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| my better half |
After meeting Evon at her cousin's graduation some time last year, we kept in touch over email as she lived and worked in Hong Kong. I was delighted when she asked if I could take some pre-wedding shots for her before her big day, as she had studied in Sydney and it was a pretty special place for her. Apparently, it is quite the norm over there to get dressed up in full-gear before the day of the wedding for this purpose. I can actually see how it's quite an attractive proposition as it takes away heaps of time pressure and stress from the day itself.
We had an awesome time soaking in the summer weather that spring is bringing in, Evon and Joey - thanks for flying all the way here and allowing Joel and I the privilege of capturing these moments ahead of your big day!
Here are some of my faves...
Love the composition of the image below, taken by Joel. I'm always on the lookout for how Sydney's icon's can be done a little differently, and I think this one is pretty sweet!
Wooh! What a stunner!
Adore this dress Evon (and the wind was pretty friendly too)!
You guys both looked absolutely stunning. Evon, thanks for sharing the hair and make-up love, and Joey, thanks for not complaining once about being in a suit and bow tie in the heat! Props also to Karen the cousin, and assistant, and driver, and right hand woman who was everything to everybody on the day - you're the best!
Joel and I met with this couple early on in the year and as they walked out the door after our session we suddenly had an idea for their engagement shoot so I jumped straight on the computer and emailed through my thoughts. It had come up in conversation that Dan worked with a lot of cars and so we thought hmmm....maybe we can get an old-school car for our shoot, couple it with a pretty dress against a country setting, and let the sun and the smiles do the rest. Bec and Dan loved the idea and we had been looking forward to this shoot for ages!
Here's a few of my faves from the shoot. You both made it so easy for us to capture the images we had in our head. Loved the car. Loved the dress. Loved your smiles!!
Look at those eyes! You just know she'll be such a gorgeous bride!
Old school lovin' just coz I like it...
Oooh! Look what we have here...
The colours were absolutely perfect, and the Firebird was hot!
And just to satisfy another image in my head that I had been wanting to shoot for ages, we detoured to the cutest little strawberry stand which I always see unattended by the roadside. This images crack me up coz it looks like Bec's flirting with the strawberry man!
Bec and Dan - thank you soooo much for listening to our idea and totally understanding my spiel and bringing it to life! Can't wait to show you the rest of these images and very much looking forward to your wedding day!
On that note, if any of you couples out there have an idea/theme/concept in mind and would love to give it a go (whether for an engagement shoot or even just for fun), we totally want to hear about it and will be more than eager to see them come to life! We generally like to think we will match any level of crazy (although I'm not sure I'd ever do something like this although it definitely wins points for being unique), and we're always up for some fun!
After a week at the snows, last weekend felt like a loud and clear call to head to the beach. We didn't quite make it there but had a blast with a couple of portrait sessions in the comfort of our local neighbourhood.
Here's some of my faves from a sweetheart shoot we did with Anne and Michael. They were such a sweet couple, thank you to Jeanie (and the rest of the Voon clan) for setting this up!
Oh how I adore spring! And even more so now...
I am very, very happy to announce that I am trying to make friends with a concept called Balance and so from this day forth, I shall have two additional gorgeous days (Thursdays and Fridays) to roam around with camera in hand and capture more laughter and love and everything in between. Hopefully this little wind of change means I get a little bit more of my weeknights back to enjoy with the husband as well. I also wouldn't mind getting my nose back into some good books like them old after-school afternoons...recommended reading ideas are very welcome!
What do you say when you are met with such adorableness? Meet little Edward!
And his sweet big sis, Millie.
Cuddlehugs for the mum and dad!
And I love this little brother-sister set, you never know what the kids decide they'll do one moment to the next.
Reliving their wedding memories being in front of a big lens eleven years ago...I didn't even have to tell them what to do!
Family shots and lollipops!
Love love love the light in this pic, thanks to Joel for capturing it :)
Okay, I have a train to catch - I better run! Enjoy your Friday and the coming weekend - I'll be up at the Engage conference in the Blue Mountains so I might see some of you there. Thank you to this beautiful family for giving me an afternoon of smiles which I hope will make you smile for many more years to come. Thanks for letting me capture these memories with you...these little ones always grow up way too quick!!
