Motorbikes, Old Shanghai and Firetrucks

It has been a very busy few weeks since coming back from our holiday to New Zealand. We had an absolutely fantastic trip away, but we are now back into the swing of things here at CCP. The first thing  I did when I got home was to work on a few little images from our trip. While on this trip I put into action Stage One of my ongoing personal photography project. My project is called "Married around the world" and is basically a self portrait of my husband and I dressed up in wedding attire (not necessarily the ones we got married in) in a different icon location, in a different country each year for our wedding anniversary! So obviously the first one was shot in Matamata (or 'The Shire') in New Zealand. Here is the result of part one and a landscape image that I fell over and nearly broke my leg trying to take haha.

Our first wedding up after our holiday was the very fun wedding day of Natalie and Scott. It was also Merindah's first official wedding as part of the CCP team! Welcome Merindah! Nat and Scott held their wedding at the beautiful St John's Church in Wollombi. After the ceremony we had a blast going to all kinds of crazy locations for photos. I always get so excited when my couples are keen for crazy locations! First stop was the very old Wollombi Cemetery. Scott and Nat are big fans of the beautiful wrought iron designs, so it was very fitting to incorporate some of this into their photos. After we finished at the cemetery we made our way to a lovely little bridge where we did photos with a motor bike and the cars. From there, Nat and Scott jumped in my car and we went a bit more off road, leaving Merindah with an awesome fun bridal party doing human pyramids, mooning cows and standing up on motorbikes. We were a bit more tame and went for a trek down a beautiful dirt road where we found a delightful little cave and a whole lot of cows.  After we picked the rowdy bridal party back up again, we made our way to the craziest of awesome photography locations! A Timber Mill! Was very cool to get some really unique images for the coolest couple ever. And it was difficult to resist the urge to jump in the huge piles of red saw dust. After we finished there, we made our way back to Scott and Nat's brand new house for a laid back party with their friends and family. Delicious food was eaten, and I even did some ballet on the dance floor with the kids! Nat even got out her skates! We had an absolute blast and are so glad they had us be part of their day. Thank you so much Nat and Scott!

The next day I was up and at it again to spend the day doing an engagement session with Adele and Ross. Adele and Ross will be married next year in Singapore, so travel to the Hunter Valley to have some old world country style images shot for their engagement. They had the idea of an Old Shanghai themed photoshoot, so once all dressed up, we made our way out to the stunning Wallalong House where we spent the afternoon in the most incredibly beautiful rooms creating dramatic images! The resident dog Chopper also made a nice guest appearance in some photos in the Cellar! What an amazing and creativity inspiring house!

This weekend just gone we had the very hot and sweaty wedding of Larissa and Mitch. Saturday was insanely hot and sticky for an early October day, but the gorgeous couple didn't let it stop them from smiling and having an amazing day! Their ceremony was held at Pokolbin Hall, as was their reception... and lets just say everyone was enjoying the air-conditioning! For their photos I took them to a few little places around Pokolbin and even stopped a fire truck that was coming back to the base for a quick little photo. I had a blast with these guys! Thank you again for being so completely cruisy and fun to work with!