Golden Light and lots of Tulle!

A lot of people don't realise, but I have a huge selection of gowns available for hire for both trash the dress shoots or hens day dress up shoots! So I was very excited when Claire and her bridesmaids spent the day in my wedding gown room working out what dresses they wanted to wear for Claire's Hens Day Photoshoot!

Once dressed up and all made over and accessorised, we spent the afternoon trekking to a number of different locations across Morpeth, Hinton, Paterson and Largs to create some fun photos of Claire and her Bridesmaids! We were even generously donated my next door neighbours Splitty for the girls to pose on for some of the photos. Everyone had a fabulous day with many laughs, and many sequins and tufts of fluffy fabric left all over the Hunter! And I may have even stopped for a quick leaping photo at the end as well thanks to Merindah (who was one of the bridesmaids) offering to take a quick on for me!

Willow Trees, Clover and Row Boats

I was very excited to shoot the wedding of the beautiful Kelsey and Newcastle Knights player Tyler as Kelsey was one of the first people I ever did portraits of way back when I started Candice Campbell Photography! Their big day was held on a lovely warm Friday afternoon in October. The ceremony was held in the Garden at All Saints Woodville under the shade of the trees. Everyones hearts melted at little as little Lucia walked down the aisle with that big smile of hers and the adorable pageboy by her side with his Knights footy under his arm. As they were announced husband and wife, Tyler surprised Kelsey by dipping her as he kissed her. Just beautiful!

After the ceremony, some keys were tied to a balloon and sent off into the heavens so that their bond could never be undone. After many hugs and well wishes we jumped in the car to make our way to Albion Farm Gardens for our location portrait time. Albion Farm Gardens is always a favourite of mine. I could spend all day there shooting. And Kate is just the loveliest most helpful person around. After we finished the photos with the children and bridal party, Kelsey, Tyler, Merindah and I jumped on the golf buggy with Kate and set off for the beautiful bridge and boat house. When we got to the boat house, the light was just so divine I could resist sending them off onto the lake for their own little notebook moment in the sunset *sigh*.

The cocktail style reception was held back at All Saints Woodville, and there was lots of entertainment, from hilarious speeches, to the photo booth and lolly bar, to Tyler's awesome dancing during the garter toss!

Thank you both for having me there to share your day with you! It was incredibly memorable and still makes me smile!

Golf Greens and Golden Fields

Jordyn and David's beautiful Chateau Elan Wedding was held on a warm day in October. The sun was shining and there was not a cloud to be seen! Both the boys and girls were getting ready in stunning villas at The Vintage with beautiful staircases and lots of natural light before heading up to their ceremony at The Carriage House in some awesome old cars that were donated by a caring family friend!

The ceremony was full of tears and giggles and lots of hugs from family members when it was all official! After the family photos, we set off on the longest golf cart ever for photos around the golf green. When we had finished that, we dropped off the bridal party at the cocktail hour and Jordyn and Dave jumped in the car with Merindah and I and we set off to chase some gorgeous golden light in a feild.

When we arrived back at the reception and quickly downed some iced tea under the trees to cool down, the bridal party made their entry into a stunning decorated venue filled with flowers, including a breathtaking floral chandelier and the most delicious smelling cookie bar! Just after the entrees had been cleared we couldn't help but notice some truely spectacular light having outside, so a quick nod to Jordyn and Dave and we set off outside to play with the light (and a bit of giant Jenga as well) and drag some lounges out onto the green!

Thank you both so much for having us there to share your day with you. We had an absolute blast with you guys!