Simple elegance and highly emotional describes this wedding. Jane and Aaron are so open and honest about their feelings in front of everyone and as we found out later, this encouraged the guests to do the same. I sometimes call myself an emotional photographer  – I love being a part of all these moments – it is such a blessing but also a huge responsibility and I welcome it with open arms! LOVE is my drug This wedding was held at Jane’s parent’s absolutely breathtaking property in the Blue Mountains.

Dress: Wendy Makin – Penrith Bridal Centre

Flowers: The Little Flower Shop, Wentworth Falls – highly recommended!!!

Hair Artist: Janelle at Sunshine Hair Studio

Make-up Artist: Trish Carnall, at Patricia’s Place

Celebrant/Minister: Tina Marie from Sassy Ceremonies

David’s suit is from Tarocash.

Stationery: We made all our invitations and placecards/thank you cards, most of the items were from Spotlight.

The cake is from Your Exquisite Cake.

Please enjoy the gorgeousness that is Jane and Aaron ♥

Hannah booked me only 5 weeks ago to photograph her wedding. When she told me about what she had planned for her wedding I acted like a little kid at Christmas waiting to open presents at 5.30am!! The day started with a closed ceremony at Carlingford and then we road tripped it down to Milton for the 1950s-style country fair inspired reception on her family’s farm. Hannah knew the spots where she wanted photos and we stopped at Albion Park for the graffiti wall, Berry for the famous Donut Van, the vine covered shop and the hubcap pub. She also wanted some grungy shots at the Plumber building and we made our way up to the lookout where Cam proposed. The bridal party joined us at Mick Ryan park with this incredibly big old tree that made for great photos. South Coast Wedding Planner, Clare Foreman helped the family put on this incredible celebration for 250 people complete with kissing booth, old fashioned BBQ, pony rides, pinwheels and lolly bar. There was also a ‘normal’ photobooth which was popular all night. At the end of the night there was a hilarious donkey act done by the family and friends that had us all in fits of laughter.

Anna and I were required to cover the Bride’s getting ready photos and formal portraits for this wedding in Kouvola before we headed back to Helsinki to photograph Paivi and Jukka’s Wedding at the Lutheran Cathedral. What I loved about Kouvola were all the rich yellow crop fields – just a shame we couldn’t get close enough to one so they could ‘frolic’ through the over abundance of colour! They were able to secure a 1948 Mercedes-Benz 170V for their wedding car. Satu’s dress is from Ladylike Wedding Gown Boutique and the medallion attached to her bouquet with the photo of her father was made at Milla Noora – Website is only in Finnish.

Satu has the cutest smile I have seen on a bride and you can see Tero is absolutely bowled over by his bride. The feeling to this wedding day was relaxed and everyone was having a lot of fun. Satu and Tero were happy to play in front of the camera which brought out their devotion to each other.

The Finnish will understand the sign on the right

Seeing each other for the first time. Satu starting shedding tears and it made me do the same too!  Lucky I could hide behind my camera

Michal and Robert chose a beautiful heritage-listed property, Parma Farm with old sheds, a dam, tree-lined country road, a french inspired country house and much more. Here are some pics from our hour together as the sun was setting. My favourite was grabbing the tattered old armchairs and putting them in the meadow next to the house, Michal couldn’t stop saying how relaxed she felt!  And I couldn’t stop saying how much I loved the armchairs

The horses didn’t want to play!

I can’t take credit for this idea – this was Robert being creative saying “I Do”

This is Michal’s fave along with the one below with the girls and her father.