An energetic, inspirational woman, Jasmine Star and her supportive, intelligent and encouraging husband JD, changed the lives of many photographers today. I learnt that I should share more of myself with my clients and also to share more of the incredible experiences I have when enjoying a couple’s wedding day. A special thank you to Cathy Crawley for organising the models, florists, designers and hair and make-up artist and all the other little things that were needed to pull this workshop off!

As wedding photographers we are so privileged to be there for the ‘so in love’ engagement session, the nerves on the wedding day and then through to the relief and excitement that comes with the announcement of becoming husband and wife! Some of these photos were set up by Jasmine and some are just the couple interacting themselves which is the focus of my style – making sure the couple’s personalities are reflected in the images.

Our lovely models were boyfriend and girlfriend, Alana & Karim.
Dress by Catherine Colubriale
Hair and Make-up – Lyndal Quinn-Tuccarone

Iliana (and her husband Mark) have three boys under 4 – what a supermum! It was their youngest this time – Timothy, who is 5 months. There were lots of kids at the Christening which was in the beautiful St Lazarus Serbian Orthodox Church, Alexandria and the Reception was held at Liverpool Golf Club. Popcorn the Clown even dropped in to entertain the kids! Little Timothy was such a well behaved baby! Enjoy the pics!

Ronald and Coobe flew in from Hong Kong for a week to get engagement/pre-wedding photos in Sydney. Unfortunately they caught a week of rain and we had to make a few wet weather plans so on Saturday afternoon we did a shoot in the QVB (with Security’s permission) but I wasn’t allowed to stop the flow of traffic, nor use a tripod so I am really happy with how the photos turned out!

Ron and Coobe were great and they sent me some feedback after the session: “We didn’t expect it to be so much fun, and we were surprised at how relaxed and natural our poses were even in the the midst of a large staring crowd in the QVB!” Here is some from the QVB…will add more photos soon

Photos by: Gemma Clarke – Sydney Wedding Photography – www.gemma-clarke.com

Last Friday I had the privilege of photographing Shaiza’s Henna Ceremony where family and friends gathered to witness Shaiza’s relatives applying Henna to her fingertips and nails the day before the wedding. I must admit I am quite naive when it comes to these Indian Wedding traditions and I will have to share more information when I find out from Shaiza and Javed. In the meantime please enjoy the photos of this lovely event. The Ceremony was held at Shaiza’s parent’s beautiful home in Campbelltown.

Photos by: Gemma Clarke – Sydney Wedding Photography – www.gemma-clarke.com