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!).

I loved this wedding!  Ok I might say that about a lot of weddings but this wedding was so much fun to photograph!  Probably because Kat & Andrew are such great individuals and together they make such a sweet couple.  And you could tell how these two crazy kids have affected the people around them just by the outpouring of love they got from ALL their guests (and there were a lot!).  Kat & Andrew were swamped by friends and family congratulating them as they walked up the isle, it took them a good 5 minutes to walk up the isle.  I remember Kat saying to me a couple of weeks earlier that they were not very good in front of the camera when I photographed their pre-wedding shoot in Fremantle, but really they were so natural, chatting, laughing and having a good time despite me and the camera recording the moments.

Have I mentioned before how lovely it is to photograph couples at Kings Park in the Pine Trees?  Ok there were 2 other wedding parties here at the time but we can all share the space - you can’t even tell.  I just love the sunlight coming through the trees.  I whipped out my 50mm which I really don’t use enough for these images.

Kat & Andrew, thankyou for sharing your special day with me and making my job so, so easy!

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.

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.

Nikki & Shaun were married at Chidley Point Reserve in  Mosman Park and had their reception at Freshwater Bay Yacht Club down the road.  I loved all the detail at this wedding, the lanterns (I love photographing lanterns at weddings), umbrellas, the thongs on the groom & groomsmen, the gorgeous bridesmaid dresses and of course Nikki’s fabulous dress!

I had Dale’s help as my second photographer for this wedding and am so grateful he gave up a day shooting the surf to help me shoot this wedding!  He got some great shots for Nikki & Shaun.  If you want a lot of candid images of your wedding, a second photographer is the way to go as they cruise around the wedding pretty unnoticed, grabbing shots of guests and the wedding party.

The thong shot above is Dale’s amazing image, as well as the black and white image of the boys waiting for Nikki & her bridesmaids.

Again the arty sunflare shot is Dale…

See, the dresses and details are just beautiful.

Dale grabbed the image of the flowers and the side view of Nikki & Shaun at Freshwater Bay.  I forgot that there were also matching girl/boy EJ Holdens (correct me if they are a different type of Holden…) - too cute!

As the sun went down, Nikki & Shaun headed to the reception where lanterns were hanging where they danced up a storm and played some very different wedding games…

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

I have finally finished Sam & John’s images from their beautiful wedding a few weeks ago in Guildford.  The ceremony and afternoon tea was held at Woodbridge House and after some photos in the town of Guildford, the reception was at The Rose & Crown in the Posh Convict bar (such a great name and it was beautifully set up).

A shot from a recent family portrait session, on the Point Walter foreshore.

If you are interested in a family portrait session, my portrait package is $200 for a one hour sitting (at a location of your choice) with the digital negatives at high resolution included.

“Photography takes an instant out of time, altering life by holding it still”

-Dorothea Lange

I was really excited about photographing Michelle & Joe’s wedding after having such a great pre-wedding session with them a few weeks beforehand.  My boyfriend was my second shooter for only his second wedding (lucky me the surf wasn’t up so he wasn’t shooting elsewhere ie. the beach!) and he got some great images of the boys before the ceremony, angled shots from the balcony where I stationed him and some great candid shots of guests after the ceremony.  It helps so much to have a second shooter and I love that one moment can be captured in 2 separate images.

Michelle & Joe were married at Wesley College (where Joe attended school) and had location shots at UWA (where Michelle goes to Uni), Mounts Bay and on the foreshore of Matilda Bay, before there reception at Matilda Bay Restaurant.

Joe, Michelle and their families are so amazingly warm and friendly, so I would like to say a big thank you to all!!  I have such lovely clients who make it so easy for me to love being a wedding photographer!

I hope you enjoy this selection of images

I love this picture of Michelle.

Dale’s shot of the rings.

Dale’s shot of Joe and my shot of Michelle.  The exact moment Joe sees Michelle for the first time on their wedding day taken from two different views.