Yes another sneak Peek, I’ve been busy this wedding season! What more could I ask as a photographer; Sharni and Ryan are amazing, down to earth souls, have the coolest dress sense and have the funkiest group of friends and family. On top of that there was the great venues; The Rosebank Chapel for the ceremony, Schwerkolt Cottage for the photo session and the Firehouse Restaurant for the reception (of which the food was divine). I wish Sharni and Ryan happy travels to the USA for their Honeymoon, you will absolutely love it there. Enjoy the photos and please share using the Facebook button, thanks.
Well its been a busy March, with lots of weddings to shoot and many photos to blog. Last week was Tanya and Roreigh’s wedding in Brighton. It was a big day for me and my associate photographer Sutejo Tan (a very talented guy indeed), but the effort was worth it. Everything about this wedding was gorgeous; the couple, the decorations, the locations and the venues. I could go on! I was pleased to meet Tanya and Roreigh way back when I was barely a blip on Google’s radar, your wedding was sensational!
Just the sneakiest of sneak peeks for the moment from Tanya and Roreigh’s wedding at the Brighton International. I am looking forward to bringing you some more images in the coming week.
What a gorgeous couple! Even though it was a huge day for my associate photographer Dennis Mondido and I, we had a blast photographing Alana and Vitaly’s wedding on a warm February day. Everything was right, the impeccable makeup from Corinne , the stunning dresses of Alana and her two fun loving bridesmaids (Kate and Myra), the proud looks on the parent’s faces and some of Melbourne’s most amazing venues (even though the Queens Hall at the SLV was like shooting in the dark). I was lucky to stick around until the speeches, which were a laugh a minute with many references to how much this couple loves each other. Keep a look out in the coming weeks for the rest, which is made easier by liking my Facebook page.
Here is just a little teaser from Alana and Vitaly’s wedding that occurred at the State Library of Victoria, followed by a gorgeous reception at RiversEdge Events, World Trade Centre. Keep an eye on the blog or the Facebook Page to keep up to date!
I know, I know; I’m blogging this wedding about three months late, better late then never right? This wedding was an absolute hoot to shoot, Melanie and Ryan were filled with life and love. The venue was gorgeous, with a million spots to take photos, but not enough time to explore them all. If you have stumbled across this post on Google, yes the venue comes highly recommended. Anyway enjoy the images from the day.
Its that time of year again where you have get used to writing the correct year again on forms, New Year resolutions are tried and tested and the credit card hangover kicks in for some. I hope everyone has had a great Christmas and a safe New Years. 2011 has been a great year for my business; I have met some truly amazing people and been there on the best day of their lives, I have risen immensely in my photographic technique, getting more and more pleased as I watch the photos download from my memory cards after each day and each wedding seems to flow really well when it comes to the photos by having more confidence and higher quality gear. I now have actually started to see a repeat in venues from wedding to wedding too, which is not a bad thing, its great in fact; it challenges me to make each wedding look different, I get to know the staff of the venue, but above all gives you, the client, better photographs as I know the venue from a photographic sense. With so many photographers out there it is now getting rarer than ever that they see a photographer more than once at some venues.
In 2011 I have also gathered a great bunch of friends in the wedding photography industry, having photographed as a second shooter for a handful of great operators, met up with some awesome people at our group meets and shared and received some advice on all things photographic and business. This year will see my first proper venture into fashion (i’ll tell you more about it in a coming post) as well as some weddings in gorgeous locations. This year will also focus on getting me more industry training, some website massaging including a new gallery system, an improved contact page as well a products section and maybe some new and exciting printed products being added to the already fantastic range I offer.
What I want to share with you today is my 40 favourite images of 2011 that I hand picked myself for no particular reason other than I just liked them. Each one has its own story to tell so I won’t bore you with caption after caption; they all were picked, not to sum up my portfolio or to show you my best work, just to show you the amazing moments I froze in time with the press of a button. These photographs show me either an unrepeatable slice of time that got unnoticed by 99% of the people at the wedding, they show some very emotive moments that were captured and remind the couple of the feelings they felt when they get the pictures, photos I may have captured by pure fluke or by chance, photos that pushed my creativity, photos that may have taken a long time to setup or the light was just perfect and it was the star of the show.
I also chose some photographs that I remember I was having a great time myself, either by laughing my butt off when the boys were running amuck during their shoot or when the moment was so perfect I fired off so many frames my camera’s buffer filled up before the memory card could write them. Luckily I don’t use film anymore!
Keep an eye out for long overdue blog post for last few weddings of the last quarter of 2011, I just have been so busy and I have put my client’s product delivery first. Also a big thanks to my previous clients and the Flickr group for your support, it means a lot. Now off to do the last adjustments of the last wedding of the year so I have a clean slate for 2012!
When the weather forecast says your wedding day has thunderstorms due to occur at the same time as your ceremony, you tend to worry a bit as a couple getting married. Hey, I even worry too as not all of my gear if water proof! But the gloomy forecast didn’t worry Shari and Cameron; they just wanted to have the most amazing day possible, and that they got. The rain held out until everyone was snug at the reception courtesy of the ultra cool Treble Cleff Jazz Lounge in the hills of Chirnside Park luckily, but I got a soaking when taking the final few images of the night outside. The wedding ceremony venue Alowyn Gardens is simply spectacular; I’d recommend them to anyone and you’ll love the accommodating hosts Prue and her husband John. Prue was happy to show me around and organise what I needed. The garden has scores of little spots that greet you at every turn and the most precisely trimmed hedges I’ve ever seen. Shari’s two boys Shane and Cameron (I had to call him little Cam as not to confuse him with big Cam) had a ball and were excellent sports for the photo sessions. The beautiful setting suited Shari and Cameron to the ground as they are very grounded and a fun loving couple. With a laugh shared and tear shed by all during their beautiful ceremony; it made for an excellent day.
After a week that rained day after day, Alana and Vitaly’s Engagement Photo Session at Ruffey Lake Park, Doncaster was blessed by the most beautiful sunshine. Enjoy the sneak peek until the full set gets posted in a few weeks.
Nothing better than a Spring wedding. The weather fines up, the blossoms are out and the light in the late afternoons has this beautiful warmth, that us photographers just love. Leia and Anthony wedding had all those things at their wedding in late September at Linley Estate at the foot of the Dandenong Ranges. Enjoy the images guys, there’s lots of them (I am trying out my new blog picture templates, tell me what you think). Sonya and I wish you both forever happiness together!
I knew from the first moment I met these guys, that the wedding day was going to be a hell of a lot of fun to shoot, and I wasn’t wrong. The laughter on this day was contagious, so I had trouble keeping the camera steady. Even when I’m sorting through the images on the computer I had to giggle to myself, especially when the boys were goofing around for the camera early on in the day. Melanie and Ryan are truly meant for each other, their gaze never left each other since Ryan’s first sighting in the chapel of Potters in Warrandyte. The weather forecast really was looking gloomy the day before, but the sun shone all day since events started in the afternoon, perfectly fitting for these two bright personalities.
Last Saturday was the marriage of two people much in love. Sonya Chindamo and I had the fun gig of photographing these two and their wedding day and it absolutely flew by, just simply because a good time was had by all. Here is just a teaser of some of the images taken.
