Styled Shoot: Laurel & Lace / Mrs Fray / Jenny Wu
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.
Terra - a summer editorial
Model // Zoe Karouzos @Zoelena_
Makeup // Emily McKay @emilymckaymua
Styling // Taylor Pitsolis @StylebyTala
White Gold Lightroom Desktop Preset for Editorial and Lifestyle Photography
White Gold is a warm, clean preset for Lightroom Classic (desktop) and Photoshop ACR - bringing out gold and beige tones in an image, with lovely skin tones. In that works well with both diffuse light as well as direct dramatic light, making it a versatile edit for fashion, portrait and wedding images. This is a great one for jewellery and beauty photography.
Poacher's Pantry Wedding // Georgia & Matt
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
Nea Zoi Jewellery x Wiluna Studios lookbook
I was part of a creative collaboration between Canberra based businesses Wiluna Flower Studio and Concept Space and Nea Zoi The Brand. The beautiful minimalist jewellery pieces from Nea Zoi were set in the airy Wiluna studio space, amongst touches of dried and fresh florals. Nea Zoi is a passion project by Amalia Stavreas (of Dimitries Jewellers) for ocean conservation.
Flower Styling, Studio Hire and Concept // WILUNA @wiluna.studioJewellery // Nea Zoi @neazoithebrandAssistant // Jemma Mrdak @dakandcoPhotography // Jenny Wu @jennywuphotographyModels // Georgina Whigham @gwhigham, Gabrielle De Ramos @gabriellederamosMUA // Mystara holwegHair // Kate Lily @katelilydressinghair
Dimitries Jewellers Campaign
I had the absolute pleasure of shooting the campaign for Dimitries Jewellers featuring their new Jewellery line. We shot at The Naked Cubby in Mount Majura Winery.
Cork Forest Arboretum Wedding // Tara and David
Tara and David met a church a few years back. David told me the story of how he noticed that Tara was well equipped with a good range of tools in the back of her car when she gave him a lift, and from then he knew she was right for him.
The whole day was beautiful. David and his furry groomsman Norman waited patiently in a spot at the Cork Forest for Tara to meet them for their First Look- I’m not sure who was more excited- Norman or David!
The rest of the day looked like this …
Down By The Seaside // An Editorial
Earlier this year in the summer, we set out to Maroubra beach in Sydney to explore the gorgeous sea cliffs and shoot a fashion and beauty editorial with a pared back, minimalist look.
Model // Nora Utseth from IMG Models @NoraUtseth
MUA // Megan Matijasevic @MeganMatijasevic
Stylist // Jessica Di Scipio @Jessdiscipio
Swimwear // Ephemera
Jewellery // Fleur and Felix
Wiluna Bride // The Morning After
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.
Wiluna Bride // Wedding Day Inspiration
I was part of a collaboration between some incredible Canberran wedding vendors for a shoot to feature in Hooray magazine. The concept was to bring to life the free spirited bohemian bride that embodied the Wiluna Studio aesthetic, with wedding day styling inspiration shot in the Wiluna studio space, and the ‘day after’ story shot in the Naked Cubby ( see the next blog post for the images!). Earthy toned fresh and dried florals feature in the ceremony and reception styling, as well as a gorgeous bouquet and floral hat!
The talented (mostly) Canberra based vendors that formed this team included : Larissa from Wiluna Studio, Kate Anderson from Kate Lily Dressing Hair, Jessica Peris from The Beautique by Jessica Peris, Brow Lab, The Paper Botanist, Mrs Fray, The Naked Cubby, and our real life couple Linlin and Ben. Full credits and links to vendor websites at the bottom of the post.
Blossom : A Spring Editorial
Every Spring, Canberra explodes with blossoming trees for roughly 2-3 weeks. Tracy and I decided to make the most of it this Spring so we foraged some pretty pink blossoms (as well as using some gorgeous cotton flowers she picked up from one of Wiluna Studio’s dried flower pop-ups) to use in a dreamy pink toned portrait shoot.
Lou and Rob // St Christopher's Cathedral and Gorman House Wedding
Ceremony // St. Christopher’s Cathedral Canberra
Reception // Gorman House Canberra
Makeup // Amy Capeda
Hair // Kate Lily Dressing Hair
Dress // Grace Loves Lace
Flowers // Jamison Flowers
Cake // La Ombre Creations
Styling // Wren and Rabbit
Catering // Mr Papa’s
Eliza and Jozo // Poacher's Pantry Autumnal Wedding
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…
White Gold- Beauty Editorial
For an awesome 6 months before Liam was born, we had an incredible makeup artist (and amazing musician) as a housemate. On the rare occasions where we were both free on the same weekend, we loved planning simple shoots at home. This was one of them.
It takes experience and skill to do the minimalist ‘no makeup makeup’ look, and great artistry to incorporate a pop of interest (e.g. gold foil on lids, bright yellow shadow, blue eyeliner) without it looking out of place. Vendulka is a wizard!
Model // Zoe Elena
Makeup // Vendulka
To achieve a similar look in your editing, check out my Lightroom presets ‘White Gold’. (for look #2 with the gold foil eye makeup) and ‘Glass’ for the first indoor set).
Lara- A Summer Beauty Editorial
This editorial was shot during a scorching summer’s day in January at my home in Canberra. We wanted to shoot some very pared back, minimalist looks that were all about light and shadows on perfect glowy skin, set off with some chic pieces by local Aussie designers.
I love shooting editorial portraits with direct light on the skin, so when we have a bright sunny day and a model with incredible skin, I’m a happy girl.
Team:
Model // Lara Crouch from Devojka Models
MUA // Steph Church
Hair // Aaron Nallo
Stylist // Jessica Di Scipio
Photography // Jenny Wu
To achieve a similar look in your editing, check out my preset ‘White Gold’. Blog post with before and after images here, and the listing in my preset shop here.
Sunrise Maternity Portraits at Bombo Quarry
At the end of last year I had the pleasure of shooting a maternity portrait session with Pim and her husband Matt at one of the most breathtaking locations I’ve ever been to. It was an early start for us to catch first light at Bombo Quarry ( I think I got up at 4:30 for a 5:15 arrival), but it was so worth it to photograph Pim and Matt in this surreal otherworldly seascape, with the most beautiful sunrise light.
It felt extra special to me being able to be document a little bit of Pim’s pregnancy because I was about 12 weeks pregnant at the time.