Like many couples in 2020, Polly and Sander threw away the rule book and got hitched their own way. They had their stylish wedding reception at the National Gallery of Australia Sculpture Garden Marquee with an intimate group of their closest friends and family- and then a week later, they flew to Melbourne and had their registry ‘ceremony’- then left Australia a week after that to start their new lives in China. Never a dull moment with those two!

Vendors

Venue: National Gallery of Australia / Sculpture Garden

Makeup : MECCA

Hair : Jones + Me

Bride dress: Lee Matthews

Groom bowtie : Mawson Ossa

Bridal bouquet and groom boutonniere : Je Fleur Bespoke Botanicals Canberra

Nikoletta and Fabian got married in Daylesford- a gorgeous town in country Victoria, an hour and a half out of Melbourne. The wedding was held at The Convent Galleries- their ceremony in the beautiful old Convent chapel. It was an emotion filled day, and I feel grateful to have been part of it.

Venue : The Convent Gallery Daylesford

Dress: Grace Loves Lace

Makeup : Studio 2 Makeup and Hair

Florals : Flowers in a Vase

At the end of last year, Lauren from Laurel and Lace dreamt up a concept of a bridal styled shoot that was all about creamy florals with a romantic colour palette, movement of sheer fabrics, old world meets modern bohemian. We teamed up with some of Canberra’s incredible wedding vendors (full credits and wardrobe details at the bottom of the post) and shot this in the Mrs Fray beautiful studio space the day before Christmas Eve.

The ladies at Mrs Fray have a way with words, so I’ll treat you with their description of this shoot:

“A soft playful take to inspire your wedding day mornings.

Floaty tulle, as light as air. Lustrous chocolate velours, sensuous silk slips and lounge about robes. An abundance of English rose garden blooms inspired by works of the Dutch Golden Age. Old fashioned romance.”

Full credits and wardrobe details at the bottom of the post.

Georgia and Matt’s wedding at Poachers Pantry was beautiful in so many ways.

There was so much love and tears and laughter that day. Tears mainly from Georgia, who apparently cries even at happy movies. Laughter from everyone, including myself, because their friends are families are hilarious. So many sweet moments too- during their ceremony speech they surprised their grandparents by congratulating them on their wedding anniversary that day and said they look forward to celebrating their anniversaries together.

This was one of the last couple of weddings I shot before everything changed with the escalation of COVID 19 in Australia and subsequent lockdown. I feel so grateful to have been given the opportunity to spend the day with them.

Celebrant // Antonia Losanno

Venue // Poacher’s Pantry

Florals & Styling // Wiluna Studios

Dress // Rachel Gilbert

Makeup // Jessica Peris

Hair // Emi Styles

Music // Baker Boys Band

Dress // Rachel Gilbert

The Wiluna Bride ‘morning after’ story was shot in the Naked Cubby, situated within Mt Majura Vineyard. Earthy toned fresh and dried florals compliment the Australian landscape. See part 1 of this styled shoot for for the Wiluna Bride Wedding Day (ceremony and reception) story, set in Wiluna Studio and Concept Space.

Our real life couple Linlin and Ben were a pleasure to photograph- they weren’t actually models at all, just really relaxed and good at being themselves in front of my camera.

Eliza and Jozo’s wedding was not only beautiful (Autumn at Poacher’s Pantry is just magic) but full of love. It was full of laughs too- with a fun bridal party, the world’s most hilarious father- daughter speech, and plenty of Rakia.

It was also very special to me, because it was the last wedding that I shot before the birth of my little man (2 weeks later!!), and Eliza was also a precious secret cargo.

This is how the day unfolded…