Bernie & Anthony's Wedding @ Grandview Gardens

It's ALMOST the end of 2011 - and we are about to launch into 2012. The year has been busy and flown by yet again, despite my resolutions from the beginning of the year to slow down and take more time to enjoy the special moments in my life.

Bernie and Anthony, I wanted to blog some of your images before the end of the year (you have been waiting SO patiently to see them, so here is a wee peek to keep you going until your album arrives).

They say that good things take time and nothing could be truer when it comes to this couple - they have been together for thirteen years, so like a fine wine it has finally reached the time when it can be celebrated, enjoyed and shared with those that are closest to them.

This wedding was nothing short of AMAZING. Both Bernie and Anthony share my love of anything old and vintage styled - that's why there's such a lot of images featuring their collections of old oak furniture and why Grandview Gardens was such a perfect place for them to pledge their love to one another. I loved that Anthony organised a helicopter to take us back to their house for some more photos, a very AWESOME surprise for Bernie!

Happy New Year everyone. More weddings and an engagement session coming up soon!!

Lisa xxx

Surprise.....it's our wedding day!!

Nicole and Nick are an incredible couple. Somehow, they managed to organise their entire wedding without anyone knowing about it. They had a HUGE bridal party and not one of them realised that when they thought they were meeting up with Nicole and Nick to hang out for the day - they were in fact going to their wedding. Nicole had organised outfits for her mum and Nick's mum, right down to their shoes and accessories, t-shirts printed with bride, bridesmaids, mother of the bride.......you name it she thought of it and managed to keep it a secret.
All of this secret planning paid of and I got to share in a most amazing day of love laughter and celebration.

            Nicole wrote a note to each of her bridesmaids thanking them for being a part of her big day
                                                                  - such a sweet idea.

Nicole and Nick - you are an awesome team. May your marriage be as filled with love as your wedding day was.
Just in case I don't make it back to the blog before Christmas .......have a great Christmas everyone.

Lisa xxx

Wedding - Nicky & Shaun @ Grandview Gardens

In another life I work at the Pharmacy School and that's where I met Nicky. She was looking for a wedding photographer and we naturally got talking and the rest is history.......
Nicky and Shaun are an amazing couple - and Nicky is THE most relaxed bride. While she could have been stressing that her wedding day was so windy that her umbrella just blew right inside out (well actually, it may have been a borrowed umbrella from someone at the hairdressers), while she could have been having a melt down that she was half an hour late getting back to the house and hadn't had time for lunch, and then while she could have completely lost it when it was discovered that one of their dogs had gone missing......just minutes before she was due to leave for the ceremony.....she wasn't. But.......Nicky being Nicky, she calmly took it all in her stride, didn't stop smiling, took time to chat to her cats, Pip and Smudge and make sure the dogs, who weren't in disgrace, got fed before the wedding. Well.....the wedding couldn't start without her now, could it?
Now for some images from Nicky and Shaun's wedding........

 This is Pip.......she is a super model. I think she was trying to get on my good side so I would hide her in my camera bag and take her to the wedding......just a theory I had.

Gumboots - they're so practical for photoshoots.

                    Nicky and Shaun, I wish you much happiness as you walk through life TOGETHER.