What an incredible wedding with incredible locations – I loved how Camelot looked like it was out of the English countryside! Kim and Jarrad have a beautiful little family and I felt so privileged to capture their day. The reception was held at Menangle House and I can’t recommend it enough, the service and the food – all top quality and very welcoming. Some highlights from the day – the kisses from Charlotte and her loving words to Kim, the kid’s activity books and personalised gingerbread people from the reception and very heartfelt speeches by Kim, Jarrad and their mothers.

The most relaxed bride ever! Thank you Kim for being so open and relaxed about everything – I can see you really enjoyed your day and I couldn’t stop smiling when I saw that permanent grin on Lincoln’s face during the ceremony. The Japanese Gardens are within the grounds of the Campbelltown Arts Centre and also has the most delicious cafe that caters for functions. I highly recommend the Arts Centre Cafe – the quality of service and food and you have so many fun and romantic locations for photos all in one spot. I would love to see more weddings here!

I was very impressed with the quality of the floral arrangements -  Macarthur Floral Creations.

I have more pictures to share from the lovely wedding from last weekend. I also wanted to tell you that Clara bought her show-stopper dress from Sassy’s Boutique in Bankstown, the flowers she did herself, the church was the gorgeous Camden Anglican, the reception was set up at Macquarie Grove Room, the cars were provided by Chevs4u and the location photos were done at the insanely gorgeous Pepper Tree Ridge B&B.

I will affectionately call this the ‘Poser Wedding’ as everyone in the Bridal Party was an expert in posing! It was a lot of fun to hang out with such extroverts

And Clara…what a beautiful bride you are…I will never forget when you ran down the hallway at your parent’s place toward your grandmother and you screamed with joy “Nanny…I am a bride!!”

For those of you who don’t know, Clara and I have a special friendship that started in year 10 and to cut a long story short I am her Gemma Wemmy and she is my Clausy Mousey! I can’t tell you what a privelege it is to capture memories for such close friends…especially those that value photos so much!

Clara and Yusdel…you made me cry tears of joy many times on Saturday…thank you and I wish you the best for your life together…here are a few snapshots from your special day!

This is the first of three posts for this wedding.

More to come tomorrow! In the meantime you can see some more pictures on the Gemma Clarke Photography Facebook page