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Feb

The Fringe
fashion

Yep, it's that time of the month again where I get to share something a little different on the blog. I've had my eye on this venue for a shoot for ages and so glad everything finally aligned for the creative collaboration. For this shoot, I got in contact with Luom, the designer behind the elegant Luomo Bridal line, and set off a bit of a spark between her and Yummii who has her own gorgeous self titled line of headpieces which worked together perfectly for the look I had in mind. Brides if you are looking for a dress in this style, do check out these two lovely ladies!!

A massive thanks to everyone involved, for putting up with my countless messages, helping me get this organised, and for giving your time and beautiful creative talents to achieve what we did for the day...I hope you like the result!

Luom finished this dress the night before the shoot and saw one of Yummii's pieces and quickly replaced the shoulder accessory with it for something different!

This is actually one of my favourite photos from the day but it doesn't look good this small at all!!

Brinley looks so gorgeous in this flowing gown and the feather headpiece!

Chelsea working it for the camera! Her doppelganger is so Jackie-O don't you think?

An accidental laugh but I love it!

Looking forward to the rest of this week after the crazy one that just went by, I am currently reading a big fat novel written by one of my best friends (how cool is that, I can't even find enough words for a blog post let alone a novel!) and have a few more posts lined up for you this week! Thanks for taking the time to stop by, would love to hear your thoughts on this shoot and any ideas you think I should try for future ones :D!

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Feb

Jesse & Paul: Married!
weddings

Just this Monday past, I had the honour of shooting the shortest and sweetest wedding ever. Jesse & Paul had been together for over a decade, they were engaged about a month ago, and they contacted me with a request for coverage of their registry wedding with a bit of a photoshoot hardly a week before the big day. One thing led to the other and as I had the opportunity to learn more about them we tossed around ideas for their shoot and came up with the sweetness you see below. Clients like these make me sooo happy I do what I do, and I especially like this because none of it was entirely out of nowhere, each and every item (except the cupcakes) were straight out of their home as they both have a love for homeware and architecture so it was perfect!!!

Jesse chose a Collette Dinnigan number for her day, and Paul pulled out some great tailoring from Vietnam. I really really liked the colour of his suit.

Absolutely fitting for their day!

And the smell of these were too good (plus we were fighting flies), so we had to eat one!

Given the shocking Sydney weather we thought it might be best to also bring a brolley, they managed to find one on a trip out of Sydney one weekend in a very unique shape!

Special request for their little babies to also be with them somehow...oops I forgot their names, sorry!!

And they also wanted Scrabble to be a part of the shoot as well, as it is one of their favourite games....it's also some special collectors edition with the funky wooden pieces and a spin board!

Jesse & Paul, I know you only took one day off to celebrate the wedding so I hope squeezing this blog post into this week gives you another chance to smile back on the day! Thank you so so much for helping me to create this shoot, I'm so glad we had the same ideas in mind and I hope you love these as much as I do. Congratulations, xx!!!!

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Feb

Making Visits
weddings

Very excited to share that I am now part of The Wedding Establishment and very much looking forward to what this team will bring, thier new website is looking very pretty!

Also just some other little appearances in the past few months!! Brides I do encourage you check out sites like this for awesome ideas, creative styles, unique elements to bring to your day and from time to time great giveaways all blogged in love by...Polka Dot Bride ~ Mel & Rock!

The Wedding Blog ~ Laura & Rohan!

& Real Weddings ~ Daniel & Hannah!

...thank y'all for the love! xx

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Feb

Christina + Brent: Married!
weddings

As a photographer who works predominantly with natural light, I do my best to give my clients advice on light and what time of day is the prettiest and most flattering. Christina and Brent were absolute gems with this and timed their day perfectly with the light in the later part of the day. It was also pretty fortunate because Sydney has been having some absolutely shocking weather of late and the drive up to the Hunter was pretty grey and threatening but it gracefully lifted towards the afternoon, and then bucketed down as soon as we reached the shelter of the reception. That kinda timing always makes me smile! I was also excited to be working with Daniele del Castillo as my second shooter for this wedding. He is definitely an excellent photographer in his own right, but had contacted me a few weeks ago asking whether he could assist as he had fallen in love with an Aussie beauty while she was in Italy and had come to check out our side of the world and see what the future might hold. Daniele, it was definitely my privilege to have you along for the day, and your photojournalistic style and friendly banter with the clients fit in perfectly, thank you so much for your time and your beautiful work!

So onto the wedding! Loved the lace bolero Christina added to her look, purchased in faith from the trusty internet!!