Bundaberg Wedding Video - Chris & Jody

Bundaberg! Located up north of Queensland and a five  hour drive from the gold coast; this was a new experience for the J'adore team, thankfully we had energetic drivers ready for the exciting day ahead.  As tradition the bride and groom were separate, I got to experience Jody and Chris two bundles of joy with the groomsmen and the cheeky groom himself.

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David & Tracey's Wedding Photography with Sirromet's Chandelier Package Wedding

Tracey's daughter Angela is a friend of mine and was eager to book our services in for her mums big day. They had locked in Sirromet Winery in Brisbane as their Wedding Venue for the Ceremony and Reception and after taking a look at my website they noticed some images already from this amazing venue. Tracey and bridesmaids where getting ready at the Merlot house which is located on the Sirromet grounds, Here are a few images of Tracey and her bridal party getting ready. 

Jess stayed with the girls to document their departure and I headed down to the ceremony location and set up my lights, which I think for this location is a must as when shooting natural light the beautiful background in blown out, We are shooting with multiple cameras, With Jess and I both Having 2 cameras with different focal lengths, so we also had the option of both. Here is a quick example which may show this.

Natural Light

Off Camera Flash

There was a string quartet named Angel String Trio playing for all the guests when they arrived and eventually the bride walking down the isle which is a nice touch, I got some quick pics of them before David and his Groomsmen arrived. Before we knew it we where preparing for the brides arrival in the beautiful 1952 Bentley supplied by Private Transfers, It was a touching ceremony with a few tears around and some passionate vows. These guys really are madly in love and its always great to be a part of such pivotal moments in our clients lives. The Celebran managed to keep things pretty light and break up the emotional parts with some humour. I hope you can tell through my images that I always have telling a story in mind.  

David and Tracey didn't want to spend to much time posing for alot of photos after the ceremony preferring to have a chat to family and friends for awhile before getting some images and then having a little bit of down time before the reception started. Having said that they knew it wouldn't take me to long to work our J'adore magic and get some beautiful images for these guys. I have put a few below for your viewing pleasure. 

I LOVE the barrel room at Sirromet which is the room they use for the reception it may actually be my favourite room, For Sirromet this was actually there first night featuring there new Chandelier package, Amanda from sirromet really is great to work with and we look forward to many more future weddings at this amazing venue. We also enjoyed getting the chance to work with G&M DJ's who always do a great job, Glenn & the DJ both did a great job, One of the highlights for me where the speeches the bond between Tracey and her 2 daughters who where also her bridesmaids really was amazing with lots of tears of which some where even mine, I have added in a few more photo from our time at the reception. They also has a illustrator there who I didn't get the details from but he had a big line up waiting for his original drawings which would be great souvenirs as a reminder for David and Traceys special day. Please let us know what you think of the images. 


Brides Marketta Spring Event with House of Serendipity Gowns

I received a call from Lee the owner of House of Serendipity Gowns around 5pm telling me that she was at the brides spring marketta which is hosted by A little Vintage Bliss  and featured all the rest of the great Gold Coast wedding vendors from The Wedding Hub, Lee said there are 4 beautiful models in wedding gowns with make up done by Bayly Allure and Hair by Style Creations that she wanted to know if I was interested in coming down and doing some photography. I jumped at the chance grabbed my gear and hopped straight in the car.

On my way I noticed the sun setting so I quickly realised that it was going to be a bit different and that I would have to use the ambient lighting from the marketta in combination with my portable studio lights. Which was a exciting prospect as I love being pushed out of my comfort zone and getting creative.  I will show a few images and give you descriptions of the vendors involved as we go.

All of the J'adore crew pride them selves on creative lighting like this and its a big reason why we have been so busy over the last few years in Brisbane and the Gold Coast

From left to right Emily, Kate, Alana & Tanja all looking stunning in their House of Serendipity Gowns in front of "woody" the mobile bar from Luxury of Vintage Enterprises

Emily adding a bit of movement in her House of Serendipity Gown 

The first 9 Images are all in the same area, Luxury of Vintage Enterprises who are a part of the wedding hub, had their Mobile Bar "woody" and there Kombi on display which made for a really nice backdrop for some of the images. 

This English old school black cab was brought in by Fox & Hound and I couldn't help but put the girl in for a few quick images. 

We really did have a lot of fun which is definitely part of my shooting to style I try to keep things light and fun, which in turn means we get the more natural smiling images. There images are in the My Vintage Lane Caravan which is another great option for a mobile bar. 

Tanja made a gran entrance into the Marketta on the back of this Somerton Limousine

Somerton Limousines had 3 really impressive Rolls- Royce on show, I would have loved spend some more time with these Amazing automobiles but just ran out of time.

The Crew from See you next Thursday provided some really delicious canapé's which seemed to be the most popular stop for the visitors as they arrived. 

Kate, Tanja, Emily and Alana in front of the Lush Lolly Bar in their House of Serendpity Gowns

The Lush Lolly Bar was also a popular spot for everybody to try some of the yummy treats. 

I got a chance to meet Tricia from A little vintage Bliss and had a little bit of a sneak peak into there showroom at there beautiful collection of Vintage items which included this chair. 

Thanks you so much for reading my blog, Feel free to ask any questions and let us know what your favourite images are.

What is the best time of the day to get Married?

A lot of clients ask me what time of day is best to get married I often out of curiosity ask them what time they think? Especially for outdoor Weddings most of which are on the Gold Coast, Brisbane, Byron Bay and Mount Tamborine. So all fairly warm sunny areas. Most people reply with lunch time.

What do you think? As for lunch time its actually the worst time of day unless its a really overcast day there will be a shadow in your eye when you think about it as if the sun is directly above you. I often think with all my experience shooting over 50 weddings per year for tha last few years what time would I pick for my ceremony?

The answer is This say there is a 6pm sunset we want our photoshoot to end as the sun sets and have at least 90 min of time put aside for that. Say 30 after the ceremony for congratulations group & family photos. Which leaves 30 min for the ceremony which takes us back to around 330 and with a good photographer that uses flash which means you can shoot a little bit past sunset which I like to do we can push that to 4pm.

It also means that you have the best chance of nice light during your ceremony and again with the chance to use some flash hopefully a few clouds and some colour in the sky.

Here are a few examples of some images in the last few hours before the sunset.