Solly and Lawrence

Solly and Lawrence had a beautiful, intimate, winter wedding in the Wedgewood Room, at the Hotel MacDonald.

Solly is my kind of girl - she, with the help of her mother and mother in law started planning the wedding only a couple of months ago. You would never know it from how perfectly everything turned out.

A few beautiful details - flowers by Zocalo.


The gorgeous fondant wedding cake, topped with yellow orchids. Check out their names in the icing.

Solly's cousin and best friend help her get ready.

Isn't she gorgeous?! Not only that, but she is fun, smart, full of life and a great mother.

I love these two shots of Solly and her dad.

The Wedgewood Room is great to photograph in.

Usually, the registry signing is one of those "must take" shots, that aren't particularly interesting. This one is a great tableau of the couple, their sweet son Liam, and their attendants.

My favourite shot of the day. I captured this one while doing the formal shots of Solly, her cousin and their beloved Baba. I far prefer the "outtakes" to the formal shots :).

...Although, these formals turned out really well. Solly had all the little details down - her something old in this picture are her great aunt's stole (perfect for a winter wedding) and Lawrence's grandmother's bracelet that both her new mother in law and grandmother in law wore on their wedding days.

The boys, looking smashing.

Love this one.

Liam is 21 months old, and was so good during the ceremony. He was a little discombobulated by all the excitement of the day, but got lots of good lovin' from his mom and dad.

Lawrence's boutonniere.
And, the dashing groom.
First dance. There were a lot of looks between them like this all day. Their adoration for each is awesome.

First dance with Liam. Love this shot.

Solly and Lawrence, thank you so much for inviting me to be a part of your beautiful wedding.

Dear Wee Ned

This is Ned. Is he not the cutest little baby, with the best name?!

Ned is pretty cheerful, almost all of the time, except the day of his photo session. He didn't nap at all the previous day, and was up, happy as a bird, until 1:00 am. When I arrived, he had tears running down his face, and his poor mom was pretty distressed too.

Lucky for us all, after a little quiet time in his room, the camera caught his interest, and he was (mostly) back to his old self. A little silliness from Daddy, and some cuddles from Mama definetly helped.




This is how they spent the previous night - hanging out with Ned, in bed.

'Cause I love the nose-picking pictures :). Actually, Ned is just at that stage where he's learned control over his hands, and all the cool things he can do with them.

Beautiful eyes!

Outside we go. This was our first sort-of winter day, after that nastiness that happened in September or October. These trees and driveway made a great backdrop.

I really couldn't decide about the post processing on this picture, so I included both, because, I like both.

Check out the pigeons flying out of their house. We scared them as much as they scared us!

The best thing about this time of year is the light. Makes beautiful pictures happen.

I LOVE these pictures.

Ok, I'm done, says Ned.

Wonderful to meet you and spend time with your family. Thank you.

Cards - in time for Christmas

In time for Christmas, new templates! Yeah.

Card designs are $75 for a high resolution file (so you can print all you like, where you like.)

I can also order you folded cards - contact me for prices.

If you purchased the Portrait Package (which also includes a 16x20 Canvas), your card design is included. Just pick your background, and your picture(s) and I will put your design together for you. (You can upgrade from the Portrait Session, if you like).

All cards are customisable for colour and text.

Deadline for ordering cards (to get them in time for Christmas) is December 15. For folded, printed cards, December 5th.

If you're having trouble getting organised for Christmas, don't worry. People would love to see your family pictures just as much in January or February!

There are other designs here , if you prefer something a little more traditionally Christmas and here, for baby cards.

Saige

Saige is all grown up. She's out carousing and crashing cars.

Just kidding. But she does stand on crashed cars.

But really, she's still pretty little.

And lovely.

She loves her Mama.

And her Daddy makes her laugh.

(I love these two pictures!)

Her Mama and Daddy love her a lot. There's plenty of kissing in this family.

Playing.

Saige is so funny.

After our out door shoot, we went back to their house, and Saige entertained us for an hour with her hiding in the cupboard in the entertainment unit, putting her monkey to bed, then having to fix the bed because it broke. She's one sparky little girl, with awesome parents.

It was wonderful to see you all again!