Wedding of Samantha and Chris – Friday 27 April 2012

“Love Birds”

In the lead up to Samantha and Chris’ big day, it was obvious that Samantha was a chicky who knew exactly what she wanted for her big day and boy was she organised.

So we were by no means surprised when we called into Glengariff on our way to the boys to find the place looking Amazing! Samantha had gone to lengths to make sure everything was perfect and we were truly blown away at how beautiful everything looked. Love Birds was the theme and it was picture perfect

A few minutes drive north of Glengariff and we caught up with the boys at Paltarra Park Alpacas B&B. Chris and his mates were enjoying massages when we arrived (a special present organised by Samantha) and Chris proudly showed us his little gift for Samantha. A bag containing goodies from Tiffany and Co. Chris my friend, you make the rest of us look bad! As the saying goes though, happy wife happy life and Tina tells me you are well and truly heading in the right direction.

After spending an hour or so with the fellas, Tina, myself and our new videographer buddy Kelly headed off to meet the girls at the Kirnicama B&B. The girls were all busy having their final makeup touches applied when we arrived and each of them looked pretty snazzy in their “Bridesmaid” and “Bride” singlets

We were pretty excited to see Samantha’s face when her girls handed over Chris’ present and Samantha didn’t disappoint. A Tiffany bag certainly brought a massive smile to Samantha’s face!

Once our gorgeous bride was all dressed and ready to meet her man, we headed off to see Chris and the boys for some last minute shots before his lovely bride to be arrived.

All day the weather had looked a little iffy and wouldn’t you know it, it started to rain just as we were heading to Glengariff. They say its good luck if it rains on your wedding day and it was kinda romantic to see Samantha walking down the aisle with light rain droplets falling around her.

The rain kindly stayed away while the happy couple celebrated their love and took each others hand in marriage. The ceremony was really touching and there was certainly plenty of laughs from the happy couple.

Unfortunately the weather didn’t stay kind to us for very long and it was family photos and bridal party shots at super speed. Thanks again to Samantha and Chris’ families for allowing us to rush them through the pic list.

In the lead up to the big day, Samantha had indicated that she’d really love to do some night shots so after spending around 10mins out in the rain capturing a few shots before we lost light (poor Sammy and Chris – naughty rain!), we were then able to capture some cool sparkler shots. Everyone seemed to get a kick out of writing a big LOVE around the happy couple.

Samantha and Chris, we hope that your wedding day was everything you dreamt it would be and more. We truly enjoyed being part of your special day and would like to say a big thanks for allowing us to share in this occasion.

Can’t wait to get cracking on your album.

Enjoy the sneak peek!

The superbly elegant wedding of Natalie and Steven – Saturday 21 April – Gabbinbar Homestead.

Just over 5 months ago we had the pleasure of photographing the wedding of Vanessa and Nicholai in Toowoomba. This was our first adventure photographing in Toowoomba and we fell in love with the town.

We also felt very much part of the furniture at Corinne and David’s family home and wouldn’t you know it,  within weeks of celebrating Vanessa’s wedding – Corinne and David were planning the wedding of their other gorgeous daughter Natalie.

Tina and I were thrilled when Natalie contacted us to say “I’m just emailing you guys because I was so very impressed with what you did with my sister Vanessa’s wedding, that I would love you to do mine”.

This has to be one of the best things about being wedding photographers,  catching up with old clients and again celebrating these precious moments in both a couple and their parents’ life.

So this time round we headed up to Toowoomba on Friday 20 April to scout out Natalie and Steven’s wedding venue.  Tina and I first viewed Gabbinbar Homestead via their website and were just amazed at how beautiful it looked. How did we not know about this place!

Believe me….our first impression from the website was nothing compared to how we felt after seeing Gabbinbar in person.  This place is a photographers dream and the most perfect wedding location you could ask for.

Stunning grounds,  a stunning homestead and a wonderful team with Isaac and his crew.  Make sure to check out Inspirational Elegance as well, Aimee did a fantastic job in styling Natalie and Steven’s wedding.

When we woke on Saturday morning,  Toowoomba had blessed us with perfect weather.  Coolish temps,  bright blue skies and just a hit of wispy clouds about.  It looked to be an awesome day.

We arrived at Gabbinbar to meet up with Natalie mid morning and her girls were outside with Aimee applying some of the final touches to the location of their ceremony.  The ceremony location was framed by a graceful old tree, white paper lanterns and waterfalls.  Gosh it looked awesome.  Can I say again how much we loved this place!

Anyway,  Natalie and her girls had a fabulous morning preparing for Natalie’s big day and she looked simply stunning in her gorgeous gown.  The bride’s retreat at Gabbinbar also gave us a wonderful setting for Natalie’s preparation photos.

After spending a few hours with the girls,  we then headed on down to meet up with Steven and his groomsmen.

Now Steven was our usual nervous groom and his boys were certainly doing a great job of making Steven laugh.   It wasn’t long though before Steven’s gorgeous bride was making her way down the pebbled path to meet her man.

Following a lovely ceremony and some family photos in front of the old school house,  we were off to capture some location photos and boy did we have a great time.  We had an awesome bridal party to work with and some unbelievable settings.  Do I sound like I’m rambling

Natalie and Steven (and of course their bridal party) made the day so much fun for us and we really hope that our images have captured the true emotion, atmosphere and fun of their special day.

Again to Natalie and Steve,  thank you so very much for allowing us the opportunity to photograph your wedding day.  We hope you had a truly magical day and that your memories will live on in your gorgeous wedding photos.

Enjoy the sneak peek

xoxo
Nigel, Tina and baby Isaac.

Wedding of Cassie and Ben – Saturday 14 April 2012

Earlier this month we headed off to our home town of Rockhampton to photograph the wedding of Cassie and Ben.

Cassie and Ben were married at the Uniting Church on the south side of town and continued their celebrations with family and friends at the Heritage Village. Both were really great spots.

When we arrived to photograph Cassie and her lovely bridesmaids,  the girls were running a tad late and poor Cassie was also pretty nervous.  Cassie had been given a really lovely veil for her special day (an antique from Ben’s side of the family) and it matched in with her dress beautifully.

Ben and his boys were rather relaxed when we caught up with the guys at the church and there was this random little kitty cat who decided to join in on the celebrations.  The little rascal was even casually walking down the aisle just prior to Cassie arriving.

After our happy couple was announced as husband and wife,  we headed down to one of our fav little spots in Rocky for photographs.  We were even super lucky that Cassie and Ben happened to know one of the guys driving by and he unlocked the gates to a nearby paddock for us.  Which was just awesome!

Cassie, Ben and their bridal party were heaps of fun and we truly enjoyed spending the day capturing this special moment in their lives.

To Cassie and Ben,  guys we hope you loved your wedding day and enjoy the little sneak peek at your images

With the autumn colours starting to show we decided to tag-along with David and Kane from Grasstree Photography to check-out some of the landscape around Tenterfield, NSW. I loaded up the old Hilux and picked up Greg on the way. The first stop was on the side of the Centenary Highway where there was a patch of fog in the trees. The foreground consisted of a barbed wire fence which still had drops of dew which made for some interesting shots.

From there we headed off west where the next stop was on Cunninghams Gap where I shot this panorama of the Great Dividing Range. Once we made it through the range (very slowly in the Hilux) we stumbled across a field of Sunflowers in bloom. Kane and David were discussing ways to get some height to shoot the sunflowers so I decided to back the ute up where everybody had a turn shooting out of the back, and some from on the roof.

Next stop, Tenterfield. Tenterfield is a gorgeous place full of Maple trees and scenic farmland. After stopping to photograph the Maple trees in the center of town we headed down tourist drive 9 where we were greeted with a little offroad driving and some awesome scenery. We stayed around till after sunset where I was able to get some shots of the stars. I have now setup a public gallery where you are able to purchase some prints if you are interested. Just click the For Sale link on the left. There are plenty more for sale in the gallery. I will also continue to add to the gallery from my other trips.

As a photographer I’m lucky enough to have a job that allows me to appreciate the ever changing seasons and fabulous weather we get here in Queensland.

With Winter just around the corner,  Autumn is one of those awesome times of year where we experience cool crisp evenings and lovely warm days.

Saturday 10 March 2012 was our very first Autumn wedding for the year and our fabulous couple, Luke and Kirstie, were just so easy going and relaxed.

As a photographer himself,  we half expected Luke to have this huge list of photo destinations and a set of detailed instructions but Luke and Kirstie were just happy to let us work our magic. You guys rock

Luke and Kirstie decided on an early afternoon wedding at St Mary’s Church, Kangaroo Point. This gracious old church is really beautiful and what a great setting overlooking the Brisbane River sitting atop the Kangaroo Point Cliffs.

After Luke and Kirstie had been announced as Mr and Mrs,  we headed off to capture some location photos at the Kangaroo Point Cliffs and UQ St Lucia.  Both awesome spots for wedding photos and looked even better with two Mustang’s in the photos.

The days celebrations saw our last stop at the Summit Restaurant, Mt-Cootha.  We hope everyone had a fabulous night celebrating with Kirstie and Luke!

Thanks again to our wonderful couple Kirstie and Luke.  We hope you guys had a fantastic day and we look forward to speaking with you both really soon.

Enjoy your sneak peek below.

Rain, rain, go away……you aren’t gonna ruin this wedding day!

In the days leading up to Anna and David’s wedding,  Brisbane was copping an absolute drenching and as you may have read in our previous blog posts…….rain and cameras = no fun at all.

We woke to the big day on Saturday 28 January 2012 to find that it was still a rainy old day. Boohoo! But not to matter, with our wet weather plans previously sorted we packed our big umbrellas and a change of clothes (just in case!) and we were off to meet up with our gorgeous bride Anna.

Anna and the girls were all cheerfully prepping for the big occasion when we arrived at Anna’s family home.  All of Anna’s girls were ready and looking fabulous,  so it was all very relaxed while Anna’s hair and makeup was finalised.

It’s always great to watch as our lady of the moment is transformed into a gorgeous bride.

Thanks also goes out to Anna’s Mum and Dad for allowing us run of the house….particularly for allowing us to rearrange the furniture!

Once we’d finished shooting our bride (hehehe) and her lovely bridesmaids,  we were off to meet up with David and the boys at Hills Church, Everton Park.

David was all smiles when we arrived and was very eager to hear all about his stunning bride Anna.  Tina loves telling the groom how gorgeous his bride is looking
Hills Church was a great location for their wedding,  with heaps of space and the lighting made for some really great photographs.  The band was also super awesome.

Anna and David had opted to do something a little different,  by cutting their cake immediately following their ceremony and enjoying some relaxing beverages with family and friends before heading off on our location photos adventure.

We had planned some really cool photo locations at Walkabout Creek and nearby parks however gum boots and a big umbrella wouldn’t have been enough to save us from the rain/rain puddles.  So…instead we decided to use the gorgeous UQ at St Lucia.

Wedding photos at UQ St Lucia is always a fantastic option with the Great Court’s beautiful sandstone buildings.   It gives off such a romantic feel to the photos and what more could you ask for.

After some fun at UQ,  we were off to Walkabout Creek for the happy couples reception.  The team at Walkabout Creek did a wonderful job with the reception venue and the big “Mr and Mrs O” was a great touch to the bridal table.

Anna and David,  we hope that you had a wonderful wedding day and we truly appreciate being given the opportunity to share in this special occasion. We wish you all the happiness in the world and we hope that you’ve enjoyed the sneak peek at your gorgeous wedding photos.

Nigel and Tina

Wedding of Sarah and Steve – Saturday 14 January 2012

After a little break over Christmas, we hit the ground running with our very first wedding for 2012 on Saturday 14th January.

Sarah and Steve decided to hold their ceremony and reception at the beautiful grounds of the Redland Bay Golf Club and it certainly was a gorgeous spot for a wedding.

We often get to share in many funny little moments at each wedding we photograph and for Sarah and Steve’s wedding – we had to giggle at Sarah’s “to do list” for her groom-to-be. There was no way Steve was forgetting to bring those rings

Its also been a while since we last photographed a wedding with a horse and carriage and its such a romantic touch to a wedding day. Makes for some great pics too!

After the nuptials, we headed off on our little adventure to capture the location photos. We didn’t have to go far though as the golf course gave us a great backdrop.

We had a wonderful time sharing in Sarah and Steve’s wedding day. We’d like to wish you both all the happiness in the world and hope you enjoy the pics below.

Cheers
Nigel and Tina