I met Sarah & Damian in Fremantle for their E Session.  Have I mentioned how much I love Fremantle for wedding and engagement shoots?  Anyway we hit the round house, Cliff street and the E Shed markets for photos.  Even after 20 odd years growing up in Fremantle, I still managed to find a new little nook on that I hadn’t noticed before that was perfect for a few portraits (the little archway with the funky tiles).

Sarah & Damian were a little nervous about the photos, but were so easy going and I think I managed to capture their fun personalities.  They were laughing and cuddling for the whole hour session!

Click on the slideshow to start it, but be patient while it organises itself!

I cannot wait for Sarah & Damian’s wedding, which is at their home in a semi-rural part of Perth (does that even make sense?).  But when I was driving to their home (and got a little lost) I found a windmill and tall grasses that would be perfect for bridal portraits

A few of my favourites can be seen here if you have slower internet browsers (or have used up all your internet for the month which happens at my house A LOT…)

*Note on the music used (it was supposed to come up on the slideshow but I can’t see it).  The beautiful song is Amy Seeley’s Gravel Lines.  You are able to purchase this on iTunes if you love it as much as I do!

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!

Kristen contacted me for a family portrait session at the end of last year. She had seen my blog post of Kat & Andrew in Fremantle and wanted some shots of her family in the same location. I love Freo and it is such an amazing photographic location. I met Kristen & Nick and their kids at the Cliff Street wall and we had a few shots on the wall before the rest of the family turned up.

Suddenly there was 10 Dempsters spanning three generations all joking around with each other. We headed to the roundhouse for a few whole family shots then, as it was a hot day, down to the little beach by the roundhouse to finish off the session. Eventually the kids got sick of photos and headed to the water to cool off while the sun sank into the ocean.

Striking a pose for the camera on the wall…

I love these images in a series!

The whole Dempster family!

I love these two too!  So hard to pick favourites…

Grandparents with the kids, so sweet!

A couple of the girls!!!

Now the boys…

The kids looking very sweet, I bet they are like that ALL the time

These ones are just beautiful!  Kids being kids (they escaped the camera when everyone was looking the other way and took to the water!).

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.