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Yarra Valley, Dandenongs and Melbourne Wedding Photography
Although I’m based in Melbourne, I travel anywhere for wedding and engagement shoots. My office is at home amongst the trees and hills in Melbourne’s beautiful Yarra Valley.
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If you’d like to come and catch up for a (free) pre-wedding meeting, or to have a chat about what you’re looking for in terms of wedding photography.
My focus is on allowing your individual personalities, as well as your connection as a couple, to shine through in your images. I have a professional and unobtrusive approach, I create natural, candid and relaxed images.
I love the unique and special moments of wedding days, and I’m committed to providing you with beautiful images that capture your big day as it happens, providing you with memories that will last forever.
A comment I often hear from clients is that “we didn’t even notice you being there” – and I love that. My job is to capture all the elements of your big day – the details, the emotion, and the events – and being ready to catch everything that happens, while staying in the background. I’m there to play a part in helping you to have a brilliant day (wedding days are supposed to be fun and enjoyable, not a chore!), while making sure you get exactly what you want from your wedding photos.
The Australian Institute of Professional Photography is Australia’s peak accreditation organisation for professional photographers, and I’m proud to have been recognised as an Accredited Professional Photographer by the AIPP.
AS taken from the AIPP’s website;
“An Accredited Professional Photographer is a photographer, who doesn’t just claim to be a “professional” but earns that title by successfully completing the rigorous AIPP accreditation process.
Accreditation is designed to give you, the consumer, confidence that your Professional Photographer is a proven, experienced, technically capable, professional practitioner, who complies with all legal business requirements, has appropriate insurance and who is willing to agree to the mandatory Code of Professional Practice and to the requirement to continually improve their photographic skills by committing to continue their professional development.”
I’m also an Approved Member of the Australian Bridal Industry Academy, having finished in the Top 10 wedding photographers in Victoria for the last two years (as voted by actual couples across Victoria), and I was also voted the winner of the 2017 Brides Choice Awards for the Yarra Valley and Dandenongs (after being runner up at the 2016 awards).
I’m proud to be a strong supporter same-sex marriage and Melbourne same-sex marriage photographer and have been a Partner of the Equally Wed community since 2016.
Preparations, Ceremony, Portraits and Reception
Often in meetings with couples, especially those who haven’t been married before, I am asked the question “So, how does it all work? How does the day run?”
And although all weddings are unique, they’re usually made up of the phases of getting ready, the ceremony iteslf, portraits with family, friends and the bridal party, and then a party to celebrate. Not always in this order! We now often do “first look” shoots where the couple see each other for the first time before the ceremony itself, and sometimes even bridal party and family shots beforehand as well. It’s completely up to you – it’s your day – and I’m there to capture everything that happens (and give you a hand or some advice if you’re not sure when to do what 🙂 )
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Preparations
If I’m covering your preparations (check out our Client Guide to see our different packages) then usually I’ll start with the groom (or one of the brides if we have two!), and then head on to the bride’s “getting ready” spot. This might be a hotel, private house, or at the venue itself depending on what you’ve arranged – I’ll go wherever I need to, and we’ll have worked out a photography timeline in advance based on your arrangements for the day.
During preparations, I’ll take detail shots of all the things you’ve prepared and thought about for your special day. For grooms, this is usually things like cufflinks, ties, buttonholes, watches and gifts – all the accessories. And for brides, it’s thinks like your dress, shoes, flowers, and jewellery. It could also be your invitations, special memories and mementos from loved ones, that kind of thing.
Then it’s time to get ready – for grooms, that means ties, jackets, and buttonholes, and maybe a celebratory drink for good luck (and maybe to steady the nerves;) ).
For our brides, it’s time to put that beautiful dress on – your bridesmaids will help you out with that. And they’ll help with shoes, your jewellery, anything else that you need to be ready for your big moment.
And for both brides and grooms, we will then have time for some portraits of you both, along with your bridesmaids and groomsmen.
Ceremony
Well, the ceremony kind of has a life of it’s own – you two won’t even notice me, as you’ll be too busy getting married! But I’ll be there to capture some pre-ceremony shots as guests arrive, the bride as she makes her entrance, and all the special moment that make up the wedding ceremony. Formalities might include exchanging rings, some vows, signing the register, and of course the all important first kiss 🙂 . 
Then, when you’re declared to be married, it’s really special to spend a few minutes being congratulated by your family and friends.
Portraits
If you’d like to do a big group shot, now is the time to do it, while we have everyone together, and then while I have everyone’s attention I’ll ask some people to say behind for formal portraits – we’ll have a chat in advance of the day to talk about who you’d like to include in those.
Then usually – but not always! – it’s time to go and get your bridal shots done. Some with your whole bridal party together – including and special little ones and kids who’ve helped you out – and of course those shots of just the two of you together.
For your bridal photography, we can either stay on site (if that’s part of the reason you chose the venue), or we can go to one or more locations – give me a call or email me an enquiry and we can have a chat about your thoughts on how that might work.
Reception
It’s party time! And that means you celebrating with your loved ones together for the first time as a married couple. Whether it’s a full-on formal reception with hundreds of guests or a backyard celebration with a few of your besties, I’ll be there to capture those special moments, formal and informal. Formalities are often things like a first dance, speeches, and cutting the cake, and later on you might do a traditional bouquet toss and say thanks to your guests before waving goodbye.
Either way, if you’ve booked me to cover the full day, that’s exactly what it means. I’m not someone who will ask you to do a fake first dance or mock cake cutting – my full day coverage includes up until the end of the reception or 11pm (and if that doesn’t fit in with your plans, let me know and we can customise a package to cover exactly what you’re after).
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