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This is a repost from our old blog, with a little update. I hope you enjoy 🙂
On a glorious spring day, the beautiful Kathryn and her handsome fiancé Glen, came to visit the quaint village of Olinda in the Dandenong Ranges, for a holiday at The Loft In The Mill.
But there was romance in the air and magic, you see, Kathryn and Glen had eloped. Every detail had been planned in advance, for a ceremony so intimate, so personal and filled with love.
What Kathryn and Glen didn’t know was that they had chosen a location for their special day, where the hosts, Donna and Brad believe in love with all their hearts, and filled the day with special surprises to delight and enchant the happy couple. There were petals, shaped into a heart on the bed, and delightful little touches added to the ceremony, which were both thoughtful and exquisite, but wait, I get ahead of myself.
While Donna and the lovely Joneen Rattray – Celebrant completed the styling of the gardens and area where the ceremony was to be held, Kirsty from Transforming Faces was putting the finishing touches to Kathryn’s hair and makeup. Kirsty has such an eye for detail and a soft and calm manner, Kathryn felt relaxed and pampered. Glen was ready in his suit, Kirsty and I assisted Kathryn into her elegant princess gown, then it was time for Diva For A Day to capture pre-wedding portraits in the Hathaway Suite. Glen and Kathryn, who were both a little nervous and very excited walked together down the gorgeous cobbled stairway, through a wrought iron gateway in the bluestone wall, and into the gardens for the ceremony. Joneen had helped Glen and Kathryn to prepare a simple yet beautiful ceremony, where they expressed the love and friendship they felt for each other, and made special promises and whispered words of love and happiness.
Intrepid Diva photographers Sez and I sighed at the beauty of it all, as the man and his new wife, strolled across the lawn to where Donna and Heather from The Loft In The Mill had prepared a very special area for the signing, with champagne and lavender pots and comfortable wicker sofas, and we all relaxed and enjoyed the warmth of a love declared and basked in a glorious spring afternoon in the village of Olinda.
Then off to explore the gardens and capture the day with the camera, so Glen and Kathryn can look at their images forever, and smile at the happiness of it all. Glen was so proud of his beautiful new wife, and Kathryn melted into the arms of her handsome new husband.
But the delights of the day did not end there, Nick from SkyHigh Mount Dandenong, was on his way in a stretch limousine to collect the happy couple and whisk them to the top of the mountain to enjoy a wedding reception, designed just for two. and Melbourne glowed it’s approval, at love and marriage and two lives and hearts promised forever………. if ever I were to elope……….
Oh, and the update… Maddison Dawn was born just under a year later, perfection!! 🙂
Inside every little girl is a fairy princess. Special, pretty, delicate as a butterfly, sweet as a blossom. If only for one day, it is such fun to put on the prettiest party dress, have flowers in our hair and to twirl and swirl and giggle and hug…. and we were so lucky to be there to capture every magical moment. Cousins on paper, sisters in their hearts 🙂
On Saturday, 29th March 2014, two best friends married at Fergussons Winery in the beautiful Yarra Valley. Leanne and Steve are together 24 hours of most days, and wouldn’t have it any other way. On this special autumn day, when the sun was warm, the breeze gentle, and the sky blue these two fabulous people promised their hearts to each other forever.
Each guest was specially chosen, as Steve said during his speech, because they were so important in his and Leanne’s lives, and each guest shared in the joy of the day, and smiled, and hugged and gave this gorgeous couple the best start to their lives together.
We hope you enjoy their day with them in the pictures below, I bet you’ll smile too.
There is something really special about photographing a newborn when you were there when her parents got married. You feel connected and bask in the warm glow of ‘the circle of life’. It may be a cliche. but then, all the warmest richest moments are…….
