Erin + Steve

January..a hot summers day. This is Australia, I guess you are going to get no surprises to be told that January weddings in the countryside are hot. They are hot and thristy, jackets on / jackets off kind of days.
The good news is there are leafy trees, there are cool bursts of air conditioning and there are fun bridal parties!  Looking back on this gorgeous day I remember mostly how our lovely couple were the only ones who didn't seem to notice anything but each other, that is each other plus one very special little girl.
what a sweet day and many beautiful family memories. Congratulations Erin and Steve and thank you for letting me share your day x

a great big world

something inside me changed today, I felt a shift in my heart. I'm not sad, just a little weird I guess.
I had to let go to something and I didn't want to do it, even though I know it had to be done.
It was day one, the first day of High School. My little baby girl went and grew up.
Remember that time we said 'keep your eye on the ball' and she put the bull right up on her eye?
I want to give her what I know, how it will be and the lessons you need to learn. Oh crap, then I realise that this parenting thing isn't easy, and my mother says 'yes , see?'
So I just let it be. Keep your eye on the ball  baby girl.  I am really proud of you today x
(my little girl with great big plans.)

 Wagga Wagga Wedding and Portrait Photographer 

2013 lets do this

So this was meant to be a New Years post, but of course things get busy, especially in the 'down time' , you know, that time you are meant to be relaxing and not doing much at all. I got busy.
Last year was a big one for me, it was a lot about marketing and setting up my business, but to be honest it felt like I did more talking about it than doing it... so you want to be a wedding photographer heh? It would seem in 2013 that is what I will be. I am so lucky to have met the most awesome-est of awesome couples, I am the broken record 'geez that wedding photographer is lucky!'. The phonecalls go like, 'Hi, we love your images, can you shoot our wedding? it will be rustic and vintage, in  vineyard' Me: 'Yah' *do a little dance.
Ok, so taking me to gorgeous locations is one perk, but the best treat; beautiful honest happiness all round.
Bring it on 2013.
This post is also entitled YIKES. I love my blogging but am already two fab weddings into January and behind. So I swear on my Jose Villa bible that I will blog. I may not be able to blog everything, I won't have the time to tinker, but I will endeavor to bring you gorgeous images, and if you are planning your wedding day you can follow me here. It may not be a southern Californian wedding from a blog somewhere. It will be a gorgeous Wagga Wagga Wedding, or Coolamon, or Temora..or ...
Cheers and happy (belated) new year x

Wagga Wagga Wedding and Portrait Photographer

oh baby

Its such a magic time of year at the best of times, but this next little session was brimming with warm fuzzies. That first baby remember?. .the little conversations you have with your unborn child the soft, quiet time. Its pure and absorbing love.

I met first time parents to be Matt and Ali  who traveled over to meet me at dusk on top of a hill with  a pink chaise lounge. Oh yes baby, I  LOVE this gal, so much so that I may have broken my all time record of how many conversations I can have at once without even finishing a single sentence!

Ali and Matt also happen to be the first to purchase a watch me grow session.. more on that later, but to give you a hint this is part 1 of a beautiful love story x

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Scott + Carrie

Love living in the bush. This country wedding, my 'Cowgirl meets Cowboy story', was complete with hats and horses, it was a lot of fun.  I expected nothing less from Carrie and Scott..remember?  The day was perfect, the bride gorgeous, the groom at his best, the sunshine, and the stars all in alignment.

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Matt + Georgina get married

It seems like some time ago that I first met Matt and Georgina  on a balmy Autumn evening in their leafy little part of Melbourne. Their beautiful country wedding, the 'perfect day'  finally arrived, and I loved every minute of it.  So in no particular order,  some thanks..
To the parents of the bride for providing the wonderful backdrop of their property and homestead.
To the most magical weather available.
To harvest season, and to farmers who will take a day off for important occasions.
To the guests who came suitably attired to have a very very good time.
To the gorgeous bride (with that dress.. the birdcage veil.. need I go on?) and her fun girls.
Thank you also to the groom and grooms men, for their entertaining pre-wedding shenanigans, also known as 'how to tie a bowtie'...
Thank you, thank you for the confetti, the laughter and love.
Not forgetting a big personal thanks to my lovely  Jen Boote for her assistance second shooting, couldn't have been in two places without you,  I really loved having you around.
Ok, then lets re-live it, this was one pretty perfect day..

Wagga Wagga Wedding and Portrait Photographer

@ Corowa NSW