Roxy and Marco | UWA and Frasers | Kids and weddings=awesome

So as you know if you read my post a couple down, I am trying to focus more on my true love, wedding documentary photography. It’s hard when everybody else is showing gorgeous weddings with staged details of shoes and jewellery. Hey, I love jewellery and details as much as the next girl but I have to stay true to what’s important to me.

I’m passionate about documentary photography. Many people will use this as a tagline, but then pose you all through the wedding day anyway.  I love that moment when you see something beautiful happening and you press the shutter at the most perfect moment. It is all I can do not to squeal (I do inside, trust me). I read something wonderful on Twitter the other day, ‘When I photograph, I always look for people who are absorbed in something’. I thought that described my style perfectly.

I feel like I’m going against the grain a bit to be honest. There aren’t many photographers in Perth (if any??) that only show naturally-occurring images on their website and blog. But I’ll give it a go. Always good to push yourself out of your comfort zone and try something new!

So there you go..from now on I will only be showing images on both this blog and my new website (will be revealed in a couple of weeks!) that are photojournalistic. Some may even look like I have posed them, but I assure you I have not.

This will obviously change the way that I blog. Most of my posts will now show a smaller amount of images from weddings. I am hoping to also talk about many of the shots and how I achieved them or what I loved about them (as in this post from Roxy and Marco’s wedding). I will still showcase a full wedding every now and then, especially if I was able to be a fly on the wall for the majority of the wedding. Ella and Tim’s Jewish wedding was one of these and I can’t wait to share that with you.

We were all in the hallway waiting to go when Roxy’s dad plonked the cap on her head. Not quite the look she was going for perhaps ;)

Cheeky kids at ceremonies make the best shots. I have a cheeky one around the same age and I know that little grin!

Very harsh light during the ceremony. This angle was quite nice on Roxy’s face. I do encourage clients to view their ceremony location beforehand in similar light/time to what it will be on the day. It is always beneficial to have some shade at a garden ceremony. And I mean full shade, not dappled light which is even worse than full sun. If nothing else, make sure your registry table is in full shade somewhere. Let your celebrant know.

Loved this shot. One of my faves of the year. So sweet. That’s their boy in the middle.

Even though you can see the harsh and dappled light affecting Roxy’s dress here, I just love the expressions on Marco and his mother’s face. Emotion trumps technical issues.

The congratulations after the completion of the ceremony would have to be one of my favourite times of the day. It is just so easy to get lovely candid photographs of hugging, kissing and celebration.

Roxy is a primary school teacher and you can just tell here she has a natural affinity with young children. They love her calmness, patience and sweet nature.

For Rob :)

Another favourite. Just so lovely.

so sweet!

Love a bride that high fives as she enters the reception! Frasers looked gorgeous :)

Bubbles are always a good idea. Pretty sure it was to keep the kids happy…but the adults got in on the action too ha!

Next post…Felicity at Matt at Darlington Estate. Warning: more cute children involved!