Coffs Harbour Wedding Photographer | North Coast Photography

Bec and Tom's wedding!

Last weekend we headed down to the Hunter Valley for Bec and Tom's wedding, which was to be held at the picturesque rural town of Scone. Scone is a gorgeous town, and we quickly fell in love with it. Known as the horse capital of Australia, it's filled with stud properties and beautiful rolling green pastures.

Bec and Tom like to party, and the weekend started the night before with dinner and drinks at the local golf club. I was amazed that everyone was bright eyed and bushy tailed the following morning, but these guys were all obviously experienced party animals! We started at Glowing Body and Beauty where the girls were all getting their makeup done.

Then it was back to Bec's parent's home where she was getting ready, assisted by her bridesmaids and three gorgeous flowergirls. Waiting for her was a wedding gift from Tom.

Bec looked amazing! The girls at Glowing Body and Beauty know their stuff! Of course they had a pretty gorgeous canvas to work on. :o)

Meanwhile, Tom was getting dressed in his childhood bedroom.

Then we were off to the Church!

Bec and Tom's friends all had gorgeous kids - there must be something in the water out there! This one took Mary Ann's fancy!

Then it was off for some photos at a local stud farm. What a glorious day!

The girls wanted some lovely photos together...

For the guys it was less of a priority...

Thankfully, we were able to drag Tom away from the boys for a little while.

What an amazing wedding and such great people. We had a blast at the reception but for the protection of the innocent, those photos will have to remain gallery only!

June 2012 - Big News!
North Coast Photography is now Chasing Summer Photography!
Come and visit us and see our exciting new wedding films!

Abbie and Josh get married!

Wow, it seems like an age since Abbie and Josh had their awesome engagement shoot with us in April, but I'm sure it has passed a lot quicker for them! Last Saturday the big day was finally at hand and we headed off to their wedding, which was planned as a very relaxed affair on the grounds of Josh's parent's property in Upper Corindi.

As usual we started with the girls, and Abbie looked incredible with hair styled by Jodi from Bellisimo Brides, and makeup by local makeup artist Cal Butler.

Flowers were by the lovely Marion at Moonee Blooms, and as per usual were lovely!

Then it was off to the ceremony! Abbie was very nervous beforehand, but held it together with the help of her girls. The ceremony was conducted by local celebrant Donna Whitehouse-Pike.

Josh looked impressed!

Afterwards we headed down the road to a local macadamia farm for some quick images with the bridal party before heading back to the reception.

Then it was back for the relaxed reception (let's just call it a party!) where everyone was having a ball! This custom "Abbie loves Josh" candy was a very tasty raspberry flavour - I got lots so if you drop in and see us in the next week you can expect a sample!

Just before sunset we sneaked away for an hour to get some shots just with Abbie and Josh - this is what they had really wanted and the sunset and twilight did not let us down.

Wow! What a great wedding and what fun for all of the guests! It was a awesome day and I'm sure an even better night! When we left everyone was settling in for the long haul with a giant campfire and lots of refreshing beverages, so let's hope Abbie and Josh found some privacy to spend a moment together at the end of the day! 

June 2012 - Big News!
North Coast Photography is now Chasing Summer Photography!
Come and visit us and see our exciting new wedding films!

Tania and Darren's dawn engagement shoot!

Last Saturday before we headed off to Skye and Matt's wedding we got a call from Tania, who wanted to change the time for her engagement shoot with fiancé Darren. It seemed Darren had a bad cold, and as a result they wanted to head back to Tamworth a little earlier, so our scheduled time of 4.00pm on Sunday wouldn't suit.

We had scheduled the shoot for 4.00pm because as many of you will know, we love the twilight and sunset... it really is the magic hour for photography. The alternative of the middle of the day wasn't great due to the expected harsh light, so we decided to start at dawn, and meet them at Emerald Beach at 5.50am.

I must say that this was an enormous sacrifice for me, because if you don't know, my two weaknesses in life are pizza and American College Football. Oh, and Snack chocolate blocks... and good coffee... hmmm....  Anyway, college football is a big deal to me! The first game of the 2011 college football season for my favourite team started at 2.20am, and would not be finished until after 6am, so it was a real sacrifice to rearrange the shoot! Of course Tania and Darren didn't know that, just Mary Ann who was telling me that clients come before football, and the sooner I learned that this season the better!

Suffice it to say that after spending the dawn with Tania and Darren I was VERY happy that we had rescheduled the shoot, as you will see from the photos. Enjoy!

Wow! What amazing light! It only lasted for a few minutes but it was SO worth heading down early! It was another lovely memory of Emerald Beach for Tania and Darren, who had actually got engaged only a few metres from where these images were taken. Thanks Tania and Darren for being prepared to get up so early! 

June 2012 - Big News!
North Coast Photography is now Chasing Summer Photography!
Come and visit us and see our exciting new wedding films!