Cherie and Simon’s wedding ceremony was beautiful. There were so many thoughtful and heartfelt words spoken by everyone, and Celebrant Celia Dann did a beautiful job of bringing everything together. She made me want to get married all over again, and you could tell that both Simon and Cherie were so happy to have had her marry them. The readings were so touching, at one point I was listening to those beautiful words forgetting I was there with a job to do – all of the hallmarks of a memorable ceremony.
I had been checking the weather forecast randomly all week to try and gauge what we would be faced with for the wedding. Knowing how much they wanted to have photos taken around this beautiful property, I wanted so badly for their sake for it not to rain. That’s when, naturally, the forecast predicted rain… not just rain, mind you, but thunderstorms. Even the morning of the wedding just before the drive up there, they were still predicting thunderstorms (and how ironic that Cherie works for the Bureau of Meteorology!). The reality though? Nothing but sunshine! In fact, it was so hot that my pale ‘fluroescent white’ skin even got burnt, so go figure! It wasn’t until just before the reception began that the clouds started to form and later that night that the storms began (and boy were they storms…. and great lightning too!)
This beautiful lake below sits just beside the house on the farm with the most amazing wooden deck allowing you to take in the magnificent surroundings. I swear all we needed was a string quartet to serenade us as we walked around and I would have felt like I was in a beautiful movie.
What I think I enjoyed most though about these two was witnessing their beautiful love and connection and being able to capture that for them. Sure, I might have ushered them to a pretty location, but these two were so into each other that there was hardly any direction at all. They danced, they kissed, they snuggled, they laughed – beautiful, tender, love. What made it so lovely is that they concentrated on them, and made those moments theirs.
So much fun, so much love… some of my favourite shots from the entire wedding we taken in the paddocks that lead into the farm from the road. How lucky we were that we had so much rain prior to the wedding – the grass was lush…
The rocking buick was provided by a friend of theirs – handy guy to know!
The reception venue of Glen Erin Retreat was amazing – the timing couldn’t have been more perfect as the sun was just starting to go down behind the vineyard as the reception began. Hazel from Gisborne Cottage Flowers organised all of the floral arrangements for the wedding, and I love that they bouquet theme of the girls carried over into the reception as well for the table arrangements and cake flowers. See – I told you, attention to detail these two!
A big shout out also goes to the beautiful Lana Bell who flew all of the way from Brisbane to join me for this wedding (thanks gorge!) - we had an absolute ball playing together, and she captured some gorgeous images so make sure you head over to her blog to check them out.
Cherie and Simon’s Dream Team
Ceremony: Private property
Reception: Glen Erin, Lancefield
Celebrant: Celia Dann
Bridal Gown: Deborah Selleck
Shoes: Novat
Makeup/Hair: Allure Hair and Body
Flowers: Gisborne Cottage Flowers
Jewellery: Timothy Sethna for rings
Accessories: Jeeba for earings and Linda Gorringe for other
Groom’s attire: Trevor West Formal Hire, South Yarra
Cars: Friend
Music: Pat McKernan, Live Irish Folk Musician
Invitations: Rebecca Powers
17 Comments
Wow Kristen… Such a stunningly beautiful wedding, and so perfectly captured! You can do no wrong!
Love these!!!
Beautiful Kristen. I love the black and white shot – probably my favourite. But they’re all lovely. Looks like it was a gorgeous ceremony.
Simply stunning images… (although I did get a little sidetracked by “ImprovEverywhere” at the bottom of the page. Lol.)
Kristen, I just stumbled across your site today and let me say that I am totally blown away!! Your images are stunning and your processing is clean and beautiful! I loooooove your compositions, lighting, just everything! I will definitely add you to my reader! Keep up the wonderful work
beautiful, I love the B&W!
I have been hanging to see your latest wedding, and, as usual, you have surpassed my expectations. These are absolutely exquisite in every way. You have such a perfect eye for detail and romance. The wedding itself looked absolutely divine.
Kristen……the pictures are just beautiful! I want to get married again too! You have truly outdone yourself again
These are amazing – LOVe every one! Those flowers OMG LOVE!!!
You have captured this couple’s connection perfectly. I love your detail shots too.
Hi Kristen. We are in NZ and are v. excited to see your blog today. Yey…Wow! So beautiful! Lana’s are stunning also. Can’t wait to see you when we get home. We will have another champagne and toast the excellent job you’ve done
C&S
Gorgeous Kristen!!~! great job
Just beautiful. So gorgeous. I’m not at all surprised at how stunning these are. LOVE your eye.
Kristen these images are just stunning. (I don’t know how you do it with a little fresh baby though.) Looks like you are going to ROCK the Australian wedding photography scene too. Congrats on these stunning images!
Oh, Kristen, these are so wonderful and romantic. Sigh!
These are just so romantic, fresh and lovely. All these photos have such honesty. Gorgeous work Kristen.
Oh, how beautiful. You have such a wonderful eye for detail. Wish I could do a shoot with you, I would learn so much!
Love it! Weddings are fab and fun aren’t they!
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