Earlier this year I had the opportunity to assist the very talented photographer Robert Hock at a truly beautiful city wedding. I unfortunately had little opportunity to fire off many shots in between carrying bags, holding video lights and flashes, but the images below show a couple of things I spotted in my downtime with the limited equipment I packed. I also had free reign to experiment with some photo processing techniques to have a little fun. Working with Robert I learnt a great deal about arranging large bridal parties, posing techniques and the use of video light (which I recently invested in). Congratulations to Lyndsay and Matthew on their marriage, it was a privilege to be part of your day.
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Assistant to the talented Robert Hock
September 15, 2011Pictures From Malaysia
September 12, 2011I recently had the pleasure of visiting Malaysia and here are the some of the images I captured along the way. First was Kuala Lumpur for two days (which was mostly spent shopping) and then nine days on Penang Island off the west coast of Malaysia. I would definitely recommend Malaysia as a holiday destination; with warm temperatures all year round, friendly people with amazing hospitality, many things for site seeing and shopping like you wouldn’t believe.
Just click on the thumbnail to enlarge each image and press the back button to return to the main page. Enjoy, and if you are interested in purchasing any of images for your wall at home, let me know via email.
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Zoe & Ryan’s Wedding Cont. Inglewood Estate
August 7, 2011Here are the rest of the images from Zoe and Ryan’s beautiful love filled winter wedding that I wanted to upload before I went on my break. I can highly recommend Inglewood Estate as a venue, the staff there are super friendly and you could photograph twenty different weddings there and still not two photos the same, due the numerous shooting locations there. You can see the first sneak peek here that I uploaded in late June. While I’m on my holidays, still feel free to email any enquiries; there just maybe a delay in the response. Enjoy, and until next time…






























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August Catch Up & Closures
July 28, 2011Boy has it been a busy last few months with me having a few wedding gigs to finish off and meeting some more wonderful couples that will be getting married next year. With all the new weddings to come, there should be mountains of blog material coming your way.
- Future bookings: Bookings for 2011 have been closed off to wedding clients, the calendar is simply full and all is booked solid until the end of April 2012. During these times I still will be taking on engagement photography sessions and commercial photography commissions.
- MV Photography will be overseas from August 8th until August 19th for some ‘sit by the pool time’ during the wedding off season to relax and spend some time with wife Belinda. During this time I won’t be able to take any phone calls or reply to emails in many cases (i’ll be quite remote), so I’ll endeavour to get back to you as soon as I land back home.
- Some new gear has been added to the bag during the last 6 months; a Canon 5D Mk II 21MegaPixel beast for ultra high resolution prints, a Sigma 50mm f1.4 prime lens and for travel purposes I bought a new wide angle zoom, the Tokina 20-35mm f2.8 and a Vanguard Up-Rise 28 Camera Bag, which I’ll talk about in future posts. Still on the cards is a good wide angle prime lens, but I’ll need to give that one some time I think.
- In late August I’ll have a fashion shoot for a very exciting up and coming designer based in the outer eastern suburbs of Melbourne. This shoot will hopefully boost her to stardom, so I’ll keep you posted on that one.
- The pricing guide for 2012 is now in development with some new formatting changes, new images and if time allows some new printed products. I am just struggling with time at the moment to organise product samples, so hopefully in time we’ll have some exquisite new coffee table books and new wall hangings.
- Look out soon for photos of Zoe and Ryan’s wedding, photographed at Inglewood Estate, Kangaroo Ground.
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Yael & Simon’s Coonara Springs, Olinda Wedding Pt2
June 29, 2011Wedding Vendors:
Celebrant: Barb Hadlow www.barbhadlow-celebrant.com.au
Venue: Coonara Springs, 129 Olinda-Munbulk Rd, Olinda www.coonarasprings.com.au
Music: Alannah Guthrie-Jones, live harpist www.heavenlymoments.com.au
Wedding Gown: Miss Bella, Boronia www.missbella.co.au
Groom’s Suit: Briggins, Croydon www.briggins.com.au
Flowers: Debbie O’Neill www.debbieoneill.com.au
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Yael & Simon’s Coonara Springs, Olinda Wedding Pt1
June 29, 2011Here are the rest of the images from Yael and Simon’s beautiful Autumn wedding from Coonara Springs in Olinda. Soon I’ll be working with Yael again to photograph her amazing range of knit wear she designs for a promotional catalogue, which I am really looking forward to and I wish her success with the project. I’m especially proud of these images from myself and my talented second shooter and wife Belinda, and I thank Yael and Simon for giving me the opportunity to photograph their wedding. At the end of the post are all the local vendors that provided a service for this amazing wedding which contributed to the true Mount Dandenong charm.
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Zoe & Ryan’s Wedding Sneak Peek – Inglewood Estate
June 24, 2011Last weekend I had the pleasure of photographing the wedding of Zoe and Ryan at ever beautiful Inglewood Estate in Kangaroo Ground, Victoria. The weather held out and didn’t rain on the parade fortunately, giving us the opportunity to shoot the formal part of the photography outside. It was only when everyone went inside for the party at the restaurant the heavens opened up a little. Lets say I got only a little wet when photographing the exterior of the venue. Enjoy some teaser photos until the full blog post in about five or six weeks. Stay tuned for the rest of Yael and Simon’s Autumn wedding in the coming days.















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Yael & Simon’s Beautiful Autumn Wedding Sneak Peek
May 24, 2011Last Saturday I had the pleasure of photographing the union between two amazing souls, Yael and Simon. The weather was perfect, the trees were full of colour and smiles were everywhere. Here is just a taste of some of the images taken on the day, stay tuned for a full blog post in a few weeks.

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Steph & Steve – Summer Sorrento Wedding
April 10, 2011Earlier this year I had the opportunity to work with the ever talented Robb Duncan of Pixxil Photography at the wedding of Steph and Steve in Sorrento Victoria. The day was perfect, the setting was perfect, overall it was a great day for the ceremony at Sorrento Park followed by a party fuelled reception at the Baths Restaurant which was a lot of fun. Working as a second shooter I was taking images a little different from when I work as the primary photographer, it gives a slightly different perspective and more candid images than the main photographer on the day, which gives you that extra something for your photobook or album. MV Photography offers the service of an additional hired professional photographer to any of the packages in the pricing guide.
I hope you enjoy the images.
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Nicole & Billy’s Phillip Island Wedding Sneak Peek
March 11, 2011On Saturday March 5th I had the privilege of photographing Nicole & Billy’s wedding on Phillip Island and the reception in San Remo at the exquisite SilverWater Resort. You may remember the first Engagement Session I have ever photographed with them in January. I couldn’t imagine a day with better weather, it was 19 degrees, very lightly clouded with a gentle sea breeze. The day went without a hitch, everything happened on time, there were no wardrobe malfunctions and we had a great afternoon of amazing locations for the photography. Congratulations to Nicole and Billy, Belinda and I wish you all the best for the future. Be sure to keep an eye on the blog and the Facebook page to see more images of this fantastic wedding.
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A Look Into Off Camera Flash Photography
February 18, 2011I often get asked ‘How do you do that?’ when I show someone a picture with off camera flash, and of course I am more than happy to oblige as I love to talk camera geekery. I have always been keen on off camera flash, I have practiced it a little bit at home, but I don’t claim I’m a guru on the subject, I just love to have fun with different photographic techniques. In this article I’ll talk about the vision I had for the photograph, the trial and error, the equipment and technique as well as the retouching on a series of images I took with the awesome Nicole and Billy. More after the jump (Click on the title).
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Summer Sorrento Wedding Sneak Peak
February 15, 2011I had the opportunity recently to second shoot for well known Victorian Wedding Photographer Robb Duncan of Pixxil Photography down in Sorrento. The couple could not have asked for a better day, as the weather was fantastic and enjoyed by all the guests at this relaxed garden wedding in Sorrento Park. Hopefully soon we’ll see some more images of this fantastic wedding which was a pleasure to shoot.
Also coming soon is a ‘How To’ article on a recent Engagement Photo Shoot I did recently, which will show how I tackled some portraits with Off Camera Flash on location.










































































































































































