lazy sunday afternoon.

I've got no mind to worry.

I haven't been very shutter-sweet lately, have I? I apolagise for this - but I haven't been very inspired. I've got a few concept ideas that I'd like to put into the works, but I've just got to get off my arse and organise a day to do it. That, and borrow the gear from work, because I'm sick of my own gear and I don't have the money to upgrade!

It was luke's birthday yesterday, so we had a nice day at home eating yummy breakfast and playing video games. We also went shopping at DFO and I managed to pick up 2 pairs of sweet tracksuit pants. (I'm wearing a pair right now. My legs are quite toasty.) I also ordered some special birthday cupcakes for the birthday boy, and I took a photo of them, but I haven't uploaded it yet so I'll post it another day.

Here are some pics from a couple of weddings I've done over the past month:













I'm off to make a cup of tea. Have a great sunday afternoon!

Ingrid and Justin's Wedding.

Ye gods, where have I been for the past (almost) month? I knew I hadn't posted in a while, but I didn't realise that it had been THAT big a-while. Time seems to go so fast for me. So why don't my holidays feel like they're getting any closer?

Anyway, I digress.

Sharon and I photographed Ingrid and Justin's wedding last Saturday, on the Gold Coast. Ingrid's dress and flowers were AMAZING, not to mention her SHOES! LOVED her shoes. Actually, her whole get-up was freaking awesome.






Bond University was our backdrop for the ceremony and reception. I had never shot a wedding there before - it was different (nice, unusual...) Here is Justin waiting for his Bride amongst the huge columns:


and then we had fun with the architecture of the Uni for our bridal shoot:




All in all, a great day. And I have to say, I'm quite impressed by the reception room at Bond! For a Uni, they really delivered as a reception venue.

Away to bed with me, big days ahead. Somebody save me!

a bespoke favour.

Courtesy of Bespoke Press

Here's a little wedding related post. I want to give a shout out to Bespoke Press, who have created the most beautiful wedding favours and place settings that compliment their already amazing stationary designs.

Check out their blog post about it here.

Courtesy of Bespoke Press

I'm really liking this idea - tying everything in to match. As a photographer, I photograph a lot of weddings and I think, in recent times, place settings and favours have become a bit boring. I see a lot of the same thing over and over again, and I believe that people are just stuck for new and innovative ideas. I'll definitely be squawking about Bespoke's new range to Brides-To-Be. (And not only for weddings - they'd even be great for milestone birthdays or anniversaries!)


Something else wedding-related: one of Luke's best mates Nick announced that he's getting married to his long-term girlfriend Kelly in June. And we're invited! Hooray! Very excited about it (this will be the first time I've been to a wedding in my adult life when I haven't actually been WORKING!) and looking forward to enjoying it with Luke.

Nick and Kelly are having their reception at L'Esprit On The Water, on the Gold Coast. Love L'Esprit - definitely one of my favourite reception venues. My most favourite reception shots have been taken at L'Esprit - I'll include some of them here for you to look at:










Have a lovely mid-week, friends!

wool inspired.

Hello, all!

For those of you who also follow Courtney's amazing blog, you would already know that her and her husband Paul came to stay with me and Luke for a little holiday last weekend. It was absolutely fabulous. We crammed in as much as we possibly could over the three days (I took Monday off work, and they left on Tuesday) and I believe we were thoroughly exhausted by the end. But it was so much fun. I miss having Courtney around, and I did my very best to convince the both of them to move to Brisbane (which wasn't hard. I think they were already convinced before they even arrived!)

I wanted to share some pictures with you, from Courtney and Paul's time with us. I took some promo shots of Courtney for her business The Inner Stitch, and I took some shots of her and Paul together, because I know they hadn't had anything like that done before.

I'm warning you - there may be a lot of photos in this post. Basically because I love them all.

I took Courtney outside with some wool and her needles and we started to muck around:





This is my favourite photo of Courtney:

And here are just some nice portraits of her - I think she deserved these. She hasn't been feeling very beautiful lately, and I know that she is. So I just captured it. I think her Husband and her Mother are impressed with these too!! Framed copies for all.




And here are some portraits of Courtney and Paul together that we shot in the park:









And then, we finished with some sunset shots. LOVE these:




Courtney is an amazing hand-dyer of wool. She has her own business called The Inner Stitch where she sells custom dyed skeins of wool. She also runs wool clubs that you can sign up to. If you're even vaguely interested in wool and fabric and knitting, you simply must check out her blog (where she's posted a couple of other, different photos from our weekend together) and her shop. I'm so proud of everything she's accomplished with her business - she's found something that she dearly loves and that she's very talented and skilled in. You rock, Courtney!

Have an amazing weekend, everyone!

Raylene and John's Wedding.

I had fun on Mt Tamborine yesterday, photographing Raylene and John's wedding. Phew! It was a bit of a rush around (John's parents had had a bit of an accident literally the night before the wedding - John's dad was still in hospital and couldn't make it to the wedding, and his mum had a huge leg cast on!) but we all got there in the end. I send my best wishes to John's parents!

We headed on down to the Botanical Gardens for our photoshoot after the ceremony - just John, Raylene, and Raylene's two daughters Tamika and Breanna. Those girls are a bundle of energy! Tamika was only interested in catching frogs and picking flowers. I tell you, all my childcare photography skills came in handy!!


This is my favourite photo of the day. Look at the kookaburra!!! Kookies are one of my favourite animals and he was so close, I couldn't hide my exitement. With lots of urgent whispers, I got Raylene and John to stand under the sign and have a little kiss.


Then, we discovered, the little guy started to follow us! He walked down the path after us. So the girls thought they'd get down and have a chat.


Finally, I thought I'd share this image - not photographically perfect, (I was on the wrong setting, and just shot this before checking, naught me!) but I actually like the way it turned out... I don't know, it's sort of dreamy. I like it.

All the best, Raylene and John! And I send you my blessings for little Liam, due in June.

That's it from me for now. I've had a lazy sunday, drinking tea and reading. Now I'm off to have some dinner!