I feel like I talk about wedding weather alot, but this wedding was in 38 degree heat which had me melting and I’m sure that my face was a lovely shade of bright red throughout the afternoon.  Jess and Kurt, used to Karratha’s heat, looked fresh all afternoon.  Good thing I am the one behind the camera…

The ceremony was so pretty, at Quarantine Park in Bicton.  Although I have been here so many times (because this is the hood I grew up in, sorry, people that grew up spending summers swimming at Bicton Baths shouldn’t say hood…) I have never photographed a wedding here and it is so beautiful!  I loved how I could use the leaves to frame the ceremony photos, and the colours were so golden.  After the ceremony we ventured to Fremantle (YAY!!!) for some photos at the Round House, Cliff Street and the E-Shed markets.  I got to ride up front in the limo which was a VERY cool 1929 dodge stretched limo hired from Thirties Limosines.  We had time for a few photos back at Bicton Baths before Jess & Kurt entered the reception at the East Fremantle Yacht Club.

I always thought that the Round House was built by convicts, I am pretty sure that was taught to me in Primary School but I found out LAST WEEK it was built 20 years before convicts arrived in Fremantle!  Has nothing to do with the wedding, but I was shocked that I had believed a lie all these years (and maybe spread the lie to unsuspecting tourist friends who have visited me in Fremantle) and never bothered to read that little black plaque on the wall that is in many of my wedding and portrait photos that I take here…

I think that the limo really suited this location, it does have a little bit of a bonnie & clyde feel to it!   You can imagine a heist going down in the warehouse… well I can anyway!

My first time at Fremantle Maritime Museum (well using it as a wedding location)

Best thing about having black and white as your theme colours for a wedding?  Gorgeous black heels that you can wear again!  How cool does Jess’s tattoo look?!

A quick bridal party portrait before heading back to East Fremantle.

I hope you had an amazing time at your reception, Jess & Kurt, and enjoyed your honeymoon down south!

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Posted by emma on March 9th, 2010 :: Filed under Wedding Photography
Tags :: Beach Portraits, Bicton Foreshore, Cliff Street, East Fremantle Foreshore, East Fremantle Yacht Club, Fremantle Photography, Fremantle Round House, Fremantle Wedding Photography, Perth Wedding Photographer, Perth Wedding Photography, Photography by Emma Pointon, Quarantine Park, Swan River, Thirties Limosines

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Casey wanted bright wedding photo, ones that pop off the page.  She was hoping for blue skys but on Saturday it wasn’t looking good for her.  I love clouds on a wedding day (sorry brides) as there is no squinting eyes, or harsh shadows across faces.  Even as Casey was motoring towards the venue it was spitting, as she walked down the jetty towards Mark, the clouds parted and Casey got her blue skies but there was still enough cloud cover to make me happy too!

I loved the details at this wedding, there were parasols and fans for guests incase it got too hot, the marque was lit by lanterns (I love lanterns!), even the wishing well had some cute photos of what Casey & Mark were wishing for.  Casey arrived via the family boat, with her father the Captain ensuring she arrived on time and dry!  The Mounts Bay Sailing Club provided the perfect location for the outdoor wedding with a beautiful view of the Swan River and Perth city.  After the ceremony guests were able to mingle on the grass eating the wonderful food that was served up and playing the giant jenga and connect four games while the bridal party and family had some photos.

Casey & Mark had a wedding to have a big party and not to be away from their guests for hours having photos, so we had a few shots on the beach and at the jetty then they went back to join in the fun while the sun went down producing a spectacular Perth sunset (we managed to convince Mark to have another few minutes of photos).   The main course arrived via Nunzio’s Mobile Pizza to satisfy the hungry hoards of guests and there were a lot of (very yummy-I managed to sneak a slice, I may have discovered the reason I gain weight during wedding season) slices going around.  When I left after the speeches and first dance, everyone was dancing the night away with the twinkling lights of the city in the background.

It was an amazing wedding and the evening ran very smoothly thanks to Michelle from Weddings by Michelle.  Casey planned most of the details, but hired Michelle to take control of the planning for the day, the set up and making everything perfect with the “I do” package.

Casey’s arrival:

Heading down to the beach for the “location” shots!

Casey looked gorgeous and so happy all day!

And look, we got some beautiful blue sky!

Heading to the jetty the clouds came over again and the light started to fade…

The bridal party and the classic “boy” shot.  Tough, very tough…

The time difference between these two shots is around an hour…  Look at how the sky changed!  And the pink another reason why I like clouds, something to do with refraction of light with moisture as the sun goes down…

More pink light!  So pretty!

Ok.  I couldn’t figure out my favourite 2 from these 4 images.  So I put them all in!  Sorry if you have a slow internet browser

Some of the details of the wedding

Now on to giant Jenga!  This is so cool but made a racket when it came tumbling down!

The pizza mobile - such a great idea at a cocktail wedding to ensure guests are well fed (and the alcohol can be soaked up…)

The cupcakes looked SOOOO yummy!  They were from the Cake Factory.

And the first dance with the sparkly lights of Perth…

Casey & Mark I hope you had an amazing night and an even better time on your honeymoon!  See you when you get back!!

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Posted by emma on February 22nd, 2010 :: Filed under Wedding Photography, Weddings
Tags :: Boat Entrance, Candid Wedding Photography, City Lights, Cocktail Wedding, Lanterns, Marquee, Mounts Bay Sailing Club, Outdoor Wedding, Parasols, Perth City, Perth Wedding Photographer, Perth Wedding Photography, Swan River

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I have been blogstalking Jasmine Star for a couple of years and am amazed by this photographer who has had phenomenal success and has been working in wedding photography for less than 4 years!  When it was announced that she was coming to Sydney to conduct one of her workshops I jumped at the chance!  I missed out on the first round as I was in China and missed the announcement by a day or two (yup I was reading her blog on my ipod touch in our hotel lobby in Beijing and that is where I sent off the workshop request!) but was lucky to get offered a place in the second workshop!

So on January 10th I flew the midnight horror from Perth to Sydney and attended the day workshop on the 12th and it was so worth it!  It was held at the Cruise Bar Sydney which overlooked the harbour and for an out-of-towner I have to say that it was a spectacular sight and made me happy just to look out at the Sydney Opera House and the signature green and yellow ferries heading out to Manly.  The woman behind the workshop coming to Sydney was Cathy Crawley who did and extraordinary job organising both the days and perfecting all the details.

The afternoon session included a photoshoot of three beautiful models, the gorgeous couple Allana & Karim and Kara.  The wedding dressers were provided by Catherine Colubriale and the flowers provided by Daisy Chain Florists. I just loved the fluffy layers on Allana’s dress.  Ok that might not be the technical term…

The day was definitely not about the photo shoot, we were there to learn how Jasmine achieved such success, her workflow and hopefully pick up some tips but it was very fun, even when we were almost shutdown by the port authority at the Rocks…

Just so sweet…

Working that gorgeous dress!

Shoe & flower details!  These were Cathy’s shoes - aren’t they amazing!

The stunning Kara

One more of those shoes!

Note:  This is No. 39 ticked off my 101 in 1001 days list! Woo Hoo!

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Posted by emma on February 15th, 2010 :: Filed under Wedding Photography, Workshop
Tags :: Jasmine Star, Jasmine Star Sydney Workshop, Perth Wedding Photographer, Perth Wedding Photography, Sydney, The Rocks

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Tina & Peter booked me for their wedding in October of this year, but then couldn’t wait and brought the date forward by 8 months!   After a few telephone calls rearranging dates with the reception venue, they chose Joondalup Resort for their venue to hold the ceremony and reception.

The day was not the typical early February day as the sun was not blasting down and there were clouds in the sky!  In Perth clouds are a good thing for weddings in Summer, no harsh sun beating down on your face, no shadows across faces, yup, I really do like clouds.

After the short ceremony in a very bush environment, the bridal party hopped on golf carts (and we photographers were driven which is why there are photos of the carts - no shooting and driving for us!) and headed out on the golf course for some photos.  Avoiding a few golfers who were taking advantage of the cooler summers day, there are a few little spots that are great for bridal portraits.  My favourite, Moon Crater, we could only visit for a couple of minutes as there were some enthusiastic golfers teeing off at the top of the hole as we arrived so while they were finding a lost ball in the rough (how good are my golfing terms? huh? huh?) we stole a few moments in the crater!

The first dance…

The partying then started in the reception, where the guests took to the dance floor and danced the Macarena, the chicken dance as well as some air guitar to November rain!  There was some serious conversation and what looks to be a case of ‘photobombing’, or a very enthusiastic group photo participant at the very least.  I like a bit of enthusiasm for photos at the reception, because most the time this is when guests start to hate the photographer…

A big thank-you to Dani from Wheatbelt Photography for second shooting for me and for her help in downloading and choosing images for the same-day slideshow I showed at the reception.

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Posted by emma on February 13th, 2010 :: Filed under Wedding Photography, Weddings
Tags :: Bridal Portraits, Golf Carts, Joondalup Resort, Perth Wedding Photographer, Perth Wedding Photography

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I spent all last week closely watching the weather forecast for Saturday.  First it was going to be 32 degrees then it went up to 40 degrees and finally on Friday it was downgraded to 36 degrees.  Phew!  Ok still really hot but not a ‘oh no, my photographer looks like a tomato and has just melted’ temperature.  I was all prepared for Saturday with 6 bottles of frozen water, staminade and the powder in the car to make more up if necessary, 3 packets of lollies (the Natural ones cause they are healthy for you right?), muesli bars and of course all my camera gear charged and packed.

But Mother Nature was smiling upon Nat & Leon for their day as although hot, by the time we hit the beach at 4pm for the location photos, massive drops of rain plonked down and everything cooled off making for a much more pleasant afternoon!   There was even a lightning show over the water.  I did manage ONE shot with the lightning - I was so amazed!  I am never that lucky!!!

Nat and Leon met after Leon moved here 4 years ago from South Africa and have been inseparable ever since.  They met of RSVP and although Nat first thought Leon’s byline of “you finally found me” was a little cheesy, it obviously worked!  The wedding brought guests together from all over the globe, South Africa, Italy and Sydney and the reception held at AQWA in Hillarys Boat Harbour showcased what I think is one of Perth’s best features, the amazing sunset over the ocean.

Big thanks to Charlene from November Images for her amazing second shooter skills, camera covering skills when I decide to do a lens change in the middle of the windy beach (not my smartest move) and her assistance with the downloading and editing which we did to show a small slideshow on the laptop of 30 images of the day for the couple and guests after the speeches.  Also worked with Lui from Global Video and I am sure he is going to have more video footage of the awesome sky show at the beach!

The beautiful dress which Nat bought off the rack and it fit perfectly, meant to be.

This is the lightning shot!

I haven’t done a jumping shot before but these guys suggested it and after a few tries we managed to get a shot with all of them in the air!

I think it looks pretty cool actually!!!!

We went Joondalup ECU campus to make use of the Chancery building for a couple of shots.  This is the first time I have shot some images here and cannot wait to shoot there again,  I loves these shots.

Hillary’s Boat Harbour, just before they were to enter AQWA

Dancing up a storm!

Nat & Leon: a big thanks for choosing me to share your special day and for making it such a fun day!

I hope you enjoy these photos and the rest will be ready to view within a month.

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Posted by emma on January 26th, 2010 :: Filed under Wedding Photography, Weddings
Tags :: AQWA, Chancery Building, Good Shepherd Church, Hillary's Boat Harbour, Joondalup ECU, Perth Wedding, Perth Wedding Photographer, Perth Wedding Photography, Sorrento beach

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Anna & Chris met a the Glastonbury Festival in the UK, through the mud and music!  They spent the next few years living in the UK and traveling the globe (so jealous of their South American adventures!) before moving to Perth in 2008.

Chris is from NZ and his family were all at Heathcote waiting for Anna & Chris to arrive and say their wedding vows.  But before they arrived, I got to see them first for their ‘first look’ photos.

I met a nervous Chris at Point Walter Reserve and he waited patiently for Anna to arrive.  Meeting before the ceremony for some photos is gaining popularity for a number of reasons.  You get to have a more private moment when you first see each other on your wedding day and take the time to talk about the pending nuptials  together.  Also if, like Anna & Chris, your ceremony and reception are at the same location and later in the day (which was essential on this hot December day) it means you don’t have to leave the guests for the bridal portraits, you can just go straight into party mode with your family and friends!

We did have a quick session at Heathcote while the sun was going down,

Thank you Anna & Chris for inviting me to share your wonderful day with me, I hope you enjoy the photos!

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Posted by emma on January 14th, 2010 :: Filed under Wedding Photography, Weddings
Tags :: Applecross, Applecross Foreshore, First Look, Heathcote, Perth Photography, Perth Wedding Photography, Point Walter Reserve, Sunset Wedding Photography, Swan River

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Happy New Year!  Ok it is a bit belated, but I spent New Years camping without a computer and even no mobile range!  I am still getting through 2009’s backlog of weddings and I will be blogging lots over the next couple of weeks.

Here is my favourite image from Kat & Andrew’s wedding.  A massive blog posting from this wedding to come within the next couple of days.

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Posted by emma on January 5th, 2010 :: Filed under Wedding Photography
Tags :: Kings Park, Perth Wedding Photography, Photography by Emma Pointon, Pine Trees at Kings Park, Wedding Photography

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Joanne & Michael were married at Christ the King Church in Beaconsfield, then made me the happiest photographer ever by choosing to go to FREMANTLE for some photos before their reception at Thompkins Park.

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Posted by emma on December 21st, 2009 :: Filed under Wedding Photography, Weddings
Tags :: Alfred Cove, Beaconsfield, Christ the King Church, Cliff Street, Fremantle Photography, Perth Wedding Photography, Photography by Emma Pointon, Round House, Swan River, Thompkins Park Function Centre, Wedding Photography

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A full post coming after the weekend but I thought that this image deserved its own post!  Also I had to lay flat on the ground to get this image and now I am past 30 this is not actually that easy to do!

The cute matching pink & blue Holdens and Nikki’s beautiful dress (and Shaun’s thongs -nice one!) give it this image that retro feel!

So busy at the moment trying to finish all weddings from November before Christmas but hopefully it will be done so I can have a nice relaxing week off before January kicks in again!

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Posted by emma on December 11th, 2009 :: Filed under Wedding Photography, Weddings
Tags :: EJ Holdens, Fremantle Wedding Photography, Holden Wedding Cars, Mosman Park, Perth Wedding Photography, Wedding Photography

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Nazlyn and Paul held a small, simple ceremony in Whiteman Park at the start of November.  The actual ceremony lasted less than 20 minutes, however they managed to inject so much of their personalities (and Nazlyn’s love for the fine art of shopping) into the ceremony!

Paul has a larger than life personality and I imagine he was the class clown at school.  Nazlyn is just so stylish and classy and somehow as a couple they just work.

Most of the time shooting into the sun doesn’t work (one of those rules of photography) but on those rare occasions, it just does!  And creates one of those special moments…

Now time for a couple of the more quirky shots!

Paul striking a FABIO pose!  If you can’t do the Fabio on your wedding day, when can you?

More images from this wedding can be seen on my flickr account here

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Posted by emma on December 7th, 2009 :: Filed under Wedding Photography
Tags :: Caversham House, Perth Wedding Photography, Photography by Emma Pointon, Swan Valley, Whiteman Park

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