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Chris & Miranda’s Wedding @ All Smiles Sorrento

JD — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 05:38:52 +0000

Another beautiful wedding at All Smiles, this time at their Sorrento venue. Coming into the wedding I was a bit worried about the weather considering the time of year, and the ceremony was held on a cliff over Sorrento back beach in the late arvo. But I needn’t have worried as it was perfect. Because of the timing and low light, Chris & Miranda decided to do their location shots before the ceremony, which allowed us to take advantage of the beautiful light and not rush the whole process.

They didn’t have a bridal party so it was just the two of them and we had a great time walking the beaches and piers around Sorrento before the wedding. They were both so relaxed and comfortable with one another which just made the photos that much easier. You can tell looking through the images how happy and in love they are, I think when you get a great set of shots from a wedding when looking through them you can get a real feel for the couple and what they are like and I think you can certainly pick it up in these images.

enjoy!

groom

The bouquet was amazing, and the colours were so vivid. Another great job from Debbie O’Neil.

wedding flowers

I love the way the sun is lighting the veil in this image, you would think it was summer!

bride and groom

Sorrento beach

wedding cake

Chris & Miranda had a table full of lollies and little bags so as everyone left they could make up their own lolly bags – such a cool idea!

fun wedding idea

I love capturing some of the couples expressions during the ceremony, which is quite a lot easier with outdoor weddings.

candid ceremony photo

expression tells it all

emotions after the ceremony

amazing view from All Smiles, Sorrento

Melbourne – Pre wedding portrait beach shoots

JD — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 04:02:05 +0000

I have been pretty slack so far this year with my blog post as some of you have pointed out so I will endeavour to keep you updated weekly in the coming months! I have been doing quite a few pre wedding shoots of late, we do these shoots to get our couples comfortable being photographed and to get some nice casual portraits of them before their big day.

Below are two beach portrait shoots we did recently involving the couples much loved dogs. I love photographing dogs in family or couple portraits mainly because they are so unpredictable and they really make the whole shoot much more relaxing and tell the story of the couple by bringing out their personalities even more – also they are really cute and fun.

enjoy!

beach portrait

casual portrait

fun couple portrait

beach portrait

fun in the sun

what a cute puppy

capturing the moment

Royce Hotel – wedding

JD — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 03:04:46 +0000

We photographed our first wedding for the year on Saturday after a nice break and it was good to get back into the swing of it. Natasha & Andrew were a fantastic couple to work with, it is great when a couple put their trust in me, they allowed me to change one of the locations because of the heat without any trouble and it worked out great.

I tested a new lens for some shots (see shot below) it gives a really different artistic look and I am going to use it on most of the weddings I shoot for certain situations. There is nothing worse than boring wedding photos and this lens just gives me another piece of equipment to keep my images fresh and exciting.

All you brides to be don’t forget about the big bridal expo on the 24th of January at Jeff’s Shed, pop in and say hi.

groom

wedding dress

flower girls

bride and mother

bride

beach

bridal party

hosier lane

wedding dance

Dalmatians pre wedding shoot

JD — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:22:26 +0000

It is always fun doing shoots when dogs are involved but having two at the beach when the wind is blowing a gale was quite a challenge but really enjoyable at the same time. Fiona & Adam bought down their two dalmatians for their pre wedding shoot and we got some great images to go into their signature book for the wedding reception.

Check out the photos below that were taken at Carrum beach south of Melbourne.

couple portrait

dogs portrait

fun portrait

artistic photo

beach portrait

the dogs

Pre wedding photographs

JD — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 02:42:14 +0000

Pre wedding shoots are a great way to get comfortable in front of the camera before the big day and this is why we include them in all our packages. It also gives us the chance to get to know each couple better and personalise their wedding day photography to suit their personalities and we have plenty of fun in the process.

Here are a some recent shoots from all around Melbourne with some of our soon to be married couples, I have played around with some new textures in a few to spice them up a bit as you can see in the first one.

Melbourne

pre wedding portrait

The aim is to have fun and get the couples to let their hair down and their personalities out. The more fun you have on a shoot or on your wedding day the more natural and personal the images turn out.

casual beach portrait

beach boxes

carlton gardens

another textured photo.

cheers

Portraits with your pets

JD — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 03:25:31 +0000

Photographing people with their pets is becoming increasing popular and is a great way to get some images of yourself or you and your partner. Having your pet there on the shoot really relaxes people and you get some fantastic fun natural images in the process.

Check out some of the shoot we have done recently.