Joellen and Michael Tie the Knot

The past Friday I had the pleasure of photographing Joellen and Michael's Wedding at the registry office in Newcastle. It was a small, private ceremony with only their closest relatives. After the ceremony we made our way to Civic Park to spend some time taking all the family photos. When we finished shooting here we wandered across the road to the Town hall and took some more group shots on the steps before I spent some time alone doing photos with Jo and Michael. We had some wonderful locations to work with over the four hours the couple had allowed for their photos. The locations we used were Newcastle Town Hall, both in the afternoon and into the night, King Edward Park, Fort Scratchleys for some beautiful sunset photos and the Ocean Baths for some early dusk photos. I had a great time working with this couple, and they could not take a bad photo! And we were blessed with wonderful weather for the whole afternoon which added to the magic of the photos we could create. Thankyou for allowing me to play such an important role in your day guys!

This week I have a big week of editting both of these last weddings ahead of me. I am solidly working through the photos from Matt and Peggy's wedding and am very please with the results we could create for them. So i thought i would add just one more sneak peak up here for them.

Trash the Dress shoots and Country Weddings

The past few weeks have been very busy with much planning, shooting and editting. Last weekend I had the great pleasure of doing a trash the dress shoot with Sarah Hill. We started at my studio in the morning to discuss the shoot and to do make up. The makeup for the shoot was done by Ali from Eye Candy By Ali (http://www.eyecandybyali.com/). After we had finished with makeup, we headed off to Somersby Falls on the Central Coast. We were blessed with a beautiful sunny day, which definately worked to our advantage as i was able to create some lovely photos utilising the flare that was created by the sun and it warmed up the water just the tiniest bit. Although my legs did still take days to recover. It was a wonderful shoot, and would have to be up there with my favourite shoots! Ali did a spectacular job with Sarah's makeup, and Sarah did an amazing job braving the cold water of the falls to submerge herself. Thankyou both for a wonderful day girls!

This past weekend was another exciting one, with Matt and Peggy's wedding on Saturday and Kiarah's christening on Sunday. On Saturday we were given another lovely sunny day. The ceremony took place in the beautiful All Saints Anglican Church in Singleton. After the ceremony we took some beautiful photos of Matt and Peggy and the Church before heading out to a property in Maison Dieu for the location photos. This property had so many wonderful places to take photos, and to top it off, we had the beautiful afternoon light to work with. It was a beautiful day, and I'm so grateful to have been able to share it with Matt and Peggy! Thankyou for allowing us to be part of your special day!

On Sunday morning I made my way down to St Luke's Anglican Church at Wallsend to photograph little Kiarah's Christening. It was a beautiful church, completely made out of stone. And it had spectacular light inside! After the ceremony we moved outside and took all the family photos in front of the beautiful stone walls. Thankyou to Kihyah and Adam for allowing me to capture another one of their significant events in their life!

Now begins preparations for Joellen and Michael's wedding this coming Friday. Another busy busy week ahead for Candice Campbell Photography!

It's been a while

It has been a little while now since I posted a new blog. Life has been crazy of late due to a loss in the family, and Candice Campbell Photography took a short break from it all, but never fear, we are back in action. Last weekend, as a little exercise to get back into the swing of things, I took my sister out to the Hunter River to do a small photoshoot with her. We were lucky enough to have perfect light for the occasion and a warmer day. I ended up enjoying the temperature of the water in the river so much, that I sat down in my clothes in the river to shoot. So it ended up being a good thing I packed a number of large beach towels for the drive home.

In other news, Candice Campbell Photography is now registered as an emerging member with the AIPP and is looking at doing our first Wedding Expo in the next few months. Big things are ahead for us at the moment!

Tommorrow I will be doing a very fun Trash the Dress shoot in a very unusual location! Stay tuned for photos!