Amanda and Sof 25th September 2010

I rolled over early Saturday morning and it was pelting down wet, wet, wet, it had been for days you think it would stop for brides on Saturdays, but it doesn't it does rain on Saturdays to make wedding photographers better at there job, we have to try harder to find light, its there you just have to look harder or make it yourself.
So today was Amanda and Sof's wet wedding day, a Greek wedding I was a little excited about this, after a quick scout around town looking for dry spots we headed to the Leichart Hotel, I had dropped in to say hello the night before, and there it was a red couch, wow! that would be fun.





And so it rained all day, and then just as all the brides in Rockhampton came out of there churches it stoped for 1 Hour 30 minutes the sunshine happened, and then as then sun went down the rain came back, there where brides everywhere we looked 5 I think we counted its September it's bride month, and there we all where grabbing the sun.



What a beautiful church,

Now it would be an understatement to say that Sof made me work for every photo but what happen while he was mucking up was a chemistry between Amanda and Sof that went straight down the camera lens. It truly was amazing, I was standing there snapping away while Sof played around not one bit interested in my ploys for him to stand here, move there, this young lad had just married the love of his life and she was standing there in this beautiful dress looking just magic, and well he just wanted to play with her and so he did, and well I just snapped and snapped, It worked.

and then he danced, he danced his Greek dance for his new wife, and I just stood there gobbed smacked that I was the lucky one capturing this.



So I headed home, thinking to myself how lucky I am to spend time with people on there wedding days, what started as a wet Saturday ended up to be a great day.

Holly and Hamish Wedding 18th September 2010

Keppel Island "Poor Me"
This is just the kind of wedding I like, or need, you climb on a boat go to an island and get stuck there till the boat leaves the following afternoon, ARRRR! poor me. It was 12 months ago when Holly's best friend rang to ask if I was free on this day, I was, lucky me, an island wedding and a weekend away all in one package, all went to plan except that my wedding offsider Sam, twisted her knee the day before and couldn't walk, "what to do, what to do" Plan B, mmmmmmmm, no plan b I hadn't needed plan b so far so it wasn't quite finished, Then a thought "Ed!" He is a good plan b, how will I get him to come to Keppel for the weekend, Ed's is not much of a wedding person, (note there is no ring on my finger), least of all when he will have to help me carry all my gear on the boat, off the boat, accross sand dunes, and into a cabin, Cause see Holly and Hamish are getting married at sunset, so with studio lights in tow for family photos after dinner and clothes, cameras, tripods ext, we where going to need a trailer, LOL.
Well it turns out we have the best weather, the best sunset, the very best dress, and a great lot of people, and they where here for a party. Great red wine did I mention they had my favourite red wine what a wedding, stuck on an island with Ed, my camera, a beautiful wedding, and finished of with a wine and we got invited to join them for dinner, prefect.

Emma and Jon Burke Friday 13th August

It's a Friday the 13th Wedding, keeping with the theme it's a little red and black affair, and a great family affair, the room was buzzing with family coming and going hairdressers and makeup, we where all at Rosslyn Bay Inn,the receptionwas at Beaches Wedding room, Emma and Jon where getting married in the gardens,

Kabra Mud Races 17th July 2010

Come take some photos at the mud races they said, well Ok! that sounds like a fun way to spend a Saturday, Got a little excited about it through the week worked myself in to a tail spin, did a bit of research to find out what was required from a mud racing photographer, you know the stuff, the do's and don'ts, "don't go on the track, don't get it the way, and please don't get run over there is to much paper work to fill out if you do," yep I have heard it all before, Like I really would like to be hit by a motor vehicle hurtling towards me at a racing speed. So Saturday morning arrived through the gear in the car and of to Kabra I headed, found the boss lady who gave me the run down, "don't go on the track" yeah yeah I got that bit, then to my great surprise she said " but you can go out there in that box right out there in the middle of the race if you like" my little eyes light up, COOL!!! I am so there. So off I toddled, standing in my little box RIGHT in the middle of the action, this dude walks up to me and says "haven't been here before hey!", with my, I am really I can't believe I got this spot look on my face, "ARR No!" "Hope your good at ducking" he reckons, whatever is going through my brain, look at where I am standing this is a photographers dream spot. So the day started, the first lot of cars came out, thought in head now was "SHIT" I did learn real quick to duck, got covered in mud from head to toe camera gear took two days to clean, But Oh! the photos, worth it, you bet.





What a day, I did look like a pig in a stye by the end of the day, this was not normal mud, this was black thick stick to everything mud, like I am not your normal "Oh I just broke a nail" kind of girl.

It"s Gordan Jovic Weekend July 10th 2010

Well if there is one thing I really like it is input, I can't get enoungh of it, I read every night in bed, I podcast while walking on the treadmill every morning, I do TAFE courses, input, input, input. So when Sharon rang to tell me she had a man called Gordan coming to do a workshop it stirred up a little interest, with about Oh! 1 minute checking out this guys website I was in boots and all, So the weekend turned up and off I went wondering how it would pan out, well I have to tell you it was all I hoped it would be, he did not hold back telling us everything we needed to get our photography business going, programs and how to use them, lights and how to work them, people and how to style them, wonderful, wonderful weekend, Thanks Gordan.











These are the weekends that just make you better at what we do.

So It's Kathleen 21st Birthday

Well she was my wedding offsider for a couple of years whinged and complained about the amount of stuff I made her carry and never fed her it was fun to just listen to her whining the whole day, I feed her Maccas on the way home I such a great friend, then she up and moved to Gladstone to start nursing, still comes back every now and then to help me out and have a coffee and chat, this weekend was her 21st Birthday, fancy dress, wasn’t happening for me it's not really my thing I am a bit square, but we went anyway just to eat her food, took a few snaps for her, ate her cake and drank her drinks, had a great night and headed home as the young ones made a bee line for the nightclubs, I guess there was a few sore heads the next day.








And if there is two things Kathleen loves it is her grandparents

Caroline and Narcisse 19th June 2010

Caroline and Narcisse 19th June 2010
What a day, this was the most wonderful experience I have ever had on a wedding day, nothing went to plan, it rained, we ran late all day, but Caroline and Narcisse’s families where so excited for them to be married the whole day was just magic.
From Africa they had come to start new lives in Australia, their lives have had some dramatic changes, this wedding was touched with African tradition that made for a real special day. As a wedding photographer taking still life photos it was hard to capture the sounds and smells of the day, the music and dance on the day was something I will remember for along time.

The week before the wedding Caroline and her friends came up to the gardens to have some fun with the camera.

Carolines had the most beautiful dress the detail was unbelievable.

This wedding was a massive family affair,