1. For those of you who have worked with me, you will know this already, for those of you who have yet to have your wedding, be prepared! I get abnormally excited over very low, yellowy orange light. Like crazy excited!! Like, I will jump around like a nutter because it all just looks incredibly amazing and I will more than likely make you 5 minutes late for the reception as it is just too amazing to not have you pose under. Especially if it is glowing behind trees or creating the most spectacular flare imaginable!
2. I love and thrive on unusual weather circumstances! Be it fog, torrential rain, bushfire smoke... I love it! And I will more than likely jump around like a nutter as in point 1.
3. One of my favourite moments to photograph at a wedding is the look on the grooms face the first moment he sees his bride. It makes my heart sing!
4. I love unusual locations! Give me weird backgrounds that might be as simple as a cool door (I do have a bit of a door obsession, people who follow my instagram may have noticed this), or a shed that is completely rotting away, abandoned houses, a saw mill or even loaded coal trains!
5. Part and Parcel with point 4, I'm a country girl at heart, so I can't think of too many weddings I have shot where my couples haven't ended up in a paddock or on a dirt road. No matter where we are, I will find one! We could be in the heart of Newcastle and I will find one! And the dustier the better! Mind you I have an excellent track record of bringing brides back to the reception with minimal dust and grass attached to their gowns despite some of the locations. Although, grasshoppers stuck in tulle is quite common!
6. I will climb on things, anything, to get the ideal shot. I may even climb under things. I have been know to hang out of trees, on wine barrels, fences and even lay under aircraft and down hills in a pig pen. Those of you who know me well enough know that I hate pants. Im a dress and skirt girl through and through. This does mean I have had my fair share of climbing on things becoming a removal exercise as my skirt may have got stuck to a barbed wire fence. Im used to it. If I have worn or do wear pants to your wedding, feel very privileged as it is a very rare sight to see!
7. The daddy daughter dance. Another of my favourite wedding moments. I have to try hard to not cry watching the fathers dancing with their little girl. Always makes me think of the proud look my dad gave me on my wedding day, so its very hard to keep a dry eye in that moment.
8. Im a rockabilly girl, and live dressed as though I am living in the 50s, so Im am very passionate about Rockabilly and Vintage weddings. Give me country rock and roll music, swirling petticoats, birdcage veils, hessian, lace, quirky stuff and I will be in my absolute element!
9. I love my props, which works well, because most of you lovely couples out there love my props too! The most popular requests I receive are picnic blankets and suitcases. But keep in mind, almost every decoration etc you see in our house/studio doubles as a prop. So if you see a vase or 50s radio or anything you want me to bring to your wedding, I can do it!
10. Love! The main reason I love being a wedding Photographer is because I love celebrating love! I feel honoured to have been chosen to share in the love of so many couples over the years it makes my heart sing! A lot of people don't know I do shoot other genres, but my heart is in weddings, so that is where I devote all my time and energy, as I love celebrating your love!
11. I may have a slight wedding gown obsession... Often people don't realise, as they see me doing crazy trash the dress sessions with couples throwing paint etc, but I have a wardrobe with 39 (and growing) wedding gowns in varying styles, sizes and colours that brides can hire from me to trash if they want to do something crazy and don't want to trash their own. These also double as fun dress ups when my girlfreinds come around! hehehe!
12. I love having a bit of a dance before I leave the reception. I will often be seen in a corner somewhere busting out a move, or in some cases, gangnam styling or dancing with a guest. I try not to be too embarrassing!
13. It has always been a tradition of us here at CCP to crash your photo booth. So beware, when you are flipping through your photobooth strip book after the reception, so where in there will be a crazy photo of me with a lovely message for you (usually with a little vintage camera drawn next to it). I have a scrap book here in the studio of photo booth strips from all the beautiful weddings I have been a part of. I love flicking through it and remembering the fun I had that day!
14. I like good challenge! Never throw out the "you won't get every guest that is here into one photo, especially in a straight line" challenge. I wont let it beat me!
So theres a bit more about me and what makes me tick! If I think of more, I'll post another blog in the future. Hopefully you have a better understanding now of the quirkyness that is Candice!
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