesmaids who looked amazing in their fuchsia gowns, and her 2 adorable nieces as flowergirls.  Claire was such a beautiful bride, and looked so happy and excited about the day that lay ahead. I just love the photographs of all the ladies getting ready. The colours are so pretty and they all looked gorgeous. I have to make special mention of the 2 little girls and what an amazing job they did. It can sometimes be a little unpredictable photographing children on a wedding day, but these little sweeties were just fantastic, ALL day long.

After the ceremony and family photographs we went to the View St area for photographs. The first location was actually Scott’s idea. He had mentioned that he thought a yellow wall would look fantastic with the with the girls pink dresses. I had to scout around a few days before, but I did find an amazing yellow wall. When we arrived there it was pouring, but much to my surprise the entire group leapt out of the cars with umbrellas and simply asked where I wanted them to stand. I was amazed. I LOVE those images. I loved this bridal party!

We spent a while undercover in the fireman’s breezeway next to the Capital Theater while the rain refused to let up. Wanting to add more variety while still taking shelter, I then suggested going to the Bendigo Railway Station. It turned out to be an amazing location and we had so much fun staging a ballroom shot in the main foyer of the station. I think we probably surprised a few passing passengers, which was half the fun! Other locations included the Bendigo Law Courts in Pall Mall and a lovely rustic paddock close to their reception venue.

Claire and Scott’s reception room was decorated by The Eternal Vase and looked brilliant. They delighted their family and friends with a wonderful bridal waltz which became a little whacky half way through with renditions of everything from the Time Warp to YMCA. I just love the idea of the two of them working out and practicing their routine, plus it was great that they surprised their guests and broke away from tradition in the name of fun!

Claire and Scott, I want to thank you for placing your faith and trust in me, and allowing me to document your wonderful wedding day. It was such a pleasure spending the day with you and your lovely bridal party. I hope you enjoy this preview of your wedding photographs, and I look forward to seeing you again to present you with all of your images from the day.

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Brianna and Scott were married in Rosiland Park on Saturday the 14th of March with a reception later that evening at Quills Restaurant. They had rain to contend with that morning, right up until an hour before the ceremony, with the sky threatening more rain. Even though they had a back up venue organised, they made a gutsy decision to go ahead with their planned service in the great outdoors…. a decision that really paid off. It never did rain again, and their ceremony was so beautiful in the surroundings of Bendigo’s most magnificent park.

We started the day taking photographs of Scott and his groomsmen getting ready. I absolutely love these images of Scott…. he looks so incredibly suave.

We then moved on to Scott and Brianna’s house where the girls were getting ready. Here’s a gorgeous shot of Brianna’s engagement ring, laying on the beaded detail of her wedding gown, Delicious!

Brianna with her three lovely bridesmaids.

Brianna looks absolutely stunning, surrounded by pure white.

The classy, simple boquet, created by The Eternal Vase of Bendigo.


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The ceremony in Rosiland Park was so lovely. Thank heavens the rain stayed away!
The bridal party taking a stroll through the park.
Some very romantic and occassional steamy portraits of the newlyweds. These two were so affectionate, it seemed thay were always kissing! It made my job SO easy…. and some of these images nearly stop my heart. Ooooh… I just LOVE romance.




For some reason trees with tall bare branches bring out my gothic-ness. I just love a bit of drama and moodiness.The bridal party were a fantastic, fun loving group. They look brilliant all in black among the vibrant green leaves.
The look on Brianna’s face really says it all.

I have already made a post about this pussy cat (check it out here) but I wanted to include a couple of images in this post as well. This is one awesome cat!
Ha ha ha ha! I simply NEVER get tired of looking at this image. It’s like it surprises me every time. SO funny!
Oh.so.cool.
About 2 seconds before actually standing on me, and cracking up laughing!
The wedding cake was AMAZING. I just love clean simple lines. I think this cake is so fantastic, it doesn’t even need colour.
A great shot of the reception room at Quills Restaurant during the speeches. It’s a fantastic, contemporary venue, right accross the road from lake Weeroona.
I love Scott and Brianna’s reactions to the speeches. Plenty of heartfelt emotion, and lots of laughs… just how great speeches should be.

Brianna and Scott… I had such a great time being with you on your wedding day. Everything was so classy and beautiful, and you were both so happy, relaxed and a joy to work with. I loved your wedding, I really loved your friends, but most of all I truly LOVED the way the two of you gaze at each other. Your mutual adoration is so plain to see, and such a beautiful thing to observe. Thank you for trusting me to capture the memories of your special day!

I was photographing Brianna and Scott’s wedding recently, in a favourite alley in Bendigo. I decided to try something ‘cool’ and asked Scott to lean on the door and watch admiringly as his gorgeous new wife, Briannna, did a sexy strut past him. I slowed my shutter speed to a 40th of a second to catch some motion blur on Brianna, and asked them to ‘go for it’…..

Enter stage right, (totally unscripted) ….. friendly black and white pussycat, who for some reason best known to himself needed to get to the other end of the alley right at that very moment. I was concentrating so hard on keeping my camera steady without a tripod at a 40th of a second…. I didn’t even see him until the 3rd frame, when I urged Scott and Brianna to “keep going….”
Ha ha ha ha…. you can see Scott’s attention drift from very real admiration for his wife, to “what the?…. what’s with this cheeky cat?…” I just love the way puss actually strutted BETWEEN the bride and groom, looking forward the entire time, as though this sort of thing is totally commonplace to him…. Ho Hum! Well, maybe it is! It’s a great alley, and I can only imagine lots of Bendigo photographers take wedding parties in there. Looks like ‘puss’ is very non-plussed by weddings and photographers.

I will make a full post about Scott & Brianna’s wedding in the coming weeks. I just had to share this fun snippet from the day now!

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