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Kylie and Greg Got Married in a Theatre!

Posted date:  May 10, 2013  |  No comment
Tags: alternative, cool car, lawn bowls, melbourne, offbeat, theatre, vintage, wedding, westgarth cinema




Alistair and Jasmine in Melbourne

Posted date:  April 23, 2013  |  Comment
Tags: abbotsford convent, chinese, elegant, heidi gallery of modern art, melbourne, tea ceremony, wedding




Culture, style, elegance and awesomeness. Meet Alistair and Jasmine.

The Amazing New Albums

Posted date:  April 16, 2013  |  6 Comments
Tags: album, fine art, flushmount, wedding album




I own nearly 1000 CDs. These have been lovingly collected over the last 15 years and they are one of my most prized possessions. And I still buy CDs. “Why?” you might ask. “Digital downloads are the future.” I guess I have to respectfully disagree. There’s nothing like holding a CD, reading the liner notes, [...]

Hooray!

Posted date:  April 12, 2013  |  No comment
Tags: alternative, DIY, offbeat, theatre, wedding




Project Give Back – The Results

Posted date:  April 2, 2013  |  Comment
Tags: personal, project give back




A few weeks ago, I wrote a post about wanting to do a little something to give back to the world. I was somewhat overwhelmed by the response in the end – initially I had expected 2 or 3 people to contact me but I had around 20 by the time I finished. It took [...]

Crystal and Luke in Kingscliff

Posted date:  March 30, 2013  |  Comment
Tags: kingscliffe, new south wales, rainy, wedding




Kim and Mark at Gum Gully Farm, Silvan

Posted date:  March 24, 2013  |  No comment
Tags: dandenong ranges, DIY, farm, gum gully, melbourne, silvan, wedding




Before the wedding, Kim and Mark told me that one of Mark’s cousins was going to be away and I should just simply pretend to be him. Mark’s mum’s side of the family are Anglo Indians and looking at them, I seriously could see why Mark and Kim thought that would be a good idea [...]

Jess and Josh at Boyd Baker House in Bacchus Marsh

Posted date:  March 22, 2013  |  4 Comments
Tags: bacchus marsh, boyd baker house, DIY, melbourne, outdoor, wedding




After over 6 years living in the UK, Jess and Josh decided they wanted to come home and get married. They packed up all their stuff, put it in to a bunch of shipping boxes and sent them off. As I write this, I think their boxes are still somewhere in the middle of the [...]

Jonny and Rachel in Melbourne

Posted date:  March 17, 2013  |  2 Comments
Tags: alternative, backyard, el salvadorian, melbourne, offbeat, wedding




Rach and Jonny had something really special at their wedding – one hour allocated for speeches. But it was one of the most wonderful hours that I’ve ever experienced as a wedding photographer. Family members stood up and told funny stories about Jonny and Rach (including humourously bungled Spanish-English translations by Rach’s brother-in-law). A friend [...]

Mike and Sarah in Kangaroo Valley

Posted date:  March 13, 2013  |  6 Comments
Tags: alternative, arty, country, DIY, kangaroo valley, offbeat, rain, wedding




Sarah is a really awesome photographer. When we met at a Sydney music festival, we were both sweaty, tired and carrying 10kg of camera gear on our backs. We became friends. A few years later, she met a nice boy. A while after, they decided to get married and I was asked to photograph their [...]

Mark and Ra in Westbury, Tasmania

Posted date:  March 12, 2013  |  2 Comments
Tags: DIY, offbeat, tasmania, wedding, westbury




“This might be an inappropriate question, but do people make a judgement of you two getting married so young?” I asked. Rhianna and Mark are both in their (very) early 20s and it was an honest question and for me came from a place of wanting to know a little more about them. I guess [...]

One Year In and Giving Something Back

Posted date:  March 8, 2013  |  5 Comments
Tags: giving something back, melbourne, personal




On March 22nd 2013 (exactly 2 weeks from today), it will officially be one year since I moved to Melbourne and became a full time photographer. To say it’s been a huge 12 months would be an understatement. When I first came here, I had five upcoming wedding bookings and no idea if being a [...]

Lakshal Perera and the Great Photographic Adventure

Posted date:  March 7, 2013  |  11 Comments
Tags: personal, photography, positivity




Last night after I posted a photo from a wedding I’d shot a month or so ago, and I received a message, one of the most heartfelt ones I’ve received in a long time. As a photographer myself I knew you had something special going for you when I first saw your photos. Every single [...]

A Few Portrait Sessions

Posted date:  February 26, 2013  |  No comment
Tags: carlton gardens, casual, engagement, fairfield boathouse, melbourne, portrait, rippon lea




Keeping up with blogging is proving to be somewhat difficult due to the schedule I’m currently in the middle of so here are a selection of images from three engagement sessions that I did with Caitlin and Tom, Claire and Mitchell and Simon and Tania. I find portrait sessions challenge me a little more than [...]

Fiona & Simon, A Relaxed and Elegant Wedding in Melbourne

Posted date:  February 24, 2013  |  2 Comments
Tags: city, elegant, fitzroy, melbourne, relaxed, wedding




I think one of our roles as photographers is to be able to show the true nature of the world and its people. Some of us like to make silly faces when others capture us while there are others who simply refuse to participate and put their hands in front of their face. But neither [...]

James and Lauren’s Amazing Circus Extravaganza Wedding in Melbourne

Posted date:  February 17, 2013  |  4 Comments
Tags: alternative, circus, costumes, melbourne, offbeat, spiegeltent, wedding




To be honest, when you’re at a wedding every week, there could be the expectation that you’ve seen pretty much everything that could happen. But not in my wildest dreams could I have expected to be involved in something like James and Lauren’s wedding. Over the space of two days, I had the opportunity to [...]

Jules and Tash in Deloraine, Tasmania

Posted date:  February 14, 2013  |  Comment
Tags: alternative, deloraine, launceston, offbeat, pandas, purple, tasmania, wedding




When Tash first spoke to me, I was given the following information: - The wedding would be at a Raspberry Farm in Tasmania - They were lovers of theatre so there would be singing and dancing - There would be a flashmob dance performed by the bridal party - They would walk down the aisle [...]

Alex and Mel (and their van Luna) in the Mornington Peninsula

Posted date:  February 5, 2013  |  3 Comments
Tags: beach, engagement, golden hour, mornington peninsula, mountain, van




 

Serina and Ben’s Gypsy Wedding in Melbourne

Posted date:  February 4, 2013  |  Comment
Tags: alternative, bohmenian, folk, gypsy, melbourne, offbeat, wedding, winery, yarra valley




Believe it or not, I don’t 100% agree with marriage. It can represent a number of archaic traditions which aren’t relevant in our lives and it’s effectively a process whereby our government decides who is and isn’t allowed to get married. It’s discriminatory and I really don’t like that. But there’s something that I do [...]

Marny and Travis in Blackwood, Victoria

Posted date:  January 31, 2013  |  5 Comments
Tags: blackwood, DIY, family, ice cream, jumping castle, park, vintage, wedding




Oh my gosh! You are flippin’ amazing! I’ve had a laugh and a cry over them, they couldn’t be better. I don’t really know how to thank you, I know we’ve paid you for your services, but I feel that what you do/did goes beyond that. I felt like I had a friend with me [...]