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Steve and Lauren’s wedding

As promised in an earlier post, here’s Steve and Lauren’s wedding photos.

From the start of the day, I shot Lauren at her parent’s place, while Dave Payne followed Steve as they took various forms of public transport to arrive at the ceremony, over at Islington Baptist.

For our photo session we just ducked across to the road to Islington Park. As you can see, there’s a few traditional shots, but then they wanted photos on the playground! I’ve since been told by my photo lab guy that that’s the first time he’s seen that.

Thanks to Steve and Lauren and their bridal party for being a pleasure to shoot, and thanks to Dave again for 2nd shooting.

Enjoy the photos…

Bride posed by the window

Groom & groomsmen on a bus

Ceremony holding hands

The kiss

Bride and groom in Islington Park, Newcastle.

Bride and groom in Islington Park, Newcastle.

Bride and groom in Islington Park, Newcastle.

Bridal party on playground equipment, Newcastle.

Bride and groom on playground, Newcastle.

Groom climbing down from playground equipment.

Bride and groom on bridge, Newcastle.

Bride and groom on bridge, Newcastle.

Bride and groom leaving reception, Newcastle.

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Joshua Allen09/09/2009 - 10:54 pm

I particularly love the last shot! It captures so much of the fun at their reception, I can hear “Scotland the Brave” in the background! :)

Wedding Cupcakes – Hello Naomi

Hello Naomi wedding cake One great way to express yourself as a couple on your wedding is through your choice of wedding cake. My friend Naomi, over at Hello Naomi makes cupcakes.

Well, they’re not really just cupcakes, mind you, they’re adorable wedding cupcake towers. At the moment, I reckon they’re fantastic value, and trust me, they taste great too!

Of course, there’s more than just the wedding cupcakes; I’m a bit of a fan of the Pac-Man and Mario cupcakes too. Anyway, make sure to check out her site and waste some minutes of your day looking at more photos on Flickr.

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Wedding planning, the future

OneWed logo and linkIn the last year or so, I have started to interact with clients, both current and prospective, via Facebook. So I was intrigued when I ran across a new wedding planning website; that hopes to do for wedding planning what Facebook has done for catching up with your friends.

It’s called OneWed.

The idea is to make wedding planning a social event, between you and those you invite to your own private area of the site. A whole lot of little jobs that you would previously have had to do separately are all integrated in the one place:

  • a personal wedding website, so you can give your guests all the information they need
  • a wedding checklist, with a ton of usual items right there ready for you
  • guest lists, with photos, rsvps,
  • photo sharing, for ideas for your event and documenting the festivities

Sounds straight-forward right? Well, it looks like there’s a whole lot of power you get from putting all those things together.

You can tag people’s roles in your special day, so you can do things like delegating tasks to particular people (get the best man to pick up the rings), organise events (dress and suit fittings), and so on.

To top it off, there’s already some Facebook integration built in, so it can pull across your photos and details to get you started straight away.

So, it certainly looks interesting to me; who’s going to be the first couple to give it a shot?

(found via Mashable )

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Bec and Dave’s wedding

Say hi to Bec and Dave, who surely must be in the running for funky couple of the year. Their engagement session was back in February, and their wedding’s finally come around.

For photos we hit up the old Fred Ash building near Civic Park, and then headed down to the waterfront at Honeysuckle, a new photo spot for me. From there, it was over to Harbourview for the reception. A great day all round.

A personal note: I also took photos at Bec’s older sister’s wedding, and it’s a shame they don’t have more sisters. Both (and their husbands) were great fun and a joy to work with!

Enjoy the photos!

Bridesmaids posing. Honeysuckle, Newcastle.

Bride and groom. Newcastle wedding photography.

Wedding party at Fred Ash building, near Civic Park Newcastle.

Bride and groom behind the markets in Honeysuckle, Newcastle.

Bride and groom behind the markets in Honeysuckle, Newcastle.

Bride and groom at the park in Honeysuckle, Newcastle.

Bride and groom at the wool sheds in Honeysuckle, Newcastle.

Bride and groom under lamp-post. Honeysuckle, Newcastle.

Shot of rings and flowers. Newcastle wedding photography.

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Amanda29/07/2009 - 5:00 pm

Beautiful photos! And I love those bridesmaids dresses – that first shot is so cute. The bride and groom look so happy and relaxed in all of them!

Geoff and Fiona at Newcastle Beach

Geoff and Fiona are one of the most spontaneous couples I’ve yet had the pleasure of working with. You know how most people get nervous when someone points a huge camera at them? These two just laughed it off and went and had a crazy-fun time.

Both Geoff and Fi work in training with Hunter Bible Church, and we were able to grab a Thursday lunchtime to enjoy down at Newcastle Beach and the baths for their engagement session. The shoes and socks came off and I believe some jeans got soaked.

Hope you enjoy the photos, and come back for their wedding photos in a few months.

Newcastle Baths old bus shelter.

Newcastle Baths old bus shelter closeup

Newcastle Baths railing pose.

Geoff and Fiona

Climbing up the railing at Newcastle Baths

Splish splash. Getting wet at Newcastle Baths.

Running through the Newcastle Baths kiddy pool.

More being silly in the Newcastle Baths kiddy pool.

Newcastle Baths kiddy pool reflections.

Up close at Newcastle Baths.

Sunflare at Newcastle Baths

The ring

The piggy-back

Underground tunnel at Newcastle Beach.

Underground tunnel at Newcastle Beach.

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Wes & Viera07/09/2009 - 1:17 pm

Congratulations to Josh on this beautiful album. Of course congratulations on your engagement and marriage Fiona & Geoff. We hope all is going well for you both. Love Wes & Viera