Finland is an incredibly beautiful country in summer with lots of green and bright yellow fields and wildflowers everywhere. There are many potted colourful flowers everywhere – in the town centres and on window sills so you can’t help but smile when you are in Finland

I met with Nina and Timo the night before there wedding at 11:30pm and because of all our emails it felt like we already knew each other. Nina told me she was nervous about the photos and couldn’t see how they could look like the couples from my previous work. I told her all we needed to do was to relax and have fun and that is exactly what happened! There was so much laughter and romance that I wondered seriously what Nina was worried about. I am sure you will be able to tell from the photos that they both look great!

The ceremony and reception were held at Katajiston Kartano which had incredible service and food – I highly recommend it to anyone wanting a beautiful location and great entertaining for any special occasions!  They also have cabins that your guests can stay at which remind me of the traditional Finnish Summer Cottages.

We did the portraits before the ceremony at the incredibly beautiful Aulanko Park which has its own castle and is only just across the road from the reception. The bride stayed at the Rantasipi Spa Hotel which is also just across the road from the park and the castle!

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And lucky me, Nina and Timo surprised me with a kiss

I met Charlie and Jenni when they attended Sabrina and Phil’s Wedding in Sydney in November last year and I was so excited to hear they live in Finland. They recommended me for Nina and Timo’s wedding (blog post coming soon) in Hämeenlinna, Finland that I just photographed on July 10. We met up the day before the wedding to have a mini-tour of their city, Tampere and also to get some pics of their new family – 5 month old Eliel! What a cute family! As you can see, Charlie and Eliel are big Everton supporters. Thanks for everything, you are such a lovely little family and I wish you the best with your new home and I look forward to seeing Eliel grow up on Facebook and hopefully in person

I had photographed a total of 5 weddings before 2009 and that was over 2 years. This year I had the privilege of photographing 26 weddings and being able to go full-time with my business in June this year. Thank you to all my clients who made 2009 an incredibly overwhelmingly awesome year for me! I have been shooting professionally for 7 years but now I can say I do it for a living and I am still as passionate about it as I was 7 years ago!! Thank you, thank you, thank you!! I look forward to an incredible 2010 with weddings booked in France, Finland, Adelaide, the Hunter Valley, Central Coast and Camelot in Camden (and Sydney too hehe).

South Coast farm wedding – I loved these armchairs and told them to bring them out into the field. They were so relaxed and didn’t want to move!

More with the chairs. I think with regards to location this was my favourite wedding for 2009!! I could never choose a favourite couple, I love them all