Details!!  I love the details couples put into weddings to make them so personal, special and beautiful.  I love hearing my clients talking about their wedding plans and I love seeing it all come together.

Matt and Steph’s wedding has been no exception!

All of my planning with Matt and Steph was via emails and the internet, as they were in the UK until just before the wedding.  As the details unfolded, I became more excited about meeting them and photographing their day.

Firstly, all the wedding invitations were screen-printed onto tea towels with a cartoon image of Matt and Steph as the logo that ran through the entire wedding.

Matt, ready and waiting for his bride.  Meanwhile, back at the other homestead….

Matt’s family has a love of all things Holden (which I LOVE – I’m not sure I could have shot an Ford-themed wedding…  it’d be like using a Nikon).  The bridal car was Matt’s Dad’s late-1940’s/early-1950’s FX Holden (Holden 48-214).  The stage for the reception speeches was “The General”, a more appropriate name than the “Old Bomb” (which it also goes by) – a 1966 HR Holden Ute.  Incidentally, I believe the reception marquee was erected around The General due to his current condition.

Remember how I said that the invitations were on tea towels?  All the invited guests bought a local tea towel showing where they come from and sent them to Matt and Steph to keep.  Cute, huh?

(Not my photo – Matt sent this one to me.  It’s cool!)

x S

Thank you to Dan McColl Photographer for shooting Matt & Steph’s wedding with me and helping me out in general!

You’ve met Matt & Steph in our previous blog post.  Home from the UK to become husband and wife.

One thing I really loved about this couple and their wedding was that their favourite, most treasured friends chosen to be the bridal party were Matt and Steph’s parents.  You may have noticed from the first introduction to Matt & Steph’s wedding.

After the ceremony, Matt and Steph took us around the family house and property for a few private photographs.  I love the tree-swing in the hills surrounding the house.

The wedding reception to welcome them as a married couple was fabulous!  Imagine an enormous marquee filled with lines of immaculate, country-styled tables at one end.  The other end had a funky band playing on one side and the family’s Holden Ute set up as a stage for speeches on the other side.  The middle – a huge, grass dance floor.

Matt and Steph entered, to cheers and whoops, on a quad bike – Steph sitting side-saddle, of course.

During the evening, we all walked down, through the property, to a flat area near the house and were treated with a fireworks show to celebrate.

Congratulations, Matt and Steph!!  Your day was magical and we wish you all the best for the future.
(Stay tuned for more detail photos of their day and venue.)
x S.

Matt and Steph returned from the UK to share their wedding with family and friends.  I can honestly say I’ve never been to a more love-filled, family-orientated, special wedding.  I even shed a tear or two.

Matt’s family’s homestead near Somerset Dam was transformed into an amazing venue, including marquee, amenities, bar and enormous outdoor kitchen.  Every little detail showed their connection to each other, their families, their childhood and their life together so far.  The details and reception will be posted soon, but for now:

Congratulations Matt & Steph!

x S

I loved being with Trish and Jim for their wedding at Illawarra Yacht Club recently!  Not only are they a lovely couple, I was able to stay with family, catch up with my sister Allyson, her husband Paul and their delicious new daughter Lucy.  (Yes, photos of her to come!)

Trish’s family is based near Illawarra, so she and Jim travelled from their home in Tamworth to be married amongst friends and family.

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