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October 12, 2011

{destination wedding} ~ Mitra & Fabio ~ Rome, Italy.

Fabio calls Mitra “Amore” all the time.

Love.

I like it when two genuinely good and beautiful people get married. When everything seems chaotic and things don’t happen the way they should, we peel off the layers of what a wedding is, and the fundamentals become even more apparent.

Love.

This was my first out of  eight overseas weddings in a row and Mitra and Fabio gave me a reminder of what it is I do. I rediscovered Italy, fell in love with the food, the people and the land, always celebrating the good and simple things in life. I also fell in love with Mitra and Fabio – a fiery Finnish Swedish girl and a soft-spoken Italian boy.

Amore.

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Mitra & Fabio’s wedding was recently featured on Weddingchicks. Find out more details here.

music credit: Emma Louise – 1000 Sundowns (iTunes)

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March 30, 2011

{destination wedding} ~ waverly & david ~ harbour island, bahamas

I know I’m breaking some sort of rule here, because when you find a place as special as Harbour Island, Bahamas, you’re not supposed to share it with others, you want to keep it to yourself. But Harbour Island did something to me. It’s not all that easy to get there. You have to fly a propeller plane from Miami to Eleuthera, Bahamas, then jump in a cab to the harbour and then travel the last bit by taxi boat.

As soon as I set foot on Harbour Island, Waverly came up and hugged me.

We had only talked once on the phone, and then just in a conference call with several others, so I didn’t know her and David at all. But as soon as we arrived, all that changed. Waverly and David made sure we were part of their family and friends, invited us to their dinner parties and treated us like guests. Maybe it’s a Texan thing, Waverly and David live in Dallas. I don’t think I’ve heard people say “y’all” that much in my entire life.

“Y’all are family now”.

“Y’all call us when you’re in Dallas. Don’t you dare not to”.

“Y’all having a good time? Let us know if you need anything”.

Add the perfect planning by Stefanie from Yifat Oren & Associates and the absolute bliss of Harbour Island to that and our five days there was some of the most fantastic in my career, if not my life.

Good times with beautiful, sweet, sweet people.

Be still my heart.

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For the camera nerds. This wedding was shot on both digital and medium format film. The film was scanned and developed to perfection by Richard’s Photo Lab in Los Angeles.

Today’s wedding is also featured on Once Wed. Head over there for more details (here and here)

Planner: Stefanie Cove from Yifat Oren & Associates

Friday: Catering by Little Island Design
Saturday: St. John’s Anglican Church, Reverend Russell and Rev. Paul Rasmussen of Highland Park United Methodist Church – Dallas, Texas
Saturday: Hair and Make up: Karen Catalyn of the Island Spa
Saturday: Cocktail Musicians: Rocky and Ersly
DJ: Daddy D (Devon Sawyer)
Saturday: Florals – Little Island Design

Venues:

Welcome Reception – The Dunmore
Brunch – The Landing
Wedding Reception – Pink Sands
Church – St. John’s Anglican Church
Bridal Breakfast – Ocean View Club

 

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February 4, 2011

{destination wedding} ~ Sammy & Mandy ~ Bali

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September 30, 2009

in transit

There’s something about airports, I can’t put my finger on what it is. I will do a fair bit of traveling next year with weddings in both Australia, New Zealand, Asia, Europe and North America, which will inevitably mean a lot of airports. I both love and hate them at the same time. I love people watching. All of a sudden we share something, we are in transit, we’re on our way, going somewhere – we are travelers.

There’s beauty in that.

I love being able to sit down at a strange bar and order a drink or a local beer and maybe get something to eat. I say maybe, because that’s one of the problems right there, the food isn’t always all that. I love local food, but the food at airports resemble nothing of the sort. But there we are, the people in transit, nibbling away at a bowl of edamame at Narita Airport in Tokyo. Your body tells you it’s the middle of the night, your watch tells you something different and the sun a third. So you focus on the edamame and your beer. And you watch the people around you. Someone opens up the bottle of perfume he’s bought for his… wife and another reads the paper. A woman’s gate is called and she says goodbye to new acquaintances and rushes off. Then your gate is called and you take that last sip of beer and collect your things as the sun slowly sets over Tokyo. Or Singapore. Or Barcelona.

I don’t know why, but I love it.

narita

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June 23, 2009

I do

I often get the question from couples if I travel.

The answer is yes.

Yes, yes, yes!

I travel to weddings all the time.

I think it’s a shame so many couples only look at local photographers. If we’re talking Australian weddings, catching a flight anywhere in this country is no problem whatsoever. I do it quite often. Today you can get cheap tickets as long as you’re out in good time. The same thing goes with international or destination weddings. My tickets to Bali recently were only $250. Accommodation in Bali was also relatively cheap.

It’s your wedding we’re talking about; get the photographer you want, get the one that you feel can capture your day. If you don’t, you will regret it for the rest of your life, trust me, I see it all the time.

It’s worth mentioning here that I don’t charge extra for traveling interstate. At least not yet. You pay for tickets and accommodation, that’s it.

So, yes, I travel.

Yes, yes, yes!

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