Hello Lovelies,
Heres a peek from part two of Jill & Nick’s incredible wedding in Vermont USA.
I’m in NYC for the next 2 weeks working on personal projects, more on my return to Oz.
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Jodi & Aaron – Sneak peek
4 May, 2010 – 12:05 pm
I left Jodi and Aaron’s wedding in tears it was so moving. Here’s a teaser, more soon.
melbourne wedding photographer Qemal & Sarah – Part 1
19 April, 2010 – 4:00 pm
Wow wow wow!!! Qemal and Sarah are such an awesome couple and their wedding was nothing short of incredible. Seeing 2 people who are so in love and right for each other never ceases to take my breath away, its intoxicating and makes what I do so enjoyable.
Sarah is also the 4th bride from USA/Canada I’ve photographed this year who’s married an Australian!! What is it with Australian men ? But they are the only ones who still live in the States but chose to exchange their vows in Shepparton where Qemal’s family hails from.
With an extended coverage and so many great images to be had at this wedding I’ve broken the blog into 2 parts, the next installment to follow very soon.
Easter Sunday
5 April, 2010 – 11:05 pm
Hello Lovelies,
I generally don’t blog non wedding work here but today I’ve made an exception.
The Age newspaper here in Melbourne asked me to document some Easter Sunday church services for a feature they were doing on the celebration of Easter and given that one the churches I was asked to attend I’d shot a wedding there the week before it seemed only fitting I share these images with you.
At 6am I arrived at St Pauls cathedral for their dawn candlelit service, it was beautiful with the cathedral only being lit by the candles the 100 or so people had lit on their way in. Later that morning it was the ‘Planet Shakers’ a big, slick rock n roll show/sermon playing to around 2000 people indispersed with bit sized bits of eulogy, smoke machines, loud music and along with Jesus Christ there were lots of Easter egg references. Christianity certainly comes in all shapes and sizes.
The footy is back
24 March, 2010 – 7:01 pm
Yes Lovelies the footy is back and kicks off tomorrow night with the Carlton v Richmond clash at the ‘G’
Football (Australian rules) supporters here passion knows no limits and witness Nick, a fanatical Carlton (blues) follower who shamelessly used his wedding night as part of the unrelenting quest to convert Jill, his beautiful Stateside bride and recent arrival to Australia to imbue his passion for the Carlton football club.
I think he was saying ‘I love you, I’m so glad you married me and go Blues’
Susan & Greg – a sneek peek
22 March, 2010 – 10:01 pm
Hello Lovelies,
Heres an image from Susan and Greg’s very fun Melbourne wedding at Butleigh Wootton. More to come soon.
Melbourne Greek Wedding Yiota & Sam
26 February, 2010 – 10:35 am
I love Greek weddings!
They’re fun, they’re passionate, they’re loud and very energetic. They have traditions and customs dating back centuries. You always seem to get the Great Uncle and Aunt who left their tiny, remote village in Greece or Cyprus, got on a plane for the first time in their lives and flew half way round the world just to be there for your wedding. Sam and Yiota’s wedding had all that and more.
People who have seen me working a wedding know I’m very energetic, I’m always moving, looking, waiting. I regularly get comments like ‘when are you going to slow down’ but this was a 14 hour extravaganza that didn’t let up for one moment and keeping up with the constant flow and energy took everything I had. When everyone starts dancing they don’t sit down, its unrelenting and it goes all night.
Sam and Yiota beamed with love of laser like intensity the whole day, it too, like the dancing, was unrelenting
Thanks so much for having as part of your special day, it was an honour and a pleasure to be there.
A BIG thanks to Meredith O’shea who shot the first 4 images of Sam getting ready.
Yiota & Sam – Sneaky peeky
22 February, 2010 – 10:40 pm
Yes the big, fat Greek wedding of Yiota and Sam is coming soon, Heres a peek.
Woof #1
11 February, 2010 – 4:13 pm
I’ve never had a dog in my life but I photographed hundreds of them.
This is ‘Rodeo’ a red heeler that lives at Preston Vineyards, Washington State, USA. He was photographed for a book called Winedogs I worked on.
Rodeo loves Filet Mignon and hates getting a bath.
Melbourne wedding Marnie & Nick
9 February, 2010 – 4:19 pm
I had a call from Marnie early December, heres a paraphrase of that call “We’re getting married in 6 weeks, I’ve been following your blog for a year, I love your work and want you to photograph our wedding”……Now if you love a photographer, trying to book them 6 weeks out is a very risky business but as luck would have it they chose the only Saturday I had free in January but it got me thinking about a couple who operate like that. After meeting them and hearing their story I felt I kinda understood.
Marnie and Nick met through a mutual friend in the south of France in 2002 where they were both living and working at the time.
They were moving in a James Bond like world with Marnie working as personal chef for a ‘Russian Billionaire’ taking her at a moments notice anywhere on the globe catering for him and his glitteratti guests. Nick, a seaman, had a similar clientele driving luxury yachts of the mega rich around the Mediterranean but having now met these 2 Melbournite’s, so far from home, fell in love setting the foundations of this wedding in place.
In 2005 Nick returned to Melbourne to study and further his sea-mans skills. This meant 2 years living apart indispersed with globe spanning liaisons anywhere from Argentina, The Maldives, Cuba, south of France and….. even Melbourne, anywhere they could meet. In early 2008 Marnie moved back to Melbourne to be with Nick and in her words, “have a life together” it was time for a change.
With 100 of their friends and closet family they tied the knot in a beautiful, simple ceremony at the Royal Melbourne Yacht Squadron in St Kilda, a fitting venue given the nautical theme in their lives. With Marnie now 6 months pregnant the next chapter of their lives is well under way. All the best my friends, it was an honor to be a part of you’re wedding day.
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